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McClenty Hunter
McClenty Hunter, Jr.: Drummer, Educator, Composer, Arranger. McClenty is a Grammy-nominated drummer who has worked with jazz icons such as Lou Donaldson, Cedar Walton, Jimmy Heath, Kenny Garrett, Buster Williams and Curtis Fuller, among others.
Blue Fire - The Van Gelder Session
By Dave Stryker
Label: Strikezone Records
Released: 2026
Track listing: Van Gelder's Place; Blue Fire; The Fool On The Hill; Dexterity; Waiting For Ruby; Back and
Forth; The Folks Who Live On The Hill; Every Dark St.; Summer Night.
Guitar and Bass Reviews featuring Josh Achiron
by Jerome Wilson
These are short reviews of recent guitar or bass-led albums. Dave Stryker Blue Fire--The Van Gelder Session Strikezone Records 2026 Guitarist Dave Stryker fulfilled a long-time dream by recording this album with his longstanding organ trio at the legendary Rudy Van Gelder studio in Englewood Cliffs, NJ. The ...
Dave Stryker: Blue Fire - The Van Gelder Session
by Kyle Simpler
Many of Dave Stryker's recent albums focus on a particular idea or concept that serves as the recording's focal point. His Eight Track series (Strikezone 2013-2019) and Stryker with Strings Goes to the Movies (Strikezone, 2025) serve as prime examples. With Blue Fire -The Van Gelder Session, the guitarist steps into the studio of legendary producer ...
Dave Stryker: Blue Fire - The Van Gelder Session
by Pierre Giroux
Dave Stryker's Blue Fire--The Van Gelder Session features the guitarist performing at one of the most revered venues in recorded jazz, and the chosen setting is anything but incidental. Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder's legendary Englewood Cliffs studio in July 2025, the album benefits from the ambiance itself. Its warmth, clarity, and a sense of history, ...
Dave Stryker: Stryker with Strings Goes to the Movies
by Jack Bowers
Guitarist Dave Stryker, who is at home in any venue, Goes to the Movies on this ambitious album, wherein his working quartet is greeted by a thirty-piece orchestra with strings and four talented guest artists. There are some gems here--Henry Mancini's “Dreamsville," Rodgers and Hammerstein's “Edelweiss," Ennio Morricone's theme from Cinema Paradiso among them--and a few ...
Javon & Nikki go to the movies
Label: Solid Jackson/Palmetto Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: When the Time is Right; Speak Low; How About You; Theme For Nikki; I Belong To You; Love is
a Many Splendored Thing; The Nearness of You; Valse Hot; The Folks Who Live on the Hill;
Have You Heard.
Stryker with Strings Goes to the Movies
By Dave Stryker
Label: Strikezone Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: In Your Eyes; Cinema Paradiso (main theme); You Only Live Twice; Taxi Driver (main title);
Theme from Shaft; Cavatina; Flirtibird; Low Key Lightly; Moonglow; Dreamsville; Edelweiss.
Javon Jackson & Nikki Giovanni: Javon & Nikki go to the movies
by Pierre Giroux
Javon & Nikki go to the movies is a charming and soulful collaboration that brings together the poetic eloquence of Nikki Giovanni and the masterful tenor saxophone stylings of Javon Jackson. The album is a delightful journey through some of the standards of the Great American Songbook, featuring songs famously associated with classic Hollywood movies. The ...
The Dave Stryker Trio with Bob Mintzer: Groove Street
by Pierre Giroux
The Dave Stryker Trio with tenor saxophonist Bob Mintzer is a captivating musical escapade. This collaboration not only showcases the talents of the two principals but also the two accompanying players, organist Jared Gold and drummer McClenty Hunter. Right from the initial notes of the opening track “Groove Street," a Dave Stryker ...
