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
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REVIEW: Bill O’Connell’s ‘A Change Is Gonna Come” – Glide Magazine
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
REVIEW: Duck Baker and Roswell Rudd’s ‘Live’ – Making A Scene
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
BEST OF 2021: The Glide 20 Honors Albums From Gerry Gibbs, Allan Harris, The Baylor Project, Ulysses Owens Jr., Lennie Tristano – Glide Magazine
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
REVIEW: Cory Weeds’ ‘What Is There To Say?’ – Making A Scene
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
REVIEW: Henry Cole’s ‘Buscando La Vida’ – Glide Magazine
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
REVIEW: Dave Meder Unamuno Songs and Other Stories – Making A Scene!
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
REVIEW: Bassist Michael Feinberg Delivers Eclectic Response To Pandemic On ‘Hard Times’ – Glide Magazine
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
REVIEW: Michael Stephenson Meets The Alexander Claffy Trio – Making A Scene
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