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Anthony Hervey

Born: December 30, 1996

Anthony Hervey, who was recently recognized by Grammy.com as one of  “10 emerging artists to know in 2023, has impressed audiences across the globe as a first-call sideman for luminaries such as Christian McBride, Jon Batiste, Michael Bublé, and Wynton Marsalis, who described Hervey as a “beautiful trumpet player of the first magnitude.”

He was a member of the nationally renowned Dillard Center for the Arts Jazz Ensemble in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and afterward earned admission to the prestigious Juilliard School.  There he honed his craft and graduated with a B.M. in 2019 and an M.M. in 2020.  His debut album, “Words From My Horn,” is a blend of soulful and cerebral compositions that draw from his personal, musical, and spiritual memories.

Around the World with U

By Ulysses Owens, Jr.

Label: Cellar Music Group
Released: 2026
Track listing: Prodigal Son; Bebop & Confirmation; Espresso; Morning Prayer; Mo’ Betta Blues; New York; The Light That Grew Amonst Us; Little Girl Power; Stardust; Road Life; I’m Not So Sure.

Kris Davis, Ingrid Laubrock, and Tyshawn Sorey at Miller Theatre

by Paul Reynolds
November 14, 2026

Kris Davis, Ingrid Laubrock, and Tyshawn SoreyMiller Theatre at Columbia UniversityNew York, NYNovember 7, 2026 Musical collectives composed of players who are also distinctive leaders in their own right face challenges beyond merely finding time to collaborate within their busy schedules. The ensemble must find formulas to check egos at the ...

Ulysses Owens, Jr. and Generation Y: Kind of Grunge

by Jack Bowers
September 26, 2026

New York-based master drummer Ulysses Owens Jr. is back, Generation Y in tow, with another generous helping of so-called “grunge jazz" deftly transformed to straight-ahead patterns in a style similar to that of the legendary Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers. This is not, however, precisely the same Generation Y that recorded the well-received ...

Ulysses Owens, Jr. and Generation Y: Around the World with U

by Jack Bowers
April 8, 2026

Drummer Ulysses Owens, Jr. has a keen eye and ear for talent, which is obvious from the first notes of Around the World with U, his second recording as leader of the Art Blakey-style quintet, Generation Y. When marshaling the ensemble, Owens chose his teammates with care, and they repay his confidence by producing a splendid ...

Introducing Saxophonist Langston Hughes II

by Sanford Josephson
February 1, 2026

In the April 2024 issue of Jersey Jazz, drummer Ulysses Owens, Jr. told me he had recently taken four young musicians with him for a tour in Tokyo. One of them was saxophonist Langston Hughes II, then studying for his master's degree at Juilliard. Hughes, said Owens, is “burning up the scene." The 24-year-old ...

The Point

By Boyce Justice Griffith

Label: Outside in Music
Released: 2025
Track listing: The Two Fish; The Point - Part One; The State of Being; Isolation; The Point - Part Two (Development); Something to Prove; The Walk; Balrog; The Point - Part Three (Variation); At Home; The Point - Part Four (Closure)

Two Voices, One Room: Hervey & Mason Reframe Monk

by Steven Roby
October 7, 2025

Trumpeter Anthony Hervey and pianist Sean Mason unpacked the soul-and-blues core behind their duo chemistry--why a Monk program belongs in an intimate room, how Hervey's “Du-Rag" reframed ragtime language for now, and why Mason's “Open Your Heart" asked players and listeners to lead with emotion. We talked repertoire choices for a Joe Henderson Lab show, the ...

Sipping and Swinging into Summer

by Kristen Lee Sergeant
June 26, 2025

Dear All About Jazzers, Welcome back to your quarterly wine and song pairing, Jazz & Juice, which I hope inspires you to taste and listen with more delight. This trio of wine and song is poised to bring you into the festival season --let me know if any of these bottles find their way ...

The Walk

March 19, 2025

Album: The Point
By Boyce Justice Griffith
Label: Outside in Music
Released: 2025
Duration: 05:23