By Tom Schnabel, KCRW Drummer Sasha Mashin hails from St. Petersburg. His new album, Happy Synapse, is a musical journey tracing his recovery from depression in Russia, where mental health issues are often stigmatized. I also like the sound of three new jazz albums from tenor saxophonist Walter Smith III, drummer Jonathan Barber, and MATHIS Sound … Read More
By Matt Micucci, JAZZIZ John Minnock Announces New Album: Vocalist John Minnock has announced the release of Herring Cove, his new album. Herring Cove is out on June 5 during Pride Month and paints a compelling picture of contemporary gay life via originals, covers, and a brand new original composition by David Shire. Read the … Read More
By Matt Micucci. Jazziz Online Jazz Festival and Fundraiser Announced: New York City musicians Sirintip, Thana Alexa, Owen Broder and their nonprofit partner MusicTalks are organizing Live From Our Living Room Music Festival and Fundraiser. Read the full article here.
Ruth Fisher, JazzFM Ralph Peterson – The Messenger Legacy at Cadogan Hall. ‘Heavyweight drummer Ralph Peterson, the last drummer to play alongside the formidable Art Blakey in the Jazz Messengers Big Band, returns to London to celebrate the legacy of Art Blakey in the centenary of his birth! Cadogan Hall is going to rock with the … Read More
by Steve Bryant, Philadelphia Sun November 16, 2019 The Annenberg Center Presents “The Messenger Legacy;” The Art Blakey Centennial feat. Ralph Peterson For the better part of five decades, legendary drummer Art Blakey and his Jazz Messengers were a finishing school/university for several generations of accomplished jazz players. A great number of them, like Lee … Read More
by Stephanie Jones, Hot House Listeners have come to love Richie Goods as an artist who’s gathered sound and sense from an expansive lineage, and created a heavy vibration all his own. A master of the feel-it-deep feel on both upright and electric bass, the artist, composer and producer has been a sound architect for … Read More
by Sebastien Helary, NextBop The New Orleans group The Session was started in 2011 as a weekly get-together by four friends with the simple objective to get better at making music. Bassist Jasen Weaver, trumpeter Stephen Lands, pianist Andrew Mcgowan, and drummer Darrian Douglas, honed their chops as a collective and kept developing their unique … Read More
bu Giovanni Russonello, New York Times BRENT BIRCKHEAD at Nublu 151 (Feb. 22, 8 p.m.). When he’s not on the road with Lauryn Hill’s band, this alto saxophonist is often found in the basement of Smalls, partaking of late-night jam sessions with other young jazz improvisers. Struck with bluesy warmth and the relentless swing of Cannonball … Read More
13th Annual Jazz Critics Poll Spanish Harlem Orchestra – Anniversary (ArtistShare) Latin – Karl Ackerman (All About Jazz) New Releases – Russ Musto (New York City Jazz Record, DownBeat) Henry Conerway III – With Pride For Dignity (Self-released) New Releases – Richard B. Kamins (Step Tempest) New Releases – Peter Quinn (Jazzwise, The Arts Desk) Debut – Richard B. Kamins (Step Tempest) … Read More
Jerome Wilson, All About Jazz Kevin Bales/Keri JohnsrudBeyond the Neighborhood: The Music of Fred RogersSelf-produced Fred Rogers and his beloved TV series, “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood” has gotten a lot of attention lately. This musical tribute, featuring pianist Bales and the warm vocals of Johnsrud, adapts the songs he wrote for the show to a jazz … Read More
