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Article: Chats with Cats

The Label Head: Nils Winther

Read "The Label Head: Nils Winther" reviewed by B.D. Lenz


Talk to anyone from around the jazz business and they'll all tell you the same thing, there is no shortage of it. There is plenty of great music being made by plenty of great musicians. In fact, the supply is probably outpacing the demand. And yet independent jazz labels are having a tough time. Do they ...

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Very Few People

Very Few People is a jazz guitarist based in Phoenix, AZ. VFP plays mix of jazz classics and pop songs for live audiences at ♥weddings♥, country clubs, corporate events, private parties, restaurants and other social gatherings. His music is great ambiance for dinner, conversation and elegant FUN parties!

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Michael Collins

Michael Collins, pianist and award-winning composer, is a graduate of the Thornton School of Music at USC, where he studied with jazz masters Shelly Berg, Russ Ferrante, and Kim Richmond. Originally from Phoenix, Arizona, Michael studied in his own back yard with jazz legend Armand Boatman at the "Granada Conservatory" (Armand's living room on Granada Street). Michael's piano playing and arranging is modern yet deeply rooted in the jazz tradition. His big band composition "Sketch Artist" was awarded honorable mention in the ASCAP Young Jazz Composer Awards, and his big band arrangement of "El Sur" was featured on "40 Acres and a Burro," a GRAMMY-nominee for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album

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Phoenix

Label: Whirlwind Recordings
Released: 2023
Track listing: Amerikkan Skin; New Mornings; Phoenix; Mercy; Jubilation; Peace Is A Haiku Song; Blast; Moods; Rebirth; Trane; Supernova; Basquiat; Amerikkan Skin radio edit.

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Article: Year in Review

Mike Jurkovic's Best Albums Of 2023

Read "Mike Jurkovic's Best Albums Of 2023" reviewed by Mike Jurkovic


Led by Veronica Swift and Lakecia Benjamin, 2023 spotlighted some brilliantly moving new music in a year of previously unheard masterpieces. If music soothes the savage beast, this was a great year to be listening. John ColtraneEvenings At The Village Gate Impulse! Records

Article: Album Review

Lakecia Benjamin: Phoenix

Read "Phoenix" reviewed by Angelo Leonardi


A dodici anni dal debutto funk di Retox e dopo il sentito omaggio a John e Alice Coltrane di tre anni fa (Pursuance: The Coltranes) la sassofonista newyorchese realizza il disco della prima maturità, dimostrando di saper padroneggiare le molte influenze assimilate dall'infanzia. Influenze che partono dalla musica latina che ascoltava nel quartiere di Washington Heights ...

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Phoenix Rising 100 Years Of Jazz - Benefit Concert For Ability360 on April 14

Phoenix Rising 100 Years Of Jazz - Benefit Concert For Ability360 on April 14

Phoenix Rising 100 Years Of Jazz appears in concert Friday, April 14, 2023 at 7:30pm in the Piper Repertory Theater of the Mesa Arts Center at One Main Street in Mesa, AZ in the jny: Phoenix metro. Tickets are available at here for $15-49 with discounts for students, seniors and patrons with disabilities. Phoenix Rising 100 ...

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Article: Album Review

Lakecia Benjamin: Phoenix

Read "Phoenix" reviewed by Jerome Wilson


The previous album by saxophonist Lakecia Benjamin, Pursuance: The Coltranes, (Ropeadope, 2020) was a multifaceted tribute to the music of both John Coltrane and Alice Coltrane. Her new album takes on societal and human issues with similar diversity but in a more compact and organized manner. It moves from a socially aware mix of soul, R'n'B, ...

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Gabriel Bey

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Gabriel Bey, Chief Creative Officer at Moorish Manor Publishing, Management & Moor. 

Composer, Publisher, Trumpeter and Leader of the band, Spooky Kool, Your Friend in the Spiritual Age, where you can experience the best in “Head Boppin’ Jazz,” and performing as Gabriel Bey and Friends.

Gabriel performs with many different artists, but his joy comes from performing with the many different area Jazz Bands; like the SMCC Latin Jazz Band, Scottsdale Jazz Band, and the South Mountain Community Fat Jazz Band. 

Additionally, Gabriel serves on the Music Advisory Committee for Scottsdale Community College and Manages KingdomworK Recording Studio.  He is a member of NAMM; Eliances; and the American Federation of Musicians, Local 586 where he serves as a Trustee, Chairs the Outreach Committee, and is a Host on Radio 586 AZ Roots and KRDP 90.7 FM.


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