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Nasheet Waits
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Nasheet Waits, drummer/music educator, is a New York native. His interest in playing the drums was encouraged by his father, legendary percussionist, Frederick Waits. Over the course of his career, Freddie Waits played with such legendary artists as Ella Fitzgerald, Sonny Rollins, Max Roach, McCoy Tyner, and countless others. Freddie Waits Nasheet’s college education began at Morehouse in Atlanta, GA, where he majored in Psychology and History. Deciding that music would be his main focus, he continued his college studies in New York at Long Island University, where he graduated with honors, receiving his Bachelor of Arts in Music
This Time
Label: Sunnyside
Released: 2025
Track listing: Sometimes, This Time; Dusk; Images of Time; Twelve for Black Arthur; Variations on a Vamp; Conversations I; As It Is; This Space, This Time; Conversations II.
Reflections on: The Autobiography on an Ex-Colored Man
By Mark Turner
Label: Giant Step Arts
Released: 2025
Track listing: Movement 1. Anonymous; Movement 2. Juxtaposition; Movement 3. Pulmonary Edema; Movement 4. New York; Movement 5. Europe; Movement 6. The Texan...The Soldier; Movement 7. Mother...Sister...Lover; Movement 8. Pragmatism; Movement 9. Identity Politics; Movement 10. Closure.
Stand Up!
Label: Analog Tone Factory
Released: 2025
Track listing: Lone Jack (For Ray Charles And Pete Rende); Michelle’S Song (For Michelle Egan); Lunar Cycle
(For Sam
Rivers); The Break Song (For Stevie Wonder); High Falls (For Meaghan Glennan); Mosh Pit (For
Trent
Reznor); Vanguard (For Paul Motian); Unbowed (For Kenny Barron).
Oded Tzur: Make A Sound
by David Bruggink
Storytelling has been part of Oded Tzur's modus operandi since his first album, his reed playing enfolding drama, tension, and narrative shifts like any spellbinding tale. In this 2025 single, the instinct comes into even sharper focus, as he accompanies a newly-assembled band with his words and voice for the first time on record.
The Voice of God Shines Brightly on My Heart
Album: Bloodlines
By Rico Jones
Label: Giant Step Arts
Released: 2025
Duration: 6:38
Sound & Gravity: Chicago's New Home For Poignant Creative Music
by Hrayr Attarian
The inaugural 2025 edition of the ambitious Sound & Gravity Festival took place from September 10th through September 14th at seven different venues on Chicago's Northwest Side. Over 50 musicians, from several countries, performed works spanning genres from contemporary Western classical to jazz, experimental music, and indie rock. The not-for-profit Constellation Performing Arts, which drummer Mike ...
Rico Jones: The Spiritual Sax Of Bloodlines
by Lawrence Peryer
Today, the Spotlight shines on tenor saxophonist Rico Jones.Rico's new album BloodLines (Giant Step Arts), captures something you don't hear much anymore--a live recording that feels like a complete story. Recorded at Brooklyn's Ornithology Jazz Club, it's five original compositions that explore his multicultural heritage, from his Indigenous and Latino roots to his deep ...
