Esteemed Baritone Saxophonist BJ Jansen Announces East Coast Mini-Tour To support the release of “Common Ground” August 17th, 2017 – Bethesda Blues and Jazz (Bethesda, MD) August 18th, 2017 – Scullers (Boston, MA) August 19th, 2017 – The Side Door Jazz Club (Old Lyme, CT) Following the release of his tenth project as a … Read More
Dick Metcalf, Improvijazzation Nation One of the sheer joys of doing a review magazine for an old jazzhound like me is getting to hear all the fresh new talent that’s out there, and Alex & his crew (tenor saxophonist Lucas Pino on tenor sax, Jimmy MacBride on percussion, Victor Gould doing piano, and bassists Dave … Read More
George W. Harris, Jazz Weekly Chris McCarthy specializes on the Korg SV-1 keyboard as he leads a quintet of Max Light/g, Simon Willson/b, Jongkuk Kim/dr and vocalist Carrie Furniss through a baker’s half dozen pieces which comprise a “live” suite. The mix of Furniss’s misty voice and McCarthy’s hazy keys makes for some long shadowed … Read More
Gary Walker & Nate Chinen, WBGO The new album by saxophonist Don Braden and bassist Joris Teepe is called Conversations — as good a title as any to describe the results, both musical and colloquial, of their visit to Morning Jazz. They came with drummer Steve Johns, played a few tunes, and spoke with Gary … Read More
Darren Barrett’s dB-ish Presents Experimental New Release “The Opener” Featuring Special Guest Guitarists Kurt Rosenwinkel & Nir Felder Due out August 22nd, 2017 With the help of his eight piece ensemble, dB-ish, Grammy Award-winning trumpeter and multi-instrumentalist Darren Barrett proudly announces the August 22nd release of his highly-anticipated new album The Opener. Featuring special … Read More
Anthony Dean-Harris, Next Bop Rotem Sivan is one of my favorite guitar players. He’s a nimble player and an engaging composer, and his trio including bassist haggai Cohen Milo and drummer Colin Stranahan are gelling magnificently. The featured songs with vocalist/ukulele player Gracie Terzian are sweet little treats that pop up here and there, giving … Read More
Filipe Freitas, Jazz Trail Ed Neumeister, a former member of the Duke Ellington Orchestra, is a versatile trombonist, composer, arranger, and conductor who debuted The NeuHat Ensemble in 1983. Since then, the reputed band has accommodated several jazz luminaries such as Joe Lovano, Kenny Werner, and Don Byron, just to name a few. Subjected to … Read More
by Ron Schepper, Textura It’s telling that Antidote, jazz guitarist Rotem Sivan’s fourth album as a leader and second with trio mates bassist Haggai Cohen Milo and drummer Colin Stranahan, includes Arlen-Yarburg’s “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” and Dylan’s “Make You Feel My Love,” given how much the album’s other nine tracks seem more song-like than … Read More
Nate Chinen, WBGO An Israeli guitarist active on the New York scene, Rotem Sivan has a pealing, silvery tone and a penchant for flowing lyricism. He has made a series of worthy albums with his trio, the fourth of which, Antidote, appears this week. It opens with a tune called “Shahar,” a buoyant proposition: bassist Haggai … Read More
Pierre Giroux, Audiophile Audition A musical journey worth taking ( JC Hopkins – piano; Noah Jackson – bass; Charles Goold – drums; Solomon Hicks – guitar; Claire Daly – baritone sax; Christopher McBride – alto sax; Troy Roberts – tenor sax; Corey Wallace – trombone; Bruce Harris – trumpet; Phillip Dizack – trumpet; Bryan Davis … Read More