Trumpeter and composer Frank London is a member of the Klezmatics, Hasidic New Wave, has performed with John Zorn, LL Cool J, Mel Torme, Lester…
Artist Profiles: Frank London
Tag: Jazz
Artist Profiles: Dirty Dozen Brass Band
In 1977 the Dirty Dozen Social and Pleasure Club in New Orleans began showcasing a traditional local brass band. It was a joining of two…
MarchFourth’s New Orleans Adventure
MarchFourth – Magic Number (MarchFourth, 2016) Despite being based in the West Coast, the music of brass band MarchFourth has deep roots in the sound…
Artist Profiles: David Krakauer
Clarinetist David Krakauer has mastered a wide-range of styles, including classical chamber music, Eastern European Klezmer music, the avant-garde, rock, and jazz. He is a…
Artist Profiles: Darol Anger
Violinist, composer, producer and educator Darol Anger is at home in a number of musical genres some of which he helped to invent. With the…
Strange Fruit Expressions
Fabrizio Cassol – Strange Fruit (Outhere Music/Instinct Collection, 2017) Strange Fruit is a cross-genre project developed by Belgian saxophonist and composer Fabrizio Cassol, who has…
Artist Profiles: Branco Stoysin
Born in a university town, Novi Sad, in the former Yugoslavia (and now part of Serbia), and entirely self-taught, Branco began playing guitar at the…
Healing Latin Jazz
Mari Nobre – “Live and Alive” (Chrome Records, 2017) Italian-American vocalist Mari Nobre (maiden name Mariangela Spiezia) recorded this album live at the Jan Popper…
Debashish Bhattacharya Meets Euro and American Jazz
Debashish Bhattacharya, Anders Lonne Gronseth, Kenny Wessel and Subhasis Bhattacharya – Bhattacharya – Grønseth – Wessel (Pling Music, 2017) The prolific Indian slide guitar maestro…
Artist Profiles: Trygve Seim
Inspired early in his creative life by Jan Garbarek and by Edward Vesala, Trygve Seim has worked in many modern jazz contexts, and continues to…