Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify With nine Grammy nominations and widespread critical acclaim for both her recordings and live performances, Tierney Sutton has earned a place among the most revered voices in contemporary jazz. She now adds a new chapter to her distinguished recording career with “Spring,” her 17th album as a leader or …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify Shaped by years of collaboration, “Buckshot Blues” captures guitarist Steve Kovalcheck’s trio chemistry with the famed drummer Jeff Hamilton and bassist John Hamar. It highlights the trio’s unique blend of precision, spontaneity, and playfulness through thirteen mostly original tunes. Filled with soulful grooves and expressive blues inflections, Kovalcheck’s melodic …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify No stranger to adversity, pianist Chris Parker is a musical chameleon who’s built a reputation as a veteran go-to NYC musician. His groups have featured Latin, funk and jazz luminaries like Randy Brecker, Bob Mintzer and Chris Vadala. So when on vacation Parker experienced a stroke that left him …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify Jeremy Pelt’s latest recording is one of his most culturally aware and musically astute projects yet. Rooted in his reflections on his community’s artistic legacy, the album balances heritage with a fresh, modern outlook. Pelt’s compositions move fluidly through straight-ahead neo-bop, spacious ballads, post-impressionistic color and tasteful electronics. Anchored …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify Dave Slonaker has worked in Hollywood for over thirty years and is highly regarded as one of the top arrangers and orchestrators in film and television. His first two albums as a leader, including his Grammy nominated 2013 debut, received stellar reviews and wide airplay. He continues to explore …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify Betty Bryant is a Los Angeles treasure. The singer, pianist and composer has been a regular on the Southern California jazz scene since 1955 when she moved from her hometown of Kansas City, where she was mentored by the late, great Jay McShann. Her blues-based piano and vocal stylings …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify Mentorship, lineage, and community lie at the heart of “Buddy!,” the vibrant debut album from bassist and composer Stephen Parisi Jr. Rooted in his upbring in Buffalo and shaped by his evolution within Chicago’s thriving jazz community, Parisi’s music reflects a young artist deeply committed to understanding—and extending—the traditions …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify Vibraphonist and composer Joel Ross releases his fifth Blue Note album, “Gospel Music,” a sonic interpretation of the biblical story and an exploration of his faith that delivers a message of hope and love, performed by an expanded version of his Good Vibes band. An homage to an array …
