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Roland Barber

Twins Rahsaan and Roland Barber, saxophonist and trombonist, respectively, are committed to continuing the legacy of jazz through their efforts as composers, performers, bandleaders and educators. Though still in their early twenties, the Barber Brothers have learned their craft both in the classroom and in the informal sessions, shoulder to shoulder with the veterans of the music such as Al Grey and Stanley Turrentine. The Barber Brothers’ training includes virtually every significant resource in modern jazz education. Their experiences include the Jamey Aebersold Summer Jazz Camps, the Essentially Ellington Festival (where both were named Outstanding Soloists), the All-American Grammy High School Jazz Bands, the Ravinia Steans Young Artists Program, the Betty Carter Jazz Ahead Program, and the Jazz Aspen Program

This Is The One! (Raison D'êTre)

By Frank Swart

Label: Need To Know
Released: 2026
Track listing: Possibilities; Sammy's Bump; No Right; That's The Thing, Man; Starship; LTD; Lullaby; Precious And Impermanent.

Frank Swart: This Is The One! (Raison D'êTre)

by Kyle Simpler
July 27, 2026

There is a common misconception that musical artists who release albums usually tour to promote them. While this may be true for the most part, there are exceptions. San Francisco-based bassist and composer Frank Swart is quick to point out that artists such as The Beatles were more focused on spending time in the studio creating albums than ...

Mischief In The Musitorium

By Frank Swart

Label: Need To Know Music
Released: 2025
Track listing: Reflections From The Future; Mr. Coleman; Drowning Man; Satisfreaktion; Indelicate Balance; Funk-ish; Ode To Jeff Beck; Amerika The Brutal; For Lu.

Six Words

By Rahsaan Barber

Label: Jazz Music City
Released: 2024
Track listing: Unity, Part I; The Long Wait for Justice; Dreams of Goliath (Prelude); Dreams of Goliath; Unity, Part II; Sun Dance; Remembering Roy; Reach.

Loft Glow

By John Alvey

Label: Jazz Music City
Released: 2024
Track listing: Azure; Winslow Nocturne; Baby Man; Terminal 1; June 23; Blues for D.P.

Rahsaan Barber: Six Words

by Chris May
September 21, 2024

Six Words is saxophonist Rahsaan Barber's fourth album on his Nashville-based label Jazz Music City, and the first to be conceived as a suite. The titular six words are something Wynton Marsalis said in a conversation with Barber: “There is power in this music." With that thought in mind, Barber composed a series of pieces focused ...

John Alvey: Loft Glow

by Chris May
August 11, 2024

Such is the proliferation of albums which in the 2020s are taking jazz in new and exciting directions--see AAJ's Best Jazz Albums of 2024: All-Star Break Edition round-up here--that it is easy to pass over albums which have their feet firmly planted in the tradition, and which show no ambition to redefine it, but which are ...

Mosaic

By Rahsaan Barber

Label: Jazz Music City
Released: 2021

Benny Bailey / Nashville Big Band: A Bird in the Hand

by Jack Bowers
November 23, 2014

To accentuate the positive: A Bird in the Hand is Georgia-based drummer Ben Bailey's debut album as a big-band leader, and a splendid one it is, thanks to Bailey's ample talents and those of the Nashville Big Band. The recording arose from a chance meeting in 2011 when another well-known timekeeper, Duffy Jackson, traveled to from ...