Hot House Magazine and Jazzmobile Present the 6th New York City Readers Jazz Awards at Birdland Jazz Club on November 24th, 2019 at 4PM Celebrating 55 Years of Jazzmobile, 37 Years of Hot House Mark Ruffin, Host of Real Jazz on Sirius XM will be honored and Cobi Narita will receive Lifetime … Read More
Brent Birckhead Ginny’s Supper Club/August 23rd Stephanie Jones, Hot House In Brent Birckhead’s music, listeners find past, present and future expression. Baltimore born and raised, the alto saxophonist and multi-woodwind artist is part of a talented generation that cross-pollinates art forms – an emergent collective whose identity is at once passionately collaborative and defiantly individualistic. … Read More
Daniele Camerlengo, Suono Italian: Nella solitudine nera ed appassita di dignità umana Freddie cade rotolando nel sudiciume d’altri che sporca senza lasciare scampo, una storia lugubre ed immersa ancora nella foschia del discernimento, un susseguirsi di immagini e stati emotivi rappresentati dal suono sacro ed emozionale del sassofono di Brent Birckhead nella Suite 187, meraviglia compositiva del lavoro … Read More
‘D.C. IS WHERE IT ALL STARTED FOR ME’: BRENT BIRCKHEAD ON HIS DEBUT ALBUM By Jackson Sinnenberg, Capital Bop Brent Birckhead is an archetypal product of the D.C. jazz scene. He’s a strong straight-ahead player, but also well-versed in go-go, R&B and the other popular sounds of the city. And like much of the music … Read More
By: Michael J. West, Alchemical Records Friday, April 12 It’s hard to believe that it’s been nearly seven years since Brent Birckhead made the plunge. The alto saxophonist and composer is a Baltimore native and was a fixture of the D.C. jazz scene for nearly a decade, studying at Howard University and then building his artistic … Read More
D. Oscar Groomes, O’s Place Jazz Newsletter Jordan Pettay – First Fruit 75 O’s Notes: Fresh Fruit is the debut recording for New York based saxophonist, composer Jordan Pettay. She mixes jazzy pop tunes like “You Make Me Feel Brand New” with modern jazz originals like the title track. Her mission is to … Read More
Ron Schepper, Textura Brent Birckhead recorded his debut as a leader during a single six-hour session, one reason perhaps why the performances exude such intensity. While BIRCKHEAD isn’t a straight-up blowing session, it certainly presents the alto saxophonist as a player of formidable facility and imagination; however else his playing might be described, tentative definitely doesn’t apply. … Read More
By: Brenda Nelson-Strauss, Black Grooves Saxophonist Brent Birckhead has earned a name for himself over the past decade as a dynamic improviser and maverick woodwind artist. After gigging around his hometown of Baltimore and Washington, DC, where he earned a masters in music from Howard University, he served a stint as a member of Lauryn … Read More
Imran Mirza, UK Vibe Released through Revive Music Group, saxophonist Brent Birckhead unveils his debut solo project ‘BIRCKHEAD’. The multi-award winning musician, who can boast the accolades of being named best blues/pop/rock soloist and outstanding instrumental jazz soloist by Downbeat Magazine, and Best Alto Saxophonist by the Washington City Paper, can also cite years as a touring … Read More
Chris Spector, Midwest Record JAKE LECKIE/Abode: Tricky cat there is here. He starts out making you think this a high tone classical oriented date and then shifts gears into the swinging bass ace he is. With a long history of getting things done on both sides of the glass, he really cuts loose here with … Read More
