Dan Bilawsky reviews Eric Wyatt “Borough of Kings” for AllAboutJazz.com

        allaboutjazz.com The borough of Kings (County)—a.k.a. Brooklyn, NY—has been saxophonist Eric Wyatt's home base from birth. It was there that he was exposed to jazz, met...

SomethingElse Reviews the new Eric Wyatt CD…

          somethingelsereviews.com A lot of musicians like to boast they live in Brooklyn; Eric Wyatt was born and raised there and as the son of a...

SomethingElse features an exclusive track from Michael Dease “Relentless”…

/somethingelsereviews.com/             Sometimes a cover song reveals a lot of the genius of the musician covering it. Michael Dease’s big band rendition of the Brecker...

Brent Black reviews Michael Dease “Relentless”…

 www.criticaljazz.com     If slow and steady does indeed win the race then watch out for Michael Dease as he is Relentless! Brent Black / www.criticaljazz.com I have to admit if...

Michael Dease “Relentless” is DownBeat editor’s pick…

www.downbeat.com           BY BOBBY REED Michael Dease, Relentless (Posi-Tone) Trombonist Michael Dease applied his extensive knowledge of big bands when preparing to record his sixth leader album, Relentless....

A new interview with Eric Wyatt…

http://progressivepulse.com   Saxophonist Eric Wyatt pays homage to his hometown Brooklyn in his new album Borough of Kings Saxophonist Eric Wyatt’s new album is out, Borough of Kings and I had...

Joe Magnarelli and Michael Dease are both featured in JazzWax “discoveries of the week”…

http://www.JazzWax.com/2014/07/ten-cd-discoveries-of-the-week.html               Joe Magnarelli—Lookin' Up! (Posi-Tone). I've always loved Mags' round, fleshy sound on trumpet. Here, he turns up the heat on songs like Third Set, Suddenly It's...

Music and More on Ralph Bowen “Standard Deviation”…

jazzandblues.blogspot.com           Ralph Bowen - Standard Deviation (Posi-Tone, 2014) Ralph Bowen is widely active in New Jersey and New York as a saxophonist and educator. This...

StepTempest covers Michael Dease “Relentless”…

http://steptempest.blogspot.com/2014/07/large-bands-music-of-americas-world.html                 Georgia native Michael Deaseis a multi-instrumentalist known mostly for his work on trombone but is also proficient on trumpet and saxophone.  He...