Jazz Round Table

History of Jazz Guitar Tonight we have Brad Rabuchin, Jeff Miley, and Mitch Holder discussing history of Jazz Guitar!  They’ll be demonstrating the different artists and discuss what made them different and how they moved jazz guitar forward.  We won’t talk about everyJazz guitar playe so we wanted you to have comprehensive listiong of some of the greatest with a link to check them out.  3 early Groundbreaking Guitarists: John St. Cyr (with Louie Armstrong and the Hothouse Five playing banjo in the 1920’s – Oriental Strut – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MktwmJ-aVYo Charlie Christian – Not content to be just in the rhythm section – Swing to Bop – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ce9Jtl9D6FQ Django Reinhardt – First jazz guitarist to emerge from Europe – Minor Swing – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcE1avXFJb4 Freddie Green – with Count Basie – he plays Chord melody – not single note lines – The Elder – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVwB7_CS6rk Mainstream Guitarists of the 50s, 60s and 70s: Carl Kress & Dick McDonough – Stage Fright – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgNDZsSOpjM Herb Ellis – Georgia on my Mind – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTnIM5TlfAM Tal Farlow – Autumn in New York – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HyCx1VytLhs Kenny Burrell – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9lLqtOb9rk Jim Hall – The Bridge with Sonny Rawlins – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIq5w-NogWA Joe Pass – Ain’t Misbehavin – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_kUJa1PueM George Benson – Wes Montgomery – Round Midnight – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOm17yw__6U Grant Green – I Wish You Love – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwnPr0_W5QE Barney Kessell – Autumn Leaves – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAsEfhU2Ehg John Pisano – George Van Eps-inventor of the 7 string guitar (Once In A While prior to the 7 string. Howard Roberts told me about this track when I studied with him) Jimmy Wyble – Jimmy Raney (Signal & Motion w/Stan Getz-both on youtube+ lots more) Hank Garland (Jazz Winds From A New Direction album-youtube+) Modern Guitarists 1970-: Pat Martino  – Sunny – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sD_9dTwmidw Larry Coryell – Live in Oslo – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9dYOoLqwmE John Abercrombie – Homecoming – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQF9bJE800s  Pat Metheny – https://youtu.be/-NYkne_WrRc, https://youtu.be/YRNT-TRARpY Ralph Towner – Icarus – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lDJ4YE8XaE Allan Holdsworth – https://youtu.be/BTRO0SxOV4c Mike Stern – Bill Frisell – John Scofield – Frank Gambale – Russell Malone – Jingles – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfpVi7QJ8yw Lenny Breau – Bluesette – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhGjQ3QPydA Ted Greene – Send In The Clowns – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tr9XUj8kt70 John McLaughlin Al Di Meola Emily Remler – Tenor Madness – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJYqqA1U0mc  The “Next Generation”: Wayne Krantz – Six – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6k85pSv0SQg Ben Monder – Kurt Rosenwinkel – Zhivago – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiw8CTK2o_Q Scott Henderson – Dolomite – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHb2UGIYzPM Peter Bernstein – I Love You – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRiRcZNKBQg Jonathan Kreisberg – Autumn in New York – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xuZpDOXd_o Adam Rogers –   [display-frm-data id=1564]

Thanks for tuning in. Tonight we have Vibe Player Terry Gibbs – the oldest living musician from the BeBop Era.  He has some amazing stories about Charlie Parker and an incrdible story about John and Alice Coltrane.  He also talks about his origins in mysuc, moving to L.A. and how the Dream Band got started.  Terry turns 97 in August and is still sharp as a tack!  As always, the Jazz Round Table is recorded in front of a live internet audience. I’ve edited it a bit from the original but all the good stuff is here from the live show. Here are the links we discussed during the show: Terry Gibbs’ Book – on Amazon – Good Vibes: A Life In Jazz –  https://www.amazon.com/Good-Vibes-Life-Jazz-Studies/dp/0810845865 Video: Playing Vibes with Terry Pollard – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8z6fwq4ZSE Terry Gibbs – Vibes Performed with: Jazz Round Table #9 6/29/21 Bio – Terry Gibbs began his career at the age of 12 after winning the Major Bowes Amateur Hour Contest and subsequently began touring professionally. He spent many years as a drummer and percussionist playing gigs until his affinity for bebop motivated him to turn down a scholarship to Julliard as a timpanist and return to the vibes. Six decades of inspirational vibe playing and technique, Gibbs is recognized as one of the best ever to grace the genre of bop. After World War II, Gibbs toured with Chubby Jackson, Buddy Rich and Woody Herman. He co-led a sextet with Louie Bellson and Charlie Shavers; and in 1950, he formed his own band for Mel Torme’s TV show. In 1951, he joined the Benny Goodman Sextet. Subsequently, he toured with his own quartet where he won acclaim as “# 1 Vibraphonist in the world,” in both the down beat and Metronome polls from 1950 to 1955. Gibbs also played a role in breaking down the sex barrier in music, using pianists Terry Pollard, who he often featured in vibe duos, Pat Moran, and Alice McLeod, who later married John Coltrane. Settling in Los Angeles in 1957, he formed his big band known as “The Dream Band” in 1959. Comprising top notch LA talent such as Mel Lewis, Joe Maini, Frank Rosolino, Conte Candoli and Richie Kamuca, the band was named “Best Band in the World” in the Downbeat ’62 Critic’s Poll. Gibbs returned to New York in the early sixties only to move back to LA to take a position as Music Director for the Regis Philbin Show. This gave him the opportunity to compose the music and conduct a sextet. He later served as Music Director/Composer for the ABC TV show, Operation Entertainment and for Steve Allen, building a substantial ASCAP rating. Gibbs also taught Steve Allen to play the vibes. Gibbs, throughout his illustrious career has enjoyed world acclaim playing with greats such as clarinetist Buddy DeFranco, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Horace Silver, Max Roach, Art Blakely, Elvin Jones and Tito Puente. Co-leading a quintet, he had an unprecedented nomination in four categories of the Playboy Jazz Poll: Best Vibraphonist, Best Quartet, Best Big Band and Best Band Leader. His association with DeFranco has spanned 18 years and is still an invigorating collaboration today. With 65 albums to his credit, winner of 3 major jazz polls and creator of 300+ compositions (recorded by Gibbs, Nat Cole, Les Brown, Cannonball Adderly, Count Basie, George Shearing, etc.), Gibbs has left an indelible mark in the world of vibes....MORE INFO!

