After having been exposed to jazz, Tumi Mogorosi decided to record his first album, Project Elo. His idea was to integrate jazz and choral classic music. A jazz sextet is composed of 4 chorally-trained vocalists. The album contains 7 original songs that are true expressions of Tumi Mogorosi. Because of the interplay between the instruments, … Read more
Billy Mohler is a Grammy Nominated writer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist. Mohler is a graduate of the Berklee College of Music, Boston, MA. He studied Jazz Performance. Mohler was one of five people selected to join the prestigious Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz. He studied and performed with jazz legends Herbie Hancock and Clark Terry, as … Read more
Louis Tebugo Moholo, a South African jazz drummer, was born 10 March 1940 in Cape Town. He founded The Blue Notes along with Johnny Dyani and Chris McGregor. They emigrated to Europe in 1964 with them. He eventually settled in London where he was part of an exile South African community that contributed significantly to … Read more
The seductive musical textures and dynamics of these three jazz and world music masters have earned them worldwide acclaim. Glen Moore is the bassist of the well-known group Oregon. Glen Velez, a master frame drummer with several albums on the CMP label, and Larry Karush, pianist for ECM has made his name with a fine … Read more
Bundance Mutori was only 14 years old when he started playing with other Mokoomba members. It was 2002 when they were both at Mosi Oa-Tunya High, Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe. He recalls that their greatest problem was getting instruments. He says that they didn’t own any instruments, and that even though there was a music class … Read more
Shuko Mizuno was a Japanese prefecture in Tokushima. He was born February 24, 1934. In 1958, he began his musical studies at Tokyo Geijutsu Daigaku (Tokyo University of Fine Arts and Music). He completed his studies in 1963 with a master’s in music. Mizuno was a keen student of musical improvisation from the very beginning … Read more
Carl Winther is a young pianist who is well-known in Denmark. He was the son of Jens Winther (a world-famous composer and trumpet player), and began touring as a youngster. His performances are stunning and virtuous. He also has a natural ability to improvise. Winther is a Jazz and Classic musician who has received numerous … Read more
Percy Jones, Brand X’s legendary bass player, will release MJ12’s eagerly awaited debut album via Gonzo Multimedia UK, June 24, 2016. MJ12, recorded at Shelter Island studios in Manhattan in the summer 2015, is jazz/fusion/prog at its best. This album features virtuosic performances from all four members of the band, and is in many ways … Read more
Hiroshi Minami, a japanese pianistvirtuoso and Tokyo-based legend, teamed up with two Danish jazz musicians, Nils Davidsen on bass and Anders Mogensen on drums. The trio first met in Copenhagen Denmark in 2012, when they played at the Copenhagen Jazz Festival. They recorded music material that spans back and forth between time. Jazz music is … Read more
Perkins, a Chicago native, was one of Captain Walter Dyett’s beloved music students at DuSable High School during the late 1940s. Perkins was a gigging musician with Ahmal Jamal in the mid-50s. In 1957, Perkins founded his MJT 3 (“Modern Jazz Two Plus 3”), which featured Willie Thomas as trumpeter, Frank Strozier as altoist, Bob … Read more
