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💿 ALBUM REVIEW: Ryan Barry - If I Did Not Speak Out

Ryan Barry is an up-and-coming U.S. jazz tenor saxophonist, composer, and bandleader who has fast become a fixture of the highly competitive New York City jazz scene. He first fell in love with jazz and organic improvisation while playing in his university big band, a...

💿 ALBUM REVIEW: Will Schneider Trio - Convergence

Based out of Northwest Ohio, Will Schneider is a horn player, composer, and teacher who has been doing cool things with the French horn, pulling it out of the classical world and dropping it straight into modern jazz and avant-garde music. He started out with a...

💿 ALBUM REVIEW:Jane Getter Premonition - Transmogrify

Jane Getter Premonition is the killer progressive-fusion vehicle steered by NYC guitar ace and singer-composer Jane Getter. It’s basically where heavy prog-rock grit crashes headfirst into razor-sharp jazz fusion—zero filler, all teeth. Flanked by an elite crew of...

💿 ALBUM REVIEW: Jeff Rupert Quartet - Sea Spell

The Jeff Rupert Quartet stands as one of modern jazz’s most reliable forces for elegant, deeply swinging acoustic interplay. Guided by acclaimed tenor saxophonist and educator Jeff Rupert, the ensemble has spent decades perfecting a sound that honors classic post-bop...