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Marvin Sewell

Marvin Sewell was born and raised in Chicago. He learned how to play the guitar by hanging out with many Chicago basement bands. At that time, Marvin was exposed to a variety of styles of music such as: Blues, Gospel, and Soul. Rock, and Fusion. At the same time, he played in a Catholic church in a guitar band playing acoustic guitar. A few years later he became interested in Jazz. In high school, he started playing with the Malcolm X Community College Big Band. From there he started playing with many famous local Chicago musicians such as Von Freeman, Ramsey Lewis, Billy Branch, Jody Christian, Big Time Sarah, and Barbara La Shore, He attended Roosevelt University in Chicago where he studied Composition. Marvin moved to New York in 1990

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Landings

Label: Newvelle Records
Released: 2026
Track listing: Amsterdam After Dark; New Body; Ida Lupino; Handmaidens Tale; Landings; The Workers Dance; Many Homes, Many Places; Home.

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Label: Newvelle Records
Released: 2026
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Jorge Sylvester Spontaneous Expressions: Mayhem At Large--The Last Baha'i Session

Read "Mayhem At Large--The Last Baha'i Session" reviewed by Jack Bowers


This two-disc set by saxophonist Jorge Sylvester's Spontaneous Expressions documents the last of the Tuesday evening jazz concerts at the Baha'i Center on East 11th Street in New York City. According to the jacket notes, the event was recorded live in March 2020. If that is so, Sylvester's listeners have earned top prize as the quietest ...

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Ingrid Jensen: Landings

Read "Landings" reviewed by Pierre Giroux


On Landings, trumpeter Ingrid Jensen convenes a quartet that thrives on speed and alertness. With organist Gary Versace, guitarist Marvin Sewell, and drummer Jon Wikan, she leads a band capable of sharp turns and open-road lyricism in the same breath. The music feels meticulously shaped yet gloriously unbound; an ensemble language forged in deep listening and ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

The Final Batch of My Favorite 2025 Jazz Things - Part 4

Read "The Final Batch of My Favorite 2025 Jazz Things - Part 4" reviewed by Ludovico Granvassu


This episode of Mondo Jazz isn't about rankings or best-of lists. It's about memory. Over the past six months, certain pieces of music kept calling us back. Among them, are the tunes in this playlist. Happy listening! Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Luca Curcio ...

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La Tanya Hall: If Not Now, When...

Read "If Not Now, When..." reviewed by Pierre Giroux


With If Not Now, When... , La Tanya Hall emerges not just as a vocalist but as a storyteller, deeply connected to the quiet power of a well-chosen song. This is her most personal statement yet, an album crafted with intention rather than for show, where each track earns its place through lyrical depth and emotional ...

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Figure In Blue

Label: Blue Note Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: Abide With Me; Hina, Hanta, the way of Peace; Figure In Blue, memoriesof Duke; Desolation Sound; Ruminations; Chulahoma; Song My Lady Sings'; The Ghost Of Lady Day; Blues For Langston; Heaven; Black Butterfly: Ancient Rain; Hymn To The Mother, for Zakir; Somewhere.

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If Not Now, When...

Label: Blue Canoe Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: Pretty Eyes; Let's Burn Down the Cornfields; Long As You're Living; A Turtle's Dream; Tender As a Rose; Lullabye of the Leaves; Azure; Day Dreaming.

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it's complicated...

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2025
Track listing: Another night (It's just); Another night (it's just) coda; I can be happy (I can be blue); My part of town (for Mama); It's okay (i'm not alone); Silence (sirens) prelude; Silence (sirens); Broken (pour Alberte); Nowhere to hide; Better (it is what is it).


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