Review: Coma World – S/T February 23, 2021 The British duo Coma World cites part of the inspiration for its debut LP as a friend’s recollections of being comatose. This little shred… Continue Reading
Review: Avishai Cohen – “Big Vicious” April 27, 2020 As a bandleader, the Israeli-bred trumpeter Avishai Cohen leans democratic. I don’t mean that in the American political connotation of the word – sorry, Biden 2020… Continue Reading
Review: Tomeka Reid Quartet – “Old New” October 25, 2019 Most of us know or associate with the cello as a staple of the classical and post-classical world, an instrument whose deeper breaths can… Continue Reading
Review: J Hacha De Zola – “Icaro Nouveau” March 12, 2019 J Hacha De Zola, a New Jersey-based carnival barker and blender of genres, oft has proven himself adept at conjuring musical spirits. He does… Continue Reading
Review: Graham Costello’s STRATA – “Obelisk” January 18, 2019 It’s a calculated and unbelievably addictive kind of descent into madness. Obelisk — the (wait for it) BRILLIANT debut full-length from Scottish sextet Graham… Continue Reading
Review: The Jacob Duncan Quintet – “It’s Alright To Dream” October 17, 2018 I just feel cool, like everything’s alright, when I’m listening to Jacob Duncan, don’t you? Well, thankfully for all of us who like feeling… Continue Reading
Review: Rob Ford Explorer – S/T April 19, 2018 Just wow. The new self-titled LP from Reno’s Rob Ford Explorer, out earlier this month, is a potent gem, a heady amalgamation of jazz… Continue Reading
REVIEW: Big Lazy – Don’t Cross Myrtle August 5, 2015 Stephen Ulrich and his jazz/rock noir band Big Lazy will take up residency at the renowned Brooklyn joint Barbes starting in a couple short… Continue Reading
PROFILE: Rachel Grimes (2014) December 22, 2014 Rachel Grimes knew how to play the piano before she learned to walk. “My dad and grandmother played, so I was always sitting beside… Continue Reading
