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Recently, I have been receiving more new albums than I can fit into the space allocated for my “Other Views” column in Jersey Jazz. Many of them are by vocalists, so here is a collection of reviews of recent albums featuring vocalists.
Sway (self-produced) is released under the name of saxophonist Justin Pierce also featuring pianist ...
Guitarist Gene Bertoncini passed away on August 29 at the age of 89. Once described by jazz writer David Adler as “one of the true masters of the nylon-string acoustic jazz guitar,” Bertoncini played with many of jazz’s legends including Benny Goodman, Buddy Rich, and Wayne Shorter.
In an AllMusic review of his 1999 Ambient Records solo album, Body and Sou...
Growing up in Toronto, Jacob Chung was introduced to jazz by his grandfather. “He had a record player,” Chung recalled, “and he had Dave Brubeck’s Time Out album. He also liked Duke Ellington and Ben Webster.”
Chung was playing classical piano when he entered middle school, “and they started giving you wind instruments. I was into baseball, and I had a few con...
This year’s Jazz@ThePoint festival, held by the South Jersey Jazz Society in Somers Point, will celebrate the country’s 250th birthday by honoring the music and legacy of Louis Armstrong.
The festival will begin at 7 p.m. Thursday, October 15 with a special presentation by Ricky Riccardi, Director of Research Collections at the Louis Armstrong House Museum and author o...