Larry Willis

His bluesy solos captured the fiery spirit of the original date's Cannonball Adderley. </p><p>Pianist Larry Willis played "Freddie Freeloader" as if he'd written "Kind of Blue's" second track. His work was equal parts grace and grit. A...

In this article: Kind of Blue, Miles Davis, Wallace Roney, So What, Vincent Herring, John Coltrane, Jimmy Cobb, and Flamenco Sketches

...trumpeter Wallace Roney, a Davis friend and disciple, tenor saxophonist Javon Jackson, alto saxophonist Vincent Herring, pianist Larry Willis and bassist Buster Williams. </p><p> It s called the So What Band, after one of the album s...

In this article: Kind of Blue, Jimmy Cobb, John Coltrane, Wynton Kelly, Bill Evans, Kurt Rosenwinkel, and City Center Square

...with Jackie McLean. After he graduated he made his first jazz recording, McLean's Right Now!, which featured two of Willis' compositions. His first recording of any type, however, was as a singer with the Music and Arts Chorale Ensemble,...

In this article: Bebop, Jackie McLean, Avant garde jazz, Manhattan School of Music, Aaron Copland, Paul Murphy, Leonard Bernstein, Hamiet Bluiett, and Blood, Sweat & Tears

...Jazz aficionados with the high-end high energy fusion principals of Bebop and Avant-Garde Jazz. Break Away with Paul Murphy , Jere Carroll and Joel Futterman. Excursions with Paul Murphy , Larry Willis , Expose with Paul Murphy , Larry Willis

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...of those sessions. With him are trumpeter Wallace Roney, tenor saxophonist Javon Jackson, alto saxophonist Vincent Herring, pianist Larry Willis and bassist Buster Williams. </p><p>•<strong>March 20</strong>: Oleta Adams returns to cap...

In this article: Mutual Musicians Foundation, Jimmy Cobb, Bobby Watson, Buster Williams, and Wallace Roney

...footwork, he said. Today's tribute band, featuring trumpeter Wallace Roney, Javon Jackson and Vincent Herring on sax, pianist Larry Willis and Buster Williams on bass, has its own strengths, Cobb is adamant it isn't simply an attempt to...

In this article: Jimmy Cobb, Miles Davis, Kind of Blue, Wallace Roney, Blue in Green, Wynton Kelly, and Bill Evans

...and Ornette Coleman. For Melancholia, named for a Billy Eckstine composition covered here, Criscuolo is accompanied by pianist Larry Willis, bassist Phil Bowler and drummer Billy Drummond. A small string ensemble joins the foursome on...

In this article: Melancholia, Billy Drummond, Phil Bowler, Herbie Hancock, and Maynard Ferguson

...'free' but driving in 'jazz time' and Willis is a far more tonal player. On "Titanium," from ExposA©, Willis and Murphy soar together before they are even a minute into the piece. When Murphy moves away from the cymbals and towards a drum that...

In this article: Paul Murphy, Billy Drummond, Jimmy Lyons, Eddie Gomez, Melancholia, Titanium, Santi Debriano, and Glenn Spearman

LARRY WILLIS "The Offering" HighNote AN ENGAGING collection of solo, trio and quartet performances, "The Offering," jazz pianist Larry Willis's latest CD, holds a few surprises and more than a few customary delights. The former includes the...

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...piper Tommy Martin and American champion Irish step-dancers Abbey Magill and Sienna Hickey (202-857-7700). . . . Versatile jazz pianist Larry Willis, who has played with such artists as Jackie McLean, Dizzy Gillespie, Art Blakey and Blood,...

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