Page 14 – Gerry Gibbs – Songs From My Father – feature story by Ted Panken Page 19 – Steven Feifke – Kinetic – feature story by Allen Morrison Page 44 – Oscar Hernández – Visión – review by Brian Morton Page 43 – Duck Baker / Roswell Rudd – Live – review by Howard … Read More
16th Annual Jazz Critics Poll Gerry Gibbs Thrasher Dream Trios, Songs From My Father (Whaling City Sound) New Releases – Philip Booth (JazzTimes, Jazziz, Relix) New Releases – Andrew Gilbert (San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco Classical Voice, Bay Area News Group) New Releases – Mark Holston (Jazziz, Latino) New Releases – Yoshi Kato (San Francisco … Read More
by Euan Dixon, Derek Ansell, Jazz Views The August 2021 issue of Jazz Views UK includes reviews of Steven Feifke‘s Kinetic, Dara Tucker‘s Dreams of Waking: Music for a Better World, Tim Mayer‘s Keeper of the Flame and Paul Bedal‘s Cerulean Stars. Read the full reviews here.
by Dan Bilawsky, All About Jazz In terms of physics, kinetic energy is described as a force or power which a body or object possesses by virtue of being in motion. With reference to the aptly named debut from the Steven Feifke Big Band, that ideal is fully applicable. Kinetic, recorded in early 2019 and released in April … Read More
By Philip. Booth, JazzTimes There’s nothing like a regular residency to hone the playing of a big band and give such an ensemble—always a challenge just to keep gigging—a chance to routinely introduce, air out, and tweak arrangements. Steven Feifke’s group benefited from just such an opportunity during nearly two years’ worth of monthly performances … Read More
by Marilyn Lester, Theater Pizzazz There’s no shortage of recorded music being released these days, and so much of it is deserving of at least a mention in the absence of a full-scale review. Here’s a rundown of several CDs that are well worth exploring. Read it here.
Por José Ramón, La Habitación Del Jazz Steven Feifke es un pianista, compositor, arreglista, director de orquesta y educador muy solicitado. Dos veces semifinalista en el Concurso de Piano de Jazz Thelonious Monk, ha actuado junto a artistas de primer nivel como Steve Tyrell, Randy Brecker, Chad LB y Veronica Swift. Cuenta con una discografía … Read More
By Paul Medrano, Best of Jazz Kinetic is the debut album of Steven Feifke’s Big Band. Steven (born 1991) released his 1st album in 2015 (Peace In Time – self-produced), but he is mainly a prolific pianist, composer, arranger, orchestrator with an impressive discography: he appeared on 30 albums all before turning 30 years old. … Read More
By Jack Bowers, All About Jazz Jazz connoisseurs who lean toward big bands that swing as earnestly and often as the renowned architects of the epic big-band era should find plenty to cheer about on Kinetic, the debut recording by New York-based pianist, composer and arranger Steven Feifke‘s audacious and fiery ensemble. Read more here. … Read More
By Lance Liddle, Bebop Spoken Here A humdinger of a swinger featuring some of NYC’s finest which, in effect, means the world’s finest! Read more here.
