Damion Reid

Damion Reid hailing from West Covina, California a city east of Los Angeles. He is the son of well-respected bassist and astute operatic singer and teacher. By the age of three, Damion was already playing in church. It was around the age of twelve that Damion began being mentored by the world-renowned drummer Billy Higgins. During these formative years Billy's spirit for life and music was deeply seeded in Damion's fertile mind. Seeing Damion's ability to grasp the music both, analytically and conceptually it wasn't long before Billy invited him to be a part of his drum collective. As he began to mature musically he found himself frequenting Billy's club ��The World Stage,�� learning and playing with the likes of Billy Childs, George Bohanon and Oscar Brashear

The Music of Anthony Braxton

By Steve Lehman

Label: Pi Recordings
Released: 2025
Track listing: 34a; L.A. Genes; 40b; 23b + 23g; 23c; Unbroken and Unspoken; 23e + 40a; Trinkle, Tinkle.

The Eternal

By Billy Mohler

Label: Contagious Music
Released: 2025
Track listing: Those Who Know; Reflection; Eternal 1; Hawk Wind ; Adaptation; Eternal 2; Destroyer, Sooner; Eternal 3; No Age; Eternal 4; Tsunami; Eternal 5.

Lucian Ban: Following Bart��k's Trail Through the Transylvanian Villages

by Dean Nardi
June 18, 2025

It is hard to re-invent where jazz can go. Players can eschew all the conventional methods they want, but a wheel is still a wheel. This is a reason why pianist Lucian Ban's efforts to bring to light the Hungarian composer, pianist and ethnomusicologist Bela Bart��k's works as a field collector of folk music in 21st-century ...

Steve Lehman Trio and Mark Turner: The Music of Anthony Braxton

by Troy Dostert
March 28, 2025

Anthony Braxton has long had a reputation as being one of the most abstruse and forbidding musicians of the jazz avant-garde. Whether it is his impossibly esoteric notation systems, or the bizarre instrumentation he sometimes features on his recordings--his Composition No. 19 (For 100 Tubas) being just one example--one must tread carefully when engaging this unique ...

Billy Mohler: Emotions and Groove

by Vincenzo Roggero
March 18, 2025

Billy Mohler, a bassist with diverse musical experiences, is becoming an increasingly prominent presence in the ever-evolving and vibrant Los Angeles jazz scene. With the release of his latest album and an upcoming European tour, we took the opportunity to discuss various aspects of his artistic journey. All About Jazz: Let's start with The ...

Billy Mohler: The Eternal

by Vincenzo Roggero
March 10, 2025

Tre splendidi album (Focus! del 2019, Anatomy del 2022, e Ultraviolet del 2024) registrati con lo stesso quartetto--e che quartetto (il leader al contrabbasso, Nate Wood alla batteria, Chris Speed ai sassofoni, Shane Endsley alla tromba)--avevano portato alla ribalta il nome di Billy Mohler ben oltre i confini del mondo del pop/rock dove, con il gruppo ...

Steve Lehman Attraverso lo Specchio di Braxton

by Giuseppe Segala
March 3, 2025

Steve Lehman Trio + Mark Turner The Music of Anthony Braxton Pi Recordings 2025 L'apertura di pensiero e l'impulso esplorativo di Anthony Braxton hanno stimolato non solo la folta schiera dei musicisti da lui direttamente coinvolti, come nel caso di Steve Lehman. Tra i grandi artisti che per propria iniziativa ...

The Epicenter Of Your Dreams

By John Escreet

Label: Blue Room Music
Released: 2024
Track listing: Call It What It Is; The Epicenter Of Your Dreams; Departure No. 1; Meltdown; Trouble And Activity; Erato; Lifeline; Other Side.

John Escreet: The Epicenter Of Your Dreams

by Vincenzo Roggero
November 19, 2024

Il trio base �� quello che nel 2022 licenzi�� il notevole Seismic Shift, ossia John Escreet al pianoforte, Eric Revis al contrabbasso, Damion Reid alla batteria. Per la realizzazione di Epicenter of Your Dreams la formazione si allarga a quartetto con l'aggiunta del sassofonista Mark Turner. Insomma una formazione di grande prestigio che curiosamente ...