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Alex Sino

Born: April 24

Alex Sino is a GRAMMY-winning, cross‑disciplinary artist, producer, and creative strategist whose work bridges contemporary jazz, global traditions, and cinematic storytelling. Known for uniting emotional depth with meticulous craftsmanship, Sino creates projects that move fluidly between cultures, eras, and artistic mediums. His career spans composition, lyric writing, artistic direction, and the development of multicultural music releases that foreground narrative, heritage, and modern identity.

Sino’s discography includes a wide range of acclaimed collaborations and original works, reflecting a signature blend of jazz harmony, global rhythmic language, and narrative‑driven sound design. Their literary contributions extend this artistic universe into prose, most notably through the book Mahler's Prank, a distinctive exploration of Mahler’s legacy, cultural mythology, and the playful distortions that surround great composers.

Blue Note Tokyo: Still Holds Praise From Jazz Musicians & Fans Alike

by Doug Hall
February 4, 2023

Opened in 1988, the Blue Note Tokyo nightclub has a long-established history of providing top-tier jazz performances and holds a special place in the veins of many renown jazz artists. Over several decades, the A-list of jazz performances include Sarah Vaughan, Oscar Peterson, Tony Bennett, Chick Corea, Stan Getz, McCoy Tyner, Dizzy Gillespie, Joe ...

Morten Schantz Trio: Passenger

by Ian Patterson
January 7, 2023

It might be tempting to view Morten Schantz's Passenger as a lockdown album, recorded as it was during those strange times of isolation, but the music can perhaps better be understood as the culmination of personal and musical growth stretching back over more than two decades. Schantz first led a piano trio whilst still ...

On A Clear Day: Live in Zurich, 1971

By Oscar Peterson

Label: Mack Avenue Records
Released: 2022
Track listing: The Lamp Is Low; Younger Than Springtime; On a Clear Day; Young and Foolish / A Time for Love; Soft Winds; Mack the Knife; Where Do I Go From Here?; On the Trail.

2022: The Year in Jazz

by Ken Franckling
December 29, 2022

Current events impacted the jazz world in significant ways throughout 2022. In its third year, the coronavirus pandemic continued to lurk in some settings, while others recovered in robust fashion. Russia's war on Ukraine was felt by musicians and triggered an outpouring of support for its victims. Initiatives to ensure greater equity in jazz advanced. The ...

Oscar Peterson: Live in Zurich, 1971

November 29, 2022

Pianist Oscar Peterson had some year in 1971. He recorded Oscar Peterson in London (in March), In Tune with the Singers Unlimited (in July), Reunion Blues with the Milt Jackson Quartet (in July), In Concert (in July) and Great Connection (in October). What all of these albums have in common is they were recorded in Europe. ...

On Jazz: A Personal Journey

by Richard J Salvucci
November 16, 2022

On Jazz:A Personal Journey Alyn Shipton300 Pages ISBN: 978-1-108-83423-0 Cambridge University Press 2022 Alyn Shipton is a distinguished jazz journalist, bassist, BBC radio presenter and biographer who may be best known for his A New History of Jazz (Continuum, 2001). In some ways, the present volume is a ...

Record Store Day Black Friday 2022 - Jazz Releases

by Kyle Simpler
November 14, 2022

Black Friday is a term that has different meanings depending on the context. For some music lovers, it might bring up the Steely Dan song from the 1975 album Katy Lied (ABC). For other music lovers, however, Black Friday is significant because it means there is another Record Store Day event. Originally established to ...

Ronnie Cuber, Oscar Peterson, Stan Bock & Morgan Faw

by Joe Dimino
November 6, 2022

We begin the 775th Episode of Neon Jazz with Kansas City's native son and saxophonist Morgan Faw joined by his band The Flame with the song “Watson Family BBQ" off 2022 album It Takes a Village. From there, we pay tribute to baritone saxophonist Ronnie Cuber. As the episode unfolds, we discover interesting songs and stories ...

Take Five With Brian Eaton

by AAJ Staff
October 7, 2022

Meet Brian Eaton From sitting in on drums at an L.A. jazz club at age nine to jamming with Gilby Clarke (former Guns 'N Roses guitarist) in his older brother's band at 11, Brian Eaton found the spark in a pair of sticks that ignited his passion at an early age. The Allegra Drums Artist, musician, ...