Bryan Hooten: Be present
Several years ago, Bryan Hooten tried a couple of new things in a desperate attempt to feel better about life. It worked.
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part two: Bryan Hooten – Richmond Love Call
Click here to read part one of this article. Bryan Hooten is a trombonist, composer and educator who performs with a variety of ensembles from across the musical spectrum including Fight the Big Bull, No BS! Brass and Ombak. Bryan Hooten’s solo trombone record “Richmond Love Call” is available now on itunes or find him […]
part one: Bryan Hooten – Richmond Love Call
Wednesday afternoon I sat down with trombonist Bryan Hooten to talk about his new album “Richmond Love Call.”
Megafaun featuring RVA
Somewhere between Bon Iver’s newest record, their sold out show at The National and trombonist Reggie Pace joining the band, Richmond discovered and fell in love with Justin Vernon’s music. While many in Richmond are familiar with Bon Iver, fewer are familiar with Megafaun. That is about to change. Now based in Durham, North Carolina, […]
Cutting contest, part 2
Mum is the world when it comes to the illegal distribution of music. So many people do it and so few people talk about it. Trombonist and regular porch sitter Bryan Hooten and saxophonist and regular rival John Lilley have each contributed 500 more words discussing both sides of this topic.
Cutting contest
Mum is the world when it comes to the illegal distribution of music. So many people do it and so few people talk about it. Trombonist and regular porch sitter Bryan Hooten and saxophonist and regular rival John Lilley have each contributed 500 words discussing both sides of this topic.
Ombak – Fan Bricks
After two years of anticipation almost to the day, Richmond’s own Ombak will release their sophomore album, Fan Bricks tonight, Wednesday May 4th at 10pm at Balliceaux. The album is only available for digital download, but the band will be selling limited edition posters at the release party that contain download codes on the back.
Farewell
In December of 2007 Dean Christesen created RVAJazz.com. In 2009, RVAJazz joined the RVANews team, Now after three and half years Christesen is saying goodbye to Richmond to study art management at Columbia College in Chicago and passing his duties onto Aaron Williams.
Listening Back: Jazz By Numbers
From soloist to quartet and everywhere (duo and trio in case you needed it spelled out for you) in between, Jazz By Numbers on Tuesday was a night of instrumentations of various size.
Farmer, Hooten dual Friday at Sprout
This Friday at Sprout: Chris Farmer and Bryan Hooten – dualing soloists 9PM FREE: Bryan will begin with solo trombone, Chris will follow with drums and robot keys, and other things may or may not present themselves
