Sunday, July 26, 2015

SAXOPHONIST DE'SEAN JONES EXPOUNDS ON WHAT INSPIRED HIS DEBUT 'KNOMADIK REVERENCE'

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The saxophonist De’Sean, 27, is like many jazz musicians of this generation such as bassist Ben Williams, pianist Gerald Clayton, trum...
Monday, June 29, 2015

A BRIEF INTERVIEW WITH TERELL STAFFORD ABOUT 'BROTHERLEE LOVE'

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If the late jazz trumpeter Lee Morgan, a key figure of hard-bop jazz, had a grandson who played jazz trumpet, chances are he’d sound a l...
Monday, June 22, 2015

CHARLES MCPHERSON STICKS TO HIS BOP PEDIGREE ON 'THE JOURNEY' & MUST HAVES BY TERELL STAFFORD, JD ALLEN

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On the frontline with alto saxophonist Charles McPherson on his new album “The Journey,” is Keith Oxman. McPherson is a lifelong bebopp...
Sunday, June 14, 2015

PAMELA WISE EXPLAINS WHAT INSPIRED 'KINDRED SPIRITS'

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Jazz pianist Pamela Wise is a Detroiter, music educator, mentor, a proponent of Afro-Cuban jazz, and a gifted pianist with history and a...
Sunday, June 7, 2015

TENOR HOOD, NOTHING BUT SOUL ARE RECENT RELEASES FROM IVO PERELMAN & TIFFANY AUSTIN

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It is rare for tenor saxophonist Ivo Perelman to go a long stretch without releasing an album. From 2010 to 2013, for example, Perelman ...
Sunday, May 31, 2015

MARCUS BELGRAVE'S LIFE CELEBRATED

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Marcus Belgrave Trumpeter Marcus Belgrave was known as a music educator, a mentor, and a jazz giant. Saturday, afternoon his family,...
Monday, May 25, 2015

A BRIEF LOOK AT THE LATEST STUDIO RECORDINGS FROM RUSS NOLAN, REGGIE QUINERLY & DAVID BERKMAN

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  Deep down saxophonist Russ Nolan is a savant of  Latin jazz and of authentic post-bop. Nolan stayed loyal to that comfort-zone...