Results for "Hard Bop"

A. Christopher Johnson

Born: January 29, 1974

FREELANCE JAZZ / SOUL SESSION DRUMMER Contact me via Cell at (845) 901-4072, or email at aj.gretch@gmail.com

I grew up during the Golden Age of Hip-Hop and Neo Soul, and I get plenty kudos by the talented bandleaders and musicians in the great studios of New York City, on my funky Hard Bop swing, and my head-knocking drum shuffles.

I slickly add the Hip-Hop breakbeats and soulful rhythms that I heard growing up, into both my swing, and my drum shuffles, while playing the revamped jazz standards, or hard swinging originals, for the jazz combos, soulful vocalists, and spoken word poets I play for.  

Karolis Šarkus

Born: January 3, 1998

Karolis Šarkus (28) is a Lithuanian jazz saxophonist, composer, and arranger shaping a bold contemporary jazz voice in Europe. His music blends lyrical melodies, modern harmony, and cinematic textures with emotional depth and strong narrative flow — rooted in jazz tradition, driven by exploration.

He studied jazz in the USA and Amsterdam, developing a refined and expressive personal style. His debut album Palette of Feelings (2021) introduced his artistic world to a wider audience, earning critical acclaim for its emotional depth and distinctive melodic writing.

Winner of Italy’s Premio Internazionale Massimo Urbani (2021), recipient of Lithuania’s Young Performing Artist Prize (2022), and a member of the Euroradio Jazz Orchestra (2023), Karolis continues to expand contemporary jazz through original music, collaborations, and international performances.

Paul Silbergleit

Paul Silbergleit is a Milwaukee-based jazz guitarist, bandleader, composer, educator, and author. Straight-ahead in style, he bears the influence of figures such as Grant Green, Wes Montgomery, Jim Hall, Pat Metheny, Pat Martino, and Kenny Burrell.

Paul has performed with a wide array of jazz luminaries such as Melvin Rhyne, Phil Woods, Benny Golson, Tierney Sutton, Jon Faddis, Richie Cole, Brian Lynch, David Hazeltine, and Jack McDuff, to name just a few. A member of area jazz supergroup We Six, he has also worked with notable institutions like the Milwaukee Repertory Theater and the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra. His critically acclaimed albums Silberglicity, My New Attitude, and January all heavily feature his own compositions, while The Hidden Standard shows off his arranging skills with an amazing variety of reimagined familiar tunes in a sextet setting. His latest release, The Stillness of July (Calligram), presents a mix of unique originals and arrangements, and showcases the great chemistry of the long-running Paul Silbergleit Trio lineup with bassist Clay Schaub and drummer Devin Drobka.

Danny Gatton

Born: September 4, 1945

Danny Gatton (full name Daniel Wood Gatton Jr.) was an American virtuoso guitarist renowned for his extraordinary technical skill and his ability to seamlessly blend multiple genres, including blues, rockabilly, jazz, country, and more. He often described his style as "redneck jazz," a term reflecting his fusion of country roots with jazz improvisation and other influences.

Born on September 4, 1945, in Washington, D.C., Gatton began playing guitar at age nine, influenced by his father (a rhythm guitarist) and early exposure to legends like Les Paul. Largely self-taught after brief lessons, he developed an incredible ear and technique. By his teens, he was performing in bands like the Offbeats (1960–1964), playing jazz and other styles. He later worked as a session musician in Nashville, returned to the D.C. area, and built a reputation through local clubs and bands.

Matt Ingeneri

Matt Ingeneri is a Jazz guitarist based in Washington, DC who has performed at festivals and prestigious venues across China, India, Southeast Asia, and Africa. He infuses Great American Songbook classics with bluesy elements of Hard Bop and Soul Jazz.

“Matt Ingeneri plays Jazz guitar in the classic style of Wes Montgomery, Kenny Burrell, and early George Benson."- Time Out Magazine

A product of Washington DC’s vibrant Hard Bop tradition, Matt’s trio was featured weekly at the historic Bohemian Caverns Club where Jazz legends like Duke Ellington, Billie Holiday, and Charlie Parker once performed. Matt has appeared at the DC Jazz Festival, Boston Arts Festival, China's West Meets East Festival, and the JazzKif and Ca Swing a Kin festivals in Africa. Other venues he's performed at include The Piano Man Jazz Club in New Delhi, No Black Tie in Kuala Lumpur, Jazz@Southbridge in Singapore, and the Blue Note bar in Guangzhou China.

Gabe Katell

Hailing from upstate New York, Gabe started performing after high school with the Albany State Big Band. Upon moving to California, he performed in Glendale’s Jazz Society Big Band, the Sonny Phillips Ensemble, the Kevin Hiatt Big Band, Gabe’s own quartet, the Jack Lantz Big Band, the Harry Selvin Big Band, the Conejo Jazz Orchestra, “Saxtravaganza,” the Late Nite Big Band, the Groovin’ Easy Big Band, Soul Expressions and the Jazz Express Sextet. He has studied with jazz notables Nick Brignola, Bobby Shew and Dan Higgins.

Ron Gonzalez

Ron Gonzalez is a seasoned jazz guitarist bringing the authentic sound of New York City's jazz scene to the Hudson Valley.

Based near Beacon, NY, Ron delivers compelling performances of straight-ahead post-bop, Latin jazz, soul jazz, and blues.

A graduate of the New School Jazz Program (1992), Ron studied under jazz legends including Jim Hall, Joe Chambers, Buster Williams, Andrew Cyrille, and Gene Bertoncini. Before moving to the Hudson Valley, he spent 15 years as a professional musician in New York City, performing at iconic venues including the Blue Note NYC, the Village Gate, and Smalls, collaborating with renowned musicians such as Ted Curson, Dave Douglas, Patience Higgins, and many others.

Scott Routenberg

Dr. Scott Routenberg enjoys a versatile and prolific career as an award-winning composer, arranger, jazz pianist and educator.  For over two decades, Routenberg's music has garnered widespread critical acclaim, with JAZZIZ hailing the artist as a "rising-star pianist" who has "found his own voice in the modern mainstream."

 In 2004, Scott was the first jazz songwriter to win the coveted John Lennon Songwriting Contest Maxell Song of the Year. Other notable awards and honors include The ASCAP Foundation/Symphonic Jazz Orchestra Commissioning Prize (2016), the International Society of Jazz Arrangers and Composers Symposium SONIC Award for Best Arrangement (2017), Composer Scholar at the Henry Mancini Institute in Los Angeles, the ASCAP Foundation Young Jazz Composer Award (three-time winner), participant in the ASCAP Television and Film Scoring Workshop in L.A. where he received the ASCAP David Rose Scholarship and the DownBeat Student Award for Best Extended Length Composition.

J.Q. Whitcomb

Born: March 12, 1979

Trumpeter and composer J.Q. Whitcomb doesn’t just play jazz. He creates moods. From poignant, reflective tenderness to brash and boisterous exuberance, his compositions evoke adventures and romances, his trumpet playing the ever-adaptable thespian that commands every ear’s attention to the end.

Tales of Enchantment (2014), is J.Q.’s second album as bandleader. Recorded in New York City, the album features J.Q.’s quintet Five Below in a new instrumentation playing all original arrangements. Except for an adaptation of the Depeche Mode 80s pop song Enjoy the Silence, all the pieces on the album are J.Q.’s original compositions. In this project, J.Q.’s writing has incorporated more odd meters to round out the modern compositional sound he has continued developing since the release of Airports, as well as exploring even more deeply the range of emotional textures the quintet setting can evoke. From the angular melodies in “Synapse” to the rich, luscious harmonies in “And the Rains Came”, this album brings listeners on an epic adventure, telling tales of faraway and most enchanting places. Tales of Enchantment is available for purchase on iTunes and other major online retailers.

Andrew Esch

Andrew Esch is a young trumpeter hailing from Hillsborough, North Carolina. He began his journey as a musician studying classical and jazz trumpet with revered trumpet player, Jim Ketch, the director of Jazz studies at the University of North Carolina. After meeting and performing with trumpeter Terell Stafford, he was offered to study at Temple University with the Mimsy Katz Musician Scholarship in the Boyer College of Music and Dance Jazz Performance department. He received the Billy Strayhorn Award in 2022, celebrating students in the Boyer Jazz program who displayed an appreciation of tradition, musicality, and innovation whilst inspiring other musicians