Albums

This excellent album is part of Hamiet Bluiett’s new Explorations series dedicated to upcoming and veteran musicians who deserve greater recognition. Jeffers, a largely self-taught … Read More “Jack Jeffers N.Y. Classics Big Band: New York Dances”

Find yourself becoming more conservative as you grow older? It’s a natural tendency, but some people just seem to be exceptions that prove the rule. … Read More “Bill DeArango: Anything Went”

Given multi-instrumentalist and composer/arranger Dick Cary’s long career as a sideman with Louis Armstrong, Bobby Hackett, Bud Freeman, and Eddie Condon, it is interesting to … Read More “Dick Cary: Dick Cary and His Tuesday Night Friends”

this is the first of a projected two volume release recorded before a live audience at Manhattan Center Studios. The Tropijazz All Stars include Tito … Read More “Various Artists: Tropijazz All Stars: Vol. 1”

Leonard Hochman, where have you been? This CD, Hochman’s second as a leader, reveals him as a thoughtful, often inspired soloist, leading an extraordinary ensemble … Read More “Leonard Hochman: Manhattan Morning”

With nine Concord Jazz releases behind him since 1991 alone, this latest in the 28-year-old, Toronto-based orchestra’s history is the hottest and most jazz-oriented of … Read More “Rob McConnell and The Boss Brass: Even Canadiens get the Blues”