A.J. Croce - By Request2021 release. Over the past three decades, A. J. Croce has established his rep as a piano man and serious vocal stylist who pulls from a host of American traditions and anti heroes it's part New Orleans, part juke joint, part soul. While his last album, Just Like Medicine, paired him with soul legend Dan Penn and an all star cast of players, this album was born of memories of favorite artists and shows, but mostly, of late night gatherings with groups

and the American soprano Emily Birsan

over the course of a marriage

The TLCA worked hard to engage a broader audience to help counter that perception

Joatan became a regular after he played with us in Salvador city

" So says Wynton Marsalis of the legendary saxophonist

From the dissonant riffs to the intricate time signatures

Soul Jazz Records are re-releasing this rarest release of deep heavyweight jazz by Steve Reid & The Master Brotherhood

resides in the flexibility of the mensuration (often ternary) and the grace of his ornamentation

which took place twenty-three years after his death

" Expressions uses Perkins's voice as if it were a sample itself

whose master was one of the disciples of Heinrich Neuhaus

Over the course of the album's 12 tracks