Concert Review by Russ Musto – Claudia Acuña – Page 5 Recommended New Releases – Aymée Nuviola – Havana Nocturne – Page 16 Recommended New Releases – Jo Lawry – Acrobats – Page 16 Recommended New Releases – Lakecia Benjamin – Phoenix – Page 16 Recommended New Releases – Sanah Kadoura – Duality – Page … Read More
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COVER STORY: Jesse Davis in February 2023 Hot House Jazz Magazine
“Jesse has imbibed the virtues of swing and bop/hard bop fluency, combining them with an enticingly attractive, full-bodied tone and warm timbre, incorporating the best of swing era altos and Charlie Parker,” – George Kanzler See Jesse Davis on the cover of Hot House Jazz Magazine’s February 2023 issue here.
NEW YORK CITY JAZZ RECORD: FEBRUARY 2023
On the Cover: Catherine Russell – David Bowie Tribute on Page 4, Cover Story by Jim Motavalli on Page 8, Vox News on Page 11 Review by Alex Henderson – Lauren Henderson – La Bruja – Page 15 Review by Ken Dryden – Jesse Davis – Jesse Davis Live at Smalls Jazz Club – Page … Read More
NEW YORK CITY JAZZ RECORD: NOVEMBER 2022
Vox News Article by Suzanne Lorge – Sarah Elizabeth Charles (Blank Canvas release show on November 2 at Rockwood) / Somi (Carnegie Hall debut on November 18) – Page 11 Review by Pierre Giroux – Sonido Solar – Eddie Palmieri Presents Sonido Solar – Page 21 Review by Marco Cangiano – Peter Erskine – Live … Read More
REVIEW: Brian Lynch’s ‘Dance The Way U Want To’ in October 2022 Issue – New York City Jazz Record
Review by George Kanzler, page 26 “‘Silent Conversation’ is the most alluring. It features clarion trumpet and bop-oriented alto weaving on the melody and in tandem solos, as well as a memorable turn from Roig. It is a definite highlight of an album chock full of them..” Read the complete review in the full online … Read More
NEW YORK CITY JAZZ RECORD: SEPTEMBER 2022
Review by Suzanne Lorge – SONICA (Thana Alexa, Nicole Zuraitis, Julia Adamy) – SONICA – Page 10 *and mention of Catherine Russell’s Send For Me, upcoming performances at Dizzy’s Review by Dan Bilawsky – Steven Feifke/Bijon Watson – Generation Gap Jazz Orchestra – Page 14 Reviews by Anna Steegmann – Esthesis Quartet/Elsa Nilsson – Esthesis … Read More
DOWNBEAT MAGAZINE: September 2022 Issue Reviews Grant Stewart, Aaron Seeber & Features Jonathan Barber
Downbeat Magazine – September 2022 Issue Reviews: Grant Stewart – The Lighting Of The Lamps (Cellar Music Group) Aaron Seeber – First Move (Cellar Music Group) Feature: Jonathan Barber – “The Drummer as Storyteller”
COVER STORY: Sheila Jordan and John Minnock in August 2022 Hot House Jazz Magazine
by George Kanzler, Hot House “No one is more a veteran than Sheila..” “Simplicity, John Minnock, features a singer with a great sense of jazz harmony and an inclination toward the storytelling of cabaret.” Read the full cover story on page 11 of Hot House’s August 2022 issue, here.
NEW YORK CITY JAZZ RECORD: AUGUST 2022
What’s News column – The Louis Armstrong House Museum announces 2022 Artist-in-Residence program recipients – Page 5 Feature by Pierre Giroux – Cellar Music Group’s ‘Reel to Real’ includes Live at Room at the Top (Pepper Adams) – Page 11 Review by Ori Dagan – Sheila Jordan – Live at Mezzrow – Page 17 Review … Read More
Live at Birdland Jazz Club and Birdland Theater: August 2022
Birdland Jazz Club and Birdland Theater: August 1 – August 31 Schedule Birdland Jazz Club and Birdland Theater are proudly open this August with a full slate of nightly performances! At Birdland Jazz Club, catch John Pizzarelli Trio, Sam Gravitte, Alexa Tarantino Quartet, Karen Mason, Artemis, John Yao Orchestra Plays Bird, Bobby Conte, Gil Evans … Read More