The SFJAZZ Collective which currently features Miguel Zenon, Sean Jones, Dávid Sanchez, Robin Eubanks, Matt Penman, Edward Simon, Warren Wolf and Obed Calvaire are set to release their 2017 album, Music of Miles Davis & Original Compositions. One of those original compositions is from drummer Obed Calvaire-- the shifty, punchy "111". As he notes about the song, "In the process … [Read more...]
Zhenya Strigalev’s Smiling Organizm – Live at Small’s (June 11, 2015)
Zhenya Strivalev's recent Robin Goodie album is a great recent release featuring a hard-grooving band (pick it up here). Zhenya brought a band to Small's Jazz Club a couple of weeks ago to stretch out on these tunes. The band featured Zhenya on sax along with Alex Spiagin on trumpet, Aaron Parks on piano, Matt Garrison on bass guitar, Matt Penman on double bass, and Eric … [Read more...]
SFJAZZ Collective’s Tribute to Joe Henderson (Full Concert Video)
We premiered “Fire” off the SFJAZZ Collective’s new album Live: SFJAZZ Center 2014, The Music of Joe Henderson and New Compositions a month ago. Now here’s your chance to watch a full set by the band courtesy of NPR’s Jazz Night in America. By my calculations the video should be up for a few more days so hurry! The SFJAZZZ Collective is Miguel Zenón on alto saxophone, David Sánc … [Read more...]
Stream SFJAZZ Collective’s “Fire” Off ‘Live: SFJAZZ Center 2014, The Music of Joe Henderson and New Compositions’
The SFJAZZ Collective features some of the most gifted soloists, composers and bandleaders on the contemporary scene: alto saxophonist Miguel Zenón, bassist Matt Penman, tenor saxophonist David Sánchez, trumpeter Avishai Cohen, pianist Edward Simon, trombonist Robin Eubanks, drummer Obed Calvaire and vibraphonist Warren Wolf. Their eleventh limited-edition album Live: SFJAZZ C … [Read more...]
Jochen Rueckert – ‘We Make the Rules’
There is nothing wrong with Jochen Rueckert's new album We Make The Rules. Rueckert is on the drums and is joined by a fantastic group of musicians - Mark Turner on sax, Matt Penman on bass, and Lage Lund on guitar - to round out his quartet. Rueckert has been based in New York City since 1995 and has played with many of the leading voices in jazz during that time (Kurt … [Read more...]