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Jeff Lashway

Pianist Jeff Lashway hails from Pittsburgh — While he has played, toured and recorded with several artists, he is best known for his tenure with jazz legend Maynard Ferguson. Jeff was Maynard's final pianist. On his first release, "Reunion," he is reunited with longtime friend Vinnie Colaiuta. This is a rare straight-ahead session for Vinnie. Also on board is the amazing vocalist Jimmy Hall, formerly the lead singer with Wet Willie. This is an incredibly accessible, swinging CD, with stellar performances by all the musicians, including Jim Rotondi, John Allred and Jeff Rupert.

Your Move

By Reid Hoyson

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2022
Track listing: When Lights Are Low; Stablemates; Speak Low; Three Views of a Secret; Out of Nowhere; Estate; Domingo; Nobody Else But Me; The Eternal Triangle; I Thought About You.

Richie Cole: Have Yourself An Alto Madness Christmas

by Rob Rosenblum
January 21, 2017

Christmas music is a sort of sub genre of American pop, mostly maudlin and uninspiring in its lyrics, harmony and melody. Yet, it is a perennial magnet for jazz artists. On the other end of the spectrum is Richie Cole, a brash altoist and sort of a merry prankster bebop artist. Fans and critics ...

Richie Cole: Have Yourself an Alto Madness Christmas

by Jack Bowers
December 4, 2016

Yes, there are jazz musicians who earn more bread than Richie Cole, and others who rank higher in the popularity contests that double as polls. There aren't many, however, who have more fun making music than the well-traveled alto saxophonist who, late in life, has found a place to call home in Pittsburgh, PA.

Richie Cole: Pittsburgh

by Jack Bowers
July 23, 2016

After a lifetime of movin' on that has taken him from Trenton, NJ, to cities, towns and hamlets across the country and around the world, it seems that alto saxophonist Richie Cole, now fifty-eight, is at last ready to settle down and plant some roots. As he declares in his latest album's opening number, “I Have ...

Bria Skonberg: So is the Day

by Nicholas F. Mondello
April 28, 2012

It's a rare talent that can straddle--and dare request membership in--the trumpet artist continuum emanating from Louis Armstrong and progressing down through his “Neo Orleans" progeny: Byron Stripling, Wynton Marsalis and Nicholas Payton (whose big band trumpet section Skonberg graces). However, with her bravura performance on So is the Day, Bria Skonberg confirms that she is ...

JazzWeek Radio Chart: February 22, 2010

March 2, 2010

TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 2 1 Steve Hobbs Vibes, Straight Up (Challenge) 233 247 -14 0 56 1 7 2 1 3 Ahmad Jamal A Quiet Time (Dreyfus) 221 257 -36 4 63 1 5 3 3 8 John Stein Raising The Roof (Whaling City Sound) 194 182 ...

JazzWeek Radio Chart: January 25, 2010

February 2, 2010

TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 1 26 Steve Hobbs Vibes, Straight Up (Challenge) 189 197 -8 10 55 1 3 2 45 — John Stein Raising The Roof (Whaling City Sound) 186 60 +126 25 51 2 2 3 — — Greg Reitan Antibes (Sunnyside) 146 49 +97 26 ...

JazzWeek Radio Chart: January 18, 2010

January 26, 2010

TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 26 — Steve Hobbs Vibes, Straight Up (Challenge) 197 79 +118 18 49 1 2 2 6 13 Roni Ben-Hur Fortuna (Motema) 174 157 +17 3 48 2 10 3 5 11 The Mike Longo Trio Sting Like A Bee (CAP) 152 159 -7 ...

JazzWeek Radio Chart: January 11, 2010

January 19, 2010

TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 6 13 Joey DeFrancesco Snapshot (HighNote) 175 126 +49 0 51 1 12 2 3 8 Jeff Hamilton Trio Symbiosis (Capri) 169 151 +18 0 47 1 15 2 1 5 Gerald Wilson Orchestra Detroit (Mack Avenue) 169 182 -13 1 46 1 16 2 — ...