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Tivon Pennicott

Born: December, 1985

Tivon Pennicott was born in Marietta, Georgia in December of 1985. He began studying tenor saxophone in high school, garnering recognition early on as an outstanding soloist in the Lincoln Center's Essentially Ellington competition, as well as the Georgia All-state Jazz Band. In 2004, he relocated to Miami to study at the Frost School of Music, where he had the opportunity to perform alongside artists such as: Dave Liebman, Randy Brecker, and Maria Schneider.

While still in college, guitar legend Kenny Burrell invited Tivon to join his quintet. He would then go on to appear on Burrell’s 2008 live release, "Be Yourself." Tivon’s continuing association with Burrell has led to numerous performance opportunities at many of America's greatest jazz venues including: Blue Note, Billboard Live (Japan) Catalina's Jazz Club (Los Angeles, Yoshi's Jazz Club (Oakland and San Francisco), Smalls Jazz Club etc. alongside special guests like Stevie Wonder, Wynton Marsalis, Roy Hargrove, and many others.

Universal Truth

By Emmet Cohen

Label: Verve Records
Released: 2026
Track listing: Budo; Well You Needn't; My Funny Valentine; Gingerbread Boy; I. Eternal Glimpse; II. Compassion; III. Universal Truth; Blue Trane.

Dorota Piotrowska: Jazz With International Voices

by R.J. DeLuke
August 10, 2026

As a child in Poland, Dorota Piotrowska was musical. She played piano and listened to records of music from America that her father was fond of, like The Doors, Led Zeppelin and Queen. At age seven her piano studies centered on classical music, as is the case with most kids taking up the instrument. ...

Emmet Cohen Presents: Miles and Coltrane at 100 at Jazz Alley

by Paul Rauch
April 20, 2026

Emmet Cohen Presents: Miles and Coltrane at 100Jazz Alley Seattle, WA April 16, 2026 Pianist Emmet Cohen was not on the top of any list predicting who might hit the road touring in celebration mode of the Miles Davis / John Coltrane 100 phenomenon over the course of 2026. He ...

Emmet Cohen at Strathmore Music Center

by Mark Edelman
April 2, 2026

Emmet Cohen  Strathmore Music Center 100 Years of Miles and ColtraneBethesda, MD March 24, 2026 Amidst the gnashing of teeth over the demise of the Kennedy Center and the departure of its jazz series and estimable leader Kevin Struthers, DC music fans have had little to smile about in recent weeks. ...

Jakob Dreyer: Roots and Things

by Alberto Bazzurro
March 10, 2026

Jakob Dreyer è un contrabbassista tedesco di quarantacinque anni di cui questo costituisce il terzo album da leader (il primo nel 2022, tutti su Fresh Sound New Talent), inciso in realtà a Mount Vernon (come innumerevoli altri, da un po' di anni a questa parte) nel marzo 2025 con un trio tutto a stelle e strisce. ...

Jakob Dreyer: Roots and Things

by La-Faithia White
March 2, 2026

Jakob Dreyer originally studying piano from age four, switched to bass at age 14.   He earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Music and Drama in Hamburg, Germany, where he studied both classical and jazz.  He then studied at the Amsterdam Conservatory before later establishing himself as an in- demand sideman in Germany for ...

Roots and Things

By Jakob Dreyer

Label: Fresh Sound New Talent
Released: 2025
Track listing: The Fifth Floor; Constellation; Follower; June Tune; Land of 1000 Blue; With a Song In My Heart; Bodega; Downtime; Fight or Flight; MTA; Hold On; Room 1102; Roots and Things; Invisible; Big Apple; Choral Diner.

Vibe Provider

By Emmet Cohen

Label: Mack Avenue Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: Lion Song; Surrey With the Fringe on Top; Vibe Provider; Unblock the Love; Henei Ma Tov; If This Isn’t Love; Everlasting; Time on My Hands; Emmet’s Blues.

Red Hook Records

by Hobart Taylor
December 18, 2024

Celebrating Red Hook Records artists Wadada Leo Smith, Amina Claudine Myers, Andrew Cyrille and others, plus new music from Samara Joy. Playlist Aymée Nuviola Kemuel Roig"Imágenes" from Havana Nocturne (Worldwide) 0:00 William Cepeda" Con El Corazón (Plena)" from The Sound of Puerto Rican Jazz (Casabe) 4:39 Sessa “Canção da Cura" from Estrela Acesa (Self ...