Jazz

Pat Metheny, Side-Eye NYC (V1.IV) Review Pat Metheny has been awing music fans since his debut album, Bright Size Life, released in 1975. His versatility as a composer and player is legendary. Over the years, he has performed with artists as diverse as Steve Reich to Ornette Coleman to Herbie Hancock to Jim Hall to Milton … Read more

Troy Roberts & Tim Jago, Best Buddies Review Troy Roberts and Tim Jago have teamed up to release a new and exciting album titled, Best Buddies. Roberts is a flourishing leader with twelve chart-topping albums to his name, two GRAMMY-Nominations, and was a semi-finalist in the 2008 Thelonious Monk International Jazz Saxophone Competition. Jago has performed … Read more

Joe Farnsworth, City of Sounds Review Joe Farnsworth is a highly regarded jazz drummer that was born in South Hadley, Massachusetts. Farnsworth was raised in a musical family as his father was a music educator and he has four older brothers that are musician too, two of whom became professional musicians. He studied with Alan … Read more

Kenny Garrett, Sounds from the Ancestors Review Kenny Garrett is back and focusing on the music inspired by Africa with his new album called Sounds from the Ancestors. The jazz composer, saxophonist, and bandleader takes us through a set of groove-based compositions with various ensembles and guest musicians. The guests consist of drummer Lenny White, … Read more

Marc Johnson, Overpass Review Marc Johnson is a jazz bass player that was a member of the great jazz pianist Bill Evans’ last great trio. When he was only nineteen, Johnson was already working professionally with the Fort Worth Symphony. At North Texas State University, he played and recorded with fellow student Lyle Mays. Upon … Read more

Orrin Evans, The Magic of Now Review Orrin Evans is a jazz pianist and composer with over twenty-five albums as a leader and co-leader, including his neo-soul/acid jazz ensemble Luv Park and the bracing collective trio Tarbaby. In the tradition-rich jazz world, Evans has carved an individual path with a startlingly wide range of influences, … Read more

Adam Glaser, Excursions Review Pianist and composer Adam Glaser is a refined player, but he is also an experimentalist willing to push the boundaries of his ideas in a musical setting not bound by rules or traditions, but instead instilling them into his compositions with ablaze.  Glaser’s last release Wide Awake was a nicely knitted … Read more

John Stein, Serendipity Review John Stein is a jazz guitarist and educator that was born and raised in Kansas City, Missouri. Stein’s talent for and love of music ultimately earned him a faculty position at Berklee College of Music in Boston, where he was a longtime Professor in the Harmony Department. Stein has an extensive … Read more

Eric Lilley Trio, Follow Up Review Eric Lilley is a pianist and composer from Corona, California, who graduated from Berklee College of Music in 1978. He joined Atlantic recording artists The Energetics, and later Lilley joined Herb Reed of the original Platters. Today Lilley calls Denver Colorado home and is an in-demand pianist and label … Read more