Rosie Tee, Chambers Review Connect with Rosie Tee: Facebook | Twitter | Instagram Hailing from Birmingham, UK. Rosie Tee is a songwriter, composer and performer. Receiving her musical education from renowned composers Joe Cutler & Sean Clancy at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire. Best for her ground-breaking, atmospheric blend of electronic, jazz, classical and pop. Tee’s … Read more
June Bisantz & Alex Nakhimovsky, Love’s Tango Review Connect with June Bisantz & Alex Nakhimovsky: Facebook | What is better than one creative mind, well two of course. Co-leaders June Bisantz, a lauded vocalist and pianist Alex Nakhimovsky have come together to create a decisively Latin flavored casting of original compositions that are inventive as … Read more
Graham Costello’s Strata, Obelisk Review Connect with Graham Costello’s Strata: Facebook | Twitter | Instagram Graham Costello’s STRATA is a Scottish jazz band fusing elements of jazz, minimalism, progressive, math and noise-rock. The sextet is comprised of: Graham Costello (drums and compositions), Harry Weir (tenor saxophone), Liam Shortall (trombone), Fergus McCreadie (piano), Joe Williamson (guitar), … Read more
Elsa Nilsson, After Us Review Connect with Elsa Nilsson: Facebook | More and more duets are becoming a staple in the jazz idiom. Swedish/American Flutist and composer Elsa Nilsson and pianist Jon Cowherd have joined together to create a beautifully inspirational offering. Nilsson admits she draws inspiration from every aspect of life to create deeply … Read more
Laura Lala, Coraggio Review Connect with Laura Lala: Facebook | Instagram Laura Lala is a vocalist, composer. lyricist and pianist based in Italy. She studied piano with Mauro Schiavone, graduated from the DAMS Music of Palermo with honors with a thesis on Billie Holiday related by the musicologist Marcello Piras. Lala moved to Rome to … Read more
Enrique Haneine, The Mind’s Mural Review Connect with Enrique Haneine: Facebook | Enrique Haneine is best known for his jazz-world slant. His multi-instrumental talents range from piano to drums. He is a consummate composer and improvisor. Currently living in New York City, Haneine was born in Mexico City from Lebanese descent. He was raised in … Read more
Acute Inflections, In December Review Connect with Acute Inflections: Facebook | Acute Inflections is New York city’s stylish duo comprised of vocalist Elasea Douglas and bassist Sadiki Pierre. Earlier this year we were treated to their debut EP, The Brave. Their seductively sultry sound is immediately recognizable not only for the unusual instrumentation of voice … Read more
Marshall Gilkes & WDR Big Band, Always Forward Review Connect with Marshall Gilkes & WDR Big Band: Facebook A second collaboration with WDR Big Band, is aptly titled Always Forward, certainly a play on words as the forward-thinking trombonist-composer-arranger Marshall Gilkes is known for his continued quest of pushing his music forward and outward. “I … Read more
Sundae + Mr. Goessl, When You’re Smiling Review Connect with Sundae + Mr. Goessl: Facebook | Twitter | Instagram Absolutely torch or twang? Well, a little of both, Sundae + Mr. Goessl is a duet that specializes in their own brand of jazz, reminiscent of Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys, but with a vintage … Read more
Loren Nine, Who Needs You Connect with Loren Nine: Facebook Dutch pianist and vocalist Loren Nine started playing the piano at age two, by the age of nine she wrote her first song, in English. By the time she was thirteen she added guitar to her musical arsenal and signed her first publishing deal as … Read more