Vanessa Rubin’s The Dream Is You: Vanessa Rubin Sings Tadd Dameron Nominated for 51st NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Jazz Album On Thursday, January 9th, it was announced that iconic jazz singer Vanessa Rubin’s album The Dream Is You: Vanessa Rubin Sings Tadd Dameron is nominated for the 51st NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Jazz … Read More
Sam Hirsh Releases Quite Frankly, His Stunning Debut Album as a Bandleader, on February 7th Renowned Tenor Saxophonist Ralph Moore Featured Pianist, composer and educator Sam Hirsh is pleased to release Quite Frankly, his debut album as a bandleader, out February 7th. The album was recorded to celebrate the pianist’s thirtieth birthday and tenth year … Read More
Outside In Music Announces the release of “Peninsula” from bass player and composer Clark Sommers “Peninsula” is the long-awaited Second Release for his Chicago-Based Trio Ba(SH), Out March 6 Pre-Release Shows Announced at Chicago’s Green Mill on January 17th & 18th with Special guest: guitarist Scott Hesse Outside In Music is pleased to announce the … Read More
Chris Spector, Midwest Record RICHIE GOODS & the Goods Project/My Left Hand Man: Mulgrew Miller was a valued jazzbo but not really a commodity to the masses, a state of affairs that dooms this tribute album to being made really indie or not at all. Helmed by Miller’s long time bass player, you’d think Goods … Read More
Adam Sieff, London Jazz News There’s something special about jazz music in Paris. Maybe it’s the the beautiful architecture, the atmosphere, the ‘joie de vivre’ – who knows? Jazz vocalist Sarah Thorpe lives and works there, it was where this album was recorded with musicians who also live there or have strong ties to the City of … Read More
Bandleader/Composer Jonah Francese Amplifies Unheard Voices on Reclamation, the New Album from his Thinkin’ Big Big Band Digital Out October 3, 2019 Worldwide Release: December 9 Thinkin’ Big: Kristen Dye (flute), Clay Lyons (alto sax), Mark Zaleski (alto & soprano sax), Jonathan Bean & Paul Melhus (tenor sax), Austin Yancey (baritone sax), Kai Sandoval, Danny … Read More
Saxophonist/bandleader Lakecia Benjamin Brings Together an Intergenerational Abundance of Jazz Royalty to Celebrate Alice and John Coltrane Pursuance: The Coltranes Features Jazz Icons such as Ron Carter, Gary Bartz, Regina Carter, Keyon Harrold, Marcus Strickland, Brandee Younger and more. Due out March 27, 2020, Ropeadope On March 27, 2020, the dynamic young saxophonist Lakecia Benjamin … Read More
By Chris Walker, L.A Jazz Scene Educators, parents, child psychologists and musicians have overwhelming emphasized the importance of exposing children to music at an early age. One musician who’s in the trenches doing the work is reedist Oran Etkin. He was born in Israel and grew up in Boston, where as a teenager he studied … Read More
By Clare Byrne, CT Examiner Philadelphia, land of the Schuykill River, home of the “South Philly Groove” as defined by Vince Ector, a dynamic jazz percussionist and leader of Organatomy Trio +, a quartet that rolled into the Side Door Jazz Club in Old Lyme on Friday night. Ector was incredibly relaxed, dressed in an … Read More
By Matt Smith, City Guide Located in the heart of midtown, the historic Birdland Jazz Club has been playing host to legendary concerts and musicians since 1949 (albeit in three different locations). Steeped in history, the brand has featured memorable sets by iconic artists like John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Count Basie, Dizzy Gillespie, and, of course, its namesake … Read More
