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Collage of five album covers. Three are stacked on the left, two are stacked on the right, and In the right corner is the name of the column it is leading off in yellow, green, and orange: 'Rant & Roll.'

April 16, 2025 0

Producer Marc Free and PosiTone Records have Unleashed trombonist-composer-educator Altin Sencalar’s amazing new album on an unsuspecting public. The 10...

Five album covers are in polaroid picture 'frames.' From the top left and clockwise, there is a man playing trump and keys at the same time. Then there is a young man playing guitar wearing a suit and tie. Next are two people in the distance on a winter field. Underneath that is a blue image with the words "Rant 'N' Roll" written in green over it. Then there is red sound waves on a black background. Last is a red saxophone with yellow rays shooting out of it.

Rant ‘N’ Roll: Jazz Times Five

Mike Greenblatt

Columns

March 12, 2025 0

Sonny Rollins – with John Coltrane in his band – cut his iconic Tenor Madness album in 1956. The Ryan...

Rant ‘N’ Roll: Got It All

Mike Greenblatt

Columns

February 17, 2025 0

These four? Really? Not since Diz, Bird, Bud, Mingus, and Max convened in 1953 as ‘The Greatest Jazz Concert Ever,’...

Rant ‘N’ Roll: Going Deeper

Mike Greenblatt

Columns

January 20, 2025 0

When a talented drummer, composer, producer, and bandleader like Canadian Joel Jeschke finally puts it all together to record a...

Three Albums, Two Books, & One Rant ‘N’ Roll to Close 2024

Mike Greenblatt

Columns

December 11, 2024 0

Fourteen years ago, Canadian composers Tara Davidson (alto sax/flute) and William Carn (trombone) formed Carn Davidson 9 as an outlet for their...

Rant ‘N’ Roll: Rarities & More

Mike Greenblatt

Columns

November 13, 2024 0

Lumination (Anzic Records) by the Joel Frahm Trio shines a light on the interplay between Frahm’s tenor sax, the bass of Dan...

Rant ‘N’ Roll: Swinging Sounds

Mike Greenblatt

Columns

October 21, 2024 0

It’s always Happy Hour (MoMojo Records) when Mitch Woods plays his brand of rock-a-boogie with his band The Rocket 88s. The longtime San Francisco boogie-woogie...