Mainstream Straight-Ahead Mainstream Straight-Ahead is an impassioned compilation of tunes around Stix Hooper’s joy of fishing and prowess as a musician. Hooper’s electric and eclectic career, experience and musicianship sets the pace and is the driving force of this recording, with basic moods and abstract perceptions in an improvisatory, spontaneous, musical setting. It is “a prime example of Stix’s mastery of blues-tinged swing. It’s basic, it’s elemental, it’s as natural as breathing…”
Produced by:
Stix Hooper, Stix Hooper Enterprises
Musicians: Stix Hooper, Taylor Eigsti, Harish Raghaven, Paul Viapiano, Oscar Brashear and Joel Scott. Click here for more info and liner notes.
Jazz Gems Jazz Gems speaks to the universal language of Jazz. Stix Hooper’s electric and eclectic career, experience and musicianship sets the pace and is the driving force of this recording, a masterpiece of Jazz. Hooper, along with international artists, Russian-born pianist, Andrei Kitaev and Cuban-born, Al Criado, on bass, presents an outstanding creative session of mostly first takes and intimate “conversations” among three minds from three different cultures. The result is superb modern music encompassing jazz, blues, funk, straight-ahead swing; an example of what the international medium of jazz is all about.
Produced by:
Stix Hooper, Stix Hooper Enterprises
Musicians: Stix Hooper, Andrei Kitaev and Al Criado. Click here for more info and liner notes.
Many Hats
Stix Hooper’s electric and eclectic career, experience and musicianship sets the pace and is the driving force of this recording, showcasing his many styles. Many Hats features one of Jazz’s other sides of mainstream straight-ahead swing. This recording expresses a complex, varied and vast musical setting in terms of styles, personal improvisation, interplay, approaches, rhythm structures, melodies, harmonic content, instrumentations, use of voices and the musicians involved.
Produced by:
Stix Hooper, Stix Hooper Enterprises
Musicians: Stix Hooper, Ted Lo, Oscar Castro-Neves, Scott Mayo, Paul Viapiano, Del Atkins, Oscar Brashear, Jimmy “Z” Zavala and Paulinho DaCosta. Click here for more info and liner notes.
