Cree McCree


Cree McCree's news entries:

  • {parents:file_name}

    A new breed of New York-based contemporary jazz composers that includes Erica Seguine (left) and Shon Baker is reinventing orchestral music for the 21st century.

  • {parents:file_name}

    “We actually had days where we did three songs in one day. It was just pow, pow, pow,” Jones said of the five-day recording session.

  • {parents:file_name}

    “The gutbucket blues is really tribulation from stress and hard times,” King says.

  • {parents:file_name}

    Amed’s album Unánime celebrates the work of contemporary and historic Latin composers.

  • {parents:file_name}

    Bill Ortiz’s diverse new album Points Of View is a blend of fusion, Latin bravado and straight-up crazy jazz chops.

  • {parents:file_name}

    “I always let the music lead me, and it’s led me to a really rich life,” Hilton said.

  • {parents:file_name}

    “I know that tensions are high and emotions are intense right now, but the beauty of music is beyond words,” Arriale said.

  • {parents:file_name}

    The Roxy Coss Quintet proves to be much more than the sum of its Disparate Parts, an aptly named new album on Outside in Music.

  • {parents:file_name}

    DakhaBrakha performs at New Orleans Jazz Fest

  • {parents:file_name}

    Cameron Kimbrough and Damien “Yella P” Pearson are Memphissippi Sounds.

  • {parents:file_name}

    New Orleans readies for this year’s return of the Jazz & Heritage Festival.

  • {parents:file_name}

    This year’s New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival has been canceled. It was scheduled to take place in October.

  • {parents:file_name}

    Helen Gillet performing at the Broadside as part of outdoor programming by SideBar in New Orleans during the pandemic.

  • {parents:file_name}

    Drummer Viola Smith died Oct. 21 at the age of 107 in Costa Mesa, California.

  • {parents:file_name}

    Copenhagen’s Jazzhus Montmartre received no-strings-attached grant funding from its local city council, enabling the venue to soldier on amid the protracted coronavirus pandemic.

  • {parents:file_name}

    New Orleans saxophonist Kidd Jordan said he once saw John Cage and Louis Armstrong perform on the same night.

  • {parents:file_name}

    Dr. John (1941–2019)

  • {parents:file_name}

    Before she staked her claim on the Central Avenue jazz scene in Los Angeles, trumpeter Clora Bryant was a featured soloist in the International Sweethearts of Rhythm.

  • {parents:file_name}

    Released in conjunction with a companion video series, Roxy Coss’ Quintet draws from her entire catalog and ranks as the the follow-up to The Future Is Female, the bandleader’s provocative response to the 2016 elections.

  • {parents:file_name}

    Drummer Adonis Rose has big plans for the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra’s next chapter.


Cree McCree's reviews: