Winner of the 2009 Monk International Bass Competition, Ben Williams is set to release his sophomore album Coming of Age April 21st on Concord Records. The album features Williams’ band Sound Effect, comprised of Marcus Strickland (tenor and soprano saxophone), Matthew Stevens (guitar), Christian Sands (piano and Fender Rhodes), Masayuki “Big Yuki” Hirano (synths and Fender … [Read more...]
Nextbop’s Best Albums of 2011: Alexander Brown’s Jazz Picks
The Nextbop staff is compiling its lists of the best albums of 2011 in jazz and all other genres. We’ll release our mass lists during the last week of December but we want to make sure everyone’s individual lists have the chance to shine. I know very little when it comes to actually judging technique of jazz artists. I basically go by what sounds cool. Don’t worry I do the … [Read more...]
The Ninety Miles Project featuring Stefon Harris, David Sanchez and Christian Scott
Somehow Anthony stumbled on a teaser video yesterday for a new album by Stefon Harris, David Sanchez and Christian Scott entitled Ninety Miles. What we gather from this vid is that the 3 jazz superstars went to Cuba to record an album with a couple of local musicians, namely Rember Duharte and Harold Lopez-Nussa. The record is scheduled to come out on June 21st. Here's the … [Read more...]