by Jim Hynes, Glide Magazine “Saxophonist, composer, and actor Calvin Johnson Jr. has one of the most soulful, bluesy tenor saxophone tones heard in recent memory.” Read the complete review … Read More
by Jim Hynes, Glide Magazine “Vocalist Hoffman and The Soul Message Band unleash the joyous power of the jazz organ combo, straddling tradition and the contemporary with Carroll’s brilliant arrangements. … Read More
by Jim Hynes, Glide Magazine “The album runs the complete gamut in both tempo and emotion, with many beautiful moments to savor as it’s impeccably executed at every turn.” Read … Read More
by Jim Hynes, Making A Scene “This is one that broke late in 2021 that we’d be remiss to overlook. It is not often that one finds duets between trombone … Read More
by Jim Hynes, Glide Magazine Several LLP clients have received honors from Jim Hynes on his yearly roundup of 2021’s Best Jazz Albums. Among the Top 20 was Gerry Gibbs … Read More
by Jim Hynes, Making A Scene “Throughout, there is such warmth and expressiveness in Weeds’ flawless lyricism, one can almost see him smiling at the results, while nodding to Dwyer … Read More
By Jim Hynes, Glide Magazine “Buscando La Vida was born from two very different events – a fire that destroyed master drummer, composer, and arranger Henry Cole’s NYC apartment and an unexpected New Jazz … Read More
By Jim Hynes, Making A Scene! Undoubtably you are wondering just what are Unamuno songs? This album has quite a concept behind it. Pianist and composer Dave Meder is using … Read More
By Jim Hynes, Glide Magazine Prolific bassist and composer Michael Feinberg issues his eighth album as a leader with Hard Times, a layered and eclectic response to the pandemic, rendered … Read More
by Jim Hynes, Making A Scene “This is a well-chosen group of tunes from 20thcentury American composers that touch on the Great American Songbook but go beyond to include the … Read More
