GET YOUR COPY HERE >>> Jamaica is known for the undulating sounds of reggae, but it also contributed mightily to the jazz continuum. Dizzy Reese, Ernest Ranglin, and Harry Beckett are from Jamaica, but perhaps the island’s best-known jazz export is Monty Alexander, a pianist that’s been enthralling jazz fans …
Atlanta, GA (January 8th, 2016) – Blue Canoe Records has released “Look Beyond The Rain” from veteran piano man Bob Thompson and The Bob Thompson Band. Mr. Thompson brings the optimism in a funky way with the help of legendary producer and long-time friend, Buzz Amato (Curtis Mayfield, Ben E. King, …
GET YOUR COPY NOW “Togetherness brings generations and cultures in sync.” – Jimmy Heath What Jimmy Heath said about his latest album—his third big band album and first live big band set—can be applied to jazz itself, one of these most inclusive of the Arts. A big band can be …
Antonio is a giving, respectful human being. His musical abilities encompass Soul, Science and Sound. This performance, as always, shows a deep passion and love for his God given talent and devotion. Ever since we met he has been “Like a Son to me.” – Jimmy Heath Baltimore is, naturally, …
The city of Baltimore is known for many things, not least of which is jazz wizards Bill Frisell, Billie Holiday, Gary Bartz, and drummer composer, bandleader, and educator Winard Harper. With trumpeter-brother Philip, Winard Harper co-led the Harper Brothers, one of the most successful—artistically and popularity-wise—straight-ahead, hard-boppin’ jazz bands from …
Haftor Medboe, Espen Eriksen and Gunnar Halle release “The Space Between”, emerges into the spectrum of the Contemporary jazz musical inputs. It defies harsh categorisation, since it often engrafts splendid musical layout into the scope of this work. In this acoustic trio, Halle on-off switch the course between melodic and …
“Voz” is a winner album filled with plumy swinging touch and graceful articulation jazz and jazz vocals category. Luis Munoz captures our ears and attention because of the vocalists timbre and sound instead of notes and pitches. The ensemble smudges great instrumental expression which simultaneously results in a dilatation of …
Jazz enthusiasts, loyal and passionate listeners as they are known to be, may assert that a decade or a specific style, such as swing or bebop, defines the golden age of jazz. But continuously accumulating, ground-breaking recordings by superlative musicians are establishing the fact that we are living in another …
Jazz, naturally, has a rich and varied history but it could be argued that it misplaced a little something on its way to becoming a Respected Art Form. Not to imply that jazz shouldn’t be taken seriously, but there is such a thing as taking a thing too seriously. Louis …
Fred Hersch is sixty. Like other performers who remain inventive and artistically restless throughout their careers, Hersch has proven the irrelevancy of age. As have many of the musicians Hersch knew, including Jaki Byard or Stan Getz or Toots Thielemans. It’s a measure only of the years spent on earth. …