Thanks for tuning in. Sax Night! Brandon Fields, Eric Marienthal, and Gary Meek are incredible sax players with serious resumes. Tonight’s show has a very cool, casual, conversational vibe to it as the three of them have a lot of history together. It’s fun to hear them discuss everything from their origins in music to stories of musicians they’ve played alongside. They also do a little bit of playing as well! I’m sure you’ll enjoy it As always, the Jazz Round Table is recorded in front of a live internet audience. I’ve edited it a bit from the original but all the good stuff is here from the live show. There was a technical digital clock issue for parts of the episode which you’ll hear in the form of slight clicks but they don’t really interfere with the content Here are the links we discussed during the show; Eric Marienthal’s New Album: https://www.ericmarienthal.com/new-album Gary Meek’s 60th Birthday Livestream: https://www.facebook.com/events/432118851189352/ Eric Marienthal – Sax Performed with: Jazz Round Table #8 6/15/21 Bio – After graduating high school in Southern California in 1976, Eric went on to study at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, Mass. There he studied with the legendary saxophone professor, Joe Viola. By the time he left Berklee, Eric had achieved the highest proficiency rating given by the school. In 1995, Eric was awarded the Berklee Distinguished Alumnus Award for outstanding achievements in contemporary music. He has since gone on to perform in over 75 different countries, recorded 14 solo CD’s and has played on hundreds of records, films, television shows, and commercial jingles. Eric started his professional career in 1980 with famed New Orleans trumpeter Al Hirt. After returning to Los Angeles Eric became a member of the famed Chick Corea Elektric Band. He recorded 6 CD’s with the band and won 2 Grammy Awards. Eric went on to join the Jeff Lorber Fusion. Among the CD’s Eric recorded with Jeff, 2 were nominated for Grammy Awards. Jeff Lorber was instrumental is producing many of Eric’s CD’s. Other artists Eric has performed with include Elton John, Barbara Streisand, Billy Joel, Stevie Wonder, Dionne Warwick, Burt Bacharach, Aaron Neville, Johnny Mathis, Dave Grusin, Lee Ritenour, George Duke, David Benoit, The Rippingtons, The Gordon Goodwin Big Phat Band, Patti Austin, Lou Rawls, David Lee Roth, The Yellowjackets, B.B. King, Ramsey Louis, Patti Labelle, Olivia Newton-John, and many others. Among Eric’s 15 solo CDs, his latest is a collaboration with legendary trumpeter Randy Brecker entitled “Double Dealin’ on Shanachie Records. Eight of the songs that Eric has recorded have made it to the top 10 of the National Contemporary Jazz Radio Charts and three have made it to #1. Eric was voted as being one of the year’s “Favorite Alto Sax Players” in Jazziz Magazine’s Reader’s Poll along with David Sanborn and Phil Woods. Since 2015 Eric has maintained an online saxophone school with ArtistWorks, www.artistworks.com/eric. In Eric’s school there are over 200 video lessons, tracks, songs, exercises and more for every level of player from beginners to advanced players. Students can also take advantage of the Video Exchanges where they can submit a video of whatever they are working on and Eric posts a video response for the students to see. Eric has also written 3 instructional books, “Comprehensive Jazz Studies & Exercises”, The Ultimate Jazz Play Along” and “The Music Of Eric Marienthal” as well as 3instructional videos, “Play Sax From Day One”, “Modern Sax” and “Tricks Of The Trade”, all published by Warner Bros. Publications which is now Alfred Publishing/Belwin Jazz. For the past 23 years Eric has put on an annual fundraising concert for High Hopes. High Hopes is a non-profit organization in Orange County, California that works with people who have suffered traumatic head injuries. With the help of many guest artists who have donated their time to perform, these concerts to date have raised well over $2,000,000 for this charity.  ...MORE INFO!

That’s for tuning in. We have two great guests tonight on the Jazz Round Table! Gordon Goodwin and Bruce Lofgren are two well known and respected Big Band composers in Los Angeles. They each have a very unique and progressive approach to creating their Big Band charts and we’ll talk about their process of writing, orchestrating, and approach to music with some great bits of insight into creativity. We’re going to play a lot of examples as well! Here are the links to the full videos and songs we play during the show; Gordon Goodwin Audio Clip: Gordian Knot: https://open.spotify.com/album/3yHJRFgqb2X839FjOEPGv3 Video – Summertime: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zuKbrTDAnw Video – The Incredibles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGPe0haLAZ0 That’s for tuning in. We have two great guests tonight on the Jazz Round Table! Gordon Goodwin and Bruce Lofgren are two well known and respected Big Band composers in Los Angeles. They each have a very unique and progressive approach to creating their Big Band charts and we’ll talk about their process of writing, orchestrating, and approach to music with some great bits of insight into creativity. We’re going to play a lot of examples as well! Here are the links to the full videos and songs we play during the show; Gordon Goodwin Audio Clip: Gordian Knot Video – Summertime Video – The Incredibles Bruce Lofgren Songs Red Shift and String Theory from the album Red Shift All Blues and A Place Ive never Been from the album Blues and Other Passions on Amazon: Gordon Goodwin – Composer, Sax, Keyboards Performed with: Jazz Round Table #7 6/1/21 Bio – “Listening to Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band, I was immediately taken by Gordon’s contemporary musical viewpoint, the dynamics of his “Big Phat Band,” its bevy of superb soloists, and the exhilaration of its sound.” —Quincy Jones “The Big Phat Band provides potent testimony to the sheer exhilaration of big band jazz…a combination of crisp accuracy and fiery soloing.” —Don Heckman, Los Angeles Times “Gordon Goodwin has extended the possibilities of all the different kinds of music (all good) that can be played by a big band. The magnificent Big Phat Band and its multi-talented leader, Gordon, stretch the envelope even further.” —Johnny Mandel “Trying to describe the towering talents of Gordon Goodwin is one of my most frustrating but little secret pleasures. He is a gifted and creative pianist, an explosive and ‘haul ass’, ‘kick butt,’ sax player, an arranger of absolutely no limit of musical styles and composer of some of the best (and cleverly titled) compositions ever. He is a man of exquisite musical taste. I am truly blessed to have him in my life.” —Johnny Mathis “Whenever I hear your music, I get the sudden urge to retire!” —Sammy Nestico Even for a successful composer and arranger in Hollywood, Gordon Goodwin’s numbers are impressive: A 2006 GRAMMY Award for his Instrumental Arrangement of “Incredits” from the Pixar film The Incredibles, three Emmy Awards, and thirteen GRAMMY nominations. Here’s another impressive number to add to the list: eighteen. As in the number of musicians in Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band, one of the most exciting large jazz ensembles on the planet. Populated by L.A.’s finest players, the Big Phat Band takes the big band tradition into the new millennium with a contemporary, highly original sound featuring Goodwin’s witty, intricate, and hard-swinging compositions in a veritable grab bag of styles: swing, Latin, blues, classical, rock and more. A steady, persistent audio diet of the giants of jazz, pop, rock and funk has nourished Goodwin’s being since childhood. Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Buddy Rich, Thad Jones and Mel Lewis, Earth, Wind and Fire, and Tower of Power, among many others, filled the well for the music his band makes today. And like those other bands, Goodwin’s music is nothing less than astonishing when experienced live. Goodwin’s ability to combine jazz excellence with any musical style makes his writing appealing to fans across the spectrum. That’s why both beboppers and headbangers dig Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band. Established in 2000, the Big Phat Band’s debut recording, Swingin’ For The Fences (Silverline Records), featured guest artists Arturo Sandoval and Eddie Daniels. It made history as the first commercially available DVD-Audio title ever released and the first DVD-Audio title to receive two GRAMMY nominations. The band’s second album, XXL (Silverline Records), was released on DVD-Audio and compact disc in 2003. Charting its first week, XXL garnered three GRAMMY nominations for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album, Best Instrumental Composition (“Hunting Wabbits”) and Best Instrumental Arrangement with Vocals (“Comes Love” with Brian McKnight and Take 6), while winning the Surround Sound Award for “Best Made for Surround Sound Title.” The list of guest artists matched the high quality of the first release and featured, among others, Johnny Mathis and the incomparable Michael Brecker. The Big Phat Band’s third album, The Phat Pack (immergent Records), with guest stars Dianne Reeves, David Sanborn, Eddie Daniels and Take 6, received a GRAMMY nomination and spent 31 weeks on the Billboard jazz charts. Released in September 2008, the Big Phat Band’s fourth recording, Act Your Age, far outsold every other big band record in its path. Produced by acclaimed guitarist Lee Ritenour, it featured a host of terrific guests including Patti Austin, Chick Corea, Dave Grusin and even Ritenour himself, plus a special appearance by the late pianist Art Tatum on a stunning performance that had jaws dropping right and left. The critically acclaimed Act Your Age garnered three GRAMMY nominations. A keyboardist and woodwind player, Goodwin has built a larger-than-life reputation throughout the music industry for his composing, arranging and playing skills. Ray Charles, Christina Aguilera, Johnny Mathis, Toni Braxton, John Williams, Natalie Cole, David Foster, Sarah Vaughan, Mel Torme, Brian McKnight and Quincy Jones are just a few of the artists with whom he has worked. Goodwin has also conducted world-renowned symphony orchestras in Atlanta, Dallas, Utah, Seattle, Toronto and London. Goodwin’s cinematic scoring and orchestration craft can be heard on such films as The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, Escape to Witch Mountain, Get Smart, Glory Road, National Treasure, The Incredibles, Remember The Titans, Armageddon, The Majestic, Con Air, Gone In 60 Seconds, Enemy of the State, Star Trek Nemesis and even the classic cult film Attack Of The Killer Tomatoes. Goodwin’s soundtrack to Looney Tunes’ Bah HumDuck! – a wacky Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck riff on the classic A Christmas Carol – also features the Big Phat Band’s patented sound. Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band joins Telarc International, a division of Concord Music Group, with the April 12, 2011 release of That’s How We Roll. The band’s first CD in over two and a half years features 10 new Goodwin originals and the Gershwin classic “Rhapsody in Blue.” Special guests include Gerald Albright, Dave Koz, Marcus Miller and Take 6....MORE INFO! Bruce Lofgren – Composer, Guitar Performed with: Jazz Round Table #7 6/1/21 Bio – “First, the music has to please me. Writing has always been a passionate thing for me. If a germinal idea, when it occurs, doesn’t bring some kind of heightened emotional awareness, I probably won’t follow through with it, research it or explore its possibilities. But if it does bring an emotional response, then I will want to explore it to give it a chance to show its secrets….it’s partly intellectual, partly hard work and partly excitement at the vistas around each turn.”–From an interview with Bruce Lofgren that appearedin the LA Jazz Scene, May 2001, issue No. 165, pp. 3-4, by Myrna Daniels Bruce Lofgren has composed and/or arranged and produced eight CDs which are currently available: Wind and Sand (Night Bird) – a new CD that’s just been released, Southwest Portals (Night Bird),The Bruce Lofgren Jazz Trio (Sea Breeze),Eventide (Sea Breeze), Red Shift (Sea Breeze), The Blues and Other Passions (Sea Breeze) and Heart of the Night (Sea Breeze) – all three with the BLJO, and Sky Sailor (Night Bird). Bruce Lofgren’s future career as a guitarist and composer first began to emerge when he formed his garage band the Vegas, who recorded his first composition, Ambush, when he was only 17. By the time he left the Seattle area for California in 1970, his musical experiences and accomplishments also included leading the Barons Blues Band, house band at the popular St. Michael’s Alley (a weekend dance hangout) from 1964-66; player and arranger for the locally popular Pacific Northwest Territory Band for which he wrote over fifty musical arrangements; private guitar instructor at the Al Turay Guitar Studio (1967-70); and student of big band arranging with composer/arranger Ralph Mutchler. It was also in the Pacific Northwest where Bruce discovered jazz upon finding a Tal Farlow album in a local record store and subsequently hearing the Barney Kessel Quartet play at The Cellar, a Vancouver, B.C. jazz night spot. From that point on Bruce was passsionately consumed with the language of jazz–a language of a higher plane, exciting and free like the blues, but with a much larger variety of moods and feelings. Full bio at http://brucelofgren.com/biography.html...MORE INFO!

Jazz and Studio Legend Don Randi is our guest this week. He tells us stories from the days in the studio with artists like Elvis, Nancy Sinatra, Frank Zappa, The Beach Boys, and more. he also talks about the producers back then including Phil Spector, and Brian Wilson. Don played keyboards on over a thousand popular recordings and was a member of the remarkable “Wrecking Crew” of studio musicians during the explosive pop music era of the 1960s and early 1970s. Nancy Sinatra, the Beach Boys, the Jackson 5, Elvis Presley, Sammy Davis Jr., Neil Diamond, and Linda Ronstadt are among the many music greats Randi has worked with and writes about in You’ve Heard These Hands Don founded The Baked Potato jazz club in Los Angeles in 1970 and has owned it ever since, and he has released 20 jazz albums of his own, including the 1980 Grammy nominated New Baby and the 2013 Acoustimania. Here are some links to things we discuss on the show: Phil Spector Christmas album Don’s Book: You’ve Heard These Hands Don’s albums – (here are two we talk about) Good Jazzy Vibrations Acoustimania The jazz club Don founded: The Baked Potato Wrecking Crew Movie website Don Randi – Keyboards Performed with: Jazz Round Table #6 5-18-21 Bio – Don Randi is a composer, arranger, music director, and keyboard musician. As part of the legendary “Wrecking Crew” group of studio musicians, he made hundreds of hit records in the 1960s and 1970s. He founded The Baked Potato jazz club in Los Angeles in 1970 and has owned it ever since, and he has released 20 jazz albums of his own, including the 1980 Grammy-nominated New Baby and the 2013 Acoustimania. Randi played keyboards on over a thousand popular recordings and was a member of the remarkable “Wrecking Crew” of studio musicians during the explosive pop music era of the 1960s and early 1970s. Nancy Sinatra, the Beach Boys, the Jackson 5, Elvis Presley, Sammy Davis Jr., Neil Diamond, and Linda Ronstadt are among the many music greats Randi has worked with and writes about in You’ve Heard These Hands...MORE INFO! The post Jazz Round Table #6 – Don Randi – Studio and Jazz Legend appeared first on LiveAtZeroBPM.

