Dave Robbins

Jed Levy, Kandace Springs, Leon Anderson, Behn Gillece and more

by Benjamin Boddie
June 12, 2025

Today's Music--Right Now! Fantastic music by Charles Rouse, Jed Levy, Bill O'Connell, Doug Wyatt, Joe Lovano, Reginald Cyntje, Eric Scott Reed, Beatle Jazz, Royce Campbell, John Clayton, Jane Ira Bloom, Kandace Springs, George Colligan, Albare, Pete McGuinness, Marilyn Kleinberg, Leon Anderson, Posi-Tone Swingtet, Behn Gillece, Charles Chen, Greg Murphy, Saul Dautch, Greg Hopkins, Mark Masters, and ...

Albare, Pete McGuinness, Royce Campbell and Vosbein Magee, Marilyn Kleinberg and more

by Benjamin Boddie
May 29, 2025

Today's Music--Right Now! ... Fantastic music by Albare, Pete McGuinness, Royce Campbell and Vosbein Magee, Marilyn Kleinberg, Bob James & Dave Koz, Rob Clearfield, Dave Robbins, Gillian Margot & Geoffrey Keezer, Leon Anderson, Posi-Tone Swingtet, Chicago Jazz Orchestra, Cyrus Chestnut, Rodney Jordan, Nnenna Freelon, Max Leake, Eric Alexander, Reid Hoyson, John Stein, The Empress, Steve Allee, ...

Jed Levy, Bill O'Connell, Gina Saputo, Sean Nelson and more

by Benjamin Boddie
May 1, 2025

Today's Music--Right Now! Fantastic music by Charles Rouse, Jed Levy, Bill O'Connell, Gina Saputo, Sean Nelson, Doug Wyatt, Joe Lovano, Igmar Thomas, Reginald Cyntje, Franck Amsallem, Russ Spiegel, Dave Robbins, Chicago Jazz Orchestra, Lyn Stanley, Reid Hoyson, Nels Cline, Thomas Marriott, Aron!, Nancy Kelly, Triology, Altin Sencalar, Sharel Cassity, Hiromi, John Ellis, Jeff Libman, Nnenna Freelon, ...

Bill Stewart, Nancy Kelly, Sharel Cassity, Hiromi and more

by Benjamin Boddie
April 24, 2025

Today's Music--Right Now! Fantastic music by, Bill Stewart, Steve Allee, Romain Pilon, Nancy Kelly, Sharel Cassity, James Zito, Reid Hoyson, Johnny O'Neal, Jos�� Luiz Martins, Renegade Queens, Hiromi, The Empress, Jon Bentley, John Ellis, Nnenna Freelon, Branford Marsalis, Altin Sencalar, Reginald Cyntje, Marianne Solivan, Silvano Monasterios, Phil Brown, Reggie Watkins, Lorraine Feather, and more.

The Empress, John Ellis, Nnenna Freelon, Chicago Jazz Orchestra and more

by Benjamin Boddie
March 27, 2025

Today's Music--Right Now! Fantastic music by The Empress, Jon Bentley, John Ellis, Nnenna Freelon, Kevin Fort, Chicago Jazz Orchestra, Dave Robbins, Rodney Whitaker, Laura Dreyer, Carloss Mena, Ben Patterson, David Caffey, Jackson Potter, Fred Hersch, Jeremy Pelt, Nels Cline, Bob James & Dave Koz, Caili O'Doherty, Lisa Hilton, Billy Hart, Yuval Cohen, Dave Hanson, Artemis, Nanami ...

David Robbins: Happy Faces

by Pierre Giroux
March 27, 2025

The release of Happy Faces by the Dave Robbins Big Band is a landmark event in Vancouver, B.C. jazz history. More than a mere archival recording, this revelatory issue celebrates the enduring legacy of a seminal figure who shaped the course of large ensemble jazz in Canada and beyond. Robbins, a trombonist, composer and visionary band ...

The Dave Robbins Big Band: Happy Faces

by Jack Bowers
March 12, 2025

Even though its renowned leader and trombonist passed away in 2005, and the Dave Robbins Big Band's Happy Faces was recorded some forty years before that, the music on this remarkable album remains as fresh and provocative as today's front-page news. The Indiana-born Robbins, a legend among big-band artists and enthusiasts in Vancouver, British Columbia, and ...

The Blues Project

By Steve Maddock

Label: CellarMusic
Released: 2021
Track listing: Every Day I Have The Blues/All Blues; Turnaround (If You're With Me, Today Will Last Forever); My Funny Valentine; Please Send Me Someone To Love; Liars' Club; Backdoor Blues; Let Me Out; God Bless The Child; Au Privave; Alright, OK, You Win.

New Music from Lauren Lee, Eric Wyatt, Manuel Dunkel and More

by Bob Osborne
October 24, 2019

This week we feature loads of new releases, including music from Lauren Lee, Eric Wyatt, Manuel Dunkel and Mark Fox. Playlist Eric Wyatt “Bud Powell" from The Golden Rule, For Sonny (Whaling City Sound ) 00:00 fo mo deep “Move On Up" from Szygy (RH Media) 09:10 Lauren Lee “Windowsill" from Windowsill (ears&eyes ...