Venezuelan pianist and Latin Grammy nominee Gabriel Chakarji augments his trio for his studio recording debut New Beginning, redefining the relationship between jazz and Afro-South American/Caribbean music with eight original
In Pokey LaFarge’s own words, “the man singing these songs isn’t exactly the same man that wrote them.” And that’s probably a good thing. As the album title indicates, LaFarge
Should you be counting, this is the fourth review in this weird year of 2020 for the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra (JLCO) and their label, Blue Engine Records, which
Dream Hunting in the Valley of the In-Between, the sixth album from experimental indie outfit Man Man, follows the same path laid out by 2013’s On Oni Pond. Like that
Chicano Batman’s 2017 release Freedom Is Free was a breakthrough for the band, blending tropicalia, psych-rock, 70’s looking R&B, and sweet retro-soul sounds. Their 2020 follow up Invisible People is
Legacy Holder is the second album for drummer, composer and bandleader Jonathan Barber who leads a quintet comprised of pianist Taber Gable, guitarist Andrew Renfroe, alto saxophonist Godwin Louis, and bassist Matt Dwonszyk. Vocalist Mar Vilaseca
Chicago blues veterans, vocalist/guitarist John Primer and harmonicist Bob Corritore, collaborate for the third time on The Gypsy Woman Told Me, the title and song from Muddy Waters famed catalog.
Pianist and bandleader Orrin Evans (The Bad Plus, Tar Baby), has long used “The Village” to refer not only to his family-like cohort of fellow musicians in the Captain Black Big Band
The challenge of writing about what makes Heather Anne Lomax’s All This Time so good is that her recipe is so simple. She has a huge voice, great songs, and
It’s a perverse statement on the music world that Andrew Gold is best known for penning the theme songs to The Golden Girls and Mad About You (and the members