Welcome to our Fifth Episode! This week’s guests guitarists Pat Kelley from L.A., Joe Robinson from Nashvill via Australia, and Vinny Raniolo from New York! We start the discussion by hearing each of their unique “origin stories” and how they got into playing and into jazz in particular. Show Links: We also talk about their albums. If you follow their bios below you’ll see all their links but here are their albums on Apple Music: Pay Kelley – Apple Music Joe Kelley – Apple Music Vinny Raniolo – Apple Music We also discuss Joe’s and Vinny’s teaching sites: Joe Robinson – Courses Vinny Raniolo – Rhythmship We also talk abouyt Vinny’s Duo with Guitarist Frank Vignola and how much fun their show is. Click here to see their performance at the Tampere Guitar Festival Pat Kelley – Guitar Performed with: Socially Distant Show #2 1/14/21, Socially Distant Show #6 2/11/21, Pat Kelley Trio 3/25/21, Jazz Round Table #5 5/4/21 Bio – Recognized for his signature touch, harmonic dexterity, bluesy melodies and sense of rhythm, guitarist Pat Kelley has enjoyed a steady and successful career in Los Angeles as a studio and touring musician, recording artist, composer, producer, arranger, vocalist, recording engineer, and educator. An integral part of the Thornton School of Music Guitar Faculty at the University of Southern California for twenty-four years, two of Pat’s books, Arpeggios for the Evolving Guitarist and Melodic Minor Guitar are part of the USC Thornton School of Music instructional series (Mel Bay Publications). Pat has also been on the faculty of the Monterey Jazz Festival Summer Jazz Camp, Guitar College Summer Guitar & Bass Camp, the University of Tulsa Summer Jazz Camp, and Interlochen Center for the Arts. A native of Tulsa, Oklahoma, Pat grew up playing music with his Dad, other guitarists, singers, and bands, from the age of five. After majoring in music composition at the University of Tulsa, Pat moved to Southern California in the early 1970’s where he has recorded and toured with George Benson, Natalie Cole, David Benoit, Ronnie Laws, Hubert Laws, Tom Scott, Al Jarreau, Chick Corea, Dave Brubeck, Dave Koz, Jane Monheit, Olivia Newton John, Melissa Manchester, Burt Bacharach, Jose Feliciano, and many others. Performances with symphony orchestras include Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego, Houston, Atlanta, Tulsa, Denver, San Antonio, Auckland, Nashville, Toledo, and the Asia America Symphony Orchestra. While recording hundreds of commercial jingles, records, films, and television shows, Pat also worked for several years as the guitarist in house bands on the Merv Griffin, Pat Sajak, and Carol Burnett television shows. He has also written more than one hundred-fifty compositions that have been recorded for CDs, film, television, and music libraries. In 2003, Pat was inducted into the Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame, joining past inductees Chet Baker, Oscar Pettiford, Lester Young, Charlie Christian, and Barney Kessel....MORE INFO! Vinny Raniolo – Guitar Performed with: Jazz Round Table #5 – 5/4/21 Bio – As a touring guitar musician, performer, and educator, Vinny Raniolo is best known for his accompanying skills and is a very high demand rhythm guitarist. His dynamic playing has brought him to 14 countries on three continents – and still growing – having performed in some of the world’s most illustrious venues, including the Sydney Opera House in Australia, The Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco, New York’s Lincoln Center and the world’s oldest indoor concert hall, Teatro Olimpico in Vicenza, Italy. While keeping a busy touring schedule in a variety of musical settings, Vinny has also become a familiar figure on Public Television. Featured previously on three popular shows, including the heavily programmed Tommy Emmanuel and Friends, in Frank Vignola’s Four Generations of Guitar as the youngest generation in the lineage of jazz guitarists with veteran Bucky Pizzarelli and in the Music Gone Public series. Recording credits include soundtracks for HBO’s Boardwalk Empire and Woody Allen’s film Café Society....MORE INFO! Joe Robinson – Guitar Performed with: Jazz Round Table #5 – 5/4/21 Bio – Joe Robinson is an Australian born virtuoso guitarist and singer-songwriter. Based in Nashville, TN since 2010, Joe has performed over 2000 concerts in 35 countries including presenting clinics at Berklee College of Music (Boston), Musicians Institute (Los Angeles), Belmont University (Nashville), performing on the the Nashville TEDX stage, and winning the Australia’s Got Talent TV Series in 2008. He has released 5 studio albums. Joe has a number of popular courses available with TrueFire including ’10 Scales And Modes You Must Know’ and his 12 week program Joes12.com features guest mentors Tommy Emmanuel, Steve Vai, Eric Johnson, Robben Ford, Rodney Crowell, Daniel Levitin and more....MORE INFO! The post Jazz Round Table #5 – Guitar Night! appeared first on LiveAtZeroBPM.

Welcome to our Fourth Episode! This week’s guest Is Composer/Arranger Ron Jones!\r\n\n\n\n\nThe interview goes through Ron’s long and interesting career as a composer and arranger from writing for his marching band in high-school through his work at Disney and on to Star Trek: The Next Generation and Family Guy. We also talk about both the technical and creative process in writing for T.V. and Film as well as for one’s own pleasure. \r\n\n\n\n\nRon is a great individual with a lot of insight – I’m sure you’ll enjoy what he has to say.\r\n\n\n\n\nTo give you an idea of what Ron is about here is a section of an email he sent me. I read this in the episode but wanted you to see it here as well: \r\n\n\n\n\n“Musicians often need to be always in a flock, group, gathering. I am strange in that I chose to find some place 1,252 miles north of L.A. away from the flock. I always say, the greatest composition is not the notes we put on a page, or the music we make, but it is who we are, the inner music we create and even listen to. Regardless of what town a person lives in, each person must create a reality, a purpose, a meaning. Out of that equation and through unique human filters comes an art of the Soul. What I have created here is my lab. The Forest, the longer I know them, teaches many lessons. Different lessons than from coping with the crush of millions of people all fighting to climb an ant hill. There is all that inner dialogue and insight also. So much to talk about in a short space of time. The world hungers for meaning. Music is a vital part of that.”\r\n\n\n\n\n\r\n\n\n\n\nShow Links:\r\n\n\n\n\nNorth by Freaking West (the movie homage to Bernard Herman): https://youtu.be/lslsYkvR1NI\r\n\n\n\n\nWe aren’t able to post the video shown in the livestream but here is another song by the same band from the same gig:\r\n\n\n\n\nthe Jazz Forest band performs “Boundless” by Ron Jones: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBnll9K8QpY\r\n\n\n\n\nWe do play a part of the SkyMuse Studio sizzle reel. Ron is in the process of updating the video and we will add that link when the new one is up.\r\n\n\n\n\n\r\n\n\n\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nRon Jones – Composer, Piano\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nPerformed with: Jazz Round Table #4 – 4/20/21\r\nBio – For over 37 years, Ron Jones has dedicated himself to the art of craft of composing. Most of his creative work has involved scoring music for TV and Film projects, produced by both major Hollywood studios and independent productions companies. After getting his degree in music composition and music theory, Ron moved directly to Los Angeles, in order to study at the famous Dick Grove School of Music.