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Newk, Dave (And Paul), Fats & More
by Marc Cohn
Have you gotten used to writing or typing 2020 yet? I'm getting there just from filling out Gift and Messages paperwork and metadata! But let's get to the music, starting with a few 21st century tunes from Orrin Evans (putting the street beat to Ornette), trumpeter John McNeil and Russian saxophonist Makar Kashitsyn. Then Bobby Broom ...
2019: The Year in Jazz
by Ken Franckling
The year 2019 was robust in many ways. International Jazz Day brought its biggest stage to Australia. An important but long-shuttered jazz mecca was revived in a coast-to-coast move. ECM Records celebrated a golden year. The music and its makers figured prominently on the big screen. The National Endowment for the Arts welcomed four new NEA ...
Mike Jurkovic's Best Releases of 2019
by Mike Jurkovic
It was this dozen plus of recordings, among many that deserve mention, that gratefully, again and again and again, pulled my attention away from binge watching the destruction of our cherished, yet all too vulnerable democracy. These are the recordings of 2019 that made it evident that we all need to remain vigilant and engaged, or ...
Master Legacy Series Volume 3 Featuring Benny Golson & Albert "Tootie" Heath
By Emmet Cohen
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2019
Track listing: It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing); Lady Bird; Promise of the Sun; Reminiscing 1; Woody
'n You; Embraceable You; Reminiscing II; Straight Street; For Heaven's Sake; Just You, Just Me;
Reminiscing III; Charleston.
Masters Legacy Series Volume 4: Emmet Cohen Featuring George Coleman
By Emmet Cohen
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2019
Track listing: Trinkle Trinkle; I Surrender Dear; For Big G; Don't Blame Me; On Green Dolphin Street; Ugly Beauty;
Triste; You've Changed; Db Blues.
Days Like These
By Troy Roberts
Label: Toy Robot Music
Released: 2019
Track listing: My Girl Is Just Enough Woman For Me; Why Was I Born?; Trams; The Waltz Of Parting Days; Sly Old Dog; Jack The Sipper;
Little Man You've Had A Busy Day; Wizard Of Ozroop.
Troy Roberts: Days Like These
by Dan Bilawsky
Days like these, when you have the opportunity to hear Troy Roberts fronting an all-star organ group, are pretty nice. Roberts--one of the most underappreciated tenor saxophonists on the scene, a mainstay in organ kingpin Joey DeFrancesco's band and an erstwhile sideman for drummer Jeff “Tain" Watts--shows a particular affinity for this format. A complete artist ...
Veronica Swift: Confessions
by Mike Jurkovic
A born be-bopper, it's literally impossible not to love the energy that 25 year old Veronica Swift brings to her game. Soulfully infused with an infectious passion for jazz past and future, she is building a grand foundation for a long and colorful career, guaranteeing plenty of great performances and listenings along the way.
Blue Note 50ths, American Pianists Association Winners & More
by Marc Cohn
A light schedule of Blue Note 50th anniversaries this month: Hank Mobley's The Flip. But we missed a Thad Jones, Mel Lewis Orchestra recording (originally on Solid State but reissued on Blue Note) last month due to an error in our working discography. So, we feature album that as well. To celebrate Blue Note's 80th anniversary, ...
Freihofer's Saratoga Jazz Festival 2019
by R.J. DeLuke
Freihofer's Saratoga Jazz Festival Saratoga Performing Arts Center Saratoga Springs, NY June 29-30, 2019 High-level musicianship came to the forefront at the 42nd edition of Freihofer's Saratoga Jazz Festival, and Mother Nature cooperated at the essentially outdoor event. Both of those factors resulted in one of the largest crowds in ...
