• "The VJE:Very Live!’: One of the swingingest crew of jazzbos serving up a veritable live greatest hits set...Killer stuff"

    – Midwest Record

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  • "The ensemble deftly shifts from swing to Latin...strong and concise solos"

    – Dan Bilawsky, JAZZ TIMES

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    “The VJE is one of my favorite jazz sounds in the world”

    — Joe Domino, NEON JAZZ

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    “What a skillful supergroup of musicians!’


     — Malvin Massey, General Manager WUMR-FM Memphis

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    "[The VJE] plays with intelligence and finesse...interpretations of great clarity and freshness that satisfies even the weary ear"

    – Yves Dorison, CULTUREJAZZ, France


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    “Catchy melodies imbued with deceptively rich harmonies and finger-snapping grooves”

    – JAZZIZ MAGAZINE

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    "Career-defining…playing that blows you away. This is a display of chops. Killer stuff”

    — MIDWEST RECORD

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    “Vintage sounds…rich, suave, uptown, hip…the fingers are snapping to these tunes”

    –  JAZZ WEEKLY

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    “One impressive recording”

    – ALL ABOUT JAZZ

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    “The entire ensemble swings with joy…[the VJE] adds octane to every tune…Vrrrooom!”

    – JAZZ WEEKLY

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    “Drummer Josh Feldstein…formed the Verve Jazz Ensemble in 2006…over the interving years…the growth and change has only intensified”

    – Dan Bilawsky, JAZZ TIMES

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    "Smart, inventive exploration of standards…sharp, crisp, tight renditions indicative of keen musicianship"


    – HOT HOUSE

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    “What the VJE does is delve into the past…which is quite rare…really enjoyed it!”

    – JAZZ LONDON RADIO

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    “High octane stuff that’s hot enough to make major labels re-open their jazz department”

    — MIDWEST RECORD

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    “The Verve Jazz Ensemble…is a group that is taking care of business!”

    – THE DRUM SHUFFLE

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UPCOMING EVENT - 10/28/22 - VJE performance in Memphis, TN at Germantown Performance Arts Center “Jazz in the Box” series - Seating is Limited!

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VJE In the Studio Recording All In

NEWS

NEW RELEASE ANNOUNCED
Look for the May 26, 2023 release of the VJE’s New Album
All In

The VJE’s new album, All In, features the band’s septet in 10 exciting arrangements, including absolutely classic compositions from George Shearing, Toshiko Akiyoshi, Herbie Hancock, Neal Hefti, Richard Rogers, and more….and includes two incredible originals by the VJE’s trumpet and executive producer of the album, Tatum Greenblatt. Join drummer and leader Josh Feldstein and the Verve Jazz Ensemble in the VJE's celebration of this incredible music.  

All In will be released on the LightGroove record label May 26, 2023.

Stay tuned for updates!

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The Verve Jazz Ensemble's “All In” was recently featured on Jazz Happening Now, a syndicated network with host Jeff Hanley. Take a listen!

NEW VIDEO - THE VJE: VERY LIVE!

NEON JAZZ INTERVIEW

Rated one of the Top #100 Albums of 2021 by JazzWeek

THE VJE: VERY LIVE!

What luck! Recorded live in January 2020 -- just before the pandemic shut down performances everywhere -- The VJE: Very Live! captures the Verve Jazz Ensemble with its core quintet personnel smoking their way through their most popular charts, taken from the VJE’s 6 chart-topping studio albums. Hard bop, originals, swingers, Latin, and inventive, re-imagined standards…all on display, featuring the unmistakably classic VJE sound in this, the band’s first live release. High-energy, powerful, fun, and grooving from track to track, with Josh Feldstein (drums/leader), Jon Blanck (tenor), Tatum Greenblatt (trumpet), Steve Einerson (piano), and Chris DeAngelis (bass).

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    "Led by drummer Josh Feldstein, the Verve Jazz Ensemble flexes between trios and septets on this album of swinging pot bop material."



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    From its beginnings as a proudly straight-ahead unit, the Verve Jazz Ensemble has been motivated by a desire to address a common complaint among jazz followers: that too many jazz artists play music to which the mainstream audience can't relate. As VJE leader Josh Feldstein puts it, his band strives to appeal "to everyone from people in their twenties who know nothing about bebop to people in their '80s who grew up in the swing era."


    Having raced to the number one spot on the JazzWeek chart with its 2018 album Connect the Dots, staying in the top 10 slot for nine amazing weeks, the VJE attained maximum liftoff in reaching a wide range of listeners with its follow-up recording, Night Mode, also reaching top 10 radio chart  status for 6 weeks in 2019.


    Now, the VJE releases its first live album, The VJE: Very Live!  a lucky product of a live performance in January 2020 just before the pandemic shut down live performances  everywhere.  The group's 7th album is an entertaining mix of original compositions by various members, and both popular and lesser-known jazz classics.

     

    "There's so much amazing music that people haven't heard," said Feldstein, the VJE's drummer  who studied under the legendary Morello as well as the also-legendary John Riley, another Morello mentee. "One of our jobs is to find music that is fresh, with melodies we love, and blow the dust off it.”


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