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Can You Feel It is trumpet player Rick Braun’s 16th release as a solo artist and his return to the more jazz-funk that got him started with Beat Street in 1994. This latest effort from contemporary jazz veteran Rick Braun includes 11 tracks with 9 written or co-written by Braun and all of the classic …
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Two-time Grammy nominee Jonathan Butler is celebrating the opportunity he has to live his dream with his latest release. On June 24, 2014, the guitarist and singer-songwriter released “Living My Dream” through Artistry Music. The album opens with “African Breeze,” an uptempo re-imagining of the tune originally written for the film The Jewel of the …
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On September 13, 2013, saxophonist Andrew Neu released Everything Happens for a Reason, an energetic and excellently performed collection of 12 songs. Everything Happens for a Reason is Neu’s fourth album as an artist, featuring an interesting blend of jazz, R&B, classical and Latin music. The album showcases the talents of Steve Oliver and Brian …
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On May 28, 2014, New York City based drummer Bastian Weinhold released his sophomore project, Cityscape, a collection of original compositions with a fantastic lineup of musicians. Cityscape opens with the first in a series of interludes, “Interlude I,” where each of the musicians check their instruments over the sounds of the city before delving …
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Today, September 2, 2014 marks the release of saxophonist Kim Waters’ latest release, Silver Soul. The album celebrates his 25th year as a recording artist and has already seen great success on the Smooth Jazz Radio Charts. Silver Soul is a collection of both originals penned by Waters and covers such as John Legend’s “All …
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It was just a short time ago that we reviewed saxophonist Reggie Padilla’s debut album “Almost Home” and it is with great pleasure that we introduce his second release, “They Come and They Go” released May 27, 2014 on Pass Out Records. On “They Come and They Go,” Reggie Padilla is joined by The North, …
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Last night, we returned from the third annual 2014 World Youth Jazz Festival held in Putrajaya, Malaysia and we can’t tell you how amazed we were at all of the young, talented artists we saw perform as part of the event. The 2014 World Youth Jazz Fest (WYJF) was hosted at the Putrajaya International Convention …
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DC Music School, founded by guitarist Denis Chang, is getting ready to officially launch later this year. The online school offers a variety of lessons and materials in the rock, jazz and gypsy music styles through play-a-longs, videos and pdf etudes/charts. For the time being, many of the lessons are geared towards guitarists and violinists, …
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On April 29, 2014 saxophonist Jackiem Joyner will release his fifth solo album, Evolve. The album, with eleven original and self-produced tracks, certainly exemplifies Joyner’s evolution as an artist, performer and saxophonist and so far, stands out as one of the most diverse and interesting projects to be released this year. Jackiem Joyner teams up …
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If you’ve happened across videos of a saxophonist playing while surfing on Youtube (or even here on Teen Jazz), you’ve already had an introduction to the talented, up and coming musician that is Reggie Padilla. Having become a tour de force on the Hawaii jazz scene as a sideman and bandleader over the past few …
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