Medeski Martin & Wood

August 18, 2018

Medeski Martin & Wood with Alarm Will Sound have announced the release of a new album, ‘Omnisphere,’ due September 14 via MMW’s own imprint, Indirecto Records. The collection poses a compelling question: What would happen if one of the most adventurous groups to emerge in jazz and improvised music in the last three decades were […]

Regina Carter: Ella

March 22, 2017

A hundred years after her birth, the ever-eloquent Ella Fitzgerald continues to teach us lessons. Regina Carter has chosen this moment to celebrate the First Lady of Song’s infectious and inclusive artistry with unabashed joy. “Accentuate the Positive, I thought was the perfect title considering the mood of the country and the world right now,” […]

Patricia Barber: café blu

May 2, 2016

Patricia Barber: café blue.  Michael Arnopol, bass; Mark Walker, percussion; John McLean, guitar. Premonition Records 90760-5, dual layer hybrid SACD   café  blue, widely regarded as one of the best female vocal albums of all time, has been reissued on the Premonition Records label from the original studio (unmastered) recording, in dual-layer hybrid Red Book […]

MICHAEL VALEANU – Hard To Cook

March 19, 2015

Guitarist MICHAEL VALEANU Recalls Timeless Organ Trios with Compelling Blend of Love Songs, Groove Anthems and Short Acoustic Poems   Hard To Cook – Available April 28 Listen to Tracks from Hard To Cook From Paul Bocuse to Julia Child, France has been known to spawn many of the world’s culinary greats over the years. […]

Trumpeter/Composer SEAN JONES

June 2, 2014

Trumpeter/Composer SEAN JONES Offers Electrifying Raw Studio Album on im.pro.vise = never before seen via Mack Avenue Records – Available July 22   Album Celebrates 10th Anniversary with Mack Avenue Records       “No matter where Jones positions himself, he is always poised to soar into the stratosphere, only to swoop down as if […]

Lexington

March 4, 2014

  Happy New Year! This note is to let you know to be on the “look out,” for a fantastic new jazz recording by legendary guitarist, Wayne Kramer. Every artist that releases an album (or single) would like to believe that what they are releasing is an “event.” In the instance of LEXINGTON by Wayne […]

Halie Loren

September 26, 2013

    AVAILABLE NOW: Vocalist HALIE LOREN Celebrates Love and Life on  New Justin Time Records Album, Simply Love     “…the next big thing among jazz vocalists.”  – JazzTimes   Stream Tracks from Simply Love   The soul of vocal artistry is to distill the essence of a song and make it personal, finding something unexpected yet exactly […]

Pianist HAROLD LÓPEZ-NUSSA

February 4, 2013

Pianist HAROLD LÓPEZ-NUSSA Finds  Creative Inspiration in Sights and Sounds of  Modern-Day Cuba on Upcoming Release, NEW DAY, Available October 8 on Jazz Village     “Young Harold López-Nussa is among the greatest pianists of Cuba.”  – Havana Times   “He makes it all sound rich, rewarding and cohesive…”  – Montreal Gazette   Stream Tracks from New Day   […]

My First Concert: Miles Davis

February 4, 2013

Miles Davis: My First Concert     Miles Davis: My First Concert Wow…I hadn’t thought about the first concert that I’d attended, for many, many years—so this was a nostalgic journey for me, and one that gave me new perspectives. Interestingly this night became a lifetime memory, an experience that would change perceptions and bend, […]

A Night out with Rachelle Ferrel

February 4, 2013