Husband & Wife Duo The Baylor Project Proudly Announce Grammy Nominations Best Jazz Vocal Album for their debut album The Journey Best R&B Performance for their song Laugh And Move On The Baylor Project – Laugh and Move On Be A Light, the record label founded by Marcus and Jean Baylor, is proud to announce that The Journey, the debut album from visionary duo The Baylor … Read More
Ron Schepper, Textura Though Vol. 1: Inter-be signifies a dramatic development in saxophonist Hailey Niswanger’s career, the new release doesn’t totally depart from the musical style of her earlier Confeddie (2009), The Keeper (2012), and PDX Soul (2015): elements of jazz, funk, and soul surface in the new set just as they do on the earlier ones. What is different, aside from the … Read More
Ron Schepper, Textura FIVE QUESTIONS WITH HAILEY NISWANGER Saxophonist Hailey Niswanger (pronounced ‘NICE-wonger’) wasted no time getting her career started: her self-produced and self-released debut album, Confeddie, came out in 2009 during her first year in the Jazz Performance program at Boston’s Berklee College of Music. The Houston-born and now Brooklyn-based wunderkind followed that auspicious debut three years … Read More
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Dave Sumner, Bird is the Worm On a modern jazz landscape where the music can come off as alien to the sound of jazz in its heyday, this pleasant straight-ahead session from pianist Rob Schneiderman will ring familiar. It benefits greatly from the contributions of trumpeter Brian Lynch, who increasingly becomes remindful of classic Donald Byrd and … Read More
Raul da Gama, Latin Jazz Network Trumpeter, composer, and bandleader, Rachel Therrien already boasts an enviable CV. Known for her very personal signature, she has developed a reputation as a highly-skilled, versatile and creative artist. Winner of the 2015 TD Grand Prize Jazz Award at the Montreal International Jazz Festival and the 2016 Stingray Jazz … Read More
Joe Meyers, Connecticut Post After spending several years performing for audiences in Broadway shows and on the road, Julie Benko had to make some major adjustments when she stepped into a studio to record her debut album. “It is so different to be working with a microphone and no live audience. I’m used to being … Read More
Gregory Applegate Edwards, Gapplegate Music Reviews Jazz, excellent jazz can still be found. You may not be able to comb the stacks of a trusted record store this day and unearth something that causes you to try out an unknown possibility. Yet we still can take a chance and open up another set of fine … Read More
George W. Harris, Jazz Weekly Indie-voiced Kristina Koller mixes jazz and bohemia on this clever collection of originals and standards. She teams up with Fima Chupakhim/pkey, Chris Talio/b, Joe Spinelli/dr and some guests to demonstrate her wide range of moods. She is flexible with piano and bass on a Left Bank “Simplicity” and breezes to … Read More
