By DAN BILAWSKY - All About Jazz  Ballads are often consumed as one of many items on a musical tasting menu, but they can also serve as a satisfying meal on their own, when prepared by the right chef. On Ballads...Searching For Peace, tenor saxophonist Michael Pedicin...

Jazz Improv Magazine Volume 8, Number 2 EVERY THING STARTS NOW – The Jazz Hut LLC.   Pelican; This Way Out; L.A. To Philly; One Of Us; Contours; After The Rainbow Is Over; Concatenation; Another Day; Later; Everything Starts Now. PERSONNEL:  Michael Pedicin, tenor...

Written By: Bill Milkowski for JazzTimes The intimate room Cachaca, a recent and welcomed addition to the Greenwich Village club scene, has become the place to catch promising young talent and lesser-known jazz veterans deserving of wider recognition. While you won’t...

By David R. AdlerFor The Inquirer On April 19, when Terence Blanchard played the movie music of Spike Lee at the Kimmel Center, Michael Pedicin conducted the orchestra. The evening's best-kept secret was that Pedicin, 60, is a fine tenor saxophonist with seven albums...

by Michael G. Nastos, allmusic.com   Tenor saxophonist Michael Pedicin has produced more than his share of commercial and crossover jazzgoing back to the ‘70s. Here Pedicin pays tribute to fellow Philadelphian and good friend, the late Michael Brecker. His phrasings,...

by J. Hunter, AllAboutJazz.com ”To my friend, Michael Brecker, the ruler of it all.. I miss you.” That is the last line of Michael Pedicin's dedications on Everything Starts Now... and it is the key to the whole date. Although Coltrane runs deep, the Philadelphia...

from SaxShed.com Veteran saxophonist Michael Pedicin has released his newest offering on The Jazz Hut label, Everything Starts Now. Pedicin has had multiple releases under his own name and has enjoyed associations with Dave Brubeck and Maynard Fergusson over the...

Tenor saxophonist Michael Pedicin Jr. (son of '50s rock 'n' roll great Mike Pedicin) responded to Martino's musical challenges with brawny-toned, aggressively virtuosic solos deeply influenced by John Coltrane. Pianist Frank Locastro filled the gaps with rapid-fire,...

...Pedicin, tenor sax, is a seasoned veteran who performed with Dave Brubeck (1982) and several key big bands. He brings to the group a rare combination of precision and passion. Interestingly, he is a sort of multidisciplinary “renaissance man,” holds a PhD in...