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Bruce Williams
Bruce Williams is a powerful young jazz saxophonist who hails from our nation's capital of Washington, D.C. He has made his presence known on the jazz scene by garnering critical attention with his own enthusiastically received CD releases - "Brotherhood" and "Altoicity" - issued on Savant Records. He's made an indelible impression as a sideman on over twenty other CD and video recordings. Bruce has performed, toured, and recorded with a long roster of jazz legends - Little Jimmy Scott, Frank Foster, The Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, Stanley Cowell, Louis Smith, Cecil Brooks III, The Count Basie Orchestra, The World Saxophone Quartet, Russell Gunn, Curtis Fuller, and Roy Hargrove to name a few. Bruce Williams is a versatile saxophone stylist, performing in a variety of diverse playing environments - from traditional to hip-hop to the avant-garde
Introducing Saxophonist Langston Hughes II
by Sanford Josephson
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 ...
Unleashed
Label: Posi-Tone Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: Unleashed;
Obsession; Forgiveness;
Set Adrift;
17 West;
Solid Gold;
Buenaventura;
Straight Street;
Softly, As In A Morning Sunrise;
What’s Next.
100 Estati - Omaggio a Bruno Martino
Label: MUJIC - Monterosi per Urbani Jazz Informazione e Cultura
Released: 2025
Track listing: Se mi vuoi
E la chiamano Estate
Cosa hai trovato in lui
Fai male
Odio l' estate
Isabel
Calypso Bebop
Estate by Massimo Urbani
Altin Sencalar: Unleashed
by C. Andrew Hovan
Often overshadowed by other solo instruments, the trombone boasts a rich history in jazz--one so vast it could fill volumes. New Orleans, the birthplace of jazz, also gave rise to Kid Ory, a pioneer of the “tailgate" style of trombone playing. In the early 1900s, bandleaders often promoted their shows by parading through town on horse-drawn ...
Obsession
Album: Unleashed
By Altin Sencalar
Label: Posi-Tone Records
Released: 2025
Duration: 06:16
Introducing Pianist Tyler Bullock
by Sanford Josephson
Tyler Bullock began taking classical piano lessons in his hometown of Nashville when he was four years old. Eight years later, he discovered jazz through an organization called the Nashville Jazz Workshop. “It's kind of similar to Jazz House Kids," he said. “They have classes and summer camps. It was a summer camp I went to, ...
Unalome
Label: Smoke Sessions Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: Stairways;
Estate;
Tayamisha;
In the Middle of a Rainbow;
The Wisdom of Silence;
42nd Street;
I've Got the World o a String;
Here's to Life.
Tayamisha
Album: Unalome
By Buster Williams
Label: Smoke Sessions Records
Released: 2023
Duration: 05:48
Meet Saxophonist Zoe Obadia
by Sanford Josephson
In April 2019, alto saxophonist Zoe Obadia sat in with the Bill Charlap Trio to play Dave Brubeck's “Time Out" at International Jazz Day. “I was definitely very nervous to sit in with such an established and refined trio," she said," but I had fun and felt very supported on stage and off." Said Charlap: “She ...
