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Frank Lacy

Born: 1959

Ku-umba Frank Lacy is an American jazz trombonist

His father was a teacher who had played guitar with Illinois Jacquet, Eddie Cleanhead Vinson, and Arnett Cobb; his mother sang gospel music. He played piano from age eight, and played trumpet, euphonium, and tuba before settling on trombone at age 16.

He earned a bachelor's degree in physics[citation needed] before studying music at the Berklee College of Music,[citation needed] where he played with Branford Marsalis, Greg Osby, and Marvin Smith. Lacy then studied for his Masters degree at Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University

Roy Hargrove: Bern

by Pierre Giroux
April 18, 2026

The appearance of Bern, a previously unreleased recording from May 4, 2000, at the International Jazzfestival in Bern, Switzerland, is the kind of archival find that reminds listeners how electrifying Roy Hargrove could be live. Released by Time Traveler Recordings on LP for Record Store Day, with CD and digital download versions to follow later. This ...

Vibe Provider

By Emmet Cohen

Label: Mack Avenue Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: Lion Song; Surrey With the Fringe on Top; Vibe Provider; Unblock the Love; Henei Ma Tov; If This Isn’t Love; Everlasting; Time on My Hands; Emmet’s Blues.

A Brief Guide To Ukrainian Jazz: Part 1

by Ian Patterson
February 24, 2025

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 The history of jazz in Ukraine can be traced fairly precisely according to academic, literature teacher and jazz journalist Alexander Yudin. Writing in The History Of European Jazz: The Music, Musicians And Audience in Context (Equinox Publishing, 2018), Yudin credits ...

Grande-Terre

By Roy Hargrove

Label: Verve Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: Rumba Roy; Audrey; Lake Danse; Kamala’s Dance; B and B; Another Time; Lullaby from Atlantis; Afreaka; Ethiopia; Priorities.

Roy Hargrove's Crisol: Grande-Terre

by Chris May
October 21, 2024

Increasingly and with growing momentum, right up until he died at the young age of 55 in 2018, Roy Hargrove was a standard bearer for a new kind of African American jazz. The recipe embraced a variety of styles--jazz, Afro-Cuban music, funk, hip hop and soul--and it influenced a generation of musicians in jazz and beyond. ...

Emmet Cohen: Vibe Provider

by Mike Jurkovic
August 19, 2024

All round shaman, musical advocate, and positive vibe provider, Nigerian-born Michael Olufunmilola (Funmi) Ononaiye (1968-2023) was known and beloved by everyone in the artistic and social circles of Manhattan's music scene. He was an A&R rep at Atlantic Records. He was a DJ, percussionist, and chief programmer at Jazz at Lincoln Center. He had a deep ...

Kevin Ray

Kevin Ray came to music relatively late in life, entering The New School at 25, where he came under the wing of Reggie Workman, a relationship that continues to this day. Under Reggie’s tutelage, he developed an appreciation for the entire spectrum of what is called jazz, as well as an affinity for adventurous artists such as The Art Ensemble of Chicago, Henry Threadgill, The World Saxophone Quartet, Andrew Cyrille, and others. Unsure of himself after college, he managed a department at Forbes Publishing, and worked as a consultant at JPMorgan Chase. At the same time, he came into contact with one of his spiritual mentors, Andrew Hill. “Andrew gave me the confidence to be truly serious about becoming a musician,” Ray explains.

You Remind Me

By Greg Murphy

Label: Whaling City Sound
Released: 2024
Track listing: After Dark; The Cure; Nights Over Egypt ; You Remind Me; Nancy; Shrimp Fried Rice; Mr. Day; Mornin’; Takeoff; Simone; Night Flight; A Night To Remember

Meet Saxophonist Max Bessesen

by Steven Roby
December 29, 2023

This episode of Backstage Jazz features an interview with multi-woodwind instrumentalist and composer Max Bessesen. We discussed his music and upcoming performance at Dazzle in downtown Denver. Max Bessesen is a multi-woodwind instrumentalist and composer in NYC. His “saxophone virtuosity" (Downbeat) has made him an in-demand sideman alongside musicians like Frank Lacy, Joe Farnsworth, ...