Jazz Articles about Alan Schulman

About Alan Schulman

Album Review

AS IS, featuring Al & Stacey Schulman: Crazy World

Read "Crazy World" reviewed by Katchie Cartwright

by Katchie Cartwright
May 1, 2026

What does it take to turn a romantic Cole Porter song into a powerful nine-minute protest piece? The band AS IS teases it out with a bit of a false trail to begin with: a tasty little scat intro, nicely-arranged. You might not suspect. Stacey Schulman brings the head in with a slight tweak to the lyric ("From this moment on, we can see clear: only truth can fight fear..."). Jeff Tain Watts launches what becomes a shipload of hydrodynamic ...

Album Review

Alan Schulman: AS IS: O Holy NIght

Read "AS IS: O Holy NIght" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey
December 17, 2021

The jazz ensemble AS IS is cleverly made up of husband and wife Alan Schulman (guitar) and Stacey Schuleman (vocals) with a historically fluid remainder of the band. The pair have two previous self-produced releases: A Love Like Ours (2017) and Here's To Life (2018). The two artists return in this holiday season with a provacative reading of the French Carol “O Holy Night." With a fearless abandon, the two plop the chilly and ancient carol squarely into ...