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Freddie Hendrix

Born: 1976

Over the past two decades, Freddie Hendrix has become one of the most in demand trumpeters in Jazz, and beyond. Also an accomplished composer, arranger and educator, the Teaneck, New Jersey native's skill and versatility has resulted in him working with a wide array of performers that range from the Count Basie Orchestra and The Christian McBride Big Band, to Aretha Franklin, Stevie Wonder and Alicia Keys.

With the release of his first recording as a leader, JERSEY CAT, Freddie is serving notice that now is his time. One of the music's most exciting players, Hendrix has forged his own sure footed, full toned sound, out of the tradition of Freddie Hubbard, Woody Shaw, Lee Morgan, and Clifford Brown. A powerful septet recording, JERSEY CAT, a scintillating septet debut, impresses from the opening bars of the powerful first track, "St. Peter's Walk". At home on fiery, uptempo tracks, or on ballads like "You Don't Know What Love Is", Hendrix shows that he can handle any tempo and interpret any song with ease, and when called for, nuance. And on originals like "On The Rise" (one of his first compositions), "Madeira Nights", (inspired by his first trip to Europe), and "Whims Of A Waltz", Freddie's aforementioned composing and arranging talents are on full display. Among the other selections on this well rounded project is a wonderful performance of the Horace Silver classic "Peace", and a swinging rendition of Freddie Hubbard's "Hubtones".

The Vigil and the Sleeping Giant

By Ron Wilkins

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2026
Track listing: Covid Suite I: Big City Livin’; Covid Suite II: Comatose Dreams and Nightmares; Covid Suite III: Awaken and Alleluia; Covid Suite IV: The Sleeper Has Awakened; Sulk City; Near East; Waltz Someday; Like a Brother.

Trombocalist Big Band: The Vigil and the Sleeping Giant

by Jack Bowers
May 18, 2026

Even those whose batting averages are high are not immune from life's unforeseen and often disastrous curve balls. Low-brass multi-instrumentalist Ron Wilkins, riding the wave as a successful musician and bandleader, learned that the hard way when he was struck by Covid in 2020 and spent more than a month in a medically induced coma with ...

Return of the Light

By Joe Elefante

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2025
Track listing: Jazz for Dummies; Mudita; Return of the Light; Cromwell; Ankara Blues; Nobly Born; Don’t Talk (Put Your Head on My Shoulder); Simple Girl; Loving Kindness; Sore on the Floor; Some Other Blues.

Joe Elefante's Wheel of Dharma: Return of the Light

by Jack Bowers
October 6, 2025

The second act of Joe Elefante's laudable jazz career was born in tragedy: the loss in 2024 of his wife of sixteen years to cancer. It was then that Elefante, who once led the world-class Joe Elefante Big Band, decided to leave his long-time position as a schoolteacher and return to his first love, jazz, and ...

46th Annual Tri-C JazzFest

by C. Andrew Hovan
July 8, 2025

46th Annual Tri-C JazzFest Playhouse Square Cleveland, OH June 26-28, 2025 Jazz festivals occupy a precarious space these days. Pressured by financial constraints, too many have drifted toward booking artists with only a passing connection to the jazz tradition. Cuts to both public and private funding have only compounded ...

Still Places Available On Europe's Biggest And Most Inclusive Jazz Education Event—Sligo Jazz 2025

June 3, 2025

Sligo Jazz Project’s annual Summer School and Festival runs from 22-27 July 2025, bringing a team of 33 world-class musicians from all over the world to teach and perform in Sligo over six days. From 22–27 July 2025, Sligo will once again become a global hub for music lovers, students, and jazz legends, as it hosts ...

Wheel of Dharma

By Joe Elefante

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2024
Track listing: Bad Dancing; Rocky; The One Who Knows; The Earth Is on Fire; Samadhi; Lion's Eyes.

With Roses

By Harry Allen

Label: Triangle7
Released: 2023
Track listing: It All Catches Up with You in the End; Be the One; The Maestro; Here in Rome; That Far Away Fella; Diamonds; That's When the Fun Starts; With Roses; Takes a Moment; On My Way.

Winter Wonderland

By George Gee

Label: Self Published
Released: 2023
Track listing: Winter Wonderland Mambo; What Child Is This?; Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas; God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen; I’ll Be Home for Christmas; Baby, It’s Cold Outside; The Christmas Song; O Tannenbaum; What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve?; Jingle Bells.