Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey – “Tetherball Triumph” (Video)
Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey have always been a fun, playful group (even when making music about complicated subjects like race riots in Tulsa). The quartet of Brian Haas on acoustic …
Royal Potato Family
Marco Benevento – “If I Get to See You At All” (Video)
Marco Benevento’s latest album, Swift, changes the game up. The keyboardist who always brings the party goes even further, singing all throughout this release, a first for him, and bending …
Skerik, John Medeski, and Adam Deitch are DRKWAV
Saxophonist/arranger Skerik is one of those musicians who always seems to be up to something interesting. The same could also be said of the consistently flabbergasting pianist/organist John Medeski and …
Nextbop’s Favorite Jazz Albums of 2013, #20-12
One major reason why I so enjoy this time at the end of the year is not only to reassess what this past year has looked like musically, not only …
Nextbop’s Best Jazz Albums of 2011
I was recently asked to define what trend ran through jazz in the past year and I found I couldn’t think of anything definitive about that other than the fact …