CELLAR LIVE

Jesse Davis is a true bebopper. His big, soulful sound has been on display on many records over the years. He has been somewhat quiet on the recording front of late but Live @ Smalls reminds us what...

The music presented here is a snapshot of Billy Drummond's musical vision. Where he is today, where he's been, and where he might be headed. Drummond has been leading various aggregations of "Freedom...

Antoine Dry - With Strings: Retreat To Beauty (Oblation, Vol. 3: Providence!) - NYC trumpeter extraordinaire Antoine Drye, orchestrator Isaac Raz and an ensemble over 20 musicians and singers on this...

Gallon,Ray Grand Company CD1. Drop Me Off in Harlem 2. Acting Up 3. Zombette 4. Two Track Mind 5. Nardis 6. Pins and Needles 7. If I Had You 8. Monkey Bars 9. Old Folks

Conceiving her 2020 debut album, vocalist Naama Gheber summoned inspiration from an intimate life on the New York bandstand. Among tapering red curtains, maple bar tops, snares and brushes, the Be'er...

Clark Gibson - Counterclock - Counterclock refers to looking back and not discounting art you created in your early stages as an artist. Gibson has come to embrace and celebrate his compositions from...

Twenty-eight years ago, in March 1994, Mike Melito's fellow Rochesterian, Chuck Mangione, presented a traveling festival in upstate New York. He hired Roy McCurdy to play with Nat Adderley - with...

Two great sources of inspiration for me: my roots - the neighborhood in which I was born, Soundview, South Bronx NY, and my current Home Sugar Hill, Harlem. Although it was not a place filled with...

Lezlie Harrison leads a wonderful quartet driven by Ben Paterson's incredible Hammond B3 organ playing. Lezlie Harrison - Let Them Talk / Leslie Harrison is a bold and subtle vocalist. She brings her...

2023 release. Joel Haynes reunites with renowned saxophonist Seamus Blake and pianist Tilden Webb for "The Return," juxtaposing crafty originals and reworked covers Fifteen years later, but well...

Chris Hazelton - After Dark - On Chris Hazelton's new album he takes organ music back to it's traditional 'After Dark' setting, alongside a quintet of Kansas City's finest. Inspired by his late...

The Heavy Hitters music is built to tickle your mind, hit you in the heart and get your head swaying back and forth. We wanted to make soulful kickass swinging music that you might have heard on a...