by Brian Homer, UK VIBE Going to gigs I often enjoy the music and buy the CD but at home the music doesn’t seem to have the same presence as it had live. I’ve not heard Jake Leckie live but I immediately warmed to this, his debut recording, as soon as I put in on. … Read More
Jackson Sinnenberg, Capitalbop For the last decade, the D.C. jazz educator and saxophonist Paul Carr has run the Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival, a celebration of the sort of swinging, straight-ahead jazz that has been traditionally been the region’s jazz calling card. This year’s 10th anniversary incarnation, held this Friday through Sunday, Feb. 15-17 at the Hilton … Read More
Jason Crane, The Jazz Session Harpist Brandee Younger’s most recent record is Wax & Wane. In this interview, she talks about the particular challenges of improvising on the harp; how she was introduced to improvised music and the trial by fire she faced from Kenny Garrett; her recording process; the great harpists who’ve gone before … Read More
by Simon Adams, Jazz Journal Playing with Art Blakey in his big band in Boston 1983 transformed drummer Ralph Peterson’s musical life, so much so that 35 years later he grabbed “the chance to pass a similar experience on to these amazing young musicians”. Fronting his GenNext Big Band on five of the nine tracks … Read More
Selwyn Harris, Jazzwise
By Dave Sumner, Bird is the Worm While nobody is ever gonna mistake the music of Geof Bradfield for traditional, the roots of jazz have long been at the heart of his recordings and it’s not unusual for the pulse to slip into a familiar old-school cadence. It’s an aspect of his music that has … Read More
Accomplished saxophonist and composer Jordan Pettay is proud to announce her arrival with the release of First Fruit, on award-winning trombonist and composer Nick Finzer’s record label Outside In Music. Co-produced by Christian Sands, who also lends his talents on piano and rhodes, First Fruit is presented by a stellar line-up which includes Luke Sellick on bass and Jimmy Macbride on drums. Instantly recognizable by her sophisticated and spiritual sound, … Read More
Spanish Harlem Orchestra, currently nominated for Best Latin Tropical Album at the 61st Annual GRAMMY Awards for their new album Anniversary, will return to New York City to perform at the Jazz Standard for four nights, beginning February 21 through February 24th. The iconic ensemble will perform two sets nightly; the first set will be … Read More
By: Ian Mann, The Jazz Mann Rob Clearfield is a pianist, composer and improviser from Chicago. I first heard his playing on the recently released album “Blue Nights” by the Israeli born, New York based trumpeter Itamar Borochov. In November 2018 Borochov brought his quartet, including Clearfield, to London for a memorable performance at the Pizza … Read More
by Guerino Giancola, SelectedByGuerino The world of jazz is destined to cope with it the unsolvable dilemma that exists between the importance that is assigned to improvisation and the fact that many fans of this genre of music, for obvious reasons, will only listen to albums that were realized within a recording studio, which certainly … Read More
