Vijay Iyer – Solo
Solo is a chance for the erudite Vijay Iyer to create a new dialogue, one that exists between him and the older generation of improvisers that have made their mark on jazz piano.
Archives: CD Reviews
No BS! releases No BS!
With every album, every tour, every sold out show, and every Thursday night rehearsal, No BS! Brass is finding their sound, and they might be the closest they’ve ever been on that search.
High Noon: First Last Stand
If you didn’t know how old the members of High Noon were, you’d think nothing of age when listening to their debut album, First Last Stand.
Loose ends
New albums from Barry Harris, Jeff Antoniuk and the Jazz Update, Tom Lagana, and Anaïs Mitchell are worth checking out.
Kip Williams – Time
Time is drummer Kip Williams’s new album, and it not only showcases his superior groove in three different bands, but also represents a long time coming for the Powhatan-based musician.
Pete Robbins: siLENT Z Live
The new album from New York-based saxophonist Pete Robbins and siLENT Z is raw and real.
Quick Take: Polar Bear
Reasons why you should give Polar Bear a shot: because it’s interesting music executed by talented (and interesting) players, and it’s not far off from what we hear in Richmond bands.
David Karsten Daniels & Fight the Big Bull: Thoreau-ly invested
I Mean To Live Here Still is the brand new album out next week that expands David Karsten Daniels’s horizons and is catapulting Richmond’s Fight the Big Bull into new limelights.
Deep dish: Matt White on Fight the Big Bull’s new record
With the release of their second album, some things have changed for Fight the Big Bull. Matt White talks about those changes, the album, and more in an audio commentary over the entire new record, All Is Gladness In The Kingdom.
