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Oh and Sorey aren't mere collaborators or accompanists; they're educators and composers in their own rights. Of Sorey's drumming, Iyer cites a "life-sustaining kind of magic." And of Oh's bass playing, "Her awareness of and relation to pulse, it's like micro-detail," he says. Those qualities and more can be found on  Uneasy, the trio's first studio record, which drops April 9 on ECM Records. The album is a mix of topical material "Children of Flint" with Iyer originals ("Combat Breathing") and standards ("Night and Day") from deep in their wheelhouse. Most importantly, Iyer considers the pai...

The Dave Weckl Band Reunites For A Very Special Live Album The Dave Weckl Band: Live in St. Louis at the Chesterfield Jazz Festival captures a brilliant return to form by one of jazz fusion's most virtuosic ensemble.by BWW News Desk When the legendary Dave Weckl Band reunited on stage at the 2019 Chesterfield Wine & Jazz Festival in St. Louis, Missouri, the show was already a rare and very special occasion. But even playing their first real show together in more than a decade, the band had no idea how special the set would feel just a few months later.

Ralph Peterson Jr., jazz drummer and bandleader, dies at 58 By Adam Feibel Courtesy of the artist Ralph Peterson Jr., the drummer and bandleader who broke onto the scene with the Jazz Messengers in the early ’80s and went on to be a torchbearer of hard-bop, has died at the age of 58. Peterson died March 1 in North Dartmouth, Mass., due to complications from cancer, according to his publicist. In 1983, Art Blakey handpicked Peterson to serve as his backup drummer with the legendary Jazz Messengers. Peterson was the only other drummer to sit in that chair, which he did until Blakey’s death...

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