Full of heart, intimacy, and searing depth, Marina, out November 14, 2025 via Fresh Sound Records, features Bloch’s quintet with vocalist Kyoto Kitamura.
“Bloch’s sound suggests the complex worlds of players like Warne Marsh, richly moving yet never cliched.” – Donald Elfman, New York City Jazz Record
“…unwaveringly cohesive…bone-deep gorgeousness…complex, compelling and beautiful, sounds of the highest quality and inspiration.” – Dan McClenaghan, All About Jazz
release date: 04.10.2024 on Fresh Sound New Talent label
Drummer Holly Channell to release debut recording “Not Just A Standard“, all that shaped into the elegant quartet sporting well-established and eloquent young musicians: Trumpeter Jason Palmer, pianist Mike Kocur and bassist Ben Headquist.
release date: 08.10.2021 via Fresh Sound New Talent
Most impressive quartet – or rather, four equals perfectly attuned to each other. ‘Collective’ is the key word here, for this is truly musical togetherness, creating a sound all its own.” – Dan Morgenstern
“The stunning thing about every performance here is the delicate blend of composed music and spontaneous invention.“ – Donald Elfman, New York City Jazz Record
“..unwaveringly cohesive…bone-deep gorgeousness…complex, compelling and beautiful, sounds of the highest quality and inspiration laid down by a premier jazz quartet.” – Dan McClenaghan, All About Jazz .”
Saxophonist Lena Bloch and her quartet Feathery celebrate Rose of Lifta, their stunning new album of original music, with release concerts in Brooklyn. With a remarkably cohesive band featuring pianist Russ Lossing, bassist Cameron Brown, and drummer Billy Mintz, Rose of Lifta , a follow up to the acclaimed 2017 Heart Knows, demonstrates once again her three-tier excellence as a saxophonist, composer, and a bandleader whose approach nurtures listening, trust, and musical freedom.