\nWhat attracted Ron’s attention was that all the teachers were successful professional musicians, arrangers and composers who where actively involved in creating music for recording artist, TV and film and other real world music areas. Prior to graduation from Dick Groves, Ron started working as a composer for an NBC movie of the week and several network animated TV series, produced by Hanna-Barbera. Under the guidance and tutelage of Hanna-Barbera’s music director, Hoyt Curtin (Flintstones, Jetsons and many more), Ron scored hundreds of episodes of Hanna-Barbera’s popular animated series. Soon, Mr. Curtin called on Ron to arrange and eventually compose many of the main title themes, such as the Smurfs, Scooby-Doo, The Snorks and many more.\nAfter five years, Ron was introduced to the very busy composing team of Mike Post and Pete Carpenter. During his time scoring for Post and Carpenter, Ron worked on such popular series as The A-Team, Magnum P.I., Hardcastle and McCormick, Riptide, Hunter and more. This phase of scoring work involved a wide variety of scoring styles with emphasis on fusing contemporary Rock and Pop elements into the scores, a hallmark of the Post/Carpenter sound. While working with Post/Carpenter, Ron continued scoring many low budget features, which gave him the opportunity to hone and develop his long form skills.\nChris Montan, head of Disney Music, happened to watch a session Ron was doing for an animated project. The score and how Ron crafted the cues impressed Chris. Chris asked what motivated this deeper level in the music. Ron replied, not knowing who Chris Montan was, that the main difference is that he respects the intelligence of the audience. Most composers at the time were playing down to the audience. Ron’s approach took into account that a large percentage of the animated audience is actually adults.\nAlso, by designing the scores with respect for the intelligence of the audience, the shows themselves took on a broader appeal in that they were not patronizing. Soon after this random encounter, Chris Montan called and asked Ron to score the animated series, Duck Tales for Disney. Ron played the adventures of Huey, Louie, Dewey and Uncle Scrooge as a serious “Raiders of the Lost Ark” action/adventure show. This worked in a wonderful way against the comedy and with of the stories. Duck Tales has been one of the most successful animated series of all time and still plays to a large worldwide audience.\nAfter Duck Tales, Ron worked on the first four seasons of Paramount’s smash hit series, Star Trek: The Next Generation. Scoring Star Trek: The Next Generation offered a perfect opportunity for Ron to use all the skills acquired from the animation, live action series and independent features. Each episode was looked at like a separate feature, rather than a serial with repeated ideas. ST:TNG was really like a Wagneriansuper opera. Each episode had it’s own unique orchestral palette and themes. There were highly organized and compositionally developed themes and motifs, which related to the Star Fleet crew as well as the various life forms they encountered in their exploration of the universe.\nRon further developed the Star Trek music in his scores for the groundbreaking computer games StarFleet Academy and StarFleet Command. These games were the first to use a full studio orchestra for the score. StarFleet Academy won the best score award from the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences.\nRon continued his animation scoring by doing several animation shorts for upcoming creative Producers at Hanna-Barbera and Nickelodeon. Ron’s theme for Butch Hartman’s Fairly Oddparents series won BMI’s TV and Film award for being the most performed theme on Television for an amazing three years in a row (2002-2004). Ron also worked with one of the great young talents, Seth MacFarlane, with whom he had also scored some of his first projects for Hanna-Barbera. Seth took a chance and developed a new series for Fox, called Family Guy. Ron scored the pilot and the series has gone on to become a worldwide hit.\nNot only has Family Guy become hugely successful as both a first run and syndicated series, it has topped the charts in home DVD sales, out selling many of the top feature films. Also, Family Guy is one of the most popular iTunes downloads, usually in the top 10 weekly. Ron has been pushed to create nearly every possible musical style and genre of scoring during his years working on Family Guy. From Broadway parodies, jazz, pop, contemporary grooves and songs to serious orchestral underscore, which rival anything on TV and surpasses many feature scores. Ron also scored another of MacFarlane’s series, American Dad, which is also on Fox.\nCurrently, Ron has expanded his musical exploration by forming the Influence Jazz Orchestra. The group is made up of the most elite session and jazz players in Los Angeles. This ensemble was formed out of a desire to share with live audiences the incredible and amazing studio musicians Ron calls to record his TV scores. Influence has performed at many of the top Jazz Clubs and concert venues to sold out audiences. The band performs new works by Ron, as well as the best charts written for Jazz Ensemble. Many performances feature Seth MacFarlane of Family Guy, singing his favorite classic Sinatra songs as arranged by Nelson Riddle, Billy May and more. Influence is involved in concerts of film and TV music as well as cutting edge Jazz.\nRon Jones has taught and guest lectured in the US and Europe at colleges, University’s and Conferences. Ron is very interested in teaching and sharing his professional insights with the new generation of composers.\nRon is driven to learn and grow, both with his music and in his life. He is proud of his accomplishments and the over 40,000 compositions he has created so far. He looks forward to the next level of creative challenges with excitement and eagerness.\nRon owes everything to his wife, Laree, for all of her wonderful support and love. Ron is very proud of their son, Nathan, and look forward to all he will be and do in his life.\nWhen not scoring, Ron enjoys hiking in the mountains and landscape photography. Ron composes for orchestras, jazz groups, choirs, electronic, and a wide array of other music groups and styles with the goal of exploring the deeper side of music composition. He conducts all of his orchestral scoring sessions, the Influence Jazz Orchestra and he has guest-conducted orchestras in the U.S. and recentlywas a guest conductor for the Star Trek:The Ultimate Voyage concerts at Royal Albert Hall with the London Philharmonic as well as the west coast part of that concert tour with engagements in San Diego, Los Angeles, Portland, Seattle and Vancouver with members of the Czech National Orchestra.\nRon is music director and conductor for the L.A. based Influence Jazz\nOrchestra, a 22-piece all-star Big Band. On occasion this group expands to a full 75 piece orchestra.\nRon is music director and conductor for the 11-piece group Jazz Forest which is currently in studio finishing its first CD release and rehearsing in Seattle for several performances around the Northwest from Portland to Bellingham....MORE INFO!\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\n\n\n\n\r\n\nThe post Jazz Round Table #4 appeared first on LiveAtZeroBPM.\r\n

