Enlightened trumpeter and winner of the 2014 Monk Competition (or rather the newly-minted Hancock Competition) Marquis Hill is returning October 11th with a new album entitled Love Tape via the Black Unlimited Music Group label. Following along the lines of his 2017 EP Meditation Tape, Hill tackles the theme of love, more specifically self-love, with music inspired by a … [Read more...]
Stream Alexander Claffy’s New Cover of The Beatles’ “Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds”
Bassist Alexander Claffy is set to release his second EP in October, filled with the continued notions of melding jazz, R&B, rock, and other genres into the potpourri of our day. For example, what better example of this than covering a Beatles tune. Claffy just dropped his take on the classic "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds" featuring Sonny Step on vocals and Ben Eunson on … [Read more...]
Claffy – “Don’t Let It Bring You Down” (Stream)
Bassist/multi-instrumentalist Alexander Claffy has endeavored to create a seemingly ambitious debut self-titled album. It's memoiric in scope, glisteningly optimistic. It can get almost overwhelmingly earnest. This is no more clear than in his latest single, "Chapter 4: Don't Let It Bring You Down". Check out the song from the upcoming album, Claff, after the … [Read more...]