Jazz Articles about Sara Caswell

About Sara Caswell

Album Review

Mary Foster Conklin: These Precious Days

Read "These Precious Days" reviewed by Pierre Giroux

by Pierre Giroux
March 12, 2023

Mary Foster Conklin is a New York-based singer with an eclectic approach to the choices she makes in deciding upon a repetoire for her fifth release, These Precious Days. Unafraid to step outside the nine dots, she has focussed the project on lesser-known jazz and popular compositions by predominately female songwriters. Joining Conklin are a number of top shelf New York musicians including pianist and arranger John Di Martino, violinist Sara Caswell, bassist Ed Howard, drummer Vince Cherico, guitarist Guilherme ...

Radio & Podcasts

New Releases From Sue Palmer, Sanah Kadoura, Sara Caswell, Ludovica Burtone Plus Birthday Celebrations For Ida Cox, Nina Simone & More

by Mary Foster Conklin
March 6, 2023

This broadcast includes new releases from pianist Sue Palmer, trumpeter Jeff Lofton, drummer Sanah Kadoura, bassist Buster Williams and violinists Sara Caswell and Ludovica Burtone respectively, plus birthday shoutouts to Ida Cox, Nina Simone, Nancy Wilson, Claire Daly, Gentiane MG, Melissa Manchester, and Sara Gazarek, among others. Thanks for listening and please support the artists you hear by seeing them live and online. Purchase their music so they can continue to distract, comfort, provoke and inspire. Playlist Eric ...

Album Review

Dave Stryker: As We Are

Read "As We Are" reviewed by Richard J Salvucci

by Richard J Salvucci
June 19, 2022

One of the few good things about coming late to a party is that you don't have to start the conversation. The guests are there, drinks have been served, and one way or another, a tone—or several—has been set. All you have to do is blend in. Sometimes it is easy. Other times it is not.As We Are is already established near the top of the jazz charts. It has been reviewed, and reviewed very well on All ...

Album Review

Dave Stryker: As We Are

Read "As We Are" reviewed by Kyle Simpler

by Kyle Simpler
January 4, 2022

Pat Metheny has a section of his website entitled “Pat Recommends," where he discusses jazz guitarists whom he believes are “making the best music of their careers" on their recent recordings. Dave Stryker is one of the musicians Metheny mentions, and this is certainly an accurate assessment. Dave Stryker has established himself as one of the foremost guitarists in jazz, and with As We Are, he adds another important contribution to his discography. Stryker has a phenomenal work ...

Album Review

Chuck Owen and the Jazz Surge: Within Us

Read "Within Us" reviewed by Jerome Wilson

by Jerome Wilson
October 17, 2021

Florida's Chuck Owen has been a jazz educator for over 40 years, led his big band, The Jazz Surge, for 25 years and earned seven Grammy nominations along the way, so he cannot be called an unknown. Still, it seems that he is nowhere as well known as he should be, going by the quality of the music on this CD which celebrates The Jazz Surge's 25th anniversary. The band's music has some of the brassy punch of ...

Album Review

Chuck Owen and the Jazz Surge: Within Us

Read "Within Us" reviewed by Angelo Leonardi

by Angelo Leonardi
September 20, 2021

Giunta al settimo disco, l'orchestra The Jazz Surge di Chuck Owen celebra i 25 anni di un'attività discografica ricca di riconoscimenti (tra cui sette nominations ai Grammy) e prestigiose collaborazioni (Chick Corea, Joe Lovano, Bob Brookmeyer, Dave Douglas, Bill Holman, Gerald Wilson e molti altri). Nata nel 1995 come estensione della cattedra di Owen all'University Of South Florida la formazione ha ottenuto negli anni rilievo nazionale col suo stile immerso nella tradizione orchestrale jazzistica ma ricco di ambiziose ...

Album Review

Chuck Owen: Within Us

Read "Within Us" reviewed by Pierre Giroux

by Pierre Giroux
September 17, 2021

Anniversaries are a big deal, especially when they celebrate a notable achievement in the history of a contemporary jazz big band. So when the 25th Anniversary of the first recording of the Jazz Surge came along, Chuck Owen thought it would be a suitable occasion to acknowledge the past and continue to look forward, with the current release Within Us as an attestation to the collective identity of the band. The 19-piece band that is directed ...