BFM JazzDec 12, 20161 minWay Back Home - Review in DownbeatIf you were to place every album drummer Steve Gadd appeared on end-to-end you would traverse at least one football field before you got...
BFM JazzOct 12, 20161 minSteve Gadd Band Way Back Home Review - Rochester City NewspaperNear the end of the title track of the new album by the Steve Gadd Band, Gadd takes a knock-your-socks-off drum solo that brings the...
BFM JazzSep 10, 20166 minSully, The Sting Variations, and More: A Conversation With Tierney Sutton - The Huffington PostA Conversation with Tierney Sutton Mike Ragogna: Tierney, let’s start with a little bit of your history. You collaborated with Clint...
BFM JazzAug 4, 20161 minJohn Daversa: Kaleidoscope Eyes-Music of The Beatles - Jazz WeeklyThere have been a lot of tributes to the Fab Four in jazz circles lately, but I don’t think any have swung harder than this one by John...
BFM JazzJun 20, 20162 minJohn Daversa overlays crazy big band jazz onto Beatles classics - AXSBelieve it or not, there are many people who don’t get the Beatles — at all. Musicians are another matter; almost every one cites the Fab...
BFM JazzJun 7, 20162 minJohn Daversa: Kaleidoscope Eyes: Music Of The Beatles - All About JazzDoes the world need another collection of Beatles covers? The same argument could be had about any of the dozens of standards that...
BFM JazzJun 3, 20163 minJohn Daversa Big Band at the Baked Potato - All About JazzIt's a rarity to find a modern big band dedicated to playing original music in Los Angeles; home to some of the world's most talented...
BFM JazzMay 26, 20162 minMusic Review: John Daversa ‘Kaleidoscope Eyes: Music of the Beatles’ - Blog CriticsSince it often seems that musicians by the boatload are busily covering the Beatles Songbook—just Google jazz covers of the Beatles—it...
BFM JazzMay 11, 20161 minJohn Daversa 'Kaleidoscope Eyes: Music of the Beatles' - Review from Midwest RecordsJOHN DAVERSA/Kaleidoscope Eyes-Music of the Beatles: An educator that uses the freedom the security of his day job gives to give back to...