NEW RELEASE: Rachel Therrien’s VENA Due Out March 27th, 2020

January 31, 2020

Rising Star Trumpeter Rachel Therrien To Release 5th Album VENA on March 27, 2020 (Bonsaï) Lead Single: “V For Vena” Out Today! Release shows: 3/24: Dizzy’s Club, Jazz at Lincoln Center, NYC 3/27: Diese Onze, Montreal 5/4: Studio de l’Ermitage, Paris Critically acclaimed trumpeter Rachel Therrien is thrilled to announce the March 27th release of … Read More

NEXTBOP: Dave Liebman EXPANSIONS’ “EARTH” Reviewed by Rob Shepherd

January 31, 2020

by Rob Shepherd, NextBop Scientists estimate that the earth vibrates at varying frequencies between 7.83 and 33.8 Hz. Of course, music also consists of rhythmic waves, though they are limited to our unaided hearing range from 20 to 20,000 Hz. As a result, many of our planet’s tones are wholly incapable of being perceived. Earth, the … Read More

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: Dot Time Records to Release Never-Before-Heard Recordings of Jazz Luminary Lennie Tristano

January 29, 2020

Dot Time Records Announces the March 19th Release of Lennie Tristano: Duos, Welcoming the Groundbreaking Artist to their Legends Series It is with great excitement that Dot Time Records announces the newest addition to their Legends Series, jazz luminary Lennie Tristano.  Dot Time is pleased to release a compendium of never-before-heard recordings that span the … Read More

INTERVIEW: Robin McKelle In Soul and Jazz and Funk

January 28, 2020

By Bill B. Soul and Jazz and Funk Listeners to the more savvy soul and jazz stations over the Christmas period would have heard a new, gorgeous version of Joni Mitchell’s ‘The River’ from soul/jazz chanteuse ROBIN McKELLE. Not a Christmas song, per se, it does reference the festival and the sentiment, the sad tenderness … Read More

FEATURE: BWW Feature Susan Mosher / Birdland

January 28, 2020

By Stephen Mosher, Broadway World Susie Mosher is laughing. She’s not laughing at anyone or anything, she’s just laughing – standing on the carousel of life, laughing and holding onto a big brass ring. This is the time and the place she has been working for and walking toward her entire life. Happily married to … Read More

REVIEW: Ben Flocks: Mask of the Muse Reviewed by All About Jazz

January 28, 2020

By Gelo Thackara, All About Jazz It was probably inevitable that the start of the 2020’s would see something of a comeback for the Roaring Twenties of the last century. You could say that puts Ben Flocks ahead of the curve for releasing this homage to mark the change of decade… well, except that it’s … Read More