Jazz Articles about The Michael Blum Quartet

The Michael Blum Quartet: Initiation

by Edward Blanco
May 17, 2014

Presenting an equal balance of originals and familiar jazz standards in stylish fashion, the very appealing Initiation is the inaugural album from Hanover, NH--based Michael Blum and his vibrant quartet. Blum is a twenty-year old guitarist and student at Dartmouth College with a passion for jazz. His interest in jazz as a serious pursuit, drew him to study with bassist and renowned educator/clinician and Professor at the Berklee School of Music, Jim Stinnett, who was so comfortable with the young ...