It’s not that guitarist Bill Frisell doesn’t often play with bassist Thomas Morgan and drummer Rudy Royston; he’s just never enlisted the two of them for a trio album. Sometimes
Freedom, thusly named for the appreciation of different cultures, is the debut album from trombonist, composer, arranger, and educator, Dr. Javier Nero. Inspired by his multi-cultural ancestry, and amidst the current
North Colorado-based singer-songwriter Cary Morin is best known for his amazing finger-picking guitar skills that have earned the respect of icons such as David Bromberg, not to mention many press
Immanuel Wilkins is a 22-year-old alto saxophonist and Julliard graduate from greater Philadelphia who came to the attention of most with his impressive playing on Joel Ross’ outstanding 2019 Blue
Mary Chapin Carpenter returns with The Dirt and the Stars, her first album of all-new material since 2016’s brilliant The Things That We Are Made Of. Just as with 2018’s
We covered the acoustic trio The Furious Seasons’ 2018 release Now Residing Abroad on these pages and with this, La Fonda, the band is releasing their seventh album and third
On the eve of his 80th birthday, the trumpet great Eddie Henderson is releasing his 26th album as a leader, and with over 100 appearances as a sideman, he is
Swing States: Harmony in the Battleground, is the latest from multi-GRAMMY nominee, MacArthur Fellow, and Doris Duke Award recipient, violinist Regina Carter. For this momentous release, Carter has assembled her Freedom Band, a first-rate ensemble
One of the first things that is striking about southern singer-songwriter Tawny Ellis’ Love Life, her fifth full-length album, is her network of high profile musicians, producers, and engineers. To
Simply said, put your music where your mouth is. Grammy-winner composer, bandleader, and recently named NEA Jazz Master Maria Schneider has been increasingly outspoken about Google and big data companies,
