Grace Haggerty, What A Wonderful World Review Grace Haggerty hit the jazz community with a beautiful debut album titled, My Funny Valentine. The album enjoyed much success on jazz radio stations across North America and internationally. My Funny Valentine had five weeks on the NACC Top 30 Jazz Chart, breaking into the Top 14, including ten weeks on the … Read more
June Bisantz, 7 Shades of Snow Review June Bisantz is a vocalist and visual artist who has co-written and produced several collections of original vocal jazz compositions that have received national recognition. As a performer, she has toured internationally and performed and recorded with distinguished jazz musicians, including Steve Swallow, Paul Brown, Mike Stern, Steve Davis, … Read more
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
The Chris Saunders Band, Outside My Window Review Chris Saunders is a singer-songwriter, cornet, and flügelhorn player based in the SF Bay Area music scene. Saunders style is a combination of Blues and Jazz formed while fronting and performing with many bands over 40 years. He cites the music of Louis Armstrong, Dr. John, Tony … Read more