Donald Harrison, saxophoneWarren Wolf, vibesAlex Brown, pianoKris Funn, bassJohn Lamkin III, drums A collection of the most beloved and well-known jazz clubs on the East Coast have banded together for the first time ever to create a multi-city East Coast Jazz Festival, which will take place online on Saturday, March…
June 13, 2016 by SURAYA MOHAMED • Sometimes big-name artists need special attention. But in this case, it wasn't because they've been jazz pioneers and innovators since the 1960s and are considered to be founding fathers of jazz fusion, not to mention two of the most important jazz figures performing…
photo by Lena Semmelrogen An exclusive look behind the scenes of the arrangement and recording behind MONK'estra Plays John Beasley, the third album from John Beasley and his MONK'estra ensemble. The two previous albums from MONK’estra carried the titles Volumes 1 and 2, and they didn’t need much else by…
"The spark of electricity in the sky fertilizes the soil down below. The rain from above helps to cool our Earth's fever. We endure, looking ahead to harvest time." Tenor Saxophone, Arranger, Orchestrator, Producer: Tivon Pennicott Orchestra: Tivon Pennicott Orchestral Strings Conductor: Olivier Glissant Composer: Tivon Pennicott
Saturday February 20, 2021 at 8 pm https://vtjazz.org/ & https://www.facebook.com/VermontJazzCenter Drummer/ composer Jonathan Barber performs at the Vermont Jazz Center with the quintet that appears on all three of his records. Their music is a beautiful balance of contradictions - complex and accessible, uber-tight yet open-ended, reflective and dance-inducing. Their quest is to perpetuate…
photo by Roberto Setton On the first day of Carnaval 2021, Oran Etkin & Benjamim Taubkin quartet will release its debut single, “Pro Carnaval Voltar” (For Carnaval To Return). The piece is a musical prayer for healing and a call to action to slow the spread of Covid that has…
"Where Is Your Wealth?" is a track from Cowboys and Frenchmen's trio album Our Highway, now on Jazz After Hours and officially released February 26, 2021 on Outside In Music. Featuring saxophonist/co-founders Ethan Helm and Owen Broder, pianist Addison Frei, bassist Ethan O’Reilly and drummer Matt Honor, the project captures…