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Ray Marchica

Ray’s first drum teacher was his Uncle Jimmy who taught him all about feel, groove, soul and the joy and love of playing and sharing music. That’s what it’s all about …isn’t it? He is a graduate of Brooklyn College, where he studied percussion with Morris Lang of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra and received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Music Performance. He’s been an in-demand player in New York for more than 25 years, appearing on countless sessions, Broadway productions and TV shows. One of the most diverse freelance drummers in New York City, Marchica is a longstanding member of The Ed Palermo Big Band, which specializes in the music of Frank Zappa, a challenging gig that demands the most highly skilled of drummers (Terry Bozzio, Vinnie Colaiuta and Chad Wackerman filled the drum chair during Zappa’s heyday)

The Vigil and the Sleeping Giant

By Ron Wilkins

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2026
Track listing: Covid Suite I: Big City Livin’; Covid Suite II: Comatose Dreams and Nightmares; Covid Suite III: Awaken and Alleluia; Covid Suite IV: The Sleeper Has Awakened; Sulk City; Near East; Waltz Someday; Like a Brother.

Trombocalist Big Band: The Vigil and the Sleeping Giant

by Jack Bowers
May 18, 2026

Even those whose batting averages are high are not immune from life's unforeseen and often disastrous curve balls. Low-brass multi-instrumentalist Ron Wilkins, riding the wave as a successful musician and bandleader, learned that the hard way when he was struck by Covid in 2020 and spent more than a month in a medically induced coma with ...

Prog vs. Fusion: A War of the Ages

By Ed Palermo

Label: Sky Cat Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: Resolution; Black Hole Sun/Bodhisattva; There Comes A Time; Tarkus; Vrooom; Long Distance Runaround; Snake Oil; There's No Mystery About My G-Spot; Spanish G-Spot Tornado; Mystic Knights Of The Sea; On The Milky Way Express; Take A Pebble; One Word; The Fish; Fred; Black Hole Sun; Pictures Of A City.

Christine Jensen, Sonny Clark, Nina Simone and Others

by Jerome Wilson
February 7, 2024

This episode, as usual, goes all over the jazz landscape with current names like Christine Jensen and Marius Neset as well as classic figures of the past such as Sonny Clark and Nina Simone. Playlist Henry Threadgill Sextett “I Can't Wait Till I Get Home" from The Complete Novus & Columbia Recordings of Henry ...

Riverside

By Oz Noy

Label: Outside in Music
Released: 2022
Track listing: All the Things You Are; Anthropology; Have You Met Miss Jones; Billie's Bounce; Riverside Blues; 6/8 Lunch Break; Out of Nowhere; Donna Lee; This Could Be the Start of Something Big; Sunny.

"Two"

By Ann Osmond

Label: Optimistic Voices
Released: 2022
Track listing: TAKE FIVE; AS; ONCE UPON A SUMMERTIME; BLUES IN THE NIGHT; LAZY AFTERNOON; A NIGHT IN TUNISIA; BIRD ALONE; AT LAST; CREEPIN'; STEAM HEAT; MOONGLOW; OH, WHAT A BEAUTIFUL MORNIN'; TAKE THE "A" TRAIN / STOMPIN' AT THE SAVOY

Trios, Duos and Solos

by Jerome Wilson
July 15, 2022

This show focuses mainly on the smallest units of jazz interaction, trios and duos, with a couple of solo performances thrown in along the way. Artists heard on the program include Matthew Shipp, the collective trio Air, Rudresh Mahanthappa, Adam Larson and Bill Frisell. There is also a special mention of bassist Charnett Moffett, who passed ...

The Art of the (Guitar) Trio

by Geno Thackara
April 26, 2022

One simple format truly can allow for endless possibilities. For yet another exhibit, here are half a dozen that could hardly be more different from each other. Orion Tango The In Between 1k Recordings 2022 If Orion Tango was adventurous and loud in the Before Times (and they ...

I've Got News For You: The Music of Edgar Winter

By Ed Palermo

Label: Sky Cat Records
Released: 2021
Track listing: I Hate Everybody; Tobacco Road; Peace Pipe; All Out; A Different Game; Dying to Live; Jump Right Out; Entrance; Where Have You Gone; Rise to Fall; Fire and Ice; Hung Up; Back in the Blues; Re-Entrance; You Are My Sunshine; I've Got News For You.