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Ron Wilkins and Rebecca Patterson | The Vigil and The Sleeping Giant
April 22, 2026 / No Comments / Tags: Aaron Heick, Alex Pope Norris, Boris Kozlov, Carl Maraghi, Chloe Holgate, Edward Neumeister, Freddie Hendrix, Jeff Barone, Julie Benko, Mike King, Raul Agraz, Ray Marchica, Rebecca Patterson, Ron Blake, Ron Wilkins, Seneca Black, Zac ZingerRooted in a powerful real-life journey, The Vigil and The Sleeping Giant by Ron Wilkins and Rebecca Patterson delivers a thoughtful and well-crafted large-ensemble statement built primarily on compositions by the two leaders. Wilkins on trombone and Patterson on trombone and tuba lead a strong ...
Tierney Sutton and Tamir Hendelman | Spring
April 21, 2026 / No Comments / Tags: Tamir Hendelman, Tierney SuttonTierney Sutton and Tamir Hendelman’s Spring is a beautifully distilled meeting of voice and piano, celebrating songs inspired by the vernal equinox season. Featuring Sutton on vocals and Hendelman on piano, the album captures the intimacy of a live collaboration shaped by years of musical ...
Jim Robitaille Trio | Sonic
April 14, 2026 / No Comments / Tags: Chris Poudrier, Jim Robitaille, Tom CasaleGuitarist Jim Robitaille delivers a focused and elegant trio statement on Sonic, joined by Tom Casale on bass and Chris Poudrier on drums, where interplay and space shape the music as much as melody and harmony. Blending Robitaille’s originals with compositions by Miles Davis and John Coltrane, ...
Isabella Isherwood | The Sweetest Sounds
April 10, 2026 / No Comments / Tags: Alejandro Salazar, Champian Fulton, Isabella Isherwood, Joe Policastro, Mike AllemanaOn her debut album, The Sweetest Sounds, vocalist and pianist Isabella Isherwood delivers a poised and intimate work drawn from the Great American Songbook, interpreting composers such as Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart, and Oscar Hammerstein II with clarity and ease. Backed by Mike Allemana on ...
Pete Mills | This Is Now
April 8, 2026 / No Comments / Tags: Kenny Banks Jr., Martin Wind, Matt Wilson, Pete McCann, Pete MillsOn This Is Now, tenor saxophonist Pete Mills leads a finely balanced quintet session that pairs modern jazz sensibility with a strong grounding in melodic improvisation and ensemble interplay. With Matt Wilson on drums, Martin Wind on bass, Pete McCann on guitar, and Kenny Banks Jr. on piano, ...
Mark Christian Miller | Strange Meadowlark
April 7, 2026 / No Comments / Tags: Chris Dawson, Chuck Berghofer, Joe LaBarbera, Josh Nelson, Mark Christian Miller, Robert KyleOn Strange Meadowlark, vocalist Mark Christian Miller delivers a deeply felt and stylistically grounded performance that draws from a wide-ranging songbook, including composers such as Dave Brubeck, Oscar Brown Jr., Ned Rorem, Robert Hillyer, and Henry Mancini. Surrounded by a seasoned West ...
Dave Slonaker | Shifty Paradigms
March 18, 2026 / No Comments / Tags: Adam Schroeder, Alex Iles, Andy Waddell, Bill Reichenbach, Bob Sheppard, Brian Kilgore, Brian Scanlon, Charlie Morillas, Clay Jenkins, Dan Fornero, Dave Slonaker, Ed Czach, Edwin Livingston, Ido Meshulam, Peter Erskine, Rob Lockart, Ron Stout, Tom Luer, Wayne BergeronDave Slonaker’s Shifty Paradigms finds the composer, arranger, and conductor leading his Los Angeles-based ensemble through a richly detailed program that reflects both his deep roots in big band tradition and his cinematic sensibilities shaped by decades in film scoring. Built largely around ...
Daggerboard | The Skipper and Mike Clark
March 6, 2026 / No CommentsDaggerboard’s The Skipper and Mike Clark brings together a deep bench of West Coast jazz talent anchored by two revered rhythm masters, bassist Henry “The Skipper” Franklin and drummer Mike Clark. The project, led by trumpeter and composer Erik Jekabson and producer-guitarist Gregory Howe, ...
Ricky Alexander | Ragology
March 5, 2026 / No Comments / Tags: Conal Fowkes, Jerron Paxton, Kevin Dorn, Ricky Alexander, Rob AdkinsClarinetist and saxophonist Ricky Alexander digs deep into the roots of early jazz on Ragology, an engaging session that celebrates the syncopated spirit of ragtime and its close ties to the birth of jazz. Backed by a tight-knit quartet, Ricky Alexander on clarinet and woodwinds, Conal Fowkes ...
Steven Husted and Friends | Two Nights – LIVE
March 3, 2026 / No Comments / Tags: Grant Temple, Israel Yanez, Matt Berger, Milo Hemsoth, Steven HustedSteven Husted’s Two Nights – Live captures the spirited immediacy of a small-club performance with his working band, presenting material that honors straight-ahead jazz tradition with warmth and integrity rather than studio polish. Husted on double bass anchors a set of his original ...
