GRAMMY AWARD NOMINATED!! The much anticipated new recording by the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra is here! The L.A. Treasures Project was recorded live in the intimate setting at Alva’s Music in San Pedro California to an audience of avid fans and supporters. This historic project features the vocal talents of two[…]
Legendary American singer and pianist Leon Russell has entertained the world for five decades, getting his start as an in-demand Wrecking Crew session player and playing on hundreds of hit records before he began releasing his own albums in 1967. Leon Russell’s latest studio album, titled Life Journey, will be[…]
Actor Wilford Brimley is best know for his work in films like Cocoon, The Natural, The Firm and Hard Target as well as numerous TV appearances, but Mr. Brimley has made a number of recordings over the years with great jazz musicians. On this outing, he teams up with the[…]
Celebrating the 100th birthday of big band jazz leader Woody Herman, the DePaul University Jazz Ensemble with drummer and Herman alumnus Jeff Hamilton plays eleven newly crafted arrangements of Woody s greatest hits from the 1940s and 1950s, capturing the swing and excitement of the great Woody Herman Herds. Notable[…]
Lyn Stanley’s internationally acclaimed Lost In Romance is a unique collection of Golden Age style jazz standards and blues songs set to exciting arrangements with 13 of LA’s finest jazz musicians in four trios with soloists. Sultry vocals are stellar. (From CD Baby)
Jeff Hamilton Trio Great American Songs: Through The Years ****1/2 On this beautiful-sounding, limited-edition CD, drummer/leader Jeff Hamilton proves (once again) that he is not only a master of the American Songbook but an equally gifted arranger and, of course, drummer. Joined by his longtime trio of bassist Christoph Luty and pianist Tamir Hendelman, Hamilton gives a lesson[…]
A singing double bassist with a deep sense of swing, Kristin Korb and her All-Star trio featuring musical powerhouses Bruce Forman on guitar and Jeff Hamilton on drums, share an inspired set of popular songs using innovative arrangements. (From Amazon)
The debut big band album of award-winning composer and arranger Joe Clark, Lush simmers and swings with a line-up of Chicago s best jazz players and Grammy®-winning drummer Jeff Hamilton playing jazz standards and new compositions! Clark leads the band on exciting and intimate new originals and arrangements influenced by[…]
Jeff Hamilton is featured as performer and composer with the critically acclaimed DePaul University Jazz Ensemble. Student trumpet soloist Marquis Hill (2012 International Trumpet Guild Jazz Improvisation contest winner) tenor saxophone soloist Rocky Yera (Chicago Union League Jazz Improvisation Contest winner), and arrangers Joseph Clark (DownBeat magazine DeeBee Award) and[…]