Revive Music is thrilled to launch the next installment of their renowned jam session/jazz party Blue After Dark, with new host Melanie Charles. Alongside Charles, resident DJ and GRAMMY Award-Winning artist, Casey Benjamin aka DJ Stutzmcgee will spin rare funk & jazz/ future soul all night long. Frequented by popular musicians from all over the … Read More
Ron Schepper, Textura Pianist Christian Li and guitarist Mike Bono have worked together in various capacities for almost a decade, making the release of an album co-led by the NYC-based duo a natural next step. A set of originals split between them, Visitors is thus both a celebration of the past and a harbinger of a presumably … Read More
Sébastien Hélary, Nextbop Pianist, composer, and multi-instrumentalist Gabriel Zucker is a Yale graduate and Rhodes scholar who is quickly becoming a prominent voice in the New York avant-garde music scene. Zucker has won awards from ASCAP and the American Composers Forum and has performed in 18 countries in a various formats ranging from No Reference … Read More
Bill Milkowski, Paste Magazine Named Modern Drummer’s “#1 Up-and-Coming Drummer of 2018,” the powerhouse, Hartford-born drummer initially fell in love with the instrument by watching his father perform in the family church. His upbringing in the church instilled in him a passion for gospel music and he later became attracted to jazz through the music of … Read More
Just one year after releasing her debut album Perception to wide-acclaim, progressive jazz vocalist Kristina Koller is proud to announce the release of At The Poli Club, her live recording debut. Featuring Koller on vocals, alongside Fima Chupakhin on piano, Ben Rubens on bass and Darrian Douglas on drums, At The Poli Club reinterprets and … Read More
LLP Clients & Friends in NY During APAP, Winter Jazz Fest & Jazz Congress:Vanessa Rubin, Zach Brock, Andy Milne, Dave Liebman, Richie Goods, The Baylor Project, Ralph Peterson Jr., Brandee Younger, Keyon HarroldJanuary 4th – 12th, 2019 Vanessa Rubin@ Mezzrow Jazz ClubDate & Time: Friday, January 4th & Saturday, January 5th @ 7:30pm & 9:00pmLocation: Mezzrow Jazz … Read More
D. Oscar Groomes, O’s Place Dezron Douglas – Black Lion Rising jazz bassist Dezron Douglas assembles a band with Stacy Dillard (t-sax), Lummie Spann (a-sax), Josh Evans (t), and Jeremy “Bean” Clemons (d). Piano duties are split equally between Willerm Delisfort and David Bryant. We liked the Reggae beats of “Great Provider”, the funky bass … Read More
Matt Micucci, Jazziz In 2016, Greg Ward released Touch My Beloved’s Thought, his Greenleaf Music debut album that focused on the music of Charles Mingus and firmly established his reputation as one of the most versatile saxophonists of his generation. Now, he launches a new group, Rogue Parade, with a new album, titled Stomping Off from Greenwood. … Read More
Nate Chinen, WBGO Ralph Peterson Messenger Legacy, “In Case You Missed It” Thirty-five years ago, Ralph Peterson was handpicked by Art Blakey to be the second drummer in a special edition of the Jazz Messengers. He was on the rise then, in his early 20s, and Blakey’s benediction meant the world. Since then, Peterson has … Read More
Ron Schepper, Textura This wonderful double-album set by Israeli saxophonist Daniel Rotem aspires to serenade the future, but it most definitely serenades the listener. With five-string violinist Miguel Atwood-Ferguson, pianist Miro Sprague, acoustic bassist Alex Boneham, and drummer Roberto Giaquinto aboard (guitarist Jeff Parker and vocalist Erin Bentlage also make appearances), the instrumental resources Rotem … Read More
