Jeff Albert
Jeff Albert (born October 9, 1970 ) is an American jazz trombonist (also bass trombone , tuba , electronics), composer and university teacher .
Life
Albert comes from a family of musicians; his early role model was JJ Johnson , later influenced by trombonists George Lewis and Roswell Rudd . He studied at Loyola University New Orleans and the University of New Orleans ; he has been active in the New Orleans jazz scene since the 1990s . He played u. a. with Georg Graewe , Hamid Drake and Tony Dagradi ; He was also a member of The Mahogany Brass Band (with Delfeayo Marsalis ) and The Magnetic Ear around Martin Krusche .
In the course of his career, Albert also played with musicians from the rhythm and blues scene in New Orleans ; so he worked on the album Deacon John's Jump Blues (with Dr. John , Allen Toussaint and Wardell Quezergue ), also worked with Clarence Gatemouth Brown and Aaron Neville .
In 2005 Albert presented his debut album One with his own compositions. He works with his own quartet and is co-leader of the Lucky 7s (with Jeb Bishop ), and from 2007 founder and curator of the Open Ears Music Series . In 2012 he was named to the list of Rising Star Trombones by the Down Beat Critics Poll . Albert is a writer for the International Trombone Journal.
Jeff Albert has taught at Xavier University of Louisiana, the University of New Orleans, and Loyola University; until 2010 he was a PhD student in the Experimental Music and Digital Media program at Louisiana State University with Stephen David Beck and Jesse Allison ; he is currently an Assistant Professor at Loyola University. His electroacoustic compositions were u. a. Performed by the New Orleans New Music Ensemble and the Laptop Orchestra of Louisiana (LOLs).
Discographic notes
- Similar in the Opposite Way (2008)
- Lucky 7's: Junkyard Pluto ( Clean Feed Records , 2009)
- Picadilly Carrot Souffle
- Live at the Hungry Brain (2018), with Ben Lamar Gay , Matt Lux, Quin Kirchner
- Unanimous Sources (2020)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Portrait at ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. All about jazz
- ↑ Consisting of Ray Moore (saxophone), Dave Cappello (drums) and Tommy Sciple (bass) as permanent members; Nobu Ozaki, Quin Kirchner , Jimbo Walsh, Dave Rempis , Greg Ward , Robin Boudreaux, Jason Roebke and Frank Rosaly were also guests . See AAJ ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ In 2006 the band presented the album Farragut ; other members are Jason Adasiewicz , Josh Berman , Keefe Jackson , Quin Kirchner and Matthew Golombisky.
- ^ Open Ears Music Series
- ^ Abstracts: A Review
- ^ Portrait at Louisiana State University
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Albert, Jeff |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz musician, composer and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 9, 1970 |