Alex Weitz | Luma
by: Stamish Malcuss In the sea of tenor saxophonists, a refreshing new voice is emerging it is that of a recent graduate of the Frost…
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Woodlander Calvins | Toboggan
by Jeff Becker If Woodlander was not enough to stir your mind than Calvins Toboggan might bring to mind an image of a superhero. OK,…
Michael Hurdle & Paul Anderson | Highlands & Houston
by Stamish Malcuss Michael Hurdle and Paul Anderson have teamed up to create a wonderful album titled, Highlands & Houston. Not bound by genre, but…
Sherri Roberts | Anybody’s Spring
by Raul da Gama Not too many vocalists seem to respond as naturally to the richer, more passionate narrative of the Jazz standard and Broadway…
Misha Mullov-Abbado | Cross-Platform Interchange
by Jeff Becker The son of the Italian classical conductor Claudio Abbado and Russian violinist Viktoria Mullova, it was only inevitable that bassist Misha Mullov-Abbado…
Audrey Silver | Very Early
by Raul da Gama Although there are a variety of composers whose sensibilities are reflected in the repertoire of Audrey Silver’s second album, including several…
Olie Brice | Achim Kaufmann | Of Tides
by Stamish Malcuss In December of 2014 Olie Brice and pianist Achim Kaufman recorded live at The Vortex in a duo setting. Though bass and…
Larry Corban | Corban Nation
by Raul da Gama There are, principally two kinds of electric guitarists who are likely to be encountered in a survey of the music scene…
Noah Preminger | Meditations on Freedom
by Jeff Becker Is open and civil discourse happening in today’s political climate, or have we reached an all-time low of leveling our fellow humans…
Jeff “Siege” Siegel Quartet | King Of Xhosa
by Stamish Malcuss It is always uplifting when a musician truly pays homage to the authenticity of history, and in keeping with a languages origin,…