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Jeff “Siege” Siegel Announces Fall Tour With The Jeff “Siege” Siegel Sextet and Special Guest Feya Faku in New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania!

September 21, 2017

Renowned drummer Jeff “Siege” Siegel is proud to announce a multi-city October itinerary with his esteemed sextet, which features tenor saxophonist Erica Lindsay, pianist Francesca Tanksley, bassist Rich Syracuse and percussionist Fred Berryhill. This melting pot of talented jazz musicians also includes special guest master trumpeter Feya Faku, of Johannesburg, South Africa. This line-up … Read More

Jeff Siegel’s “King of Xhosa” in October’s Modern Drummer Magazine!

September 4, 2017

by Martin Patmos, Modern Drummer A drummer-led group with a fresh take on a classic sound. Jeff “Siege” Siegel has worked with his quartet for some time, but now, after developing a bond with South African trumpeter Feya Faku, he’s added a fresh dimension. With that beautiful trumpet voice intertwining with sax and a driving … Read More

Bird is the Worm reviews Jeff Siegel’s “King of Xhosa”

June 17, 2017

by Dave Sumner, Bird is the Worm Jeff “Siege” Siegel Quartet – King of Xhosa (Self-Produced) This collaboration between drummer Jeff Siegel and trumpeter Feya Faku is at its best when it digs into some spiritual jazz. Things get plenty evocative and there’s a deft balance between intensity and joyfulness. Nothing wrong with the tracks … Read More

Jazziz Features Jeff “Siege” Siegel’s “King of Xhosa”

June 6, 2017

Jazz Weekly Features Jeff “Siege” Siegel’s “King of Xhosa”

March 23, 2017

George W. Harris, Jazz Weekly Jeff “Siege” Siegel uses his drums and percussion to team up with Erica Lindsay/ts, Francesca Tanksley/p, Rich Syracuse/b, Feya Faku/fh and Fred Berryhill/pec for a collection of originals that mix African exoticism and folk sounds with vintage modal jazz. Clicking tongues and tribal percussion bookend the remaining 11 songs, which … Read More

Gianni Bianchini’s “TYPE I” and Jeff Siegels “King of Xhosa” Reviewed in Cadence!

March 20, 2017

by Robert Rusch, Cadence If you have a fondness for standards (and who doesn’t?) latch onto GIANNI BIANCHINI’s, TYPE 1 [GB no number]. This is as fresh an approach to 12 mostly well worn standards [73:36] as I’ve heard in some time. Bianchini’s piano and occasional vocals are joined by Brandon Guerra [drm], Richard Mikel … Read More

Jazz Quad Reviews Jeff Siegel’s “King of Xhosa”

March 4, 2017

by Leonid Auskern, Jazz Quad The people of the braid are the second largest in the Republic of South Africa, but in the team of musicians who recorded the album “The King of Xhosa,” it is represented by only one person. This is Feya Faku, a trumpeter and one of the most prominent representatives of … Read More

Jazz da Gama Reviews Jeff “Siege” Siegel’s “King of Xhosa”

February 3, 2017

by Raul da Gama, Jazz da Gama Jeff “Siege” Siegel and the diaspora of the Xhosa people? Absolutely. Siegel is family to the Xhosa; not simply musical family, but in a tradition where every one of 8 million Xhosa raise every one of their kind. And while this may be his first recording connecting Siegel … Read More

All Jazz Radio Reviews Jeff ‘Siege’ Siegel’s “King of Xhosa”

January 30, 2017

Jazz trumpeter, Feya Faku, knights drummer Jeff Siegel’s Quartet in kingly fashion in “King of Xhosa” CD. by Carol Martin, All Jazz Radio American drummer, Jeff Siegel, has discovered and gleefully responded to the beckoning African sounds from a musical ‘king’ of the Xhosa people in South Africa, trumpet and fugelhorn wizard, Feya Faku. For … Read More

Jazz Trail Reviews Jeff ‘Siege’ Siegel’s “King of Xhosa”

January 27, 2017

by Filipe Freitas, Jazz Trail A freeing intersection of cultures is used as a premise for Jeff ‘Siege’ Siegel Quartet’s magnificent album, King of Xhosa. In this recording, Siegel, an experienced drummer, composer, and educator living in Woodstock, New York, welcomes the South African trumpeter Feya Faku and the percussionist Fred Barryhill as his personal … Read More