FIVE PLAY | Live From The Firehouse Stage
by Jeff Becker DIVA Jazz is known for excellence, led by drummer Sherrie Maricle the mothership is the DIVA Jazz Orchestra, with offshoots of 3…
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Rich Willey’s Boptism Big Band | Down & Dirty
by Jeff Becker Rich Willey originally hails from Florida. His career took the performance route first with an active performance schedule in Philadelphia and New…
Casey Abrams | Jazz
by Jeff Becker Casey Abrams was born in Idyllwild, California. Abrams finished in sixth place in the tenth season of American Idol, five weeks after…
Joey DeFrancesco | In the Key of the Universe
by Jeff Becker DeFrancesco was born in 1971 in Springfield, Pennsylvania. Born to a musical family that included three generations of jazz musicians. He was…
Coalescence | Coalescence 2
by Stamish Malcuss Coalescence brings forth their second offering Coalescence 2 featuring compositions by five close friends and colleagues who share a like-minded vision. The…
Elsa Nilsson and Jon Cowherd | After Us
by Jeff Becker Elsa Nilsson is a Swedish-American flutist who approaches music with a spirit of inclusiveness. That approach has included a collaboration since 2014…
Dan Moretti | Invoke
by Jeff Becker I had the sincere pleasure of reviewing Moretti’s project, Ramm/Moretti/Cunliffe, Foundations back in 2009. It was clear then as it still is…
John Fedchock | Reminiscence
by Jeff Becker Trombonist John Fedchock hails originally from Cleveland, Ohio. An area known for producing thoughtful and schooled jazz musicians. Fedchock began his formal…
Jared Gold | Reemergence
by Stamish Malcuss Jared Gold is an American Hammond B-3 jazz organist, who attended William Paterson University in Wayne, New Jersey. In 1988 he won…
Cyrus Chestnut | Kaleidoscope
by Icrom Bigrad Cyrus Chestnut is back with new album that features arrangements of eight compositions by classical pianists W.A. Mozart, Claude Debussy, Maurice Ravel…