OA2

Gathering a diverse collection of his favorite Seattle musicians, bassist and composer Dean Schmidt creates a rich sound-scape of original Latin-tinged jazz. As a member of several of the west...

I was immediately swept up by the magnetic personality of this band... - Trumpet Guild Journal. Performing the music of Johnny Griffin, Kim Richmond, Bobby Darin and their director, Daniel Barry, the...

A thoroughly professional, bold, glossy and swinging sound - Howard Mandel, Jazziz. SWOJO shows off their musical muscle in this set of original tracks recorded live in concert. Performing the music...

... an excellent group of players jamming, meshing together fluidly, and the energy is consistently high... Shner's solos can twinkle and extend like Coltrane or honk and squawk like Big Jay McNeely....

A fiery and dedicated improviser and composer, saxophonist Idit Shner's latest quartet recording highlights her rich and ongoing relationship with pianist Josh Hanlon and drummer Stockton Helbing,...

... an excellent group of players jamming, meshing together fluidly, and the energy is consistently high... Shner's solos can twinkle and extend like Coltrane or honk and squawk like Big Jay McNeely....

Saxophonist Idit Shner is the embodiment of a modern jazz musician: both forward looking and steeped in tradition; simultaneously international, local and personal. Her new recording Tuesday's Blues...

San Francisco pianist/composer Adam Shulman presents an album of post-bop-inspired original compositions performed by a sextet of some of the Bay Area's most prominent jazz musicians. With a hard...

Trumpeter/composer Liam Sillery collaborates with some of his friends in the New York jazz scene to pay tribute to his musical mentors in a set of originals inspired by the work of Ira Sullivan, Red...

For his third OA2 release, New York trumpeter Liam Sillery broadens his recorded musical palette as he explores the "outskirts" of mainstream jazz. While retaining his strong melodic & harmonic...

With his 4th OA2 release, trumpeter Liam Sillery continues in the direction of his most recent album "Outskirts," challenging both the musicians and the listener with intricate compositions and...

Following a recording that Downbeat magazine declared a "masterpiece" in it's 2010 year-end edition, Sillery just proceeds on in doing what he does best - creating forward-looking, modern, articulate...