Giant Step Arts continues the Modern Masters and New Horizons series with the new live album by trumpeter Jason Palmer. Out December 6, 2024, The Cross Over: Live in Brooklyn is the fourth in a series of acclaimed albums from trumpeter Jason Palmer.
“Jason’s ability to express in his own personal voice an almost encyclopedic knowledge of the jazz trumpet vocabulary, without being possessed by it, is truly rare.” – Russ Musto, NYCJR
Violinist Jason Anick and pianist Jason Yeager reunite for their second co-led album Sanctuary, out October 11, 2024 via Sunnyside. Joining them are trumpeters Jason Palmer and Billy Buss, saxophonist Edmar Colón, cellist Naseem Alatrash, bassist Greg Loughman and drummer Mike Connors.
“Their music has a very focused energy, with a good dose of groove, counterpoint, emotion, and heart. It is refreshing to hear a true collaboration and to witness the clarity of their ideas being realized by such a solid and talented band.” – Grammy winning vocalist/composer Luciana Souza
“Really enjoyed listening to Sanctuary…great writing and playing by everyone involved, all crafted very elegantly. Highly recommended.” – Grammy winning saxophonist/composer Miguel Zenón
“Their music appeals as much to the mind as the spirit… it’s the content of their inventions, not any showiness or exploitation of clichés, that moves the listener.” – Bob Doerschuk, DownBeat
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.
Giant Step Arts launches its Modern Masters and New Horizons series with the first-ever live album as a leader from tenor saxophonist Mark Turner. Live at the Village Vanguard, out September 8, 2023, featured Turner with trumpeter Jason Palmer, bassist Joe Martin and drummer Jonathan Pinson.
“[Mark Turner is] a premier saxophonist, conceptual thinker and bandleader who plays a visionary role on today’s rapidly evolving, ever-expanding jazz scene.” – Ed Enright, DownBeat
“Light of tone and phenomenally agile, the sound of Mark Turner’s tenor saxophone is so beguiling that I’d happily listen to him playing from a book of exercises.” – Dave Gelly, The Guardian
Three Seconds | Kolme Toista Brings Together an All-Star International Ensemble for Reijonen’s Ambitious and Heartfelt Project
“… extraordinary music…. his playing is deep, profoundly nuanced, and essentially unique throughout.” — Barry Cleveland, Guitar Player about Jussi’s debut album Un
“Musical cultures and sensibilities cross, evocatively…without blinking or apologizing.” – Josef Woodard, DownBeat
“Reijonen’s musical universe has no frontiers. It is a beautiful, sensual mosaic of traditions and influences.” – Eyal Hareuveni, All About Jazz
US Release Dates: CD November 4, 2022, Digital October 14, 2022 – Worldwide release date for digital and CD: October 14, 2022 via Challenge Records International
Giant Step Arts, helmed by photographer/engineer Jimmy Katz, releases two new live albums captured at the historic Seneca Village site in Central Park. The albums will be released on Juneteenth – June 19, 2022.
1st – Jason Palmer – Live from Summit Rock in Seneca Village featuring trumpeter Palmer with saxophonist Mark Turner, bassist Edward Perez, drummer Johnathan Blake
Performers include NEC faculty members Ran Blake, Jason Moran, Jason Palmer, Earl McIntyre, Ted Reichman, NEC Black Student Union Ensemble, The NEC Wind Ensemble, NEC Jazz Orchestra and students from the Jazz Department
Event Horizon, available May 8, 2020,
“Michael Thomas is a badass. Anyone who doubts it should go to ‘Sax Intro,’ a four-minute cadenza with maniacal runs in towering arcs and torrents of scales upon scales. It sounds perhaps like an alto saxophone virtuoso practicing, except that Thomas shapes it all into a spontaneous symphony. Then, after this wild celebration of chops, he segues seamlessly into ‘Chant’ and into what this album is truly about: daring, in-depth collaborative ventures based on Thomas’ intelligent compositions, conducted by a formidable chordless quartet of trumpeter Jason Palmer, bassist Hans Glawischnig and drummer Johnathan Blake.” – Thomas Conrad, New York City Jazz Record
release date: March 18, 2020, via non-profit Giant Steps Arts
“Giant Step Arts [is] a nonprofit dedicated to giving underappreciated but visionary jazz musicians the support they need to make quality live albums. Palmer is a…thrifty improviser with a vast dynamic range and an ambitious composer.” – Giovanno Russonello, The New York Times
The Concert: 12 Musings for Isabella debuts Palmer’s all-star quintet featuring Mark Turner, with Joel Ross, Kendrick Scott and Edward Perez, is Palmer’s second release from Jimmy Katz’s Giant Step Arts, a groundbreaking, artist-focused non-profit with a single mission: to help modern jazz innovators create their art free of commercial pressure.
