I've been thinking more and more about rotation lately, about the boundary that music must get through in order to find its way into my phone where I listen to everything primarily, the phone an extension of myself like these devices are for us all for better and for worse. I eschew the predatory Spotify and rather connect myself to the artist savvy enough to digitize himself … [Read more...]
Sarah Elizabeth Charles – “Bells” (feat. Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah) (Video)
One of our favorite albums of the year so far is definitely vocalist Sarah Elizabeth Charles' sophomore release, Inner Dialogue. It's a smartly crafted album from an artist with a strong voice and talented collaborators. Charles recently released the video for Inner Dialogue's second single, "Bells" featuring trumpeter/co-producer Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah. Watch the video … [Read more...]
Sarah Elizabeth Charles’ “Bells” Premiere (Stream)
Vocalist Sarah Elizabeth Charles is set to release her sophomore album Inner Dialogue tomorrow on Truth Revolution Records. To celebrate the occasion, Nextbop is premiering the second single off the album, “Bells”, the first being "White and Blue" which we put up two weeks ago. “Bells” features the S.E.Charles Quartet, namely Jesse Elder on piano, Burniss Earl Travis II on bass … [Read more...]
Aidan Carroll Set To Release Debut Album ‘Original Vision’
Bassist Aidan Carroll, originally hailing from Oklahoma City, had a vision when he was 8 years old. "When I was 8 years old, I had a vision and a feeling wash over me in which I knew that I’d be playing music for the rest of my life - it wasn’t so much a choice but a reality of my life to come." Carroll went on to move to New York to study under the tutelage of John Patitucci … [Read more...]
Anthony Dean-Harris’ Favorite Jazz Releases of 2014
As l look back at the albums I loved most this year, I realized the importance of being swept up. There's intellectual noodling and the need to keep attention; there's creating new ideas and reforming old ones; there's high and lows in energy, but what I loved the most this year wasn't just the creating of interesting artistic work but if that work is done so well, the music … [Read more...]