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Bassist/composer Jay Anderson is among the most versatile and respected jazz artists performing today. Born in 1955 in Southern California, Anderson be gan playing acoustic bass at the age of 12. Throughout junior high, high school, and college, Anderson won numerous awards for excellence in both jazz and classical music. One week after receiving a Bachelor’s Degree in Performance from California State University at Long Beach, Anderson was asked to join the Woody Herman Orchestra. After touring with the “Herd” for a year, he was called by Carmen McRae and performed with the legendary singer for the next two years. In 1982 Anderson made the decision to move to New York City

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American Crow

Label: ArtistShare
Released: 2026
Track listing: American Crow; A World Lost; Field Recordings: American Crow Vocalizations; American Crow Revisited (alternate take).

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Live Your Dream: Live at North Street Cabaret

Label: Origin Records
Released: 2026
Track listing: Covid Nightmare; For Michael; Half Moon; Lover Man; Live Your Dream; I Miss Missing You; Some Day My Prince Will Come; Goose Dance.

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Enduring Sonance

Label: Smoke Sessions Records
Released: 2026
Track listing: Quiet Girl; Helen's Song; Pieces of Dreams; How Long?; A Volta; The Eyes of Love; The Surest Things Can Change; Francisco .

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Inquiry

Label: Sunnyside Records
Released: 2026
Track listing: Beyond; Somewhere; Blue in Green; Dark Moon (Lune Noire); What Is; Inverted Reality; Petite Triste; Weeping Willow; Too Soon Gone; Aqua Reminiscence.

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Goose Dance

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Label: Origin Records
Released: 2026
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Article: Album Review

Steve Wilson: Enduring Sonance

Read "Enduring Sonance" reviewed by Andrew Schinder


Virginia-born, New York-based alto saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist Steve Wilson has created a sonic palette overflowing with delightfulness with Enduring Sonance, Wilson's debut album. Wilson's trademark dulcet tones fill the record, which eschews any hint of difficulty or impenetrability in favor of pure pleasure and musical expertise. Enduring Sonance is calculatedly straight-ahead, an exercise in accessibility without sacrificing sophistication. ...

Article: Album Review

Bill Ware and the Club Bird All Stars: Martian Sunset

Read "Martian Sunset" reviewed by Angelo Leonardi


In questi anni di rinascimento del vibrafono--con la presenza di notevoli giovani strumentisti di entrambi i sessi--non dimentichiamoci di Bill Ware, solista molto attivo nei territori di frontiera col rock dalla fine degli anni ottanta ad oggi. Ricordiamo la sua lunga collaborazione con The Jazz Passengers, Groove Collective, Steely Dan e le incisioni con protagonisti trasversali: ...

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Article: Interview

Steve Wilson: Creating Sonance

Read "Steve Wilson: Creating Sonance" reviewed by Andrew Schinder


Steve Wilson is a mainstay of the New York jazz scene. Born and raised in Hampton, Virginia, the alto saxophonist/multi-instrumentalist stood as one of the Virginia region's most acclaimed and sought-after touring and gigging musicians until his move to New York in 1987. Once settled in New York, Wilson worked. And worked. And then worked some ...

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Martian Sunset

Label: Sunnyside Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: Around The Horn; That Dirty Road; Safer Journey; Little Lizzard; Martian Sunset; In a Spiral; Happy Bird; Don't Take Me Wrong; Hangin' at The Rez; Dog Furr; All The Way Down; Blue Alteration.


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