ejazznews review for “Dedicated”….

www.ejazznews.com An educator by profession who holds a position at Rutgers University, Canadian-born saxophonist Ralph Bowen is the latest Posi-Tone Records project producing a hard-driving dose of modern/mainstream jazz with...

Saxophonist Mike DiRubbo’s ‘Repercussion’

http://www.newsobserver.com/2009/07/26/53165/saxophonist-mike-dirubbos-repercussion.html BY OWEN CORDLE - CORRESPONDENT Tags: Life | AL New York City alto saxophonist Mike DiRubbo studied with Jackie McLean at the University of Hartford. For fans familiar with the late McLean's big,...

NY Times writer Ben Ratliff did a nice write up about “Hometown” Sam Yahel’s new piano trio CD….

http://query.nytimes.com SAM YAHEL ''Hometown'' (Posi-Tone) Sam Yahel has been playing jazz in New York since the early 1990s, almost always as a Hammond organist. (He was a fixture in the...

Here’s what All About Jazz had to say about Ralph Bowen’s new CD “Dedicated” featuring guitarist Adam Rogers, bassist John Patitucci, and drummer Antonio Sanchez…

www.allaboutjazz.com Back in the 1980s, tenor saxophonist Ralph Bowen was a member of a young and thoroughly hip progressive jazz ensemble known as OTB—Out Of The Blue. Since then, he's...

Check out this review of “Blues for Brother Ray” the latest release from trumpet player Jim Rotondi….

jazz.about.com Veteran trumpeter Jim Rotondi has been a fixture in the New York jazz scene for more than two decades. His clear, bold sound and polished soloing have been on...

Saxophonist Mike DiRubbo’s ‘Repercussion’

www.newsobserver.com BY OWEN CORDLE - CORRESPONDENT New York City alto saxophonist Mike DiRubbo studied with Jackie McLean at the University of Hartford. For fans familiar with the late McLean's big, diamond-hard alto...

AAJ Review of Repercussion

by C. Michael Bailey The immediate appeal of alto saxophonist Mike DiRubbo's Repercussion is the replacement of the piano by the vibraphone as the rhythm section's harmony instrument. Guitar-based and...

Interview with Yotam Silberstein…

www.jstandard.com Arts & Leisure Published: 10 July 2009 Yotam Silberstein A slender, wide-eyed young man entered the back room of an East Village wine bar called 10 Degrees on a...

Jazz.com talks about Jamie’s Decision…..

www.jazz.com SEAN NOWELL: JAMIE'S DECISION TRACK Jamie's Decision ARTIST Sean Nowell (tenor sax) CD The Seeker (Positone 8049) Buy Track Musicians: Sean Nowell (tenor sax), David Eggar (cello), Art Hirahara...