Results for "Michael Stephenson"

Julius Rodriguez: Let Sound Tell All

by Chris May
June 16, 2022

At 23 years, New York-based keyboards player and drummer Julius Rodriguez is close to being a founder member of Gen Z and so was an adolescent when the iPad was giving way to streaming and a new, randomised perspective on jazz and music in general was being shaped. The Juillard School dropout--Rodriguez quit in 2018 to ...

Meets The Alexander Claffy Trio

By Alexander Claffy

Label: Cellar Music Group
Released: 2021
Track listing: Sweet Lorraine; Greenbacks; What's Happening Brother? When A Man Loves A Woman; On The Street Where You Live; Tennessee Waltz; Ain't That Love; Polka Dots And Moonbeams; Can't Hide Love; Did You Call Her Today?; For All We Know.

Sing, Sing, Sing, Sing

by Patrick Burnette
November 25, 2021

The title gives it away--it's an all-vocalist episode, favoring the ladies (3 out of 4) and offering a mix of standards (everybody's at it) along with a little more adventurous programming from time to time. Will the weakest vocalist technically walk away with honors? Can Pat and Mike overcome their gender-trouble and dig what our sole ...

Michael Stephenson: Meets The Alexander Claffy Trio

by Pierre Giroux
October 18, 2021

Record executive and tenor saxophonist Cory Weeds readily acknowledges that growing up in Canada has insulated him from the racial issues prevalent in the United States. As a result, he is using the resources of Cellar Music to help address some of these inequities and record African-American musicians who might not ordinarily have such an opportunity. ...

Michael Stephenson