By: Richard Kamins, Step Tempest Bassist, composer, orchestrator, and arranger Matt Ulery has been a busy member of the Chicago music scene since arriving two decades. He studied at both Roosevelt University … Read More
By Selwyn Harris, Jazzwise
By: Chris Spector, Midwest Record Only 19 and this jazz sax man can pull off high spirited improv with best of them. Leading with original chops that don’t seem to … Read More
By: Chris Spector, Midwest Record Recorded near the end of this Russian’s stay in New York, this jazz piano man is hanging out on the corner where daddio meets crime … Read More
By: Chris Spector, Midwest Record Apparently those cats from over there still think America has streets paved with gold. A cat with a thriving career in Ukraine music and film … Read More
By: D. Oscar Groomes, O’s Place Sam Newsome is a world-class jazz saxophonist, educator, composer and experimentalist. Chaos Theory is his latest endeavor, a solo effort that includes a variation … Read More
By: D. Oscar Groomes, O’s Place Ralph Peterson is a prolific man, a drummer, bandleader, composer, and educator at Berklee College of Music. We focus here on his work as … Read More
By: Friedrich Kunzmann, All About Jazz It takes most artists many years and several tries (accompanied by one mishap or another) to turn the search for momentum within a composition … Read More
By: Freek Wolff, iO Pages
Kati Kiilaspea, The Whole Note It’s not often that you come across a multi-faceted voice that could fit into any genre of music imaginable. Boston native Emma Frank demonstrates her … Read More
