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James Genus

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American jazz bassist. He plays both electric bass guitar and upright bass and currently plays in the Saturday Night Live Band. Genus has performed as a session musician and sideman throughout his career, with an impressive list of artists with whom he has worked. Genus was born in Hampton, Virginia. He began on guitar at age six and switched to bass at 13. He studied at Virginia Commonwealth University from 1983 to 1987 where he studied under jazz great Ellis Marsalis (father of Branford, Wynton and Delfeayo). Receiving a degree in jazz studies, he later moved to New York and played and recorded acoustic and electric bass for some of the biggest talents in jazz, including David Sanborn, Bob James, Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea, and Wynton Marsalis, who is called the most influential jazz musician of his generation. While you can hear Genus every week playing in the Saturday Night Live band, his double bass contributions to Dave Douglas' Meaning and Mystery and Bob James' Urban Flamingo shows why Genus is among the most in-demand jazz bass players in the world. He has played with Out of the Blue (1988-89), Horace Silver (1989), Roy Haynes and Don Pullen (1989-91), Nat Adderley (1990), Greg Osby and New York Voices (1990-91), Jon Faddis (1991), T.S
Umbria Jazz 2025

by Libero Farnè
Umbria Jazz 2025 Varie sedi Perugia 11--20 luglio 2025 Basta scorrere il cartellone di Umbria Jazz 2025--soprattutto gli appuntamenti succedutisi al teatro Morlacchi, al Teatro Pavone e alla Sala Podiani della Galleria Nazionale dell'Umbria, ma anche le serate jazzistiche all'Arena Santa Giuliana--per rendersi conto di quanto quest'anno la programmazione fosse nutrita ...
Bassist Barend Tromp, Stephan Thelen, Cornelius Claudio, Usein Bekirov, Japanese bands Jizue and Dezolve

by Len Davis
We're featuring new music from Swiss Guitarist Stephan Thelen, bringing his signature minimalistic grooves, and Netherlands bassist Barend Tromp, known for his mastery of odd time signatures, in collaboration with Trey Gunn. Also joining the lineup are Ukranian pianist Usein Bekirov and German pianist Cornelius Claudio Kreusch, paired with top-tier bassist James Genus. From Japan we ...
Bassist Barend Tromp, Stephan Thelen, Cornelius Claudio, Usein Bekirov, Japanese bands Jizue and Dezolve

by Len Davis
We're featuring new music from Swiss Guitarist Stephan Thelen, bringing his signature minimalistic grooves, and Netherlands bassist Barend Tromp, known for his mastery of odd time signatures, in collaboration with Trey Gunn. Also joining the lineup are Ukranian pianist Usein Bekirov and German pianist Cornelius Claudio Kreusch, paired with top-tier bassist James Genus. From Japan we ...
Brian Wilson Jazzed: Ten Essential Wilson Covers

by Ian Patterson
Brian Wilson is widely hailed as one of the most significant songwriters of the 20th century--the master craftsman behind The Beach Boys' music. Inspired by rock 'n' roll, doo-wop, George Gershwin, vocal quartet The Four Freshmen and Burt Bacharach, he developed sophisticated harmonies and a signature sound that sold millions of records. His singular ...
A Brief Guide To Ukrainian Jazz: Part 2

by Ian Patterson
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 The second installment of A Brief Guide To Ukrainian Jazz--a series developed with the cooperation of the Ukrainian Institute--introduces five more highly talented jazz artists/groups from Ukraine. In addition, we profile the jazz festivals and jazz clubs that are keeping the Ukrainian jazz ...
Joni Mitchell Jazzed: Ten Essential Mitchell Covers

by Ian Patterson
Canadian singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell's spectacular transition from acoustic folk singer in the '60s through folk-rock 'n' roller in the early '70s to leader of jazz-inflected bands in the mid-'70s was a gradual process. This musical transformation can be traced over the course of five albums for Asylum, beginning with the multi-million seller and Grammy-winner Court and ...
Behind the Voice

Label: Origin Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: Send One Your Love; Come Talk to Me; Growing Trade; Sometimes It Snows in April; Everlong; The Heart of the
Matter; Why Can't It Wait Till Morning; Human Nature; You Are.
Clarence Penn: Behind the Voice

by Dan Bilawsky
Drummer Clarence Penn, a serious force on the scene for more than three decades, has worked with a who's who of vocalists--Betty Carter, Kandace Springs, Luciana Souza, Kate McGarry, Nellie McKay, Claudia Acuña, Paula Cole, Melissa Walker and Nneena Freelon, to name just a few. He knows more than a thing or two about history and ...
Doug Richards: Through a Sonic Prism

by Angelo Leonardi
Interpretare le canzoni di Antonio Carlos Jobim, come fossero forme luminose che attraversano un prisma. Questo è l'intento dichiarato nel titolo del disco da Doug Richards, che rilegge con la sua orchestra quattordici composizioni dell'autore brasiliano in modo personale. Professore da quattro decenni alla Virginia Commonwealth University, dove ha fondato il dipartimento jazz, ...