Jazz Articles about Eliot Seppa

About Eliot Seppa

Album Review

Seth Kibel: Clarinet, Without a Net

Read "Clarinet, Without a Net" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
October 18, 2026

The late great Phil Woods once observed that the clarinet “was invented by six guys who had never met each other," which is another way of saying it is more than challenging to play. It is a challenge that woodwind virtuoso Seth Kibel accepted years ago and has spent much of his career as an award-winning jazz artist pursuing. On Clarinet, Without a Net, Kibel plays clarinet on every number, backed on even-numbered tracks by one quintet, on ...

Album Review

Kristin Callahan: Lost in a Dream

Read "Lost in a Dream" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey
June 24, 2021

The body of compositions known as “jazz standards" has proved to be as durable as it is long lived. These musical pieces, partially provided by the “Great American Songbook" and partially by composing jazz practitioners, have afforded artists a veritable bottomless pit of material with which to apply their own unique vision. One-hundred-plus years of recording history have resulted in a great many standard interpretations. So now it is difficult, if not aesthetically dangerous, for newer artists to delve into ...