Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify “Far Far Away” brings us ever so close to the genius of Jim Snidero. For this, his 25th recording as a leader, the renowned altoist joins forces with inimitable guitar hero Kurt Rosenwinkel, whose searing, innovative playing is on full display. Snidero himself demonstrates a broadsword of a …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify During the course of a career spanning over four decades, bass luminary Ben Wolfe had earned his stature as one of the forefront composers of our time. Ben Ratliff of the New York Times describes his work as “Mingus and Miles meet Bartok and Bernard Hermann.” Wolfe’s tenth …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify In the spring of 2020, Dave Stryker’s long-standing trio of organist Jared Gold and drummer McClenty Hunter was booked to play a concert out of town. Due to the pandemic, in lieu of traveling they were given the opportunity to tape a show that could be streamed by …
“My America 2: Destinations,” the newest album by Jim Self, is an homage to the many places across America where the well-traveled jazz tuba maestro has lived and worked. It’s a sequel to a disc he put out twenty years ago. Like that disc, this is a collaboration between Self and arranger …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify Fiercely swinging on purpose, with purpose, the 3D Jazz Trio plays original, traditional and contemporary standards from all genres of music. Their unique style and innovative arrangements are always supercharged by their boundless musical joy and gratitude. Drummer Sherrie Maricle, bassist Amy Shook, and pianist Jackie Warren met …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify The chromatic harmonica is an instrument still finding its footing in the world of modern jazz music. Yvonnick Prene’s mission is to put it in its rightful place in the pantheon of instruments used to improvise. He’s placed the harmonica in many musical settings, including an organ trio …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify For Canadians, the arrival of spring is momentous: the scent of the air is fresh and full of possibility. It’s an apt theme for a musical collaboration named after Ostara, the Germanic goddess of the spring equinox. “The Ostara Project” is the brainchild of co-leaders Amanda …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify The eerie stillness of New York City during the Covid-19 pandemic led many residents to a state of contemplation and inner exploration. Saxophonist and composer Marc Mommaas found himself drawn to sounds that he grew up with but had eschewed for his own musical path in jazz, namely …
