Results for "Henry Franklin"

Henry Franklin

The Skipper and Mike Clark

By Daggerboard

Label: Wide Hive Records
Released: 2026
Track listing: Desierto de Tabernas; Changing Emphasis; Tanzanian Skies; Runnin' Into One; Street Sheik; Brother Ranelin; Tranquil Blue; A Pride in the Prairie; Free Lancer; Ruaha Daybreak.

Sanifu Hall & Cosmos Dwellerz Arkestra: These Are The Times

by Andy Crowther
July 21, 2026

Without paying attention to sleeve notes, you could be a fan of the Black Jazz record label and their run of funky yet deep releases of the 1970s, and miss the fact that trombonist Sanifu Al Hall Jr. both played and wrote on albums from Doug Carn, Henry Franklin, and Chester Thompson. If you like golden ...

New Music From Douglas, Xangorchestra, Mycio, HøIby And More

by Bob Osborne
April 2, 2026

The continuum of exploration in the world of jazz runs through this set of fourteen releases, twelve of them brand new. Jazz keeps pressing at its own boundaries while drawing structure and ideas from other musical forms, the result is a playlist that moves cleanly between contrasting approaches. The closing track is presented as a tribute ...

Mike Clark and Phil Haynes: Keep Beating The Drum(s)

by Doug Collette
February 9, 2026

A great drummer is the driving force of any band's performances, whether on stage or in the studio. So, is it any surprise that jazz ensembles led by drummers invariably evince strong collective personalities, even if the members of those groups are as self-motivated and inner-directed as their leader(s)? Each of these bands, led by Mike ...

Itai Doshin

By Mike Clark

Label: Wide Hive Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: Epistrophy; Cherokee; Mganga; I Shot the Sheriff; Inside Zone; Savant Clark; Yakani's Dance; Midori; Epistrophy II.

Mike Clark: Itai Doshin

by Jack Bowers
November 14, 2025

Itai Doshin is a Buddhist term that, translated from Japanese, refers to a state of harmony wherein individuals share a common goal and purpose, or “many in body, one in mind." That is the level California-based drum legend Mike Clark's quintet strives for on Clark's second album on Gregory Howe's Wide Hive label. ...

Dudley Moore, Don Cherry, Dizzy Gillespie, Black Jazz, Soul Note, Pablo Records and more...

by Andy Crowther
June 3, 2025

Recent reissues, discoveries and favourites from around the world. Playlist The Cannonball Adderley Quintet “Lisa" from Plus (Riverside) 00:00 Eric Kloss “You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To" from Love and All That Jazz (Prestige) 07:51 The Dudley Moore Trio “Amalgam" from The Dudley Moore Trio (Decca) 13:12 Jazz Crusaders “It's Gotta Be ...

Kosen Rufu

By Mike Clark

Label: Wide Hive Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: First Motion; Hat And Beard; MC’s Thing; Distance Between Leaves; Olivia; Bbq On Auseon; One For Mganga; Love Mingus; Signature; Luconchu’s Night Out; Apparition.

Project 43

By Sanifu Hall

Label: AljoniMusiCo
Released: 2023
Track listing: ThreeJaZZ; Flashback; Blue Pixelz; Nita's Theme (A Sanifunic Tone Poem)