Home » Search Center » Results: E.J. Strickland
Results for "E.J. Strickland"
A Celebration of Excellence and Musical Diversity at Day one at the 2023 Newport Jazz Festival
by Dave Kaufman
Day 1 | Day 2 | Part 3The Newport Jazz Festival is one of the planet's most fabled and celebrated jazz festivals and it has been towards the top of my bucket list for a very long time. I have attended jazz festivals for almost 40 years since my youth and finally made it ...
Manuel Valera Quintet: Vessel
by Chris May
Cuban born and raised, pianist and composer Manuel Valera moved to the US in 1994, attending high school in Florida before moving to New York City in 2000 to study at the New School. His classmates included Robert Glasper, Mike Moreno, Michael Rodriguez, Marcus Strickland and E.J. Strickland. Fast company. Valera's career as ...
Lakecia Benjamin: Phoenix
by Mike Jurkovic
True to her nature, saxophonist Lakecia Benjamin keeps the flame to the dynamite on her smoking follow-up to the wildfire of Pursuance (Ropeadope, 2020), her still hot-to-the-touch dedication to the music and spirituality of John Coltrane and Alice Coltrane. Co-produced with maximum female power by Benjamin and Terri Lyne Carrington, the torrential riptide “Amerikkan ...
The Lights Are Always On
Label: Challenge Records
Released: 2022
Track listing: March On; The Lights Are Always On; Sisters; Honor; Loved Ones; Sounds Like America; The
Notorious RBG; Into the Breach; Walk in My Shoes; Heroes.
Abel Mireles: Animo
by Richard J Salvucci
The life stories of musicians raised along the Southern border of the United States tend to be compelling. The Juárez-El Paso conurbation is home to 2.7 million people. It is famous, not to say notorious, for many of its lurid stories of drugs, cartels, mayhem and violence. It is a pity that more of them are ...
Six of the Best
by Jerome Wilson
Here are some thoughts on six recent quality jazz releases of varying types. Malcolm Earle Smith Vocal Intent Self Produced 2022 British musician Malcom Earle Smith is a trombonist by trade but on this album, he confines himself to vocals with pleasing results. His light, swinging voice ...
Lynne Arriale: A Suite Of Hope In Chaotic Times
by Anya Wassenberg
Pianist/composer Lynne Arriale's The Lights Are Always On (Challenge Records, 2022) is a suite of compositions that reflects on the tumultuous period of history we live in. Through the chaos, though, she offers a message on hope and the indomitable nature of the human spirit. “The theme of the album was inspired by an ...
Lynne Arriale Trio: The Lights Are Always On
by Jack Bowers
Music with “a message" need not be inscrutable or bombastic, as pianist/composer Lynne Arriale proves time and again on The Lights Are Always On, whose ten original Arriale compositions are dedicated to caregivers, healers, truth-tellers and defenders of democracy in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic and the brazen hoax-fueled attack on the U.S. Capitol building ...
From Generation to Generation, A New Collection Transcends Borders and Barriers
by John Chacona
The release of the three-disc set The Concert for Bangladesh (Apple) in 1971 established a template for the charity benefit album that is still followed to this day: multiple discs in lavish packaging, a grab-bag of songs and most importantly, a red-carpet lineup of established, often older stars, one of whom was invariably the organizer of ...
Album Showcase
Trending
Interview
Lou Marini: A Solo Career Starting At The Age Of 80
History of Jazz
John Coltrane in Detroit: A Brief History
Live Review
The Tension Is Where the Music Lives: Miles Davis at 100,...
Chats with Cats
Michael Ricci: Still Building a Home for Jazz
Radio & Podcasts
Sullivan Fortner, Jim Rotondi & Dena DeRose, Ardeshir,...
Reanimating Conversations Past
Charlie Haden: Anatomy of a Jazz Classic
Radio & Podcasts
Miki Yamanaka, Stefon Harris, Paul Yonemura, Amber Weeks...
VOTE!
