A buddy of mine gave me these a while back and I thought I’d share them with you guys.  Redman was in Atlanta a little while ago with his trio at Spivey Hall and HOLY CRAP was that a good concert!  Make sure to check out Josh’s website and pick up a copy of his [...]

Ok, so let’s talk about the amazing saxophonist that is Bob Reynolds.  Bob is a graduate of Berklee in Boston and has since played with heavy hitters both in the pop and jazz realm.  He’s got a couple of great albums out that I would highly recommend.  And, his long awaited Stablemates forum has just [...]

Continuing with the Aaron-Parks-love from last week’s blog post, I found a very cool jazz blog that actually has the PDF’s of ALL of the charts from Aaron’s debut record “Invisible Cinema”.  Aaron posted the link to this great blog on his MySpace blog called NextBop.com.  I highly recommend that while you’re over there getting [...]

In case you haven’t heard, Joshua Redman has a new collaborative project called the James Farm Band with Aaron Parks, Matt Penman, & Eric Harland.  News from the group’s Facebook Fan Page shows that they’ve been hard at work in the studio and are finished recording for their highly anticipated Spring 2011 release. If you [...]

While this article has absolutely no musical value, I thought this would be something funny to share with everyone.  Follow the link to read the full two page article by Eric Asimov.  Hint: there is mention of a personal Prada shopper…. STYLE | January 10, 1999 SHOPPING WITH: Joshua Redman; A Jazz Virtuoso Is Picky [...]

Okay, I am VERY excited!  I just recently saw Esperanza Spalding and her band at the Schwartz Center at Emory University in Atlanta (my hometown).  This was my first time seeing her live and I can tell you I was not disappointed.  Esperanza is an unbelievably powerful performer.  Her artistry transcends label.  As one might [...]

I first caught the trio version of this group at Dazzle in Denver, CO.  They have since just come out with their debut album “Now vs. Now”.  The group was started and is lead by pianist Jason Lindner and includes Panagiotis Andreou (bass and vocals) and phenomenal drummer out of NY, Mark Guiliana.  They quote [...]

I had the amazing opportunity this past July to attend a week long workshop at SIM in Brooklyn with one of my all-time FAVORITE bands, Kneebody.  This is a group that combines aspects of jazz, hip-hop, indie rock, and pretty much anything else you could throw into the pot.  They are all extremely versatile, individualized, [...]