Will Vinson

Trio Grande: Urban Myth

by Mario Calvitti
July 1, 2024

Il chitarrista israeliano Gilad Hekselman si è da tempo distinto come uno degli interpreti moderni più interessanti del suo strumento con i suoi vari progetti solistici, e anche questa recente collaborazione lo conferma. Il trio denominato Trio Grande è stato formato dal chitarrista nel 2019 insieme al sassofonista e tastierista Will Vinson e al batterista Antonio Sanchez, e lo stesso anno ha registrato un album omonimo pubblicato nel 2020 in piena pandemia, il che ha impedito al gruppo di esibirsi ...

Will Vinson, Antonio Sanchez and Gilad Hekselman: Elli Yeled Tov

by Mike Jacobs
June 13, 2023

If this syncopated confluence of Vinson, Sanchez and Hekselman doesn't induce a shake or shimmy, you either haven't found the one or you might need to call 911... ...

Trio Grande: Three instruments, three nationalities, one supergroup

by Friedrich Kunzmann
November 13, 2020

An incessant stream of new artists, new ideas, revisitations of old ideas and ever-shifting technological inventions continues to push jazz onward, forward into the 21st Century. While most of today's music began taking root and developing in the turbulent jazz topographies of the last century, each new interpretation, extension and redesign today adds a new perspective, sometimes even a new dimension, to the possibilities in jazz, thereby enlarging its universe. The three members of newly conceived outfit Trio Grande just ...

Trio Grande: Trio Grande

by Mike Jurkovic
November 11, 2020

It's not easy watching all the divergent and elusive pieces come together on Trio Grande, saxophonist Will Vinson, guitarist Gilad Hekselman and drummer/percussionist Antonio Sánchez's first outing, but then that's not their desire at all. Their work is to challenge the expectations and inclinations that dull and lull us into complacency, into wholly unimaginative realms and lead us to yon wider vistas. Born from various residencies at the NY's legendary (in fall 2020 temporarily shuttered) Cornelia Street Café, ...

Dan Waldman: Sources & Angles

by Geno Thackara
August 25, 2020

After a couple decades as a busy working player, a fellow certainly should have plenty of angles to play, not to mention myriad sources to draw on in a milieu as exciting as the jazz-fusion tradition. This would explain why Dan Waldman's debut doesn't sound like a debut. He knows his stuff; he couldn't have lasted so long in his adopted home of jny: New York City otherwise. His quartet is likewise as solid as a leader could wish for, ...

Four Forty One

by Friedrich Kunzmann
January 29, 2020

2020 marks the beginning of Will Vinson's third decade of working and living in New York. Over the years the British-American saxophonist has gained wide recognition as a sideman as well as a leader, with six albums to his name in the bank. Beyond recording highly acclaimed albums for late Gerry Teekens' Criss Cross label, Vinson has appeared with the likes of Kurt Rosenwinkel, Chris Potter or Kurt Elling, to name a few. The 2012 formation “Owl Trio" featuring bassist ...

Will Vinson: Perfectly Out Of Place

by Maurizio Zerbo
September 28, 2016

In Perfectly Out of Place, grazie anche ad un a bella intesa fra sassofono e chitarra, si coglie una dinamica dimensione dialogica sul piano della scrittura e improvvisazione. Ogni brano è riccamente strutturato dal punto di vista armonico, con gustosi risvolti melodici e calibrati quanto efficaci assoli. L'atmosfera diventa sognante e sospesa nei brani in cui si aggiunge il duplice apporto di archi e voce. Il progetto è molto ambizioso. Tuttavia, rischia di essere dispersivo nel suo tentativo di riunire ...

“jazz Superstars” Join To Celebrate The 10 Year Anniversary Of The Thailand International Jazz Conference - TIJC 2018

Source: Thailand International Jazz Conference
January 11, 2018

The 10th Anniversary of TIJC – the Thailand International Jazz Conference will be on January 26-28, 2018. The conference includes four main signature events; Jazz Music Performances, Jazz Education Activities, Jazz Solo Competition and Jazz Camp. Dr. Narong Prangcharoen Dean of College of Music, Mahidol University, reveals that TIJC is an important event for music development and awareness in Southeast Asia. Since the first TIJC was held, the public has become more aware and appreciative of jazz music. This event ...
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Saxophonist/Composer Will Vinson Releases "Perfectly Out Of Place" - Available Now!

