There's a fullness in ten years. A lot of work, if rather relentlessly done, can really make a discernible impact. Ten years ago, folks were making all the talk as rather cyclically that jazz was dead. It was such an exhausting conversation. Folks were around making this music, obviously. It couldn't be that dead. The problem was in the awareness and the tweaking of the … [Read more...]
Stream Pianist Romain Collin’s “Gold Coast”
Last month, French-born New York-based pianist Romain Collin released a new single which went relatively unnoticed. “Gold Coast” features Collin’s trio from this Summer’s Tiny Lights… album, namely Matthew Stevens on guitar and Obed Calvaire on drums. In the composer’s own words, “Gold Coast” draws inspiration from “long drives along the California shoreline in search of the … [Read more...]
Stream Two New Songs of Drummer Terri Lyne Carrington’s Upcoming Double Album, ‘Waiting Game’
Drummer Terri Lyne Carrington is always ahead of the curve. She's endlessly innovative and makes music that often seems to have deeper meaning at its core. On her upcoming new double album, Waiting Game, with her group Social Science of pianist Aaron Parks, guitarist Matthew Stevens, emcee & DJ Kassa Overall, vocalist Debo Ray, and multi-instrumentalist Morgan Guerin, is … [Read more...]
Linda May Han Oh Performs at the 2019 Montreal International Jazz Festival
Linda May Han Oh's prolific career never ceases to amaze, and her ability to keep raising the bar every step of the way is nothing short of remarkable. Widely regarded as one of the luminaries of the current New York City jazz scene, which, let's face it, serves as the de facto gold standard for the rest of the world, Oh has been on a rapid ascent which has shown no sign of … [Read more...]
Watch the Video for Romain Collin’s “Red Snow” Off New Album ‘Tiny Lights…’ (Premiere)
French-born, Brooklyn-based, composer and pianist Romain Collin returns with an ambitious and visionary multimedia project christened Tiny Lights…, guided by an original and personal narrative about a boy on a journey to realize his “purest essence”. “Tiny Lights are a reflection of your personal and unaffected blueprint,” says Collin. “They symbolize the ceaseless … [Read more...]