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David Wong

Bassist David Wong was born and raised in New York City, and is a graduate of the LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and the Performing Arts, where he developed his passion for music under the tutelage of tuba master Bob Stewart. He graduated from the Juilliard School in classical music in 2004 and has studied with Orin O’Brien (New York Philharmonic), Ron Carter, Ben Wolfe, and John Clayton. From 2003 to 2004, as part of the Eric Reed Trio, Wong performed in Switzerland, Scotland, the Hollywood Bowl (Los Angeles), the Algonquin Hotel (New York City), and with Jazz at Lincoln Center, as well as at many other venues worldwide

Hindsight

By CHARLIE PORTER

Label: OA2 Records
Released: 2021
Track listing: Tipping Point; Hindsight; Walking the Plank; Things Fall Apart; Requiem; In Short Supply; Going Viral; Paradise Lost; For Ellis

Featuring Jimmy Cobb

By PETER ANDERSON

Label: Outside in Music
Released: 2020
Track listing: Two For One; Hot And Cold; Blues For You; Rhythm In F; Autumn In New York; Pick Your Spot; Someday My Prince Will Come; Jeanine; Polka Dots & Moonbeams; I'll Tell You Later.

Love Letter

By JIMMY HEATH

Label: Verve Music Group
Released: 2020
Track listing: Ballad From Upper Neighbor’s Suite; Left Alone; Inside Your Heart; Fashion Or Passion; Con Alma; Don’t Misunderstand; La Mesha; Don’t Explain.

West Meets East

By ADAM SHULMAN

Label: Cellar Records
Released: 2020
Track listing: Nickel and Dimed; Manne-Splainin’; Lean and Mean; Mingus Dreams of Billy Strayhorn; Whose Blues; Jack’s Basket; Heart of Winter; Central Avenue Rundown.

Remembrance

By ANDY FUSCO

Label: SteepleChase Records
Released: 2020
Track listing: Conception; It's A Blue World; Good Morning Heartache; Tchau; Limehouse Blues; Remembrance; Blues For Bailey's; All American; I'm A Fool To Want You; Navan's Apple.

Jazz Dance Suites

By CHARLES MCPHERSON

Label: Chazz Mack Music
Released: 2020
Track listing: Song Of Songs: Love Dance; Heart's Desire; Wedding Song; Hear My Plea; Thinking Of You; After The Dance; Praise; The Gospel Truth. Reflection On An Election; Sweet Synergy Suite: Sweet Synergy; Delight; Nightfall; Marionette - 1995; Song Of The Sphinx; Tropic Of Capricorn.

Andy Fusco: Remembrance

By DAVID A. ORTHMANN

Since 2016 SteepleChase Records has released five discs by alto saxophonist Andy Fusco. This impressive, often stunning body of work goes a long way in raising the profile of a man who had seldom been given the opportunity to record under his own name. While Fusco leads the sessions, he's the antithesis of a star or ...

Adam Shulman Septet: West Meets East

By JACK BOWERS

The “west" here is represented by San Francisco-based pianist and group leader Adam Shulman, the “east" by the other half-dozen members of Shulman's impressive septet. Even though the reasons that led to the alliance are ambiguous, what matters is the payoff, and that is more than admirable from any vantage point. As if ...

Jimmy Heath: Love Letter

By THOMAS FLETCHER

Often nicknamed “Little Bird," Jimmy Heath began on the alto saxophone acquiring this informal title by dedicating his studies to Charlie Parker and his wee stature. Although not a familiar name to many outside of the devoted jazz community, Heath would go on to pursue a remarkable 76-year career sadly passing away in January, 2020. A ...