We continue our Season of Lists with newly-minted Staff Writer Rob Shepherd’s Favorite Jazz Albums of 2019. Also have a look at Nextbop's Best Jazz Albums of 2019, Editor-in-Chief Anthony Dean-Harris' Favorite Jazz Albums of 2019, and Staff Writer Brian Kiwanuka’s Favorite Jazz Albums of 2019. Perhaps the most interesting takeaway from 2019 is the number of artists adapting … [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...]
Drummer Rudy Royston Releases Single “Soul Trane” from New Album ‘Flatbed Buggy’ (Premiere)
Rudy Royston is one of the premier drummers of his generation helming the kit for such notable jazz figures as Bill Frisell, JD Allen, and Dave Douglas, but Royston also shines as a bandleader as evidenced by his latest opus, Flatbed Buggy, his third album on the Greenleaf label, to be released October 26th. The album, in true maverick fashion, features quite a unique … [Read more...]
Stream Pianist Art Hirahara’s “Brooklyn Express” Off his New Album ‘Sunward Bound’ (Single Premiere)
Pianist Art Hirahara discovered jazz while studying Electronic and Computer Music at the Oberlin Conservatory in Ohio. During his junior year there, he began taking lessons from Cleveland jazz giant Neal Creque. He then pursued further tutelage at the California Institute of the Arts under the guidance of David Roitstein, Charlie Haden and Wadada Leo Smith. Hirahara moved to … [Read more...]
Linda May Han Oh – “Lucid Lullaby” (Live at WJF 2015 Video)
I have had Linda May Han Oh's "Lucid Lullaby" off her upcoming album, Walk Against Wind, stuck in my head for the last five days. While it still seems a tad too early for me to write up a fawning review about the Greenleaf Music release dropping April 14th, and it will be absolutely fawning, I can at least try to relate to as many people in my orbit about the hypnotic nature of … [Read more...]