Month: January 2025

 Avishai Cohen: Ashes To Gold

Playing trumpet, flugelhorn and flute, Avishai Cohen teams with Yonathan Avishai/p, Barak Mori/b and Ziv Ravitz/dr for an album dominated by a meditative suite and a pair of reflections. The five part “Ashes To Gold” opens with a lovely flute,…

Carl Allen: Tippin’

Veteran bopping drummer Carl Allen reunites with his longtime friend and bassist Christian McBride to trio it up with Chris Potter on this muscular meeting of minds. Allen and McBride depend on ESP on this session, bouncing on the bopping…

Ben Markley: Live At Nocturne

Piano man Ben Markley is caught a few nights in Denver’s Nocturne club back in 2023 with a team of Steve Kovalcheck/g, Will Swindler/as, Andy Wheelock/dr and Domi Ebson-Matt Smiley/b on a collection of originals. Kovalcheck goes edgy around Wheelock’s…