As I promised in the ‘About’ section of this site, I will discover and promote as many modern day and up and coming artists as possible. Well today, I came across one such artist. He is a relatively young cat named Jeremy Pelt. From the pieces I have heard, he is truly an artist, one who not only sounds good but one truly expresses musical ideas in an experimental and expressive manner. A short while after graduating from Berklee College of Music in 1998, Jeremy began to play with the Minus Big Band in New York. Since that time he has had much success, voted rising star for five years in a row by Downbeat and featured on the cover of both Downbeat and Jazz Colour. He has been fortunate to play with some of today’s and yesterday’s jazz luminaries, including Ravi Coltrane, Vincent Herring, Nancy Wilson, Bobby “Blue” Bland, The Skatalites and many more. He has also been featured in the Roy Hargrove Band and the Duke Ellington Big Band.
[Read more...]