Aug 6, 2020 9:00 AM
Premiere: Dave Liebman Featured On Mehmet Sanlikol’s ‘A Vicious Murder’
Commissioned by reedist Dave Liebman and supported through grants from the New England Conservatory, The Aaron Copland…
Mehmet Sanlikol’s “A Vicious Murder,” from his upcoming suite, tells part of poet Rumi’s tale.
Aug 6, 2020 9:00 AM
Commissioned by reedist Dave Liebman and supported through grants from the New England Conservatory, The Aaron Copland…
Urban(e), a new recording from the Mike Fahie Jazz Orchestra due out Aug. 28 on Greenleaf Music, grew out of a singular notion: the marriage of the classical and jazz idioms.
Jul 31, 2020 6:43 AM
Trombonist-composer Mike Fahie—a prolific bandleader and in-demand sideman on the New York scene—is serious about…
Randy Brecker (left) and Eric Marienthal are set to release Double Dealin’ (Shanachie) on Sept. 11.
Jul 27, 2020 10:40 AM
Trumpeter Randy Brecker and saxophonist Eric Marienthal both have led careers that sit at the edge of genre.
Double…
Cousins James Carter and Regina Cater have reconnected during the pandemic.
Jul 21, 2020 8:55 AM
First came the coronavirus and then the killing of George Floyd, his neck fatally compressed under the knee of a…
Pianist, composer and arranger John Beasley returns for his third outing with the MONK’estra on MONK’estra Plays John Beasley (Mack Avenue.)
Jul 3, 2020 10:27 AM
Originally a part of Duke Ellington’s Black, Brown And Beige, the composition “Come Sunday” has taken on a life…
Thelonious Monk and Larry Gales perform during 1968.
Jun 19, 2020 2:38 PM
A surprise gig in 1968 by Thelonious Monk that was captured on tape by a school janitor is set for a Sept. 18 release…
Guitarist Leni Stern expands her trio to a quartet with the addition of pianist Leo Genovese on her upcoming album, 4.
Jun 8, 2020 9:26 AM
There’s a vastness to the music that guitarist Leni Stern’s worked on since the 1980s.
It comes, in part, from…
Chick Corea is set to issue the double album Plays (Concord Jazz) on Aug. 28.
Jun 3, 2020 8:42 AM
Hearing Chick Corea in any setting, it’s apparent that his interests and influences range beyond the music that…
Singer-songwriters Amanda Taylor (left), Sara Gazarek, Johnaye Kendrick and Erin Bentlage have formed the vocal group säje.
May 28, 2020 8:56 AM
For some vocalists, the impulse to collaborate with like-minded artists can result in transcendent music. A case in…
Pianist Christian Sands is set to release Be Water on July 17.
May 7, 2020 3:16 PM
Despite Christian Sands’ clear affinity for Erroll Garner, the pianist’s upcoming release, Be Water, depicts an…
