Results for "John Fournier"

John Fournier

No Wind & No Rain

By John Fournier

Label: Calligram Records
Released: 2026
Track listing: The Laughing Heart; A Town Called Mercy ;So Alive pt. 2;No Wind & No Rain;There Is Light interlude #1;Message to a Child;On The Way To Be Free;There Is Light Somewhere view;A Groove For Ramsey;There Is Light interlude #2

Calligram Records: Chicago Meets the World

by Mark McKergow
June 23, 2026

Chicago-based Calligram Records was founded in 2023 by trumpeter Chad McCullough and saxophonist Geof Bradfield. Three years and 34 albums later, they have emerged as an authoritative and varied voice for creative jazz from the Windy City and around the world. Their output ranges from small groups to chamber jazz to lively, horn-driven soul outings. With third ...

August 2022: Higher Ground

by C. Michael Bailey
August 21, 2022

DO'A Higher Grounds Outside In Music 2022 Polymath composer, guitarist and pianist, DO'A, possesses an embarrassment of talent equal only to the smoky and concealed mystery surrounding her and her provocative moniker. Her voice is deeply alto: dusky, rich, and indulgent, like dark chocolate, full of crepuscular secrets and seductive ...

It Takes a Spark to Start a Fire

By Chicago Soul Jazz Collective

Label: JMARQ
Released: 2020
Track listing: Detroit will rise again; Down and out in Buffalo; It takes a spar to start a fire; Her eyes are blue and sometimes gray; God bless the patient; Where do you go when you dream; Nora calls from the moon

Chicago Soul Jazz Collective: It Takes a Spark to Start a Fire

by John Pietaro
December 5, 2020

Solace. Listening to classic 1960s soul-jazz as an escape from today's stresses united the musicians who founded the Chicago Soul Jazz Collective. Many of us know of that comfort, the one carried by a cursory view of nostalgia. But don't look too close. Tenor saxophonist John Fournier and trumpet player Marques Carroll built a band on ...