REVIEW: Tim Mayer “Keeper of the Flame” – Making A Scene!

June 6, 2021
REVIEW: Tim Mayer “Keeper of the Flame” – Making A Scene!

By Jim Hynes, Making A Scene! Saxophonist and composer Tim Mayer leads an octet as well as other intimate configurations of first-call musicians including bassist Rodney Whitaker, drummer Ulysses Owens Jr., and trombonist Michael Dease, with pianist Emmet Cohen sitting in for one track on Keeper of the Flame. Read more here.    

THE KEEPER OF THE FLAME: Jazziz Features Ralph Peterson in ‘Art Appreciation: A 100th-Anniversary Celebration of Art Blakey’!

September 7, 2019
THE KEEPER OF THE FLAME: Jazziz Features Ralph Peterson in ‘Art Appreciation: A 100th-Anniversary Celebration of Art Blakey’!

Jazziz Ralph Peterson was one of two drummers to perform with The Jazz Messengers, having been hand-picked by Blakey as the second drummer in the legendary bandleader’s Jazz Messenger Big Band, in which he served until Blakey’s death in 1990. Peterson’s résumé includes more than 150 albums as a sideman, with credits on albums by … Read More