By Editors, lab.fm Eight original compositions from the vocal-piano duo. Read this announcement here.
ANNONCEMENT: Sarah Elizabeth Charles, Jarrett Cherner share ‘Tone’ album – lab.fm
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FEATURE: Hear Michael Olatuja’s new album, “Lagos Pepper Soup” – lab.fm
By Editor, lab.fm New York-based bassist Michael Olatuja has released his star-studded new album, Lagos Pepper Soup. It’s the follow-up to his 2013 album, The Promise, which he recorded with his wife Alicia Olatuja. Read the full feature here.
FEATURE: AJOYO Release New Album, ‘War Chant’ / Lab.fm
By Editors, Lab.fm The New York-based group’s new LP follows their eponymous 2015 debut. The ensemble is led by saxophonist Yacine Boularès, who founded Ajoyo with vocalist Sarah Elizabeth Charles some time after Boularès’ arrival in New York in 2009. Read the full article here.
ANNOUNCEMENT: Lakecia Benjamin honors John and Alice Coltrane on new album
By Lab.fm Benjamin’s third full-length album as bandleader, Pursuance boasts an all-star cast of collaborators that includes harpist Brandee Younger, trumpeter Keyon Harrold and saxophonist Gary Bartz. The likes of Jazzmeia Horn, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Georgia Anne Muldrow and Meshell Ndegeocello sing on the record. Bassist Ron Carter, who has himself worked with the Coltranes, … Read More
FEATURE: Lab.fm Features Chase Baird’s “Ripcord”
by Lab.fb Saxophonist Chase Baird has finally lifted the veil on his sophomore bandleader LP, A Life Between, with its first single “Ripcord”. Baird’s new single is a fascinating combination of smooth jazz and lo-fi grunge textures. Opening the album on a lofty, genre-bending note, “Ripcord” demonstrates Baird’s attempts to “to cultivate a romanticism inside [himself], … Read More