We continue our Season of Lists with newly-minted Staff Writer Rob Shepherd’s Favorite Jazz Albums of 2019. Also have a look at Nextbop's Best Jazz Albums of 2019, Editor-in-Chief Anthony Dean-Harris' Favorite Jazz Albums of 2019, and Staff Writer Brian Kiwanuka’s Favorite Jazz Albums of 2019. Perhaps the most interesting takeaway from 2019 is the number of artists adapting … [Read more...]
Joel Ross – “Yana” (Video)
Vibraphonist Joel Ross has been impressing us a great deal in the last couple years. Of course on last year's Makaya McCraven's Universal Beings, Walter Smith III & Matthew Stevens' In Common, James Francies' Flight and Marquis Hill’s Modern Flows, Vol. 2, and he certainly has been wowing us with his debut album on Blue Note, KingMaker alongside his Good Vibes band of Immanuel … [Read more...]
Vibraphonist Joel Ross Releases “Ill Relations”, First Single off Debut “KingMaker”
For those paying close attention, Chicago-born and Brooklyn-based vibraphonist Joel Ross has slowly been making a name for himself as one of the freshest and most exciting newcomers on the scene with appearances on Makaya McCraven's Universal Beings, Walter Smith III & Matthew Stevens' In Common, James Francies' Flight and Marquis Hill’s Modern Flows, Vol. 2. So it will come as … [Read more...]