Sharonne Cohen

1 month ago | downbeat.com | Sharonne Cohen

By Sharonne Cohen   I  Mar. 4, 2025 Montrealers are hard-core music lovers. Not even a heavy snowstorm kept them from packing the Cinquième Salle at Place des Arts on a frigid winter nightto see vocalist and songwriter Malika Tirolien perform with the National Jazz Orchestra of Montreal (ONJ).

Oct 29, 2024 | everythingjazz.com | Sharonne Cohen

Little did I know, when I visited renowned sound engineer Rob Griffin in Casco Viejo, Panama, the winter of 2023, that I was about to get a sneak peek of music from an upcoming album by the inimitable Wayne Shorter and his legendary quartet.

Jul 8, 2024 | thelineofbestfit.com | Sharonne Cohen

This spirit is tangible at the Montréal Jazz Festival, nestled between the seemingly endless stream of summer festivals – the Francos, showcasing local and international Francophone music, Nuits d’Afrique, the Just for Laughs comedy festival, Taste of the Caribbean, the circus festival… and on it goes. It feels like a summer-long celebration of life. And music.

Oct 5, 2023 | allaboutjazz.com | Sharonne Cohen

Home » Jazz Articles » Rachel Eckroth: Humanoid Liner NotesHumanoid is a departure for me," Rachel Eckroth said when we spoke about her new piano quartet album, recorded at Sam First jazz club in Los Angeles on October 28 and 29, 2022. Taking her first piano lesson at the age of five, this accomplished, multifaceted musician has honed her craft over the four decades since, becoming not only a gifted and versatile pianist and keyboardist, but a vocalist and songwriter.

Jul 26, 2023 | okayplayer.com | Sharonne Cohen

“The song is the spaceship; we just get in, and see where it takes us,” says Meshell Ndegeocello in the EPK for her new album, The Omnichord Real Book.