Welcome to our Third Episode! This week’s guests are sax player/keyboardist Gary Meek, drummer Sinclair Lott, and keyboardist Carey Frank!\r\n\n\n\n\nWe talk a lot about teaching in this episode and get some great insights into music from our three guests.\r\n\n\n\n\nGary Meek has played with Dionne Warwick, Brazilian jazz artists Airto Moreira and Flora Purim, Jose Neto, Herb Alpert, and Al Jarreau. \r\n\n\n\n\nWe play a clip from Gary’s upcoming album which features Flora Purim on vocals. Click Here to watch the full video\r\n\n\n\n\nGary also talks about his 60th Birthday Livestream Show! Click Here you see the full show.\r\n\n\n\n\nSinclair Lott is drummer in Los Angeles. Some of the musicians he has worked with include Freddie Hubbard, Frank Zappa, Tigran Hamasyan, Dianne Reeves, Mose Allison, Vanessa Williams, Big Joe Turner,Billy Childs, Tierney Sutton, Otis Rush,Eric Gale, and Mike Miller.\r\n\n\n\n\nCarey Frank is a keyboardist in Los Angeles, CA. He has worked with the likes of Tedeschi Trucks Band, Susan Tedeschi, Derek Trucks, Hot Tuna, The Wood Brothers, Marty Morell, Ndugu Chancler, Marshall Tucker Band, Eric Marienthal, Jane Monheit, Munyungo Jackson, Dr. Lonnie Smith, Larry Goldings, Lenny Picket, T Lavitz, Martin Short, Dan Aykroyd, Josh Smith, Eric Gales, Drake Bell, and Bob Mintzer.\r\n\n\n\n\nCarey is a dedicated teacher as well. Click here to learn more about Lessons with Careyhttps://www.careyfrank.com/lessons\r\n\n\n\n\nWe play a short clip from Carey’s Trio show at LiveAtZeroBPM’s Thursday night jazz series. Watch the full show on YouTube or Facebook.\r\n\n\n\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nCarey Frank – Organ\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nPerformed with: Brad Rabuchin Trio 06/11/20, The Rumproller Organ Trio 11/19/20, Best of 2020 Part 3 (remote guest) 12/22/20, Jazz Round Table #4 1/28/21, The Carey Frank Trio 3/11/21, Jazz Round Table #3 4/6/21\r\nBio – Originally from South Florida, Carey Frank is now living in Los Angeles, CA. He is fortunate to be an active musician, working as a soloist and with various other musicians, genres, and groups. He has worked with the likes of Tedeschi Trucks Band, Susan Tedeschi, Derek Trucks, Hot Tuna, The Wood Brothers, Marty Morell, Ndugu Chancler, Marshall Tucker Band, Eric Marienthal, Jane Monheit, Munyungo Jackson, Dr. Lonnie Smith, Larry Goldings, Lenny Picket, T Lavitz, Martin Short, Dan Aykroyd, Josh Smith, Eric Gales, Drake Bell, and Bob Mintzer. Prior to moving to Los Angeles, Carey had a residency with Walt Disney World theme parks in Orlando, FL. ...MORE INFO!\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSinclair Lott – Drums\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nPerformed with: The Miley/Blake/Lott Trio 9/10/20, The Bruce Forman Trio 10/22/20, Socially Distant Show #4 1/28/21, Jazz Round Table #3 4/6/21\r\nBio – Sinclair Lott was born in Los Angeles where he currently lives and performs in many different musical genres from commercial studio work to original jazz projects. Some of the musicians he has worked with include Freddie Hubbard, Frank Zappa, Tigran Hamasyan, Dianne Reeves, Mose Allison, Vanessa Williams, Big Joe Turner,Billy Childs, Tierney Sutton, Otis Rush,Eric Gale, and Mike Miller....MORE INFO!\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nGary Meek – Sax, Keyboards\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nPerformed with: Socially Distant Show 1/14/21, Socially Distant Show #7 2/18/21, Jazz Round Table #3 4/6/21\r\nBio – Gary Meek began his career in the early 1980s playing woodwinds in the big bands of the Los Angeles Jazz Workshop, and keyboards and woodwinds for local club dates, weddings and private parties. In the mid-’80s he toured with Dionne Warwick, playing keyboards.\nIn 1987, Meek began a two-decade association with Brazilian jazz artists Airto Moreira and Flora Purim. In 1990, joined by Jose Neto, they formed Fourth World. This band toured the U.S., Europe, Asia, South Africa and Eastern Europe for five years, releasing a live album in 1992, “Live at Ronnie Scott’s.” Three years later, Meek joined Herb Alpert’s world tour in support of Alpert’s “Second Wind” album. The following year, Meek toured the U.S. and Europe playing saxes, flute and keyboards for Al Jarreau.\nMeek’s first album as a leader and saxophonist, 1991’s “Gary Meek,” comprises 11 songs all written or cowritten by Meek. He has released four other solo projects to date, including “Time One,” “Live at Ronnie Scott’s,” “Good Friends” and “Step 7.”\nThrough the 1990s and early 2000s, Meek began several enduring collaborations, some with artists who contributed session work for his solo efforts. After keyboardist Jeff Lorber appeared on “Gary Meek,” Meek played for several Lorber albums, including the Billboard Top 5 “West Side Stories” in 1994. Meek’s first studio work for bassist Brian Bromberg, on 1997’s “You Know That Feeling,” led to several tours and albums including “Downright Upright,” nominated for the “Best Contemporary Jazz Album” Grammy in 2007.\nIn 2000, Meek played saxophone for “Warning,” the sixth studio album by the American punk rock band Green Day. “Warning” reached No. 4 on the U.S. Billboard 200 and was certified gold by the RIAA.\nIn 2003, Meek played woodwinds for the album “Playful Heart” by guitarist and bossa nova pioneer Oscar Castro-Neves. The release, named one of that year’s best albums by Downbeat, included an arrangement of “Four Brothers” that Castro-Neves wrote to feature Meek on all the woodwind parts. Meek was later featured on Castro-Neves’ 2006 album, “All One.”\nIn 2002, Meek collaborated for the first time with drummer Dave Weckl for the Dave Weckl Band album, “Live (and Very Plugged In)” and a subsequent world tour. He also played with Weckl for 2005’s “Multiplicity,” and with Weckl and keyboardist Jay Oliver for “Convergence” in 2012.\nIn 2015, the Dave Weckl Acoustic Band released its debut CD, “Of the Same Mind,” touring behind it in Europe, Asia and the U.S. Acoustic band personnel include Weckl, Meek, keyboardist Makoto Ozone and bassist Tom Kennedy.\nIn September of 2017 Meek released “Originals” – His first solo release in Fifteen years. The CD features Terri Lyne Carrington – Drums, Brian Bromberg – Acoustic Bass, Mitchel Forman – Piano, Randy Brecker – Trumpet/ Flugelhorn and Bruce Forman – Guitar, on Three songs apiece. Also Michael Lent- Guitar and Airto Moriera – Percussion on ‘Suite for Maureen” Meek has had CD release gigs in both LA and Monterey. Bookings are coming in. Subscribe to the Mailing list on this site for more details....MORE INFO!\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\nThe post Jazz Round Table #3 appeared first on LiveAtZeroBPM.\r\n

\nWelcome to our Second Episode! This week’s guests are percussionist Joey De leon, keyboardist/composer/arranger Oscar Hernández, and bassist René Camacho!\r\n\n\n\n\nIn this episode we talk about the musicians’ practice/creative time, Latin Jazz, and more. \r\n\n\n\n\nJoey De Leon – Percussionist – Has played with such widely diverse artists as Queen Latifah and Al Jarreau to Juan Gabriel and Jennifer Lopez, to Barry Manilow and Cyndi Lauper. Joey plays a percussion piece live and we also play a piece he has recorded as a tribute to John Lewis and his daughter.\r\n\n\n\n\nWe play a clip from a video he did with a Korean artist Kelly Che and the Chestondi Project – “Sailor s Song” Click here to watch the full video.\r\n\n\n\n\nTowards the beginning of the show we play a clip from a LiveAtZeroBPM show where all three guests played along with drummer, Jimmy Branley – the song we played a clip from was “ESPN Blues” – Click Here to see the full video of the Joey De Leon All-Stars\r\n\n\n\n\nOscar Hernández is a Grammy Award winning musician. He leads the Spanish Harlem Orchestra and is at the top of the field for composing and arranging in the Latin jazz scene on both coasts.\r\n\n\n\n\nThere are two clips from the show – both inspired by creating music during the pandemic. You can watch the full videos – click on the song title: “Ritmo Pa’ Ti” and “Romance Divino“\r\n\n\n\n\nOscar also plays a few pieces for us on piano\r\n\n\n\n\nRené Camacho – bassist – While known for his playing in the Latin Jazz world, having played with Tito Puente and Pancho Sanchez, he is an amazingly diverse musician who plays with the band War among many artists of different styles. He talks about the role of the bass player in latin music and playes a few tumbaos made famous by the great Latin Jazz bass players\r\n\n\n\n\nDuring the discussion The guys talk about “Clave” the rhythmic “key” to a lot of Latin music styles. Here is the “Son Clave” that Joey talks about: \r\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRene Camacho – Bass\r\n\r\n\n\nPerformed with: The Joey De Leon All-Stars 9/17/20, Jazz Round Table #2 3/16/21\r\nBio – Rene Camacho is an Acoustic, Electric Bassist and Vocalist originally from Tucson, Arizona, now living in Los Angeles. While trombone was his first instrument, he always had an affinity for the Bass and in his college years, Rene made the switch. Rene received a Bachelor’s Degree in Jazz Studies and Composition from The University of Arizona.