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As a musician, Dr. Teodross Avery stands as one who defines live music—best experienced front row, and full throttle. His commanding presence, on stage and off, reflects his musical ingenuity and skill. With an outstanding pedigree, both professionally and academically, Teodross is a saxophonist to watch, as evidenced by many of today’s biggest names in music relying on his wide musical reach. While growing up in Oakland and Vacaville, California, Teodross’ parents exposed him to a wide range of music including traditional Eastern and Western African music, Soul, Rock, and Jazz. At ten, his father started him with classical guitar lessons

Article: Live Review

Teodross Avery & The Kei Akagi Trio Commemorate The Miles Davis and John Coltrane Centennials at Winifred Smith Hall

by Hobart Taylor
February 16, 2026

Kei Akagi Trio with Teodross Avery Winifred Smith HallIrvine, CA Centennial Concert Celebrating Miles Davis and John Coltrane February 12, 2026 How do you cut to the chase when contemplating the work of these determinative demigods of jazz? How do you do it in just four tunes? In ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Ben Rosenblum, Teodross Avery, John Taylor and Others

by Jerome Wilson
June 21, 2023

This show is a mixture of older and newer jazz, featuring current artists like Teodross Avery and Ben Rosenblum and names from the past such as John Taylor and Booker Little. Playlist Henry Threadgill Sextett “I Can't Wait Till I Get Home" from The Complete Novus & Columbia Recordings of Henry Threadgill & Air ...

Article: Album Review

Mark de Clive-Lowe, Melanie Charles, Shigeto: Hotel San Claudio

Read "Hotel San Claudio" reviewed by Chris May

by Chris May
April 10, 2023

Lovers of Pharoah Sanders' fundamentally acoustic spiritual-jazz may experience something of a road-to-Damascus moment listening to Hotel San Claudio: the realisation that high-tech, digital-era excursions can, in the right hands, bring more than just novelty to the music. Almost half of Hotel San Claudio--a collaboration between keyboardist Mark de Clive-Lowe, vocalist and flautist ...

Album

Freedom: Celebrating The Music Of Pharoah Sanders

By Mark de Clive-Lowe

Label: Soul Bank Music
Released: 2022
Track listing: Disc One: Upper Egypt; Elevation; Colors; You’ve Got To Have Freedom; Thembi; Astral Travelling. Disc Two: The Creator Has A Master Plan; Greetings To Saud (Brother McCoy Tyner); Love Is Everywhere; Mansions World; Ore-Se-Rere; Memories Of Lee Morgan.

Article: Interview

Mark de Clive-Lowe: Celebrating Pharoah Sanders

by Chris May
August 15, 2022

It is a curious thing, but among the present day champions of Pharoah Sanders' fundamentally acoustic music are two early adopters of post-production heavy, digitally-enabled, high-tech mutoid jazz: bassist and producer Bill Laswell and keyboardist and broken-beat pioneer Mark de Clive-Lowe, whose Freedom: Celebrating The Music Of Pharoah Sanders (Soul Bank) was released in July 2022. ...

Article: Album Review

Mark de Clive-Lowe & Friends: Freedom: Celebrating The Music Of Pharoah Sanders

Read "Freedom: Celebrating The Music Of Pharoah Sanders" reviewed by Chris May

by Chris May
July 7, 2022

Albums by artists who are best known for their work outside jazz are best approached with caution. Keyboard player Mark de Clive-Lowe's Freedom: Celebrating The Music Of Pharoah Sanders is one such. Before moving to Los Angeles, Clive-Lowe lived in London, where he was prominent in the late 1990s/early 2000s broken beat movement, which, without getting ...

Album

Jazz Up Down and Straight Ahead

By Darryl Hall

Label: Swinginback
Released: 2021
Track listing: Back Then True Blood Segment In a New Place Dark Tunnel Bare Bones For Him for Her Switch Up Fort Green Brooklyn Sweet Lorraine Color of Thanks

Article: Radio & Podcasts

James Brandon Lewis, Wynton Marsalis, Dina Ramirez, Lee Pardini & New Releases

by Ludovico Granvassu
January 23, 2021

This week we go from Wynton Marsalis' ruminations on the status of our society, to Teodross Avery's and the Analog Players Society's reflections on Monk. In between a world tour with stops in South Africa, Guatemala, Norway, Canada, and on two sides of the country, LA and NYC, for another great tasting menu of the best ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Artemis, John Coltrane, Sonny Rollins and More

by Joe Dimino
November 15, 2020

This week we start our show with the jazz supergroup, Artemis, as we focus on new jazz and the stars that are delivering it during these pandemic days. We also hear form Andy Milne, Teodross Avery, Ian Carey and Jocelyn Gould. We top it all off with classics from Count Basie, Oscar Peterson and Ray Noble. ...