Thursday, August 8, 2024

Family, Friends, Dancing, and Singing (Large Ensembles)

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  In a perfect musical world, pianist, composer, bandleader, and label owner Orrin Evans would be a bonafide superstar. Think about it – th...
Saturday, August 3, 2024

See the Light

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  There was a long time in the recorded history of Black American Music, especially Improvised Music, that records labels big and small put ...
Monday, July 29, 2024

In The Presence of Creativity, Beauty, and Joy

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(By way of apology, read on.) Christopher Zuar , composer and arranger, released his second album as a leader, " Exuberance " (To...
Friday, July 26, 2024

April is the Coolest Sound

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  Photo: Desmond White Every once in a while, you receive a recording and you say "how have I missed this artist? – surely this is not ...
Monday, July 22, 2024

Voice and Piano, Heart and Soul

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 Nothing I love more than being surprised by an artist I am not familiar with. The latest example is below. When I received the new album by...
Friday, July 12, 2024

The Power of Posi-Tone Thinking

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Producer Marc Free and Chief Mixer-Master Nick O'Toole continue to issue high-quality music on the Posi-Tone Record s, mixing newer ar...
Saturday, July 6, 2024

Giant Step Arts Presents Music With Its Roots in the Past & Its Eyes On the Future

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  TARBABY , the collective featuring Orrin Evans (piano, voice), Eric Revis (bass), and Nasheet Waits (drums), first started gigging toget...