Obed Calvaire

Obed Calvaire (Drums), a native of Miami, is a graduate of the New World School of the Arts, a public high school in Miami-Dade County designed for artistically talented students. Mr. Calvaire was a candidate for a master of music degree in jazz drum set at Manhattan School of Music and has recently graduated in May 2005. He received his bachelor's degree from Manhattan School of Music in 2003, completing the undergraduate degree requirements in three years. He is in the studio of John Riley. Mr. Calvaire has performed with major jazz artists such as Wynton Marsalis, Danilo Perez, Bobby Watson, Mark Murphy, Stefon Harris, Josh Roseman, Eric Reed, Buster Williams and the Clayton Brothers Quintet

Sonic River

By Tobias Meinhart

Label: Sonic River Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: This Is Water; After the Rain; Mr. Vertigo; Sonic River; Fugue Y; Where Did You Sleep Last Night?; The Panther; Silencio; Pinball; Korean Chant; Dark Horse.

The Blues Around Us

By Chano Dominguez

Label: Unifying Sounds
Released: 2025
Track listing: Chano Says; Rumbop Swing; 68 Sentiments; Sweet Street Blues; Caribbean Blues; Ethan Notes; The Turnaround; March Of The Siguiriyas; The Blues Around Us; Down And out Tangos; Bidding Farewell.

Mino Cin��lu at The Presidio Theatre

by Steven Roby
September 10, 2025

Mino Cin��lu Presidio Theatre Mino 4 Miles San Francisco, CA September 6, 2025 The room begins with absence--no band, no chatter--just a white gauze curtain hanging like a flag with no country. A looped rhythm creeps in from the edges, dry and sandy, like shoes on stone. Then the words ...

Tobias Meinhart: Sonic River

by Vic Albani
August 5, 2025

Bavarese trapiantato a Brooklyn da quasi un ventennio, Tobias Meinhart �� un altro dei tanti nomi pressoch�� sconosciuti alle nostre latitudini. Mescolando il groove jazz con la narrazione poetica il sassofonista e flautista �� da anni una presenza costante della scena newyorkese new mainstream. Come insegnano le note relative a questo suo nuovo ...

Courtney Cutchins: Grunge to Grace

by Angelo Leonardi
June 24, 2025

? un debutto discografico dalla lunga gestazione --almeno un decennio-quest'album di Courtney Cutchins, che rilegge in ottica jazz l'estetica grunge, sottolineandolo nella scelta del titolo. Dei nove brani che costituiscono il percorso musicale, la cantante ne riprende due dal repertorio dei Soundgarden ("Boot Camp" e “The Day I Tried to Live") e uno da ...

Linda May Han Oh: The Imperative

by Carl Medsker
May 25, 2025

Congratulations to Linda May Han Oh for adding the 2025 Jazz Journalists Association Bass Player of the Year award to her collection of accolades. Since emigrating to the United States from Australia in 2006 (she was born in Malaysia), Oh has built an impressive career, making significant contributions to works by Dave Douglas, Terri Lyne Carrington, ...

Olatuja

By Michael Olatuja

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2024
Track listing: Sumo Mi Intro; Royalty; Kadara; Gold and Silver; Ijo; Bright Side; On And On; Leye's Groove; Bridges; Reflections.

Grunge to Grace

By Courtney Cutchins

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2024
Track listing: Boot Camp; Star on the Sea; Passenger; The Day I Tried to Live; Hold Up the Moon; All Apologies; Prison in Your Mind; Grunge to Grace; Illuminate.

Psalms and Proverbs

By Godwin Louis

Label: Blue Room Music
Released: 2024
Track listing: Showers of Blessings/ Kplolanyuiade; Psalms 6; Vini Non; Pwobl��m Yo; Kpikpa Han; Psaumes 121/ Proverbs 3; Collective Bovarysm; Pelo Malo; Psalms 23 Part II (I Shall Fear No Evil); Psalms 23 Part III (Surely Goodness and Mercy); Thy Will Be Done; Now and Forever.