Arthur “L.A.” Buckner is one of the Twin Cities’ most creative drummers. He also took iTunes by storm with the release of his project BiG HOMiE. Here, his August 2020 release reached Number One on the iTunes jazz charts within twenty-four hours. Buckner’s music is a fusion of his influences: Gospel, R&B, hip hop, African...Read More
Here are the top ten new releases from Jazz88! Vote for your five favorites below! Society of Chemists – By Candlelight LA Buckner and BiG HOMiE – NORFSIDE Zaccai Curtis – Cuban Fantasy Okonski – Dusk Scott Agster – Minneapolis Horn Power Caili O’Doherty – Clip Joint Nnena Freelon – Dark and Lovely Nick...Read More
Here are the top ten new releases from Jazz88! Vote for your five favorites below! LA Buckner and BiG HOMiE – NORFSIDE Ray Barnard – Pistol Pete Concurrence – Night Cap at Brown’s Dinner Club Artemis – The Smile of the Snake Mike Munson – Night Flying Birds James Brandon Lewis – Exactly, Our Music...Read More
The centerpiece of drummer L.A. Buckner‘s musical universe is North Minneapolis, aka “over North.” It only makes sense; Buckner is quick to describe his music as “very Black” and the Northside of Minneapolis is the beating heart of the Black community in Minnesota. Buckner himself is a fixture over North, both on the bandstand and...Read More
Jazz88 is happy to be a part of the thriving Minnesota Jazz scene. Year after year the players from this town deliver the goods with stellar performances and masterful recordings. This year, our Minnesota Jazz Tracks host Sam Keenan compiled the top twenty local tracks as voted on by the listeners of the Jazz88. Thanks...Read More
This has been a banner year for Minnesota jazz releases. We are bursting at the seams with new sounds from Kavyesh Kaviraj, Take That Back, Zacc Harris and more. Another release that deserves to be on the short list for best release of the year is L.A. Buckner and BiG HOMiE’s new outing Norfside. We have already...Read More
Music is the ultimate conjurer of emotions. The sounds of “Fireflies” off of L.A. Buckner and BiG HOMiE’s forthcoming record “Norfside” conjures a lifetime of triumph into three and a half minutes of music like the groove downed three espressos before the second measure and as the group navigates the various sections there is a...Read More
In the summer of 2020 deVon Russell Gray, Nathan Hanson and Davu Seru recorded the album We Sick in a church in Saint Paul that was available due to the COVID pandemic. The tumult of the summer of 2020 showed up in all sorts of ways on the spontaneously composed recordings. Since the 2022 release...Read More
According to LA Buckner, he is putting “all his eggs into his own basket.” After years of splitting his time as a sideman and as a leader he is focusing on taking LA Buckner and BiG HOMiE up to the next level. To that end, Buckner is making his debut as a leader at Crooners...Read More
LA Buckner and his Big HomiE project are preparing for another big show at the Dakota. This week he’ll be bringing a special Halloween friendly program to the stage. When he visited Jazz88 he talked about this show and his recent experience playing with Big HomiE on stages that require different levels of restraint in...Read More
