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David Mann

Michigan native David Mann has enjoyed a diverse and prolific musical life. Initially drawn to the artistry of jazz saxophone greats Charlie Parker, John Coltrane and Cannonball Adderley, he attended the New England Conservatory of Music as a jazz major. There, he studied with the legendary Joe Allard and played and toured with the big band of George Russell. Upon graduation, David joined Maynard Ferguson’s band and then eventually settled in New York.

Shortly thereafter, he found himself interacting with many of New York’s elite jazz and studio musicians including Andy Snitzer, Chris Botti, Michael Brecker, David Sanborn, Lawrence Feldman, and Lou Marini. Solo albums ensued with Games (1987), Insight (1989), Mann to Mann (1994), and Touch (2001) as well as session and jingle work.

Mystical

By Reza Khan

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2024
Track listing: Ride; Wind Dance; Overdrive; The Other Side; Sunset Highway; Stolen Time; Villa Rosa; So Its You; Bayside Avenue; December; Bridge of Angels; East Bound; Twilight Dreams; Ride Home.

Imaginary Road

By Reza Khan

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2021
Track listing: Waiting for the Sky; Neo Funk; I See Stars; La Liaison; Midnight Runner; Broken River; Seven Miles Road; It’s Happening; Somewhere East; Imaginary Road.

Imaginary World

Label: Blue Hour Productions
Released: 2021
Track listing: Trailblazer; New Day; Daybreak; Living Underground; Discovery; Boulevard East; Tiger Lily; Looking Back; Turbocharged; Time's Arrow; Imaginary World.

Exhale

By Patrick Bradley

Label: Patricks Song Factory
Released: 2021
Track listing: 1. Completely Yours 2. Reinvention 3. Exhale 4. Song of May (feat. Darren Rahn) 5. Sip' n the Breeze 6. Cat Man Blues (feat. Rick Braun) 7. Meant to Be (feat. Darren Rahn) 8. Lighthouse (feat. Allen Hinds) 9. In the Heart of the Seas 10. Providence 11. Walk with Me

Randal Clark: Imaginary World

by Jim Worsley
May 28, 2021

Randal Clark's Imaginary World stretches beyond the conscious boundaries and illuminates the dark corners. It's clear from the onset that it is steeped in jazz tradition with a giant foothold on both rhythmic and melodic foundations. Clark establishes himself early and never lets go. Too often a buoyant blast off can ultimately fade away into the ...

Waiting for the Sky

May 4, 2021

Album: Imaginary Road
By Reza Khan
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2021
Duration: 3:45

Reza Khan: Imaginary Road

by Jack Bowers
March 23, 2021

To impartially assess Imaginary Road, Bangladeshi-raised, New York-based guitarist Reza Khan's sixth album, it is best to lay aside as best one can his disposition for or against what could reasonably be labeled “smooth jazz" and start from there. Is the music melodically and rhythmically likeable? Yes, it is. Are the musicians technically able? Yes, they ...

Susie Meissner: I Wish I Knew

by C. Michael Bailey
September 8, 2020

Over the past decade and three previous recordings, Philadelphia-based vocalist Susie Meissner has crafted an intelligently conceived and thoughtfully paced survey of the Great American Songbook. Meissner's considerations of the standard jazz repertoire, in concert with pianist John Shaddy's sturdy arrangements and educated performance manner, have emerged, evolving from chaste and reverent beginnings, into rich and ...

Lisa Maxwell's Jazz Orchestra: Shiny!

by Jack Bowers
September 6, 2020

Lisa Maxwell, whose album Shiny! marks the recorded debut of her New York City-based Jazz Orchestra, is a pretty good composer and a very good arranger, even though several of her charts lean toward funk / rock, admittedly an acquired taste. Once she veers away from those two-beat cadences, as on “Ludie," “The Craw," “Hello, Wayne?" ...