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Skúli Sverrisson and Bill Frisell
"Afternoon Variant" from the album Strata
photo by Jordan Kleinman
Dave Bass
"Mean Johnny" recorded at Midtown Vanguard Jazz, Sacramento
The Dave Bass Trio's debut with their first virtual performance at the Midtown Vanguard Jazz Series. Dave composed “Mean Johnny” after his album, “No Boundaries” was released. Originally conceived for his Afro-Cuban Jazz Quintet, the Trio’s rendition was recorded for his most recent record The Trio Volume 1. Dave Bass,…
Mike Ledonne album preview
"Bags and Brown"
photo by Mark S. Johnson Recorded at the Rudy Van Gelder Studio, “Bags and Brown” is the second tune off of Mike LeDonne’s latest album It’s All Your Fault. On this album, LeDonne sits down at the organ, puts his foot on the pedals and lays down some of the…
Elio Villafranca
Cinque - Music of the Caribbean
Cinque is a suite about the Congolese tradition, throughout the Caribbean, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Jamaica, Santo Domingo, and Haiti. The music is inspire on the life of Joseph Cinque, a slave born in Sierra Leon, captured illegally and brought to Cuba to be sold to a sugar cane plantation. During…
Cyrus Chestnut and Affirmation
Featured at the East Coast Jazz Festival March 20
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 20th from 5 to 11 p.m. The proprietors of Scullers Jazz Club…