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 – … Read More
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REVIEW: Jonathan Barber ” Legacy Holder” – Downbeat
By Bill Milkowski, Downbeat Jonathan Barber’s star has been on the rise since his auspicious 2018 debut, Vision Ahead, and a 2019 tour in Pat Metheny’s trio. Read this full … Read More
FEATURE: Dave Liebman Manifest The Elements – Downbeat
By Bill Milkowski, Downbeat After 37 years of living in the bucolic scenery of Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, a stone’s throw from the Deer Head Inn in Delaware Water Gap, Dave Liebman … Read More
THE ABSOLUTE SOUND: Lakecia Benjamin Featured, ‘Louis Armstrong in Europe’ Reviewed
PASTE: 12 Women Influencing the Future of Jazz – Featuring Brandee Younger, Grace Kelly & Ellen Rowe!
Bill Milkowski, Paste Magazine Brandee Younger, Soul Awakening (brandeeyounger.com) Photo by Erin O’Brien The classically trained harpist and fearless improviser follows in the footsteps of jazz harpist pioneers Dorothy Ashby and Alice … Read More
FEATURE: Paste Magazine Lists Jonathan Barber as One of Twelve New Jazz Artists to Watch in 2019
Bill Milkowski, Paste Magazine Named Modern Drummer’s “#1 Up-and-Coming Drummer of 2018,” the powerhouse, Hartford-born drummer initially fell in love with the instrument by watching his father perform in the family … Read More
FEATURE: Downbeat Features Ralph Peterson in December Issue
Jazziz Reviews Mark Whitfield’s “Grace”
by Bill Milkowski, Jazziz ALL IN THE FAMILY BAND Mark Whitfield and his sons release their sparkling debut. During the 1990’s, Mark Whitfield would bring his two young boys, Davis … Read More