Ari Kohn

Ari Kohn is a Multi-Instrumentalist, Composer, and Educator raised in Portland, OR, and shaped by the vibrant music scene in New Orleans, LA. Holding a degree in Jazz Studies from Tulane University, Ari specializes in Saxophone, Flute, and Vocals, with a bold, warm sound all his own.  As a sideman, he is currently a member of "J & The Causeways", and has been a part of myriad local groups such as "Miss Mojo", "Noruz", and "Sexual Thunder!", to name a few. He also leads soul-brass quintet "Brass Lightning," and recently released a solo project- "ARIEL".

Good Hang

By David Bode

Label: 1718 Records LLC
Released: 2025
Track listing: Syeeda's Song Flute; Libertango; Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most; Happy People; Lover, You Should've Come Over; Cold Train Funk;Monkey Puzzle; Temporary Blindness; Dear Prudence / Don't Let Me Down

Canal Street Revolution

By Evan Oberla

Label: EatGrow Music
Released: 2025
Track listing: https://evanoberla.bandcamp.com/album/canal-street-revolution 1. While We Were Sleeping... 02:03 2. Canal Street Revolution 03:45 3. Electrophysiology 05:31 4. Black Diamond 03:42 5. (Required) Listening Required 08:46 6. While We Were Sleeping and Dreaming... 01:59 7. 747 Days 07:18 8. Incremental 01:44 9. Heart Bursts & Soul Grins 06:37 10. While We Were Sleeping and Dreaming of Now 06:04 11. Reverberations 07:23 12. Heart Bursts & Soul Grins (Reprise) 05:03 13. Bayou Diversity 04:32

Retrospectives (In The Key Of Jazz)

By Billie Davies

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2025
Track listing: Hollywood Boulevard From The Window; Do Do Kindje Doo; Sunraaah; Melancholia Abstractissimus; Improvisationality; An Improvisation; An Improvisation Too; Art.

Lover, You Should Have Come Over

October 21, 2025

Album: Good Hang
By David Bode
Label: 1718 Records LLC
Released: 2025
Duration: 09:44

David Bode: Good Hang

by Jack Bowers
September 9, 2025

Good Hang. That is not only a good name for an album but one that depicts the luminous spirit animating a splendid debut recording by New Orleans-bred composer, arranger and saxophonist David Bode's stellar nineteen-member Crescent City-based big band. From end to end, top to bottom, stem to stern or inside out, this studio session is ...

Do Do Kindje Doo

April 21, 2025

Album: Retrospectives (In The Key Of Jazz)
By Billie Davies
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2025
Duration: 08:27

The Musical Evolution of Billie Davies

by La-Faithia White
December 29, 2024

Drummer Billie Davies' journey began in the north of Europe in coastal Belgium where she was born and raised. Davies was involved with two bands while living in Holland, in Terneuzen, a semi coastal port town. One band scored a lot of gigs with festivals and parties versus the other, who only played a few times ...

Drummer, Composer Billie Davies Has Left New Orleans

July 22, 2022

After spending eight years in New Orleans and recording three albums as a leader, Billie Davies has made a permanent move to West Palm Beach, Florida. She decided it was time to return to her favorite environment in the world��the beaches at the Atlantic Ocean��in her preferred sub-tropical climate. In her words: “There is a time ...

Perspectives

By Billie Davies

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2018
Track listing: Nature; Life; Happiness; Love; Freedom; Art; Rhythm.