Bassist Scott Colley is becoming better known in jazz circles for all the right reasons. Possessing a rich, natural, and understated woody tone, Colley has provided seasone…
New Orleans has always generated a healthy mixture of cultural styles, and its brand of contemporary jazz is no exception. NO-based Albert-Ankrum Project’s eponymous disc s…
30 Jun
Ballads by Nate Birkey
Nate Birkey, a California-based trumpeter and singer, has an honest voice. No pseudo-bluesy stylings or bends. Not afraid to hit some notes slightly above or below pitch. S…
Paraphrasing a comment saxophonist Paul Desmond once made about free jazz he said that it was like a house in which every room was painted red. Interesting to visit, perhap…
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Guitarists Nicky Skopelitis and Raoul Bjorkenheim have, with the help of percussionist Bill Buchen and Bill Laswell (credited with "sounds"), put together an instrumental a…
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