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Freddie Hendrix

Born: 1976

Over the past two decades, Freddie Hendrix has become one of the most in demand trumpeters in Jazz, and beyond. Also an accomplished composer, arranger and educator, the Teaneck, New Jersey native's skill and versatility has resulted in him working with a wide array of performers that range from the Count Basie Orchestra and The Christian McBride Big Band, to Aretha Franklin, Stevie Wonder and Alicia Keys.

With the release of his first recording as a leader, JERSEY CAT, Freddie is serving notice that now is his time. One of the music's most exciting players, Hendrix has forged his own sure footed, full toned sound, out of the tradition of Freddie Hubbard, Woody Shaw, Lee Morgan, and Clifford Brown. A powerful septet recording, JERSEY CAT, a scintillating septet debut, impresses from the opening bars of the powerful first track, "St. Peter's Walk". At home on fiery, uptempo tracks, or on ballads like "You Don't Know What Love Is", Hendrix shows that he can handle any tempo and interpret any song with ease, and when called for, nuance. And on originals like "On The Rise" (one of his first compositions), "Madeira Nights", (inspired by his first trip to Europe), and "Whims Of A Waltz", Freddie's aforementioned composing and arranging talents are on full display. Among the other selections on this well rounded project is a wonderful performance of the Horace Silver classic "Peace", and a swinging rendition of Freddie Hubbard's "Hubtones".

Return of the Light

By Joe Elefante

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2025
Track listing: Jazz for Dummies; Mudita; Return of the Light; Cromwell; Ankara Blues; Nobly Born; Don’t Talk (Put Your Head on My Shoulder); Simple Girl; Loving Kindness; Sore on the Floor; Some Other Blues.

46th Annual Tri-C JazzFest

by C. Andrew Hovan
July 8, 2025

46th Annual Tri-C JazzFest Playhouse Square Cleveland, OH June 26-28, 2025 Jazz festivals occupy a precarious space these days. Pressured by financial constraints, too many have drifted toward booking artists with only a passing connection to the jazz tradition. Cuts to both public and private funding have only compounded ...

Still Places Available On Europe's Biggest And Most Inclusive Jazz Education Event—Sligo Jazz 2025

June 3, 2025

Sligo Jazz Project’s annual Summer School and Festival runs from 22-27 July 2025, bringing a team of 33 world-class musicians from all over the world to teach and perform in Sligo over six days. From 22–27 July 2025, Sligo will once again become a global hub for music lovers, students, and jazz legends, as it hosts ...

Wheel of Dharma

By Joe Elefante

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2024
Track listing: Bad Dancing; Rocky; The One Who Knows; The Earth Is on Fire; Samadhi; Lion's Eyes.

With Roses

By Harry Allen

Label: Triangle7
Released: 2023
Track listing: It All Catches Up with You in the End; Be the One; The Maestro; Here in Rome; That Far Away Fella; Diamonds; That's When the Fun Starts; With Roses; Takes a Moment; On My Way.

Winter Wonderland

By George Gee

Label: Self Published
Released: 2023
Track listing: Winter Wonderland Mambo; What Child Is This?; Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas; God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen; I’ll Be Home for Christmas; Baby, It’s Cold Outside; The Christmas Song; O Tannenbaum; What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve?; Jingle Bells.

George Gee Swing Orchestra: Winter Wonderland

by Jack Bowers
November 4, 2023

After an absence of several years the New York City-based George Gee Swing Orchestra is back in a recording studio, doing what it does best--swinging merrily through a Winter Wonderland chock-full of holiday favorites that kids of all ages can relate to and appreciate. Gee formed his first band while still in college ...

The Normyn Suites

By Michael Leonhart

Label: Sunnyside Records
Released: 2022
Track listing: Shut Him Down; The Normyn Suite #1: (Denial, Anger, Catharsis, Nostalgia, Acceptance); Radio Is Everything; The Normyn Suite #2: (May the Young Grow Old, Waking from Sedation, Freedom from the Pain, Unconditional Love, La Preghiera, The Dunes of Cahoon Hollow); Shut Him Down (Video Edit); Newspaper Pane; Kenny Dorham; Wayne Shorter.

Jazz Woman: The Reel to Real Sessions

By Nancy Kelly

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2022
Track listing: Jazz Woman; Move Over.