Osama Afifi photo by Daniel Sheehan By Andrew Luthringer There is a realm of musicians, almost akin to a secret society, who fly under the radar of the public awareness but nevertheless reach the ears and spirits of huge numbers of music lovers. Evincing an old-school...
OA2 Records, January 2024 BY AKSHAJ TUREBYLU Francesco Crosara’s recent release from OA2 Records, Circular Motion, vamps and revamps a curation of the jazz pianist’s repertoire—a set of ten pieces taken from a forty-year career. Backing comes from three different...
Back row: Brian Cobb, Cliff Colón, Walter Cano. Front Row: Julian Priester, D’Vonne Lewis, Christina Spadafore, Rayna Mathis, Vikram Madan. Photo by Lisa Hagen Glynn BY ROB MOURA “I don’t know if y’all have noticed,” said emcee Alex Dugdale halfway through the...