Home » Jazz Musicians » Steven Hennig
Steven Hennig
Yuma Jazz Company: A Night Such As This
by Jack Bowers
Spurning a global pandemic and daytime temperatures hot enough to fry an egg, the dauntless Yuma Jazz Company remains steadfastly open for business. That's Yuma as in Yuma, Arizona, a city of roughly 100,00 hardy souls tucked into the southwestern corner of the state, midway between Phoenix and San Diego, touted online as “the Gateway to the Great Southwest." Also home for almost twenty years to the Yuma Jazz Company whose sixth recording, A Night Such as This, has the ...
Continue ReadingYuma Jazz Company: Intuition
by Jack Bowers
Intuition is the fourth album by the Yuma Jazz Company, a well-groomed post-bop quintet that has been gigging in southwestern Arizona since it was formed around a dozen years ago. As one would expect from a group whose home base lies a few miles from the Mexican border, the Latin influence is strong, especially on “Late Night Taco Stand," “Cozy Samba" and “(She Is) Everything Plus," all of which were written and arranged by trumpeter Steven Hennig. ...
Continue ReadingMusic
Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson
