A Sailor’s Guide to Earth took home the Grammy for Best Country Album on February 12, 2017, including a live performance of “All Around You” which included Scott Frock on trumpet, Brad Walker on saxophone and Jon Ramm on trombone along with the Dap Kings horns. Watch the recording at Pitchfork. Photo from Farm Aid … Continue reading Grammy Win for Sturgill Simpson
Sturgill Simpson with his full horn section, including Scott Frock on trumpet, and special guests will appear on the 59th Annual Grammy awards. The show will be televised on CBS, Sunday, February 12th at 8pm Eastern/7pm Central time. More details on presenters, nominees and performers can be found at Billboard.com. Continue reading Sturgill Simpson to Appear on Grammys
The Uptown Jazz Orchestra, led by Delfeayo Marsalis, took home an Offbeat Magazine Best of the Beat Award for their 2016 album Make America Great Again! The album is the debut recording for UJO, and is a combination of original and classic jazz pieces, featuring unique elements of New Orleans swing and blues. Make America … Continue reading Uptown Jazz Orchestra wins 2016 Offbeat Award
Sturgill Simpson with his full touring band made his Saturday Night Live debut, January 14. The line up featured “Keep it Between the Lines” and “Call to Arms.” Watch the videos at Billboard. “For the latter performance, Sailor’s Guide‘s explosive closer “Call to Arms,” Simpson and his expert backing band transformed Studio 8H into a crazed … Continue reading Sturgill Simpson “Fiery” on SNL
Sturgill Simpson will make his first appearance on Saturday Night Live on January 14, 2017, backed by his full band to include Scott Frock, Jon Ramm and Brad Walker on horns. The episode will feature Felicity Jones, from the recently released Rogue One and will be the 2017 premiere. Read more at Rolling Stone and Billboard. Continue reading Sturgill Simpson to Play Saturday Night Live Jan. 14
The Fall 2016 release of Delfeayo Marsalis and the Uptown Jazz Orchestra debut album Make America Great Again! has garnered attention across the jazz community. According to Offbeat Magazine, “The city’s and Delfeayo’s personalities, including the leader’s musical acumen, often barbed wit and political outlook, fill Make America Great Again!” Read Offbeat’s full review. Recently, … Continue reading Album Reviews: Uptown Jazz Orchestra “Make America Great Again!”
A relative surprise for the music community, Sturgill Simpson’s A Sailor’s Guide to Earth has been nominated for Album of the Year and Best Country Album for the 2017 Grammy Awards. “Joining Bon Iver and Beck in the Grammys’ recent ranks of major left-field picks this year is Sturgill Simpson, a Kentucky-born singer-songwriter whose kaleidoscopic country tour … Continue reading Sailor’s Guide to Earth Nominated for Two Grammy Awards
Jeff Simon of the Buffalo News reviews Delfeayo Marsalis and the Uptown Jazz Orchestra’s new Make America Great Again album. Simon writes, ‘In his newest Jazz Orchestra extravaganza, he takes off with some of the most sardonic political hoopdedoo since Charles Mingus’ ‘Fables of Faubus’ gave us antic musical commentary on Arkansas’ segregationist governor Orville … Continue reading Delfeayo Marsalis’ Uptown Jazz Orchestra “Make America Great Again” Album Review
Sturgill Simpson and crew played the State Theater in Ithaca, NY earlier this month. “Outside, on the streets of Ithaca, the plants were dying and the leaves were falling. But inside, in the cozy majesty of the State Theater, country was ‘In Bloom’ as Sturgill Simpson took the stage Thursday night. Simpson and his big band (Laur Joamets … Continue reading Review: Sturgill Simpson “Stuns the State”
Writer for Boston’s The Enterprise, Jay Miller, reviews Sturgill Simpson’s recent show at the Orpheum Theater. “A quick impression would be that if you have any of those late 1960s’ albums of Otis Redding live, imagine a little bit more twang, and you’d have the sound of last night’s concert. Simpson’s seven man band included … Continue reading Review: Sturgill Simpson in Boston
Scott Frock, Professional Trumpet Player 