JLCO’s Lates Live Recording Is A Fitting Tribute To Max Roach’s Legacy

Without a drummer, there is no band.  As much as other musicians love to decry this truth, they know it to be fact.  That is not just a subjective statement from this drummer and critic.  It is musical fact.  Without drummers to keep the beat, other musicians would not know the proper way to compose their music.  They also add …

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Isaiah J. Thompson’s New Live LP Is Everything A Live CD Recording Should Be

This past Friday, jazz pianist Isaiah J. Thompson released his brand new live recording, The Power of the Spirit through Blue Engine Records.  His second live recording behind The Isaiah J. Thompson Trio Live From Exuberance (2018), it is also easily the new number one new live CD released so far in this still very young year.  That is due in no small part …

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