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Instrument: Saxophone, tenor
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Gregory Groover Jr.: Old Knew
by Pierre Giroux
With Old Knew, tenor saxophonist Gregory Groover Jr. offers a mature and deeply rooted statement that gracefully balances reverence for tradition with openness to spontaneous expression. Recorded without rehearsal and driven by a diverse group of top-tier collaborators, including Joel Ross on vibraphone, Paul Cornish on piano, Harish Raghavan on bass, and Kendrick Scott on drums, ...
Gregory Groover Jr.: Old Knew
by Jack Bowers
Even though he has surely heard this more than a few times, Gregory Groover is a pretty hip name for a jazz saxophonist. Not so much for the pastor of Boston's Charles Street AME Church, the position held by the Groover for whom he is named, Gregory Sr., who no doubt grooves in his own way. ...
Old Knew
Label: Criss Cross
Released: 2025
Track listing: Spaces; 551; Go for Broke; Rain Shall Fall; Retrograde; Summer; Good Sir; Juanita
and Betty; William and Vincent; Old Knew; Arrivals.
Aaron Parks, Artur Dutkiewicz Trio, Julius Gawlik & More
by Marek J. Śmietański
The final regular episode of the show this year (the 120th) is dedicated to November's new releases. Fewer albums dropped than usual, but that doesn't mean they were any less fascinating. Quite the opposite, in fact: I've unearthed a handful of true gems once again, including three promising debut albums that feel like discovering hidden treasure ...
C. Andrew Hovan's Best Jazz Albums of 2025
by C. Andrew Hovan
On many levels, 2025 proved to be a challenging year marked by considerable strife. Fortunately, as Art Blakey once observed, “Music washes away the dust of everyday life." And yet, given the current state of affairs, the moment might be more accurately captured by a line from The Police: “When the world is falling down, you ...
Meditations on Providence and Perseverance, Vol. 1
Label: Domas Žeromskas
Released: 2024
Track listing: Of Water and Spirit; Courage That Won't Break; Stand; Psalm 139; Kregždutės; as I have loved; Be Still My Soul.
Be Still My Soul
Album: Meditations on Providence and Perseverance, Vol. 1
By Domas Žeromskas
Label: Domas Žeromskas
Released: 2024
Duration: 05:29
Domas Žeromskas: Meditations on Providence and Perseverance, Vol. 1
by Neil Duggan
Domas Žeromskas is a Lithuanian pianist and composer living in Boston. For his debut album, Infinite Itinerant (Vinilo Studija, 2019), he collaborated with numerous musicians from his home country. Subsequently, he worked with musicians such as Tom Scott and Jacques Schwarz-Bart before forming his trio with drummer Héctor L. Falu Guzmán and bassist Ian Quinton Banno. ...
Jon Faddis, Mike Allen & Christopher McBride
by Joe Dimino
We kick off the 797th Episode of Neon Jazz with Chicago-born, Harlem-based saxophonist Christopher McBride with music from his 2023 album Ramon. From there, we hear from one of the first shows McBride ever witnessed in James Moody. We also hear some very talented cats in Gregory Groover Jr., Tomer Cohen and Mike Allen. Vocalist Ann ...
