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Ben Markley Big Band: Tuesday Morning Feeling

Read "Tuesday Morning Feeling" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
May 24, 2026

When a bandleader says he plans to rely less on arranging the music of others to focus more on his own compositions and charts, the usual response is a prolonged sigh or indifferent shrug of the shoulders --which makes it all the more remarkable that when pianist and composer Ben Markley did exactly that on Tuesday ...

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Barry Greene, Jared Hall, Jesse Davis, Ray Obiedo and more

by Benjamin Boddie
April 23, 2026

Today's Music--Right Now! Fantastic music by Barry Greene, Jared Hall, Jesse Davis, Faye Carol, Abate Berihun & The Addis Ken Project, Ray Obiedo, Shunzo Ohno, The BLCK Madonna, Dave Schumacher & Cubeye, Ben Markley Big Band, Brian Dickinson & Penderecki String Quartet, John Sweenie, Peter Erskine, April Varner, Sam Yahel, Hendrik Meurkens, Walter Smith lll, Tierney ...

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Interview With Jazz Saxophonist Wil Swindler

by Steven Roby
October 21, 2023

Composer and saxophonist Wil Swindler currently resides near Denver, CO, where he leads Wil Swindler's Elevenet, the modern bop quintet GoodRattle, and the Wil Swindler Quartet. In addition to his own bands, he is an active performer with the Peter Sommer Septet, Al Hood's H2 Big Band, the Colorado Symphony, the Ben Markley Big Band , ...

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Ben Markley: Clockwise: The Music Of Cedar Walton

Read "Clockwise: The Music Of Cedar Walton" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
March 11, 2017

Cedar Walton, whose long and illustrious career ended with his passing in August 2013, was not only one of his era's most celebrated jazz pianists but a musician whose impressive talents as a composer were often beclouded by his remarkable success as a performer. One of those whose admiration for Walton the composer is as earnest ...