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Gregory Porter
July 13, 2010Water (Motema Music) Los Angeles-born, Brooklyn-based vocalist Gregory Porter is a musical force. From the very first note of Water, his debut recording, Porter’s powerhouse sound grabs your ear. A frequent ...
Esperanza Spalding’s Chamber Music Society
July 9, 2010Video for Esperanza Spalding’s much-anticipated Chamber Music Society release, due out on August 17th.
Rufus Reid
July 9, 2010Out Front (Motema Records) Veteran bassist Rufus Reid’s latest is not only a showcase for his versatility and virtuosity, but the work of an incredible trio of artists, that feels as good as it sounds. Reid is ...
Digital sales soar, CD sales down
July 8, 2010Physical album sales continued to decline and digital album sales grew during the first six months of 2010, according to data released Wednesday by Nielsen SoundScan.Through the end of June, album sales (physical ...
Annnnnnnd We’re Back!
July 7, 2010What a long strange trip it’s been, but we’ve returned after successfully changing publishing software after a month or more of looking for alternatives to Google’s Blogger, which would would sync ...
Nnenna Freelon
July 6, 2010Homefree (Concord Records) For her latest release, Homefree, Nnenna Freelon decided to stay at home, recording the project at Sound Pure Studios in Durham, North Carolina, where she’s lived for the past 28 ...
Myron Walden
July 2, 2010What We Share (Demi Sound Records) Just when you thought jazz saxophonists of the modern day were knockoffs of the Coltrane or Sonny Rollins records they’ve listened to, Myron Walden comes along. The 37-year ...
Petra van Nuis & Andy Brown
June 29, 2010Far Away Places (String Damper Records) In addition to being husband and wife, Chicago-based Petra Van Nuis and Andy Brown are an engaging guitar-vocal duo. Van Nuis is the vocalist, while Brown handles the guitar ...
Christian Scott
June 25, 2010Yesterday You Said Tomorrow (Concord Records) When you hear trumpeter Christian Scott, you’re hearing a young musician who has one foot planted in the history of jazz and the other in the infinite ...
John Pizzarelli
June 22, 2010Rockin’ In Rhythm (Telarc Records) Coming off of a tribute recording to composer Richard Rodgers, the ever-ambitious guitarist/vocalist John Pizzarelli pays musical homage to the great Duke Ellington. On ...
