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Paul Sikivie
Paul Sikivie is an American jazz double bassist. Originally from Gainesville, Florida, he has lived in New York City since 2007, when he began studies at the Juilliard School. He has played with many artists of international stature, including long associations with Cecile McLorin Salvant, Aaron Diehl, Matt Wilson, Johnny O'Neal, Ted Nash, and Grant Stewart.
Since 2015, Sikivie has turned attention towards composition and arranging. Most notably, he melded string quartet and jazz piano trio for six pieces on McLorin Salvant's Dreams and Daggers, which was awarded the 2018 Grammy for Best Jazz Vocal Album.
Concord
Label: Steeplechase Productions
Released: 2025
Track listing: It's A Blue World; Veneration; Moonlight In Vermont; Brooklyn; Patti; Look For The Silver Lining; Ruby My Dear;
Hargrove (for Roy); Baubles, Bangles and Beads; Concord.
Next Spring
Label: Cellar Music Group
Released: 2025
Track listing: Next Spring; Kiss & Run; Nefertiti; Father Flanagan; I Know That You Know; May in June;
Introspection; I Won’t Dance; There’s No You.
Thirsty Soul
Label: Fresh Sound New Talent
Released: 2025
Track listing: No Moon at All; Charade; The Old Country; Don't Explain; The Great City; Thirsty Soul; Lonely House;
You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To; Ana Luiza.
Grant Stewart: Next Spring
by Jack Bowers
There aren't many jazz saxophonists who can hold the floor and the listener's ear through an entire album without ever sounding banal or redundant. Here is one who can. Next Spring is renowned tenor saxophonist Grant Stewart's fifth recording for Cory Weeds' Cellar Music Group, and if it includes any moments that are less than engaging, ...
Joe Magnarelli: Concord
by David A. Orthmann
Throughout a career spanning over four decades, much of it spent in the trenches of New York City's notoriously competitive jazz scene, trumpeter/flugelhornist Joe Magnarelli has established a distinct identity within the broad parameters of the bop and hard bop idioms. Concord, Magnarelli's third release for the venerable SteepleChase Productions imprint, arguably his finest work in ...
Anita Donndorff: Thirsty Soul
by Dan Bilawsky
The second album from Argentina-born, New York-based vocalist Anita Donndorff owes its identity to both of her homes. With studio sessions taking place in Buenos Aires and the East Village in Manhattan, and some Argentinians and two Americans contributing to Latin-inflected takes on songbook standards, this notable newcomer proudly displays her history through Thirsty Soul.
Homage
Label: Cellar Music Group
Released: 2024
Track listing: Un Petit Quelque Chose; Hale-Bopp; I'll Remember April; The Griffin; Homage;
Suddenly; We Love Horace; Skylark; Lullaby Of The Leaves; A World Away; An
Oscar Gor Treadwell.
Samara Joy at The Carver
by Katchie Cartwright
Samara Joy The Carver Community Cultural Center Jo Long Theatre San Antonio, Texas June 1, 2024 Samara Joy, 24, describes herself as a rookie despite her numerous awards, including three Grammys and the prestigious Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition, not to mention her acclaimed recordings as a leader, all ...
Michael Weiss: Homage
by Pierre Giroux
In an age when instant gratification often reigns supreme, there is something refreshingly authentic about the leisurely process of refining musical ideas on the bandstand. Pianist Michael Weiss and his cohorts, bassist Paul Sikivie and drummer Pete Van Nostrand, in this aptly titled release, Homage, embodies this organic approach to jazz, presenting a collection of compositions ...
