Cornetist Leon Bismark “Bix" Beiderbecke, while certainly heavily influenced by Louis Armstrong, developed his own highly stylized way of playing and improvising jazz. One wonders what musical ...
In my neighborhood, young girls swoon to the sound of Dan Barrett's trombone, and their boyfriends get romantic. Melody in Swing will also get your parents up for a round of slow dancing in the living ...
In December 1999, four world-class trombonists presented a spectacular concert at the Beethovenhalle in Bonn, Germany, and a few weeks later they gathered in a nearby studio to record this equally ...
Leader Dan Barrett’s name was the only one familiar to me on this new Nagel-Heyer release (although I seem to have heard the name John Smith before). Not to worry; Barrett’s companions are as ...
Dan Barrett, trombone; Jon-Erik Kellso, trumpet; Brian Oglivie, clarinet & tenor sax; John Smith, soprano and alto sax; Eddie Erickson, guitar, banjo; Joel Forbes ...
Dan Barrett's latest release -- Deconstructionist -- will take you on an experimental journey into ambient and drone music "Good luck." After thirty pages of primer, Dan Barrett's Deconstructionist ...