Here is the streaming premiere of “Dipsea Steps” from Brian Krock’s exciting new big band, Big Heart Machine.

feature photo: Bryan Murray Now boasting a remarkable ten albums over twenty years, Satoko Fujii Orchestra New York today takes another step forward with Fukushima (Libra Records), the first new recordings from Satoko Fujii’s American large ensemble project since 2014’s Shiki. The best big band leaders know how to exploitRead More

There’s a sense of more development and intrigue to come as Gareth Lockrane’s ‘Fistfight at the Barndance’ mixes musical atmospheres and essences.

Paying homage to a Charles Mingus masterpiece with inspired original material is just what you’d expect from the ever-curious, ever-expansive alto saxophonist Greg Ward.

Gavin Harrison’s ‘Cheating the Polygraph’ references Porcupine Tree and big band, but quickly moves well beyond those well-worn tropes.

Brian Setzer, an unjustly unheralded guitar player, has this knack for connecting with the redux zeitgeist.

You got to come on, man, and take a piece of Mr. Nathan Parker Smith’s band.

Daring but not self indulgent, this double album would be a risk in lesser hands.

She remains a wonder of range and sassy interpretation.

This doesn’t often sound like big band music, as Fujii draws from every impulse at her disposal.