We know that we’re in a depression when Falu is onstage singing, trading licks with JD Allen and the club isn’t sold out. Tuesday night at Drom, there was a good crowd in the house for the… more →
Lucid Culturewrote 6 days ago: We know that we’re in a depression when Falu is onstage singing, trading licks with JD Allen a … more →
wrote 1 month ago: Tenor saxophonist JD Allen will release his latest album, Grace, on April 23. (Pre-order it from Ama … more →
wrote 1 month ago: Percussionist Jaimeo Brown’s new Transcendence album (just out from Motema) was inspired by a … more →
wrote 3 months ago: Continuing with today’s “why would you want to make a record of somebody else’s tu … more →
wrote 3 months ago: Trumpeter Jeremy Pelt (who we’ve interviewed before) has made some of the best acoustic jazz r … more →
wrote 5 months ago: Four by Six (Iacuessa) by Phil Freeman Bassist Gregg August has a sound on his instrument that … more →
wrote 5 months ago: Gregg August validates the theory that a good bass player always has a gig – to the extreme. H … more →
wrote 8 months ago: Francisco Mora Catlett, AFRO HORN MX Francisco Mora Catlett -][- AFRO HORN MX - [Aace Records, 2012] … more →
wrote 11 months ago: WordPress video JD Allen describes what it’s like to be in a Conduction. Here, Butch composes … more →
wrote 11 months ago: Linda Oh “Further proof that Esperanza Spalding is not the only female bassist-bandleader wort … more →
wrote 11 months ago: Welcome to a new feature, “Yes, Please,” where we’ll prepare you for the upcoming … more →
wrote 11 months ago: JD Allen, THE MATADOR & THE BULL JD Allen -][- The Matador & The Bull - [Savant Records, 201 … more →
wrote 12 months ago: Plugged In (Bee Jazz) Buy it from Amazon by Phil Freeman French saxophonist Jerome Sabbagh has been … more →
wrote 1 year ago: The latest CD by the awesome JD Allen Trio, The Matador and the Bull, will be released June 19 (pre- … more →
wrote 1 year ago: If you see a lot of jazz, you’re probably used to watching familiar faces run through familiar … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Soul (HighNote) by Phil Freeman Buy it from Amazon Trumpeter Jeremy Pelt‘s fourth CD with his … more →
wrote 1 year ago: About six months ago, I posted a halftime list of my favorite 2011 jazz recordings heard between Jan … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Jeremy Pelt is a trumpeter with eight albums as a leader going back to the turn of the millennium, i … more →
wrote 1 year ago: photo © Larry Appelbaum You can learn a lot about jazz hanging with Jimmy Heath. The saxophonist, ar … more →