Source: Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity
May 10, 2016

Alto saxophonist/composer Will Vinson possesses many gifts; incredible power, dramatic sensitivity, prodigious technique, and perhaps most importantly, a captivating sound that you want to hear again and again. John Fordham of The Guardian described a “superb solo of rugged leathery sounds turning into mellifluous high notes", with “secure control and storming energy". While JazzWise Magazine has said that Vinson has a knack for “combining a thoughtful originality of conception with energy and fluidity of execution in very satisfying proportions". It ...
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Saxophonist/Composer Will Vinson To Release "Perfectly Out Of Place"

Source: Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity
April 12, 2016

Saxophonist/Composer Will Vinson to Release Perfectly Out of Place. Available May 6, 2016 on 5Passion. Featuring: Will Vinson (alto & soprano saxophones, synthesizers), Gonzalo Rubalcaba (piano, Fender Rhodes, synthesizers), Matt Penman (bass), Jeff Ballard (drums), Jo Lawry (vocal), Jamey Haddad (additional percussion on “Skyrider") & The Mivos Quartet (Olivia De Prato, Joshua Modney: violins, Victor Lowrie: viola, Mariel Roberts: cello) Perfectly Out of Place CD RELEASE PARTY THE JAZZ GALLERY, NYC APRIL 26- 7:30 & 9:30 ...
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Bandzoogle Founder Chris Vinson Reflects on 10 Years in Music Tech

Source: Bandzoogle Blog
October 11, 2014

It all started in 1999, with a single band website, built by Bandzoogle's founder Chris Vinson for his alt- rock band, Rubberman. Grassroots promotion, plus the online community that the website created, helped the band get a record deal. In between tours, Chris worked at the record label, building websites for multi-platinum selling artists. To save time, he built a “control panel" to let managers and artists make the changes themselves. Realizing this could also help independent bands and musicians ...
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Jazz Musician of the Day: Vinson Valega

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March 12, 2012

All About Jazz is celebrating Vinson Valega's birthday today!

Vinson Valega grew up in a musical family near Washington, D.C., studying classical piano from age seven until switching to the drums when he was 12. He played drums for three years in the All-County Jazz Ensemble during high school and subsequently held the drum chair in the University of Pennsylvania Big Band during college. After graduating from UPENN with a B.A. in Economics...Vinson Valega grew up in a musical family ...
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Jazz Musician of the Day: Vinson Valega

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March 12, 2011

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Saxophonist Will Vinson Interviewed at All About Jazz...And More!

Source: John Kelman
December 13, 2010

Like many musicians of his generation, growing up in the rock- and pop-dominated 1980s, saxophonist Will Vinson got his indoctrination to jazz from the sounds emanating from the stereo system in his home, hearing the likes of Dave Brubeck, Duke Ellington and Count Basie from his father's record collection. He took a liking to them. Especially Basie, as Vinson started out playing the piano as a youngster. But there were a few obstacles. Vinson, 33, is a native of London, ...
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Interview: Chris Vinson and David Dufresne, Founder/Cto and Ceo of Bandzoogle (PT. 3)

Source: HypeBot
August 26, 2010

Kyle Bylin: This new economy for music won't be just about the music itself, but about music as art. From the perspective of urban studies theorist Richard Florida, “Music was one of the first industries to experience the brutal effects of the digital transition, and it's clear that the ability to make money has shifted—even for the most established acts—from selling albums, CDs, and even digital downloads to live performance and, designing experiences." Read Part One & Part Two. David, you've ...
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Interview: Chris Vinson and David Dufresne, Founder/CTO and Ceo of Bandzoogle (PT. 2)

Source: HypeBot
August 25, 2010

Read Part One. Kyle Bylin: “For every institution that failed, for every business model that outlived its usefulness, new and better ones rushed in the fill the void," Richard Florida says in his book The Great Reset. “Past periods of crisis eventually gave rise to new epochs of great ingenuity and inventiveness." He argues that, that crises—perhaps ones much like the record industries'—"are the times when new technologies and new business models were forged, and they were also the eras ...
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Interview: Chris Vinson and David Dufresne, Founder/CTO and CEO of Bandzoogle (PT. 1)

Source: HypeBot
August 24, 2010

Recently, I spoke with Chris Vinson and David Dufresne, who are respectively founder/CTO and CEO of Bandzoogle, a company that offers a do-it-yourself website builder and a suite of direct-to-fan marketing tools for artists.  At present, they are also working on a yet-to-launch project named Backfed, which they described to me as “a fan-to-artist payment system and a platform to enable and encourage collaborative patronage of artists." This interview is second in a series that I conducted in research for ...
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