Results for "Passage"

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Johnathan Blake: 'My Life Matters'—Genesis of a Small Masterpiece

by Marco Iacoboni
May 21, 2026

Johnathan Blake is among the most authoritative drummers on today's international jazz scene. His playing embodies the energy, sophistication and restless curiosity of contemporary New York jazz, shaped through collaborations with artists such as Kenny Barron, Bill Frisell, Dr. Lonnie Smith and Tom Harrell. At the helm of a quintet of remarkable depth and sensitivity, Blake ...

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Passage

By Johnathan Blake

Label: Blue Note Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: Lament For Lo; Passage; Muna & Johna’s Playtime; Tiempos; Groundhog Day; Tears I Cannot Hide; A Slight Taste (Dez Intro); A Slight Taste; Out of Sight, Out of Mind; West Berkley St..

Article: Album Review

Johnathan Blake: Passage

by Dave Linn
August 31, 2023

The drummer Johnathan Blake was born in Philadelphia in 1976. His father was the esteemed jazz violinist and educator John Blake Jr. who played in many diverse settings, (most notably Archie Shepp and McCoy Tyner), before releasing seven albums under his name. He died in 2014. Blake (the son) began studying music at a young age, ...

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Passage

By Richard Pellegrin

Label: OA2 Records
Released: 2022
Track listing: Set One: Improvisations I - IX. Set Two: Improvisations X - XX. Set Three: Improvisations XXI - XXX

Song of the Day

Passage

November 9, 2022

Album: Space Bugs
By Wil Swindler
Label: OA2 Records
Released: 2022
Duration: 03:17

Article: Album Review

Richard Pellegrin: Passage

Read "Passage" reviewed by Jane Kozhevnikova

by Jane Kozhevnikova
April 21, 2022

Passage is an improvised piano album by Rich Pellegrin, a continuation of his solo album Solitude (OA2, 2021). Both Solitude and Passage were recorded during the same sessions in summer 2019 at Langley Methodist Church (Langley, WA). After multiple releases from Pellegrin's quintet, these two solo albums stand out as an intimate and vulnerable exploration of ...

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Rich Pellegrin: Passage

Read "Passage" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan
April 7, 2022

In the summer of 2019, pianist Rich Pellegrin retreated to Whidbey Island, Washington, near Seattle. On the island, in the fellowship hall of the Langley United Methodist Church, lies an Everett Concert Grand Piano, from 1915. It is an aging and perhaps imperfect instrument, but one with a certain character which compelled Pellegrin to set up ...

Album

Passage

By Bill Heller

Label: billunatic music
Released: 2021
Track listing: 1 Passage 2 March Forth 3 Trying to get back home 4 Again Later 5 Viaggio 6 FT Shuffle 7 Journeys End 8 The Flow 9 Looking Ahead 10 Clair De Lunatic 11 Last Train 12 Leaving Orbit

Album

Passage

By David Friesen

Label: Origin Records
Released: 2021
Track listing: In the Place of Calling; Acceptance; Yielding; Obedience; Transition; Belief; Understanding; Challenged; Victory; Direction; Thankfulness; Temptation/Overcoming; Forward; Voyage; Awareness; Struggle; Stillness; Family; Looking Past; Journey; Faith; Commitment; Perseverance; Resolution; Prayer.

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David Friesen & Bob Ravenscroft: Passage

by Dan McClenaghan
April 25, 2021

After decades of recording in small ensemble formats, bassist David Friesen offered up Testimony (Origin Records) in 2020, an outing which found him backed by his quartet and the National Academic Symphonic Band of Ukraine on his best and most ambitious recording. He followed that up in 2021 by going back to the—for him— familiar territory ...