Results for "Michael Dease"

New Music from Dease, Woody, Bancroft, Sturino And More

by Bob Osborne
May 29, 2025

On this edition there is a selection of the best in new releases together with two outstanding albums from the recent re-release of the Strata East catalogue.Playlist Michael Dease “Catalyst" from City Life (Origin Records) 00:00 Brandon Woody “Beyond The Reach Of Our Eyes" from For The Love Of It All (Blue Note) 07:08 ...

Jordan VanHemert: Survival of the Fittest

by Gary Fukushima
May 20, 2025

For most of his life, Jordan VanHemert has been on a quest of growth and mastery as a saxophonist, composer and musician. But equally important have been his efforts to contextualize some of the difficulties of his life experiences within the deeper themes of his DNA, discovering in the process resilience, optimism and joy. Jordan's music ...

Sharel Cassity: In the Spirit

by Katchie Cartwright
May 19, 2025

Even on an old familiar tune like Charlie Chaplin's “Smile" (1936), it is clear from note one that Sharel Cassity is a child of Bird, an altoist in the modernist tradition of Charlie Parker. Her first influence was actually her biological father, an organist, with whom she shared the stage in New Orleans at age 11, ...

Here and Now

May 9, 2025

Album: Survival of the Fittest
By Jordan VanHemert
Label: Origin Records
Released: 2025
Duration: 05:43

Jordan VanHemert: Survival of the Fittest

by Jack Bowers
May 8, 2025

Although the title of saxophonist Jordan VanHemert's fifth album, Survival of the Fittest, may elicit images of a crash course in self-defense, that is not at all what he had in mind. The music is thematic, he says, and represents the twin lodestars of adversity and resilience. Even that, however, becomes largely irrelevant once VanHemert and ...

Altin Sencalar: Unleashed

by C. Andrew Hovan
April 19, 2025

Often overshadowed by other solo instruments, the trombone boasts a rich history in jazz--one so vast it could fill volumes. New Orleans, the birthplace of jazz, also gave rise to Kid Ory, a pioneer of the “tailgate" style of trombone playing. In the early 1900s, bandleaders often promoted their shows by parading through town on horse-drawn ...

Posi-Tone Swingtet: In Jazz We Trust

by Joshua Weiner
March 14, 2025

The Posi-Tone Records label, founded and run by producer Marc Free and engineer Nick O'Toole, celebrates its 30th anniversary in 2025. Given the many upheavals in the music business since 1995--the rise of file sharing, the introduction of iTunes, iPod, and iPhone, the decline of the compact disc concomitant with the rise of streaming services, the ...

Posi-Tone Swingtet: In Jazz We Trust

by Dan Bilawsky
March 4, 2025

In the mid-'90s, when Posi-Tone released its first album, the recording industry landscape was completely different than it is today. Small independent labels were not the norm, every artist did not have their own imprint and Napster had yet to arrive to kick off the access revolution. It was, quite simply, a different world--one where label ...

Girlie's World

March 1, 2025

Album: The Vibe
By Nanami Haruta
Label: Origin Records
Released: 2025
Duration: 05:14

Out To Dinner

Out To Dinner is another collective group to stem from producer Marc Free’s fertile mind, and is by far the boldest. A salute to the pioneering spirit of Alfred Lion and a step into the unknown. This group taps into an instrumental format and open-minded approach associated with expansive early ‘60s Blue Note releases like Out To Lunch, One Step Beyond, Destination…Out!, & Evolution.