Jon D’Auria, Bass Player Prolific bassist, composer and bandleader Dezron Douglas, who has stunned audiences with his virtuosity for nearly two decades, is proud to announce the January 11th release of Black Lion, featuring his eponymously named sextet. After releasing six albums as a leader, including his well received live recording Dezron Douglas: Live at Smalls (★★★★, Downbeat Magazine), … Read More
Lorens Chuno, Doing Jazz Podcast Itai Kriss‘s new album, Telavana, beautifully combines latin and middle eastern rhythms and melodies in the most uncontrived way possible, highlighting the excellent musicianship of all the players involved. Telavana features Itai Kriss on flute, Michael Rodriguez on trumpet, Cesar Orozco on piano, Or Bareketon bass, Marcos Lopez on percussion, Dan Aran on drums, Yosvanny Terry on shekere, and Tamer Pinarbasi on qanun. Join me … Read More
Detlef A. Ott, Jazz Podium The recordings were made on November 3, 2010, the last evening of a two-week tour through Germany and Austria at the London Pizza Express Jazz Club, which was sparsely populated due to a public transport strike. It was the fourth European tour of drummer and composer Jeff Siegel, who has … Read More
Prolific bassist, composer and bandleader Dezron Douglas, who has stunned audiences with his virtuosity for nearly two decades, is proud to announce the January 11th release of Black Lion, featuring his eponymously named sextet. After releasing six albums as a leader, including his well received live recording Dezron Douglas: Live at Smalls (★★★★, Downbeat Magazine), … Read More
D. Oscar Groomes, O’s Place Jazz Magazine Henry Conerway III – With Pride For Dignity Drummer Henry Conerway III releases leads a trio with bassist Kevin Smith and pianist Kenny Banks Jr. The open with the lazy ragtime groove of “Slippery” and move through a number of different traditional jazz moods. All of the music is … Read More
Tim Haldeman Open Water As a Child What began as an homage to Flint, Michigan at the Ann Arbor Jazz Festival has resulted in one of the more powerful recordings to hit the shelves in 2018. The ratio of contemplation to fury serves the dual purpose of getting each extreme to feed off one another, … Read More
C. Michael Bailey, All About Jazz Pianist/composer/vocalist Kelly Green released her debut recording, Life Rearranged (Self Produced, 2017) not so long ago by today’s output standards. On that recording she revealed herself capable of performing in a variety of formats, with a variety of accompanists. Presently, Green provides us the hopefully-entitled Kelly Green Trio, Volume One, tacitly promising more volumes … Read More
Marco Cangiano, New York City Jazz Record Following his successful 2014 solo piano debut, Sam Javitch has joined forces with bassist Adrian Moring, drummer Matt Niedbalski and saxophonist Rich Perry to produce a well-balanced CD. The inclusion of the latter, known to jazz aficionados but underrated for larger audiences, is confirmation of Javitch’s excellent taste. … Read More
