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E.J. Strickland

Enoch Jamal "E.J." Strickland is the world-class, world-traveled drummer, composer, educator, and artist you've heard on over 60 albums in the last 10-plus years. The Miami native grew up in a creative household, where his dad was a percussionist in the Ft. Lauderdale Orchestra; his twin brother Marcus played the saxophone.

Like so many talented artists before him, E.J. chose the New School to further his jazz education, a course of study that would introduce him to greater technical ability, but really, to the meat of any jazz program: teachers and peers.

E.J. quickly graduated into New York's gigging jazz scene, playing early on with Russell Malone and Ravi Coltrane.

Rhythm People

By Eddie Allen

Label: Origin Records
Released: 2026
Track listing: Rhythm People; Between the Darkness and the Dawn; Maurice’s Interlude; Maurice; Mood Indigo; Daybreak; Worth Saving; The Journey; Our Day Will Come; Psalms 150; 7 Days; Eve’s Deception; Eve’s Deception (shout reprise).

Extra Pressure

By Eric Person

Label: Distinction
Released: 2026
Track listing: Extra Pressure; Personal Blues; Fallout; The Pull; There will be Better Days; Special Someone; Perfection; Song of September; Constellations-Pictures of Orion; This Devotion.

The Rhythm

By Eddie Allen

Label: Origin Records
Released: 2026
Track listing: The Rhythm; Between the Darkness and the Dawn; Maurice’s Interlude; Maurice; Mood Indigo; Daybreak; Worth Saying; The Journey; Our Day Will Come; Psalms 150; 7 Days; Eve’s Deception; Eve’s Deception (Shout Reprise).

New York City Jazz Performance Preview: Fall 2026

by Paul Reynolds
September 16, 2026

New York season includes the first fall programs from two recently opened midtown clubs--The Pocket and Jazzcultural and higher-profile shows for fine emerging performers such as singer Ekep Nkwelle and pianist/arranger Joe Block. The preeminent departure is that of Wynton Marsalis who, after 30 years in the job, will lead his last season as ...

Black Lives at Warsaw Summer Jazz Days

by Marek J. Śmietański
August 11, 2026

A collection of photos from the Black Lives concert at Club Stodoła in Warsaw on July 03, 2026 featuring Reggie Washington, Christie Dashiell, Adam Falcon, David Gilmore, Carl-Henri Morisset, Pierrick Pedron, Jacques Schwarz-Bart, Sharrif Simmons, E.J. Strickland, Sonny Troupe and DJ Grazzhoppa. Other photo reports from the same festival: Tomoki Sanders at Warsaw Summer ...

Michael Leonhart Orchestra at the 2026 NoMad Jazz Festival

by Paul Reynolds
August 5, 2026

Michael Leonhart Orchestra Rizzoli Bookstore NoMad Jazz Festival  New York NY August 2, 2026 Spontaneous creation in jazz usually doesn't extend to the arrangements for a 17-piece orchestra. But Michael Leonhart--who disclosed from the bandstand that his orchestra “did not rehearse for this performance"--wound up arranging on the fly for ...

Eddie Allen's PUSH: Rhythm People

by Jack Bowers
April 21, 2026

Brooklyn-based trumpeter Eddie Allen and his well-groomed sextet, PUSH, truly are Rhythm People, as they prove time and again on Allen's ninth recording as leader of his own group. Whatever the tone or tempo, PUSH swings its merry way through a dozen bright and upbeat tunes, most written and all arranged by Allen, wherein strong and ...

Maurice

February 8, 2026

Album: The Rhythm
By Eddie Allen
Label: Origin Records
Released: 2026
Duration: 06:12

Eddie Allen: The Rhythm

by Jack Bowers
January 25, 2026

Brooklyn-based trumpeter Eddie Allen and his well-groomed sextet, PUSH, truly are rhythm-focused, as they prove time and again on Allen's ninth recording as leader of his own group. Whatever the tone or tempo, PUSH swings its merry way through a dozen bright and upbeat tunes, most written and all arranged by Allen, wherein strong and dazzling ...