Jazz Articles about Blaise Hearn

The Sofia Goodman Group: Receptive

by Jack Bowers
February 19, 2025

Receptive is the third album as leader of the Sofia Goodman Group by Nashville, Tennessee-based drummer and composer Goodman, following 2018's Myriad of Flowers and 2023's Secrets of the Shore, both on Joyous Records. As on those earlier recordings, Goodman shows her compositional skills with a series of mostly meditative and personal themes designed to entice an audience while enlivening and amplifying her able sextet. The results are mixed, with moments of vibrance and charm countered by ...