March 21, 2024 #1352

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