Posts in category Jazz

Bassist/composer Bruno Råberg convenes a stunning and versatile Tentet for his far-reaching new album ‘Evolver’

Zev Feldman’s reputation preceded him. When, serendipitously, Frank Marshall found in his garage a fifty-year-old tape recording of Chet Baker and Jack Sheldon, he realized its significance. Yes, he is the Frank Marshall. The producer of the Indiana Jones movies, the Bourne movies, Schindler’s List, the Back to the Future …

In his early thirties, Yusef Lateef converted to Islam, changed his name from William Emanuel Huddleston, and began his studies of music without boundaries. Dr. Lateef disliked the word “jazz” to describe his music because he believed that its connotations didn’t encompass the spiritual nature of music. He developed the …

For more than 50 years, the fervent B-3 organ jazz musician, Tony Monaco, has remained unwaveringly dedicated to the instrument’s soulful tradition. In 1975, none other than NEA Jazz Master Jimmy Smith called the 16-year-old Monaco to provide encouragement. In 1979, Smith invited Monaco to perform at his supper club …

“I think jazz needs to expand. It needs to continually evolve,” said producer Gregory Howe in DownBeat’s article about his determinedly independent label, San Francisco-based Wide Hive Records. Avoiding commercialism and limitations about the boundaries of jazz, Howe has developed organically a coterie of musicians, known as the Wide Hive …

Lionel Hampton, Red Norvo, Milt Jackson, Terry Gibbs, Roy Ayers, Bobby Hutcherson, Peter Appleyard, Jay Hoggard, Gary Burton, Joe Locke, Steve Nelson, Stefon Harris, Warren Wolf, Joel Ross. The list of major jazz vibraphonists is brief, but their jazz contributions to the instrument’s status progressed through the generations as their …

The follow-up to Pillow’s critically acclaimed 2018 release contains an added section of French Horns to bring different colors to yet more relatively unknown 70’s era Miles’ music. The band features soloists from a who’s who of NYC musicians including tenor saxophonist Jimmy Greene, trombonist Alan Ferber and trumpeters Scott …

This release represents quite the event, even for Resonance Records, which has produced six previous Wes Montgomery albums. The excitement of all the professionals involved in this newly released and painstakingly engineered recording is evident in producer Zev Feldman’s essay within the CD package, which describes this album’s uniqueness within …

Featured soloists: Carl Saunders, trumpet; Wayne Bergeron, trumpet; Pete Christlieb, tenor sax; Scott Whitfield, trombone; Rusty Higgins, saxes and flute; Christian Jacob, piano ———– LA’s finest are on hand for the ‘ride’!  An extremely enjoyable collaboration that ended in a ‘tight’, world-class large ensemble project with incredible charts & solos…In addition to playing great solos, the …

Jazz Detective, the label of musical producer and jazz archaeologist extraordinaire Zev Feldman, captured the attention and praise of the jazz universe with its first releases: Ahmad Jamal’s Emerald City Nights: Live at the Penthouse (1963-1964) and (1965-1966). Indeed, the two-LP/two-CD albums received much notice as one of the top …