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Johnathan Blake
Philadelphia-based drummer Johnathan Blake makes his debut as a leader with The Eleventh Hour, a collection of modern post-bop tunes. (Buy it from Amazon.) The imagery of gears (taken from an antique...
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Interview: Wayne Escoffery
I first became aware of saxophonist Wayne Escoffery in 2009, when I got his Uptown CD on Posi-Tone. It was a groove-oriented disc featuring organist Gary Versace, guitarist Avi Rothbard and drummer...
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John Escreet
Photo from here English keyboardist John Escreet has a lot of ideas, and the talent to channel them to tape (OK, more likely hard drive). None of his albums—there have been six to date—feels like a...
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Midyear Jazz Report
2015 is half over, and so far it’s been a pretty impressive year for jazz. Here are 20 titles released between January and June that are worth listeners’ attention. Most of them venture closer to...
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Interview: Freddie Hendrix
Photo: Anastas Tarpanov Freddie Hendrix is a veteran trumpeter who’s making his debut as a leader 20 years after emerging onto the East Coast scene. Strongly influenced by Freddie Hubbard and Woody...
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David Weiss & Point Of Departure
L-R: Matt Clohesy, Travis Reuter, Kush Abadey, David Weiss, Ben Eunson, Myron Walden. Photo by Deneka Peniston. Trumpeter David Weiss‘s Point of Departure band will release their fourth album in...
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