07 Apr

[ April 10th, 2026 release via Chill Tone Records – Caleb Wheeler Curtis – Ritual ]

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Ritual, out April 10, 2026 via Chill Tone Records, features a community-bridging band with pianist Orrin Evans, saxophonist/flautist Hery Paz, guitarist Emmanuel Michael, bassist Vicente Archer and drummer Michael Sarin

“What marks Curtis out is a resolutely personal sax sound, reflecting Coltrane, Ornette, and some of the tonal tremors of Albert Ayler – but within a composer’s conception flexible enough to embrace both free-collective ensemble invention and subtle structure.” – John Fordham, Jazzwise

“Heatmap radiates with brilliance, highlighting the very act of playing music and the intangible but irreplaceable energy that doing so creates.” – Kira Grunenberg, DownBeat

11 Jan

[ January the 17th, 2025 release on Imani Records Thomas Marriott – Screen Time ]

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Release Date: January 17th, 2025 on Imani Records

Seattle-based Trumpeter/Composer Thomas Marriott to release new recording “Screen Time“, accompanied by mighty trio sporting Orrin Evans on piano with bassist Robert Hurst & drummer Mark Whitfield Jr.

23 Jun

[ June 28th, 2024 release on Giant Step Art: Tarbaby – You Think This America ]

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Giant Step Arts continues Modern Masters and New Horizons series with new live album by Tarbaby

Due out June 28, 2024, You Think This America is the first solely trio album from the long-standing cooperative of pianist Orrin Evans, bassist Eric Revis and drummer Nasheet Waits.

“Clarity of vision, creative earnestness and eye toward the basics sets the music made by Tarbaby apart.” – The New York City Jazz Record

07 Jul

[July the 15th, 2022 release on Imani Records: Caleb Wheeler Curtis – Heatmap]

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Heatmap, due out July 15, 2022 via Imani Records, features pianist Orrin Evans, bassist Eric Revis and drummer Gerald Cleaver .

“Saxophonist Caleb Wheeler Curtis negotiates taut, bop-flavored contours with a meld of Desmond-like coolness and blues-toughened acerb.” – David Whiteis, JazzTimes

“Caleb Wheeler Curtis’ alto sax playing [is] intensely focused and garrulously inventive, digging deep into progressive bop through to post-Coltrane/Ornette free jazz and R&B-funk traditions.” – Selwyn Harris, Jazzwise

13 Sep

[ September the 17th, 2021 release via Artist Share: Jon Gordon – Stranger Than Fiction ]

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release date: 17.09.2021 via Artist Share

“ Jon Gordon is a master. His compositions, improvisation, tone, and technical virtuosity set him apart as an elite musician for our time.” – Brandon Bernstein, Jazz Improv NY

“Gordon has embraced the history of his instrument, carrying with it the ability to extend music as a universal language.” – Wayne Shorter

Truth has become a bizarrely contentious issue in this divisive era of fake news and alternative facts. Still, as alto saxophonist and composer Jon Gordon points out on his latest album, one oft-repeated maxim may be more true now than ever: that truth itself is indeed Stranger Than Fiction. Over the course of ten original compositions arranged for a stellar nonet, Gordon explores the warped modern existence that we’ve all grappled with during the past several months and years.