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Shedrick Mitchell

Shedrick Mitchell, a name synonymous with the highest level of musicianship emerges from a 23-year hiatus following his first solo recording to offer a musical panacea that is most relevant for the times, “Time – Reflections – Distance.” A collection of hymns, this offering of solitude is an invitation to meditate, pray and distance oneself while the world makes way for a new normal. “Time – Reflections – Distance”, Shedrick’s sophomore recording to be released June 2020, is a departure from his decades long career spanning over 200 recordings with icons including Whitney Houston, Aretha Franklin, Stevie Wonder, Chaka Khan, Maxwell, Jay-Z, R-Kelly, Dianne Reeves, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Terrance Blanchard, Kenny Garrett, Christian McBride, Tom Wopat, Robert Randolph and many others

Christie Dashiell: Journey In Black

by La-Faithia White
March 17, 2024

Christie Dashiell is an award-winning vocalist, composer, and educator born in Washington, DC and raised in Greenville, NC. Dashiell is a product of a musical family that influenced her to begin singing at an early age. Jazz bassist Carroll Dashiell, Jr is her father. Daughter and father are well known on the Washington DC music scene. ...

Another Level

By Emmett Goods

Label: Truth Revolution Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: Bennett Street Blues; Major Changes; Sweet Dreams; Goods Brothers; October Tune; Triedstone; West Indian Queen; Faith and Love; Blues for the Enslaved.

Journey In Black

By Christie Dashiell

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2023
Track listing: Ancestral Folk Song, Grief, How It Ends, Anyone Who Had a Heart, Always Stay, Influence, The Things You Do (feat. Marquis Hill), Invitation, Brother Sister,

Universal Ancestry

By HANKA G

Label: Culture Bridge Records
Released: 2022
Track listing: All The Man That I Need; Be Grateful; Through The Fire; As You Are; Dance Dance; Someday We'll All Be Free; Throw It Away; Them There Eyes; In Search Of My Heart; I Am Such A Pretty Girl; Bird Has Started Singing.

Chien Chien Lu: On The Right Path

by William H. Snyder
August 20, 2021

Chien Chien Lu is a vibes and marimba player who lived the first quarter of a century of her life in Taiwan. This year she is closing in on 32 years of age. One of three children, she went to church with Dad and temple with Mom--her father being a Christian, and her mother a Buddhist. ...

The Path

Label: Self Released
Released: 2020
Track listing: We Live in Brooklyn Baby; Invitation; Blind Faith; The Path Interlude 1; Blossom in a Stormy Night; Blue in Green; The Path Interlude 2; The Imaginary Enemy; Tears and Love; The Path Interlude 3; The Path; Mo' Better Blues.

Chien Chien Lu: The Path

by Dan Bilawsky
September 26, 2020

For vibraphonist Chien Chien Lu, the path to jazz wasn't direct. She rode a contemporary classical percussion track into her twenties in her native Taiwan, but, as it turned out, that drive was less about reaching a destination than it was about the act of discovery: A growing desire for musical freedom and adventure eventually set ...

Emma Larsson: Sing to the Sky

by C. Michael Bailey
October 4, 2015

New York vocalist Emma Larsson made a splash with her 2010 sophomore effort Let It Go (Imogena). She has populated her recordings with predominantly well-envisioned original compositions, seasoning the album sequence with standards specifically chosen to meld with her unique sound. Her repertoire choice is eclectic without being eccentric. On her present Sing ...

Ali Jackson Jr.: Amalgamations

by Angelo Leonardi
December 23, 2014

Stretto collaboratore di Wynton Marsalis, il trentottenne Ali Jackson è l'attuale batterista della Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra. Nato a Detroit, laureato in composizione alla New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music, è stato allievo di Elvin Jones, Max Roach e ha operato in vari contesti assieme a Joshua Redman, Kurt Rosenwinkel, George Benson, James Carter, Marcus ...