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John Scofield – A Moment’s Peace
December 2, 2011(Emarcy Records) Guitar-impressario John Scofield has taken just about every twist and turn a recording artist can maneuver in music, for his latest he takes a route less traveled by him. A Moment’s Peace ...
Enoch Smith, Jr. – Misfits
November 29, 2011(Music 4 My People Entertainment) Misfits is the fascinating sophomore recording from pianist/composer Enoch Smith, Jr. Smith’s engagingly melodic compositional work centers around a hauntingly beautiful ...
Mitchel Forman – Sing Along with Mitch
November 18, 2011(Marsis Jazz) There’s something powerful about the marriage of piano and the human voice, and Mitchel Forman’s latest recording captures this magic so incredibly well. Sing Along With Mitch has the ...
Sonny Rollins – Road Shows 2
November 15, 2011(Doxy Records) Road Shows 2, is a snapshot of a legend who remains as dedicated to his craft as ever. Recorded in 2010 during a couple of his 80th birthday concerts shows in New York and Tokyo, tenor sax giant Sonny ...
Trombone Shorty – For True
November 11, 2011(Verve Records) Some critics have said that jazz declined when it lost its emphasis on dance, well New Orleans’ Troy Andrews, a.k.a., Trombone Shorty’s music brings back the dance in a way that is ...
Poncho Sanchez | Terence Blanchard – Chano y Dizzy!
November 8, 2011(Concord Picante) Percussionist-composer Poncho Sanchez and trumpeter-composer Terence Blanchard pay tribute to legendary percussionist Chano Pozo and the great trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie, whom Sanchez credits as ...
JC Stylles – Exhilaration and Other States
November 4, 2011(Motema) JC Stylles is a fantastic jazz guitarist in the tradition of some of jazz’s great six string players. On his new release, he demonstrates this connection. Exhilaration and Other States is, much like ...
Joan Stiles – Three Musicians
November 1, 2011(Oo-Bla-Dee) For her third album release, pianist Joan Stiles teams with drummer Matt Wilson and saxophonist Joel Frahm for an engaging musical exploration titled Three Musicians. There’s a rawness to the ...
Deborah Winters – Lovers After All
October 28, 2011(Jazzed Media) San Francisco-based Deborah Winters is a true songtress, something she conveys quite well on her third and latest recording, Lovers After All. The album, comprised mostly of ballads, is nicely ...
Occupy – Jazz Music?
October 26, 2011Salon Magazine’s Martin Johnson wonders aloud if jazz musicians could provide the musical expression of the Occupy Wall Street movement. BY MARTIN JOHNSON, Salon.com In the late ’50s and ’60s, during the peak ...
