Who’d have thought it? A Swedish big band raising the roof with blues-shouting numbers, coupling this with some excellent contemporary jazz arrangements, some suggesting a …
Bassist Terry Plumeri, in his new CD Blue in Green takes a unique approach. As the group’s leader, he has decided that all introductory melodies and his solos will…
Too many young singers today come on with an affected jazzy veneer without really getting inside a song. So it’s all the more refreshing to hear the no-nonsense, straight-s…
When he put out his new CD, The Ed Barrett Jazz Trio, guitarist Barrett’s stated purpose was for his group to swing "their way way through a canon of standard tunes in the …
Scott Whitfield is truly versatile. For one, he is a respected trombonist, arranger and sometime singer; for another, he maintains two big bands Scott Whitfield's Jazz Orch…