Talking Harp With Brandee Younger Young virtuoso pays tribute to Alice Coltrane and Dorothy Ashby by Lee Mergner, JazzTimes It’s well after midnight in the studios of KBOO radio in Portland, Ore., and harpist Brandee Younger is gamely answering questions from host Daniel Flessas. At one point, Flessas remarks that whenever there’s a need for … Read More
Courtesy of the artists jazz night in america: the radio program Return Of The Jazz Harp June 17, 2016• The harp may be one of the most ancient musical instruments, but it isn’t particularly prominent in jazz. Despite the mid-century emergence of innovatorsDorothy Ashby and Alice Coltrane, the harp has remained on the fringe. But two … Read More
A one-stop guide for catching up on the best releases of 2016 to date. Every year brings with it more music than any one person can possibly consume. Even if you stopped sleeping and eating and did nothing but listen to music all day, every day, you’d only be able to get through roughly 13,000 … Read More
Winding Up: Alternative Harpist Brandee Younger Leaps Into Uncharted Territory BY RAJUL PUNJABI, Village Voice Somewhere beyond the fairy forests and angel wings that harp music traditionally evokes lies Brandee Younger’s rebellion. She’s classically trained, but a typical week for her is more likely to include a jazz jam session one night and a hip-hop … Read More
by Woodrow Wilkins Continuing her tributes to the sounds created by icons Dorothy Ashby and Alice Coltrane, harpist Brandee Younger makes her own mark in the jazz world withWax & Wane (2016). Younger is accompanied by Anne Drummond, concert and alto flutes; Chelsea Baratz, tenor sax; Mark Whitfield, guitar; Dezron Douglas, electric bass; and … Read More
by Dave Sumner, Bird is the Worm Being a harpist on the jazz scene can’t be easy. And though jazz, as much as any genre, takes a sincere stab at incorporating non-traditional instruments into the body of work, it’s a not a huge stretch to assume that a harpist has gotta work a bit harder … Read More
by Raul da Gama, Jazz da Gama Jackie Gage, ‘Siren Songs’. Jackie Gage may be young but she is a miraculous vocalist, a woman-child born into Jazz in the way that her ‘elder sibling’ Cecile McLorin Salvant is. She has yet to be ‘discovered’ but she will soon be. Talent such as this simply shines … Read More
by Owen McNally, WNPR Whether you call it pushing the envelope, thinking outside the box, or just plain bending the rules, the boldly independent harpist and composer Brandee Younger creates a genre-crossing, smart, soulful, freewheeling, happy hybrid of hipness. Ecumenically and elegantly, Younger’s concert harp embraces everything from classical and jazz to funk and hip-hop. … Read More
by Paul Medrano, Archaic Pop Février 2016 – 5 morceaux de Jazz à découvrir Du piano bien sûr mais aussi du violon, de la flute, de la guitare et de la harpe pour ces 5 morceaux de Jazz à découvrir. Un mois de Février finalement étonnament bon. Et c’est tant mieux ! #5 – Charles Lloyd … Read More
