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Vance Thompson
Vance Thompson is the founder/music director/arranger of the Knoxville Jazz Orchestra, a professional big band, nonprofit organization based in Tennessee that produces dozens of concerts annually, has performed internationally, released acclaimed recordings, and collaborated with guests such as Monty Alexander, Hank Jones, Eric Reed, Michael Dease, Donald Brown, Carmen Bradford, Gregory Tardy, John Clayton, Stefon Harris and many others. Recent milestones include Thompson’s Grammy-nominated performance on trumpet (What If, Jerry Douglas Band), arranging for the 2023 Grammy-winning (Best Large Ensemble) Count Basie Orchestra album, Basie Swings the Blues and celebrating 25 years as a professor of Jazz Trumpet at the University of Tennessee’s College of Music.
Lost and Found
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2026
Track listing: Tell It Like It Is; The Thread of All Sorrows; Mixed Feelings; Sleight of Hand; Lost and
Fond; Bud Powell; The Ladies at Rose Cottage; My Three Suns; Over the Rainbow.
Marta Sánchez, Billy Childs, Joe Syrian Motor City Jazz Octet, The Outskirts
by Cheryl K.
During this week's two-hour program of jazz and improvised music, vocalists and pianists Dena DeRose and Marta Sánchez; multi-instrumentalist/composer/producer Brian Eaton; pianists Oscar Peterson and Billy Childs; vocalist Catherine Russell; drummer and bandleader Joe Syrian with Motor City Jazz Octet; and The Outskirts.Playlist Teri Thornton “Baby, Won't You Please Come Home" from Teri Thornton ...
Vance Thompson's Reinvention
by Todd Steed
Vance Thompson wears a lot of impressive hats: composer, arranger, professor at the University of Tennessee, and founder of the Knoxville Jazz Orchestra. His main instrument was trumpet until a medical setback forced him to reinvent himself as a vibraphonist. This transformation is documented on his new album, “Lost and Found," featuring a high ...
Entre Amigos, Daggerboard The Skipper and Mike Clark, Sam Yahel, The Sistering and more
by Benjamin Boddie
Today's Music--Right Now! Fantastic music by Entre Amigos, Daggerboard, The Skipper And Mike Clark, Sam Yahel, The Sistering, Gilad Barakan, Chris Fagan, Julian Davis Reid, Flying High, Joel Ross, Eddie Allen & Push, Baltimore Jazz Collective, James Fernando, Alexa Tarantino, Gafieira Rio Miami, Eyal Vilner Big Band, Dave Slonaker Big Band, Michael Dease, Kurt Elling & ...
The Falconaires, Triple Blind, Diane Marino, Monika Herzig and more
by Benjamin Boddie
Today's Music--Right Now! Fantastic music by LehCats, The Falconaires, Triple Blind, Diane Marino, Monika Herzig, Dana Legg, Sam Robinson, Kurt Elling & WDR Big Band, The Interplay Jazz Orchestra, Darren Litzie, Donald Harrison, Dave Slonaker Big Band, Bob Reynolds, Lisanne Lyons, Steven Husted, Nicole McCabe, Mitch Dalton, Anna Kolchina, Hindy Bare, Dave Stryker, Eddie Allen & ...
Charlie Apicella, Jazz Sabbath, Mark Christian Miller, Melissa Aldana and more
by Benjamin Boddie
Today's Music--Right Now! Fantastic music by Baltimore Jazz Collective, Charlie Apicella, Jazz Sabbath, Mark Christian Miller, Melissa Aldana, James Fernando, Julian Lage, Betty Bryant, Gregory Groover Jr., NOLA Resistance Quintet, Joel Ross, Dave Wilson Quartet, Joe Magnarelli, Roderick Harper, Sean Mason, Rick Roe, Vancouver Jazz Orchestra, Chris Rottmayer, Alexa Tarantino, Stephen Philip Harvey, Robert Glasper, Ron ...
Vance Thompson: Lost and Found
by Jack Bowers
For several years, Vance Thompson's career as a musician hung in the balance. Owing to a neurological disorder known as Focal Dystonia, the Grammy-nominated trumpeter and founder of the Knoxville Jazz Orchestra was literally unable to blow his own horn. But unlike other people who may have thrown in the towel or called it a day, ...
NOLA Resistance Quintet, Joel Ross, Bellbird, Alex Robinson and more
by Benjamin Boddie
Streaming on demand with today's music by NOLA Resistance Quintet, Joel Ross, Bellbird, Álex Robinson, Dimitri Nassar, Carl Schultz, Doug MacDonald Trio, Robert Glasper, Ron Rieder, Stephen Philip Harvey, The Jones Factor, Aretha Tillotson, Nicholas Payton, Roderick Harper, JD Allen, Baltimore Jazz Collective, Vancouver Jazz Orchestra, Betty Bryant, Michael Dease, Lisa Hilton, Vance Thompson, Eddie Allen ...
Naoya Obura, Julian lage, Betty Bryant, Alexa Tarantino and more
by Benjamin Boddie
Today's Music--Right Now! Fantastic music by Ian Dogole, Naoya Ogura, Julian Lage, Betty Bryant, Joe Magnarelli, Alexa Tarantino, Umoja, Kenny Barron, Dave Wilson, Scott Routenberg, Gregory Groover Jr., Michael Dease, Scott Silbert, Tobin Mueller, Anthony Stanco, Grant Stewart, Harold Lopez--Nussa, Stevie Holland, Sacha Boutros, Kelsey Mines, Noah Preminger, Steve Houghton, Joe Elefante,Peter Paulsen, Angela Verbrugge, Roderick ...
