Plenty of interesting new albums this time around, including releases by saxophonist Isaiah Collier, pianist Marta Sanchez, guitarist Travis Reuter, drummer Dan Weiss, drummer Francisco Mela, the Califano-Tino-Marzano trio from Italy, North Carolina trio Tragic Assembly, and Canadian ex-pat trumpeter Steph Richards. Her new “Power Vibe” displays how strong her Continue Reading
March 14, 2024 #1351
The sound of the saxophone is very prominent in this episode of OMJ. Only 4 of 25 tracks don’t have a saxophone somewhere in the music. New releases featuring reed players sampled this week come from Alex Harding (with pianist Lucian Ban), Ivo Perelman (with Tom Rainey & Mark Helias), Continue Reading
March 7, 2024 #1350
New this week: pianist Angelica Sanchez with drummer Chad Taylor, cellist Christopher Hoffman, the German trio Dream Big Fish, saxophonist Caroline Davis with guitarist Wendy Eisenberg, singer Fay Victor tackling the music of Herbie Nichols, German trombonist Christof Thewes, saxophonists Kevin Sun & Trio, pianist Vijay Iyer and the veteran Continue Reading