Tomorrow, we publish our Best Jazz Albums of 2019 list. But first, we thought it'd be dope to have a look back at this year's top ten most-read blog posts. Let's just say that when Brad Mehldau shares one of your links on social media, shit goes viral... But in all seriousness, 2019 was a pretty outstanding year for jazz music and we're so proud to have been a part of the … [Read more...]
Watch the Video for Bassist Fumi Tomita’s “Dancing Dwarf”
Bassist and composer Fumi Tomita has been active on the New York jazz scene for over 15 years with notable appearances alongside Sheila Jordan, Christian Sands, Luis Perdomo, Dave Liebman, and Steve Wilson, among others. He is currently the Assistant Professor of Jazz at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. On April 19th, Tomita released his third album as leader entitled … [Read more...]
Mike Baggetta / Jim Keltner / Mike Watt – “Hospital Song” (Video)
It's always exciting to see what Chris & Adriana Schlarb are coming up with from their Big Ego Studios. Lately, they just announced the releases of some new works, one of which includes an interesting trio that doesn't exactly align with jazz (though what from Big Ego exactly does?) but does manage to fit the chill vibes that you would definitely dig. One of those releases … [Read more...]