Just released: "Tasty Jazz Jams for Our Times/Vol. 2" which features the best and the brightest on the global jazz scene today. With a foreword from jazz fusion pioneer Jeff Lorber and a special note from New York City singer/songwriter/author Grace Garland, the book packs more than forty jazz artists in its pages. A quick... Continue Reading →
In an article here from 2020, I talked about the legacy of the Deer Head Inn in a small burg of northeast Pennsylvania called Delaware Water Gap. Through the doors of this restaurant/inn/gathering place for jazz have walked countless jazz musicians with many more following in their footsteps. Greats from Phil Woods (who lived just... Continue Reading →
When a music lover reads a book about music, they want to be able to feel the bass in their bones, hear the trumpet wail in all its tinny glory and absorb the hot vibes pulsing off sax, all to a sassy and brassy vocalist. Add in time-tripping and you have an idea of the... Continue Reading →
It starts with a succulent flourish and the sax taking the lead into smooth feel-goodness and he’s done it: Valentino Maltos launches into the new single “ButterScotch.” Hearkening to the R&B he loved as a youngster and his long history with the sax, Maltos brings in harmonizing vocals and a deeply polished bass sound for... Continue Reading →
The tease of releasing songs one at a time rather than dropping a whole body of work in one album is easily forgiven when you realize that a sublime three minutes will do…for now. “All of Me” is the first single to be let out into the wide world for songwriter/vocalist/pianist Anna Winthrop as part... Continue Reading →
A command of tone, key, breath and flow defines saxophone musician Roxy Coss. A thick yet easy bebop lassos the listener from the first beat on “Don’t Cross the Coss,” one of an armful of songs on the new CD titled “Quintet.” A smart beat (Jimmy Macbride/drums) launches “Free to Be” with sweet melodic bits... Continue Reading →
Bassist Harvie S has played with icons and keeps the groove hot and deep with fresh new music. His “Ten Duets” really let the basses talk, with Harvie playing so richly it sounds like he’s using a bow. The clarity of both instrumentalists defy relegation of the bass to the back of the stage and... Continue Reading →
The new CD from Tibor Debreceni is a grand little self-produced package that displays a mastery of many instruments plus a hardcore ability to swing from the highest places. The track “Peace Within” ambles along with a bluesy feel, taking its time and breaking for a lovely muted trumpet solo that causes instant comfort followed... Continue Reading →
Debbie Burke has published her sixth book, this time about klezmer. While her books are primarily about jazz - both fiction and nonfiction - this time she's reached way back in her family tree more than a hundred years ago to muse about her paternal grandfather who came from Lvov. What music would her ancestors... Continue Reading →
Debbie Burke - jazz author 
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