New York City Jazz Record, January 2022 Best of 2021 selections: BEST TRIBUTES OF THE YEAR / BEST CONCERTS OF THE YEAR Dave Liebman Expansions: Selflessness (Dot Time) BEST REISSUES OF THE YEAR Louis Armstrong: The Complete Louis Armstrong Columbia and RCA Victor Studio Sessions 1946-1966 (Mosaic) BEST DEBUTS OF THE YEAR Samara Joy: Samara … Read More
By Ken Cheetham, JazzViews eff Coffin is a renowned saxophonist, composer and educator, with vast experience and some twenty albums to his name. He is also a first-call, studio musician in Nashville where he is based. Read more here.
By George W. Harris, Jazz Weekly Jeff Coffin plays just about every type of reed and beyond, teamed with Helen Gillet on cello and beyond on this collection of experimental tunes. Read more here.
By Jason Crane, The Jazz Session Cellist Helen Gillet has a new album with woodwind player Jeff Coffin (interview) called Let It Shine. In this interview, Gillet talks about how the pair came together at her series in New Orleans; the process of creating the music for the recording; how parameters can lead to increased … Read More
By David Kunian, Off Beat Magazine Jeff Coffin and Helen Gillet’s new cello/reeds duet record is both head-bopping in its meditative moments and thoughtful even when it hits a groove. Coffin, best known for his work with Dave Matthews Band, and Gillet, a true fighting, creative player on the cello, channel their inner Charles Lloyd … Read More
By Jim Hynes, Glide Magazine Let it Shine, is a surprising, expressive new duo album from renowned saxophonist, composer and educator Jeff Coffin and celebrated cellist, vocalist, and composer Helen Gillet. Together these two multi-instrumentalists, Coffin and Gillet, perform a total of 13 instruments, with Gillet occasionally augmenting the sonic tapestry with the looping of her cello. Additionally, … Read More
By Matt Micucci, Jazziz Heralded drummer/composer Ulysses Owens Jr. demonstrated a fresh approach to a large ensemble in jazz on his upcoming LP. Soul Conversations. Acclaimed saxophonist/composer Jeff Coffin and cellist/composer Helen Gillet offer a masterclass in counterpoint and thoughtful interplay on their genre-defiant new duo album, Let It Shine. Read both album announcements here.
GRAMMY-Winning Saxophonist Jeff Coffin and Celebrated Cellist Helen Gillet Team Up on Let it Shine, New Duo Album out March 19 via Ear Up Records Ear Up Records is pleased to announce the March 19, 2021 release of Let it Shine, an expressive new duo album from consummate saxophonist, composer and educator Jeff Coffin and … Read More
