Writing music has always been a very personal experience for me. It’s an outlet for me to reflect and share my feelings and thoughts. As I was writing the music for Something from Before, I reflected on the past few years of living in Queens. Each week, I would come home from work and write [...]
Doing anything for 25 years is pretty amazing. Being on the radio for 25 years is very amazing! Doing what you love to do consistently, and doing it brilliantly at the same radio station for 25 years is more than just amazing; it is truly a tremendous achievement! May 24th marks this milestone anniversary for [...]
Contemporary jazz saxophonist Matt Willard discovers a tropical sound in an unlikely locale: Nashville His debut single, “Por la Orrilla del Mar,” offers an enticing taste of what’s to come. While Nashville is primarily known as a launch pad for country music careers, Music City also has a burgeoning jazz scene. Trekking south from his [...]
Southern California exotic jazz band, The Hilo Hi-Flyers, have released their newest single, “Let’s Go Flyin’”. Like their previous single, “The Island of My Dreams”, “Let’s Go Flyin" is written in the style of Tin Pan Alley, with steel guitarist, vocalist and band leader Kale Stiles noting, “Who doesn’t want to hop on a plane and go get drunk on [...]
First Single from Celebrated Multi-GRAMMY® Award Winning Arranger, Composer and Conductor Vince Mendoza's Upcoming Album, Freedom Over Everything, Available Now Six time GRAMMY® Award-winner, and 34-time nominee, Vince Mendoza is considered the foremost arranger of his generation, working with legends such as Björk, Elvis Costello, Sting, and Joni Mitchell. In a new star-studded release, Mendoza returns to his roots as [...]
Alan Goldberg’s New EP “The Show - Deluxe Edition” is Incidental Music With a Purpose Austin, Texas -May 7, 2021 - Other than the way it started, there is nothing incidental about “The Show - Deluxe Edition”, Alan Goldberg’s latest EP release. “It all started from a 40 second snippet of music that wasn’t used [...]
When the great Duke Ellington wanted to praise someone, he would grant that person his signature phrase “Beyond Category.” Well, Mr. Ellington’s expression, comes the closest in describing bass and synthesizer artist Tony Saunders. Yes most definitely, Mr. Saunders is truly “Beyond Category.” Tony Saunders is a master artist in Rock, Jazz, Gospel, R&B, Pop and World [...]
We were all eagerly waiting for a new album by contemporary jazz guitarist Les Sabler, and once again Sabler and his musical colleagues delivered. The album on New Vista Records is called “Tranquility.” This record is quite appropriately titled, for listening to it gives us a peaceful contentment, an inner calm, and a feeling that “all is [...]
DUFFMUSIQ Sidewalk Sequel To draw from the title of his 2017 debut SOULLEASH, guitarist, multi-instrumentalist and award-winning Canadian producer Duffmusiq's sizzlingly funky new album SIDEWALK SEQUEL truly reveals a musical soul unleashed and ready for nonstop blues and jazz action. The multi-faceted, constantly grooving collection offers a dynamic swirl of tight, feisty grooves, slick, fluid [...]
One only needs to meet composer, arranger, artist extraordinaire Paul English to feel the instant friendli- ness that exudes from this mild mannered giant within the world of music. A perfect example of someone working behind the scenes scoring or arranging opera for instance and then on the same day teaching music appreciation to a [...]