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Russell Hall

Russell Hall is an award winning double bassist from Kingston, Jamaica. He was introduced to jazz at the Dillard Center for the Arts directed by Christopher Dorsey. He continued his studies with master bassists Ron Carter and Ben Wolfe at The Juilliard School in New York City. He has been blessed to work with legends such as Edward Norton, Kathleen Battle, Wynton and Branford Marsalis, Barry Harris, Wayne Shorter, Roy Haynes, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Mwenso and The Shakes, Emmet Cohen and Jonathan Batiste and Stay Human. His band, “Bessie and The Rainbowkids” is a group comprised of artists from all around the world who’s mission is to bring peace to all ears and love to all hearts

Caged Bird

By Ekep Nkwelle

Label: Mack Avenue Records
Released: 2026
Track listing: His Eye Is on the Sparrow; Caged Bird; Night Song; Amazon Farewell; Good Morning, Heartache; Early One Mornin’; The Sad Ones; The Creator Has A Master Plan; See See Rider.

I'm A Woman

By Liz Cracchiolo

Label: Pacific Coast Jazz
Released: 2026
Track listing: Just A Girl; These Boots Were Made For Walkin'; Sweet Child O' Mine; Fever; Mr. Brightside; I'M Beginning To See The Light; Tainted Love; Basin Street Blues; I'm A Woman

Live At Jazz At Lincoln Center

By Catherine Russell

Label: Dot Time Records
Released: 2026
Track listing: Now You’re Talkin’ My Language; Never Too Old To Swing; I Just Refuse to Sing the Blues; I Like Pie, I Like Cake; You Ain’t Livin’ Right; Long About Midnight; Keep Your Mind On Me; Old Man River; F’ Taint One Thing It’s Another; You Can’t Pull The Wool Over My Eyes; Everybody Loves My Baby.

Ekep Nkwelle: Caged Bird

by Andrew Schinder
September 28, 2026

At a time when the jazz music community is blessed with no shortage of upstart young vocalists, Ekep Nkwelle has risen above the fray by embracing the diversity of styles within the jazz idiom, moving from time-honored standards to progressive modernity with ease, and working with masters ranging from Kenny Barron to David Murray. The daughter of Cameroonian immigrants, ...

Hand of Gifts

By Domo Branch

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2025
Track listing: Harlem Nights; Our Man Bogle; Big Moves; A Letter to Peanut; Hand of Gifts; Solo Drum; Blues for the World; A Memory.

This is the Life

By Benny Benack III

Label: Bandstand Presents
Released: 2025

Gullah Roots

By Etienne Charles

Label: Culture Shock Music
Released: 2025
Track listing: Gullah Roots; Bilali; Watch Night I; Watch Night II; Weeping Time; Gullypso (merikin); Igbo Landing I; Igbo Landing II; Kumbaya

Domo Branch: Hand of Gifts

by Jack Bowers
December 26, 2025

Even though Oregon-bred Domo Branch is traversing an enviable path as a drummer and composer, he hasn't forgotten how he got where he is and those to whose wisdom and guidance he owes a large measure of his success. On Hand of Gifts, his second recording as leader of his own group, Branch salutes his high ...

Meet Alto Saxophonist Erena Terakubo

by Sanford Josephson
August 2, 2025

For many years, trumpeter/educator Tiger Okoshi has been directing the Hokkaido Grove Jazz Camp during summers in Sapporo, Japan. At one of his first camps, he met a 12-year-old alto saxophonist named Erena Terakubo."She was shining, and she knew it," he recalled. “She was determined, driven, and already sounded like a young Charlie Parker."