The Mound City Blue Blowers was an American novelty jazz group, founded in St. Louis, Missouri, and named after its founder. Red McKenzie and Jack Bland co-founded the group and it was active in the 1920s, 1930s. The original members of the group were Red McKenzie, Dick Slevin, Jack Bland, and Red McKenzie, who played … Read more
Manuel Mota, a Portuguese experimental jazz and blues guitarist, was born October 22, 1970. Mota began playing guitar when he was 15. Mota started playing guitar at age 15. He experimented with prepared guitars, mostly acoustic. In 1997, he focused his efforts on drone music. His interests changed to fingerstyle guitar, and he began working … Read more
Wendy Moten, born November 22, 1965 in Memphis, Tennessee, is an American singer best known for her single “Come In Out of the Rain”, which reached #8 in the UK in February 1994. Moten was born in Memphis and sang in church choirs when she was a kid. Moten sang with Michael Bolton in a … Read more
Bennie Moten (1894-1935) was an American jazz pianist and band leader. He recruited Count Basie in 1929 for his band Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orchestra. Basie eventually took over as the piano player. Basie gathered many of the best musicians from Moten’s band and formed his own orchestra after Moten died in 1935. Text contributed … Read more
The Mother Funk Conspiracy can be a formidable force. The Mother Funk Conspiracy’s high-energy grooves, intricate changes, and infectious energy will keep everyone moving, from jazz-influenced listeners to casual dancers. Professional jazz musicians play groove music for dancers and take jazzy solos. There is no smooth jazz, but some songs will put your ears in … Read more
Moshulu, a ship of strength and one of the most powerful four-masted steel barsques ever made, was named after it. Moshulu, named after the four-masted ship, is now a project that combines four music universes. Bass legend Jeff Berlin (Bill Bruford, Allan Holdsworth, HBC), drummer genius Dennis Chambers (Funkadelics, John Scofield, Santana), selected keyboardist/guitarist David … Read more
Anja Lauvdal is a pianist, Fredrik Luhr dietrichson is a bass player, and Hans Hulbaekmo is a drummer. They are all in their twenties and were part of the Trondheim Conservatory of Music’s Jazz Department. Hans and Anja have made a name for theirself as members of critically acclaimed rock bands Your Headlights Are On … Read more
Miles Mosley is an upright-bassist, singer, producer, composer, and arranger. Mosley, a teen, was chosen to play bass in the Grammy All-American High School Jazz Band & Choir. Don Heckman, Los Angeles Times jazz critic, praised Mosley as a “technical virtuoso”. His classical training was at the Colburn School of Music, Los Angeles. He also … Read more
As a reed player and band leader, multi-instrumentalist Michael Moss has played with a large eclectic group of musicians including Sam Rivers, Dave Liebman, Bobby Moses, Richie Beirach, Paul Bley, Badal Roy, George Brown, Ben Sidran, Dave Burrell, Michal Urbaniak and William Parker, Larry Roland, Waldron Ricks, Mike Wimberley, Billy Stein, Charles Downs (Rashid Bakr), … Read more
Joao Mortagua is a modern-day saxophonist who has quickly established himself as one the most challenging and complete in Portugal. His beautiful compositions allow for both solo improvisation as well as a mesmerizing group dynamic. Mortagua released his first album, “Janela”, in 2014. He recently published “MIRRORS”, (Live at Guimaraes Jazz), and “AXES”. From bandcamp
