Jacques Schwarz-Bart

Undoubtedly Jacques Schwarz-Bart shares this vision put forth by the writer Patrick Chamoiseau, “The contemporary melting pot of cultures and ethnicities has created a worldwide phenomenon of “creolisation”.. This New York based jazz saxophonist, praised by major American soul artists, raised by a Black Guadeloupean mother and a French Jewish father-, grew up between Switzerland and Guadeloupe… The son of two award wining novelists, Jacques followed an original and sinuous path that speaks volume about his identity. He was born in the suburbs of Pointe a Pitre on December 22nd 1962

Pianist Paul Cornish, saxophonists Melissa Aldana, Felipe Salles, Nicole Glover and Jane Ira Bloom

by Hobart Taylor
August 20, 2025

New music from Blue Note's Paul Cornish, Felipe Salles joined by Jaques Schwarz-Bart, a chestnut from Chet Baker and introducing Ukrainian pianist Anton Mikhailov. Playlist Fabia Mantwill “Sleeping Giant" from In Sight (Initiative Musik) 00:00 Paul Cornish “Queen Geri" from You're Exaggerating (Blue Note) 5:53 Jaimie Branch “Theme 001" from Fly ...

Grande-Terre

By Roy Hargrove

Label: Verve Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: Rumba Roy; Audrey; Lake Danse; Kamala��s Dance; B and B; Another Time; Lullaby from Atlantis; Afreaka; Ethiopia; Priorities.

Tempo Bom

By Marta Karassawa

Label: Tratore
Released: 2024
Track listing: Cama De Gato; Mantra; Good Times; Vento Sul; Honey Beer; Tom Cat Blues; Pra Lu; Stefan & Clarinha; Simple As That; Unfinished Story; When I'M 58; Tempo Bom.

Domas ?eromskas: Meditations on Providence and Perseverance, Vol. 1

by Neil Duggan
June 4, 2024

Domas ?eromskas is a Lithuanian pianist and composer living in Boston. For his debut album, Infinite Itinerant (Vinilo Studija, 2019), he collaborated with numerous musicians from his home country. Subsequently, he worked with musicians such as Tom Scott and Jacques Schwarz-Bart before forming his trio with drummer Héctor L. Falu Guzmán and bassist Ian Quinton Banno. ...

Take Five with Pianist Marta Karassawa

by AAJ Staff
May 8, 2024

Meet Marta Karassawa Marta Karassawa, a Brazilian pianist and arranger, graduated from Berklee College of Music and formed the Marta Karassawa Quintet in 2001, bringing to light the nostalgia of the great jazz quintets of the '40s and '50s. With it, she performed on the stages of various clubs and festivals. Now, completely revamped, she leads ...

The Harlem Suite

By Jacques Schwarz-Bart

Label: Ropeadope
Released: 2023
Track listing: Sun Salutation; Butterfly; Twisted; Ambrosia; Equinox; Central Park North; Time Travel; From Gor�� to Harlem; Look No Further; Dreaming of Freedom.

Simawon

By Chyco Sim��on

Label: Alcus Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: Yich Nou; Woul��; Indig��nes; Soy Del Caribe; Suave; Ladjano; Mapa; Chimenw'; Venga (An Nou Al��); Continuum

Jacques Schwarz-Bart: The Harlem Suite

by John Chacona
July 31, 2023

Tenor saxophonist Jacques Schwarz-Bart has lived in Paris, Senegal, and Switzerland as well as his native island of Guadeloupe, but his 18 years in Harlem were crucial to his life and career. It was there that he found himself at an inflection point in the dynamic music scene of the late '90s, playing with such transformative ...

Felipe Salles Interconnections Ensemble: Home is Here

by Troy Dostert
May 11, 2023

For the third recording from his Interconnections Ensemble, tenor saxophonist and composer Felipe Salles chose to put the artists first--literally. That is, he had extensive conversations with each of the guest musicians on the record before composing the pieces on which each would be featured, thus highlighting their own stylistic and personal characteristics. The result is ...