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
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 is … 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
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 is … Read More
Trombonist & Singer-Songwriter Natalie Cressman and Composer/Guitarist & Vocalist Ian Faquini Announce the Release of New Collaborative Album, Setting Rays of Summer Out April 5, 2019 Family-owned label, Cressman Music is proud to announce the April 5th release of Setting Rays of Summer – the new duo project from trombonist and singer-songwriter Natalie Cressman and … Read More
George W. Harris, Jazz Weekly Pianist/keyboardist Christian Li and guitarist Mike Bono co-lead rich and lyrical post bop team of Jared Henderson/b, Lee Fish-Jimmy Macbride/dr, Dayna Stephens/ts, Alex Hargreaves/vi and Chris Marion/str through nice warm originals. Gentle thoughts prevail on this album, with Stephens’ warm tenor siging on the serene “Puddles,” cantering with Li’s keys … Read More
Pierre Giroux, Audiophile Audition Saxophonist Jordan Pettay has released her debut album First Fruit due in no small measure to a successful Kickstarter funding campaign. Such is the influence of the combination of the internet and fund raising technology that brings such artists to attention of the listening public. We are all the better for … Read More