\nSince moving to Los Angeles in 1996, Rene has had the opportunity to explore many musical ventures, both in live performances and studio recordings. Rene began working with many Latin artists, shortly after moving to Los Angeles most notably, a five year stint with the Queen of Salsa, Celia Cruz and a brief time with the King of Mambo, Tito Puente.\nArtists that he has worked with include: Sergio Mendes, Ry Cooder, Michael Bublé, Oscar Castro Neves, Michael McDonald, Poncho Sanchez, Tipica ’73, Robben Ford, Angelique Kidjo, Linda Ronstadt, Draco Rosa, Jose Alberto “El Canario”, Raul Malo (The Mavericks), Rickie Lee Jones, Juan Gabriel, The Fifth Dimension, The Pointer Sisters, Ron Blake, Francisco Torres, Oscar Hernandez, Canadian Pianist Carol Welsman, Arnold McCuller, the Disney Channel and Guitarist Dean Brown.\nRene continues to actively record with artists from all over the musical world and currently performs with Draco Rosa, Kevin Eubanks, WAR and many others....MORE INFO!\n\r\n\n\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\n\n\n\n\nJoey De Leon – Percussion\r\n\r\n\n\nPerformed with: The Miley/Koonse/De Leon Trio 8/6/20, The Joey De Leon All-Stars 9/17/20, Socially Distant Show #6 2/11/21, Jazz Round Table #2 3/16/21\r\nBio – Joey DeLeon has performed or recorded with artists of almost every genre from jazz, Latin, pop, and contemporary classical. The diverse list of artists is too long to mention but vary as wide as Queen Latifah and Al Jarreau to Juan Gabriel and Jennifer Lopez, to Barry Manilow and Cyndi Lauper, to George Crumb and Tan Dun. He was a member of The Poncho Sanchez Latin Jazz Band from 2006-2018 and Arturo Sandoval from 2012-2014. He currently plays with the Gordon Goodwin Big Phat Band.  The latter two have garnered him Grammy Awards....MORE INFO!\n\r\n\n\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\n\n\n\n\nOscar Hernandez – Keyboards\r\n\r\n\n\nPerformed with: The Joey De Leon All-Stars 9/17/20, Jazz Round Table #2 3/16/21\r\nBio – 4X Grammy Award Winner Oscar Hernández has long been considered one of the most gifted and prominent pianist/ arrangers on the contemporary Latin, Latin-jazz and salsa music scene. He has achieved legendary status for his prolific career spanning now over 40 years.\nOscar’s career as a professional began in the 70’s performing and recording with such seminal artists as Ismael Miranda, Ray Barreto, Celia Cruz, Conjunto Libre, Pete “El Conde” Rodriguez & Grupo Folklorico. Oscar was responsible for charting the musical course of the Rubén Blades Band. “Seis Del Solar”. Increasingly in demand as a pianist, arranger and producer, the Bronx native has produced such artists as Ruben Blades, Paul Simon, Willie Colón “Carabali”, Daniel Ponce, Rafael Dejesus, Eddie Torres, Phil Hernandez, Steve Kroon, Juan Luis Guerra, etc. and than made a more personal statement with the debut CD’s “Decision” and “Alternate Roots” by his band Seis Del Solar the Rubén Blades Band sans Rubén, and now with his 3X Grammy Award winning band, Spanish Harlem Orchestra.\nIn addition to being Rubén Blades pianist, arranger and musical director, Oscar Hernández has enjoyed a prolific musical career recording and performing with such world renown artists as Latin music king Tito Puente, Queen of Salsa Music Celia Cruz, Latin Pop Star Julio Iglesias, Juan Luis Guerra, Ray Barreto, Earl Klugh, Dave Valentin, Johnny Pacheco, Ismael Miranda, Pete”Conde” Rodríquez, Oscar De’leon, Luis “Perico” Ortiz, “Libre’ “Grupo Folkorico Experimental”, Willie Colón, Kirsty MacColl, etc. Oscar’s musical exploits include working as Musical Director/Conductor, arranging and producing the music for “The Capeman,” pop-rock icon Paul Simon’s Broadway musical. In addition, Oscar is also the music producer of “The Capeman” cast recording. Oscar was Musical Director/Arranger for the hit shows “Quien Mato A Hector Lavoe” and “La Lupe” at the 47th Street Theatre. He was also, Music Supervisor/Arranger for the show “Four Guys named Jose & Una Mujer named Maria.”\nOscar’s work as a studio session player can also be heard on numerous commercial jingles, some of which he has written and arranged. Among those is the hit show “Sex and the City.”\nIn addition to leading New York’s Spanish Harlem Orchestra, Oscar also has released 2 CD’s as a solo artist, Oscar Hernández & Alma Libre, titled“ The Art of Latin Jazz” and  “Love The Moment” on Origin Records....MORE INFO!\n\r\n\n\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\n\n\r\n\nThe post Jazz Round Table #2 appeared first on LiveAtZeroBPM.\r\n\n

\nWelcome to the first Episode! This week’s guests are guitarist Michael O’Neil, keyboardist Gregg Karukas, and saxophonist Michael Paulo!\r\n\n\n\n\nIn this episode we talk about the musicians’ practice/creative time, stories about people they’ve worked for, advice for the road, and more. \r\n\n\n\n\nMichael O’Neill – Guitarist/Composer – Has toured with George Benson and Barbara Streisand for years. He’s worked with Al Jarreau, Stevie Wonder, Roberta Flack, Natalie Cole amongst many other greats! He is also a TV/Film composer. The first tune he performs is Funky Fiesta from his album Once in Brazil. He also performs a solo guitar piece. \r\n\n\n\n\nGregg Karukas is a Grammy Award winning musician. He was a founding member of The Rippingtons, and has played with Dori Caymmi and Larry Carlton and others. He tells us a story about his first recording session which was with the naturalist Ewell Gibbons!\r\n\n\n\n\nGregg talks about his upcoming solo piano album “Serenata.” Check out the preview Here!\r\n\n\n\n\nThe first song Gregg performs is The Girl in the Red Dress which is one of his biggest hits. He also does a solo piano improvisation which turns into a well known Milton Nascimento tune called Ponte de Areia\r\n\n\n\n\nMichael Paulo – sax player and composer has played with Bobby Caldwell, Jeffrey Osborne, and Miles Davis among others. He tells a great story about recording a few tracks for Miles! We play a few clips from a recent Pay-Per-View live-stream broadcast he performed late last year.\r\n\n\n\n\nThe Song Michael talkes about in his Miles story is Give It Up from the album Rubber Band. Here it is on Apple Music\r\n\n\n\n\r\n\n\n\nGregg Karukas – Keyboards\r\n\r\n\n\nPerformed with: The Dave Hill Group 10/15/20, Socially Distant Jazz Round Table #3 1/21/21, Jazz Round Table #01 3/2/21\r\nBio – Grammy winning producer/keyboardist/composer Gregg Karukas (www.karukas.com) has many #1 hits from his 12 solo CDs that show his signature piano touch. A prolific, genre-crossing veteran of Smooth Jazz, Brazilian, and R&B/Pop, Gregg was a founding member of The Rippingtons in 1986 and has toured with Boney James, Dave Koz, Larry Carlton, Dori Caymmi, Ricardo Silveira, Sergio Mendes, Peter White, Rick Braun, Shelby Flint, Melissa Manchester, Alphonse Mouzon, Brenda Russell, Jeffrey Osborne and various Allstar groups in recent years.\n– Gregg won the Grammy in 2013 for producing, composing, playing all keyboards, arranging….and engineering the Best New Age Album (Echoes of Love).\n– helped launch Dave Koz Music Cruises in 2011 as Musical Director\n– Gregg’s group was the house band for It’s Garry Shandling’s Show on Showtime.