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Chanda Rule + Sweet Emma Band, Hold On Review

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May 27, 2020 0

Chanda Rule + Sweet Emma Band, Hold On Review Chanda Rule is a vocalist, published writer, and storyteller that uses her music for community building and communal healing. Her stories combine original narrative, sacred text, [...]

Jim Robitaille, Space Cycles Review

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May 6, 2020 0

Jim Robitaille, Space Cycles Review by Sylvannia Garutch Jim Robitaille is a guitarist and award-winning composer. He has performed and or recorded and shared the bill with Dave Liebman, Karl Berger, Bob Moses, Joe Beck, [...]

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Pat Battstone & Giorgia Santoro, Dream Notes

April 21, 2020 0

Pat Battstone & Giorgia Santoro, Dream Notes by Nolan DeBuke American pianist Pat Battstone and Italian flutist Giorgia Santoro, though from two different countries, feel almost like kindred spirits in their communicative rapport. Battstone, a [...]

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Rachel Therrien, Vena

April 20, 2020 0

Rachel Therrien, Vena by Sylvannia Garutch Rachel Therrien is a key trumpet player on the Montreal Jazz scene, helping it to grow and expand its frontiers by being an example for emerging musicians and actively working [...]

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Wayne Escoffery, The Humble Warrior

April 9, 2020 0

Wayne Escoffery, The Humble Warrior Nolan DeBuke Wayne Escoffery is a New York city based tenor saxophonist and composer. He moved to New York City in 2000, and has since become a respected rising star [...]

Mike Stern & Jeff Lorber Fusion, Eleven

October 18, 2019 0

by Ferell Aubre Mike Stern and Jeff Lorber join forces on a powerfully conceived new album titled Eleven. Though crossing paths when Stern was a part of Miles Davis’ group in the early ‘80s. Lorber [...]
Robert Jospé, Just Lookin’

July 20, 2019 1

by Sylvannia Garutch Robert Jospé is a veteran drummer and percussionist who currently resides in the state of Virginia. He has seven CDs in his discography and is the leader of the Robert Jospé Trio, [...]
Gary Dean Smith, Awakening

May 11, 2019 0

by Ferell Aubre Gary Dean Smith might be a new name in contemporary jazz, but he certainly has been creating music for years. Born in Los Angeles but raised in the south, Gary Dean Smith’s [...]
Chris Potter, Circuits

February 23, 2019 0

by Sylvannia Garutch Chris Potter was born in Chicago, Illinois, but his family soon moved to Columbia, South Carolina, where he spent his seminal years. Potter showed an early interest in a wide variety of [...]

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