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Jeremy Fox – With Love
July 8, 2014(Jazzbill Records) Pianist, composer and arranger Jeremy Fox has constructed a stellar work with this production. With Love features an array of amazing singers lending their voices to tunes Fox arranged for the ...
Elias Haslanger – Live at The Gallery
June 20, 2014(Cherrywood Records) Saxophonist Elias Haslanger really puts on a show on his sixth and latest recording. Live at The Gallery finds Haslanger and a few of his musical friends in full swing before an appreciative ...
Margie Baker – Sings With So Many Stars
June 17, 2014(Consolidated Artists Productions) Margie Baker started her career as a jazz and blues singer at the age of 39, encouraged by a longtime friend, the great Dizzy Gillespie. Dr. Baker, who served as an educator for 48 ...
Orrin Evans’ Captain Black Big Band – Mother’s Touch
June 13, 2014(Positone) Pianist-composer Orrin Evans take the big band jazz genre to a new level with his cooly-branded Captain Black Big Band. A Mother’s Touch is the first studio recording of the 20-plus member ensemble. ...
Eric Alexander – Chicago Fire
June 6, 2014(High Note) When tenor saxophonist Eric Alexander blows his horn it sounds as big as the city of Chicago. So the fact that his latest recording is titled Chicago Fire is more than fitting. Alexander’s playing ...
Bill Coté – Where Do You Start
June 3, 2014(Bill Cote) From the very first note, you can hear that Bill Coté is a remarkable singer. Where Do You Start is the debut for the baritone vocalist and what a debut it is. Coté’s delivery is at once relaxing ...
Sonny Rollins – Road Shows, Vol. 3
May 30, 2014(Okeh) What’s immediately clear in listening to the latest in a series of live recordings from saxophonist Sonny Rollins is his absolute love for the interaction and improvisation that only happens live on a ...
Jordana Talsky – Standard Deviation
May 27, 2014(Jordana Talsky) Standard Deviation marks the debut of an exciting vocalist with something to say and her own way of presenting what she says. Canadian-born singer Jordana Talsky blends percussive sounds and scats ...
Regina Carter – Southern Comfort
May 23, 2014(Sony Masterworks) On Southern Comfort, virtuoso violinst Regina Carter delves into her family tree to create a yet another great work inspired by folk music. The Alabama Appalachian mountains where she spent ...
Peter Brendler – Outside The Line
May 20, 2014(Positone) Outside The Line is an outstanding showcase of bassist-composer Peter Brendler’s talents as a writer, arranger and musician. On this, his debut as a leader, the songs and performances brim with ...