\n– Gregg arranged and played the theme songs to Disney’s Ducktales and Chip and Dale’s Rescue Rangers; played keys on Rockwell’s Gold Album “Somebody’s Watching Me”\nTrivia: Gregg’s very first LP session at age 18 was for naturalist/author Euell Gibbons, improvising background Moog Synthesizer textures along with Tim Eyermann’s echoing woodwinds for Gibbons’ readings of the work of Henry David Thoreau, a collector’s item that can occasionally be found on eBay.\nWorld famous guitar maker, Paul Reed Smith of PRS Guitars and Gregg grew up together and jammed in Bowie, MD.; the same community that produced icons Eva Cassidy and Kathie Lee Gifford and Space Shuttle astronaut Ricky Arnold....MORE INFO!\n\r\n\n\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\n\n\n\n\nMichael O’Neill – Guitar\r\n\r\n\n\nPerformed with: Jazz Round Table #01 3/2/21\r\nBio – Michael O’Neill’s services as a guitarist and vocalist have been called upon at the highest levels of the music industry for over 30 years.Starting with his first tour of the U.S. and Europe on the Crusaders “Street Life” tour to his ongoing work with George Benson and Barbra Streisand,Michael has played on hundreds of recordings,worked on dozens of World tours,recorded 5 solo cd’s,made numerous television and video appearances,provided hundreds of titles for background music sources.Working with George Benson since 1981,Michael has appeared on “The Best of Benson Live”,George Benson and Al Jarreau cd “Givin it Up”,Benson’s “Absolute Live”and “Live in Montreux 1986″ dvd’s and served as an Associate Producer on Benson’s most recent cd,”Songs and Stories”.Michael has recently entered the arena of television composers as his music can be heard on ” The Real Housewives of Miami”,”The Real Husbands of Hollywood”,”Pregnant in Heels”,”Miss Advised”,”Million Dollar Listing”,”Brooklyn Big Style”,”Wicked Tuna”,Food Paradise” and a growing list of new productions.With his extensive and varied experiences at the top level of the music industry Michael has a huge pallette of styles and colors to draw from which result in a unique compositional voice. \nArtists Worked With: Barbra Streisand George Benson Stevie Wonder Al Jarreau Natalie Cole The Crusaders Rickie Lee Jones Aretha Franklin Michael McDonald Kenny Loggins John Legend Joe Sample Hubert Laws Ronnie Laws KD Lang John Anderson Dr John Earth Wind and Fire Vince Gill Brad Paisley Al Green Ruben Studdard Gato Barbieri Sadao Watanabe Jason Mraz Michael Buble Phil Perry Kirk Whalum Rick Braun Boney James Sheila E. Marcus Miller Chaka Khan Dave Koz Carl Anderson John Lee Hooker Earl Klugh Eddie Murphy Manhattan Transfer Randy Crawford Bobby Caldwell Buddy Guy Ivan Lins Tonhinho Horta Donny Osmond Jaime Cullum Nancy Wilson Kenny Lattimore Roberta Flack Patti Austin Robert Mitchum Richard Elliot Jonathan Butler Wayman Tisdale Gregg Karukas Freddie Ravel Arturo Sandoval The Fowler Brothers Heather Headley Wayne Brady Freda Payne Robert Randolph Sarah McLachlan Arthur Blythe...MORE INFO!\n\r\n\n\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\n\n\n\n\nMichael Paulo – Sax\r\n\r\n\n\nPerformed with: Jazz Round Table #01 3/2/21\r\nBio – One of the most versatile and cosmopolitan saxophonists in pop, soul and contemporary jazz for nearly 35 years, Michael Paulo has added his distinct saxpertise to a virtual who’s who of artists, including Al Jarreau (Paulo’s longest term touring association), James Ingram, No. 1 Smooth Jazz Trumpeter and guitarist Rick Braun and Peter White, Oleta Adams, Kenny Loggins, Patti Austin, Jeffrey Osborne, Jeff Lorber, David Benoit, Carl Anderson, Bobby Caldwell, Johnny Mathis and more. Another Milestone in Michael’s Career is his recent appearance on a previously unreleased Miles Davis record that was recorded in 1986 . The unheard tracks were recorded prior to his release TUTU. The record was released Sept 6th 2020 and reached the number 1 status on the billboard jazz charts in its first week.\nPaulo grew up in a musical family (his father a pianist, his mother a singer, his siblings all playing instruments) and though he came upon the sax relatively late at age 15, he quickly became first horn player in his high school band and was playing professional gigs around the islands within a few years. Rather than accept a scholarship to North Texas State, he chose a more adventurous road by joining Hawaiian pop/rock band Kalapana, which had some success on the mainland but was most popular in Japan. After playing regularly and recording on all four of Kalapana’s albums from 1975 through 1979, Paulo recorded a solo album for Japanese release on Trio records. In addition to exposing him to the Japanese jazz audience, Tats in the Rainbow gave him the opportunity to work with legendary pianist Herbie Hancock.\nPaulo moved to Los Angeles in 1981 and quickly established himself by playing with percussionist Ray Armondo and a local R&B outfit featuring members of Rufus. Two years later, he caught his big break when Al Jarreau hired him for his touring band. The young saxman became an integral part of the Jarreau experience while touring the world for the next decade. Paulo also gained international recognition as a result of his work on Jarreau’s famed “Live in London” release.\nIn 1988 paulo recorded his first Major solo release One Passion on MCA records\nwhich was critically accliamed as one of the most influential recordings in contemporary Jazz. He has since released nine solo projects with the latest entitled “Songs” a compilation of his compositions over the years and featuring two new tracks.\nMichael Paulo’s reputation as the no. 1 Asian American Jazz artist continues with each new year. He has also toured extensively in the Far East performing for the Sultan of Brunei and the Royal Family of Thailand. Michael is also popular in Japan where he has performed with numerous well known Japanese artists over the years such as: Namie Amuro, Eikichi Yazawa, Anrie, Mari Ijima, Globe,Atsushi from Exile and more! A dynamic live performer Michael has constantly left his audiences wanting more. His emotive playing and endearing style has never failed to capture the hearts of his fans all over the world..Michael Paulo is has continued to build his status as one of the most dynamic saxophonist in the world..\nMichael spent eight years as an artist in residence at one of the largest Music Festivals in the world The Java Jazz Festival . Michael also produced two festivals, the Temecula Wine and Music Festival and Pacific Rim Jazz Festival in Hawaii. His company Apaulo Productions is also involved in producing numerous Jazz concerts events in California and Hawaii. Michael has just completed his 11th solo project titled a Beautiful Day. With the help of his music friends such as Peter White , Paul Brown , David Benoit, Paul Jackson Jr, Freddie Washington ,Ray ParkerJr. and more , Michael has assembled a mix of popular covers and original songs. It’s been ten years since his last studio release and he’s back in true form and ready to highlight another phase of his career an artist. As he says, “Music is always going to evolve, and it’s up to the artist to respond gracefully to the changes. We don’t know what the music will sound like years from now, but no matter what, it will be based on what the people in the audience feel.”...MORE INFO!\n\r\n\n\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\n\n\r\n\nThe post Jazz Round Table #1 appeared first on LiveAtZeroBPM.\r\n\n

\nWelcome to the new podcast! We are taking our Jazz Round Table shows and releasing them as podcasts! The Jazz Round Table show are the jazz talk (and play) shows and will be interesting and fun! Episode Zero is our preview episode to tell you a little more about what’s coming up. \r\n\n\n\n\nEpisode #1 will be livestreamed Tuesday, March 2nd at 7pm PST. Guests will be guitarist Michael O’Neill, keyboardist Gregg Karukas, and sax player Michael Paulo.\r\n\n\n\n\nCome join us if you can. If not – the shows are archived here and you can always subscribe to the podcast!\r\n\n\n\n\nThanks for joining us!\r\n\n\n\n\nThe post Jazz Round Table Episode #0 appeared first on LiveAtZeroBPM.\r\n\n