Music director/drummer Sherrie Maricle has been leading The DIVA Jazz Orchestra for 25-years, and to mark this milestone, Maricle is releasing an album titled, 25th Anniversary Project. Maricle created the project to reflect the evolving approach to presenting and performing mainstream jazz that the group has consistently performed over the past 25-years. To do this, … Read more
Noa Fort is an Israeli born vocalist, pianist and composer that draws inspiration from different musical worlds, integrating her background of classical and jazz piano, jazz singing, and free improvisation into her original music. Now based in New York, Fort is releasing her debut recording titled, No World Between Us. The album is comprised of … Read more
Renee Rosnes is a pianist and composer that is gained inspiration from painter Emily Carr for her new album, Beloved of the Sky. The album has an outstanding cast: saxophonist, flautist and clarinetist Chris Potter, vibraphonist Steve Nelson, bassist Peter Washington, and drummer Lenny. Beloved of the Sky presents nine tracks that use the theme … Read more
Vocalist Steve Tyrell is a Grammy Award winner and two-time Emmy nominee, and his latest release, Song For You, will certainly carry on the tradition. The 12-track release features classic love songs by: Van Morrison, Leon Russell, Jackie Wilson, Harold Arlen & Johnny Mercer and more. Tyrell is also building upon his quest to bring … Read more
Robert Kennedy is a Hammond organist and pianist in the San Francisco area that is keeping the jazz Hammond organ tradition torch burning bright. Joined by guitarist Terrence Brewer and Cody Rhodes on drums, with saxophonist Ben Torres appearing on seven of the ten tracks. The album, titled Closer to Home, is Kennedy’s second full-length … Read more
Patrick Battstone is a pianist that creates music in the now. Battstone has a large and diverse discography that is full of creative music, but most importantly, the majority of it is performed in the moment, with nothing to guide him but the sounds stimulating his consciousness at the moment and an inner desire to … Read more
John Raymond & Real Feels have a new album called, Joy Ride on Sunnyside Records. The energetic warmed toned trumpet and flugelhorn player and composer has emerged as one of the most capable jazz musicians on the scene. Raymond regularly performs with musicians such as: Billy Hart, Orrin Evans, Linda Oh, Gilad Hekselman and Dan … Read more
The always creative and prolific pianist/keyboardist/composer Chick Corea has released a new project with drummer Steve Gadd. The project is a two-disc studio album called Chinese Butterfly. Featuring five epic new Corea compositions, and a supporting band of guitarist and vocalist Lionel Loueke, saxophonist and flutist Steve Wilson, bassist Carlitos Del Puerto, and percussionist Luisito … Read more
Joe Mongelli is a Massachusetts based trumpet and flugelhorn player that has compiled an enjoyable set of jazz standards and given them all creative arrangements, that will satisfy your jazz appetite. Mongelli and The Cape Jazz Crew converge to give us, WashAshore. The group is made up of: Mongelli trumpet and flugelhorn, Fred Boyle: piano, … Read more
Hammond B-3 organist Dr. Lonnie Smith at the age of 75 has released a new album called, All in My Mind. A foremost maestro of the Hammond B-3 organ, innovation and experimentation. The 2017 NEA Jazz Master has a lot to say musically, all in the spirit of tradition and pushing forward, as evidenced on … Read more