Brandon Ross

Take Five with Singer, Guitarist and Pianist Martina Fiserova

by AAJ Staff
April 15, 2025

Meet Martina Fiserova Martina Fi?erov�� is a New York-based singer, guitarist, songwriter and lyricist. Born and raised in Bohemia, Czech Republic, she graduated as a vocalist from the jazz-focused Jaroslav Je?ek College, in addition to studying anthroposophical music therapy. She has performed alongside a number of prominent artists at music festivals and venues throughout Europe, as ...

Big Ears Festival 2025

by Mark Sullivan
April 8, 2025

Big Ears Festival Knoxville, TN March 27-30, 2025 This year's festival again featured several spotlighted events (but none of them required special ticketing, as was tried last year). “Across the Horizon" was a series of concerts combining Americana and ambient music, curated by Bob Holmes and the band SUSS. “Age ...

Giuseppe Segala's Best Jazz Albums Of 2024

by Giuseppe Segala
January 7, 2025

There is not much to add to this list, other than noting note that the order is alphabetical and, of course, does not reflect any ranking of merit. Without a doubt, 2024 has given us a wealth of wonderful music to listen to and revisit. Unfortunately, many noteworthy albums had to remain beyond the limit of ...

Off the End

By Brandon Ross

Label: Sunnyside Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: May Forever Pass Between; Through rhe Heart of My Demarcation; The Gate Is Open; Your Shoes Point Like Arrows; Unsharpened Angles Of; I Can See All of This; How I Will Ornament Your Mouth; Sometimes I Stand Behind You; Immaculate Toes; Leave It on the Ground; Harmonic Convergence.

Brandon Ross Phantom Station: Off the End

by Vic Albani
November 4, 2024

"Navigando tra luce e oscurit��, con Off the End, Brandon Ross Phantom Station offre una cerimonia che �� allo stesso tempo aperta e strettamente focalizzata, rivelando uno spirito impavido slegato da vincoli stilistici." Le poche parole tratte dalla recensione pubblicata da “Jazz Trail" inquadrano perfettamente e in poche parole il sunto stilistico del nuovo lavoro discografico ...

At Monterey Jazz Festival 67, Jazz Gospel According to a New Head

by Josef Woodard
October 11, 2024

Monterey Jazz Festival Monterey, CA September 27-29, 2024 Getting a semblance of a summarizing angle on a densely-programmed jazz festival, which the 67th Monterey Jazz Festival most certainly was, can be tricky business. The equation gets more complex with a festival geared towards covering many genre and sub-genre bases within ...

Graham Haynes, Triad, Raffi Garabedian, Chief Keegan & More

by Ludovico Granvassu
April 11, 2024

The New York residency of Graham Haynes at FourOneOne offers an opportunity to look back at his seminal album The Griot's Footsteps and at his recent collaboration with Brandon Ross. Before that, a playlist rich in remarkable new releases! Happy listening! Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng ...

Brandon Ross, Vinnie Sperrazza & Gordon Grdina

by Maurice Hogue
March 11, 2024

It's deep, it's different, it's unique and definitely original--the music of guitarist Brandon Ross & Phantom Station. Off The End is the feature album in this episode. Also new, drummer Vinnie Sperrazza & Apocryphal, the very creative guitar/oud player Gordon Grdina with two different albums, and a bunch of interesting music from Europe: saxophonist Signe Emmeluth ...

Soul Searching

By Maria Winther

Label: Firecracker Music
Released: 2023
Track listing: Fragrance, Pure Love, Nest, There Is A Garden, This is Love.