For those not in the know, JC Hopkins Biggish Band have yet another album on the Big Apple horizon, the rather vibrantly excellent New York Moment, set for release in March 2020 via Twee-Jazz Records.

The new long player’s title nods to that moment when the fast paced metropolitan life, and all of its challenges, fades away when a great artist hits just the right notes.

The songs and the sound of the album encapsulates ‘The New York Experience,’ celebrating a very current, living spirit of jazz and song on display every Saturday night as the Biggish Band play their weekly residency at Minton’s - the birthplace of bebop.

1. 'Beguiled' (Nico and Joy)
2. 'One of Those Days' (Vanisha)
3. 'The Wonderful Things to Come' (Joy)
4. 'We Can Change the World' (Nico)
5. 'Oh, Kitty' (Shawn)
6. 'Better Git It In Your Soul' (Julian)
7. 'What Would You Say?' (Joy and Nico)
8. 'Sublime Beauty' (Vanisha)
9. 'Lulu' (Nico)
10. 'Close Your Eyes'(Joy)
11. 'The Children Will Lead Us' (Alicyn)

JC Hopkins Biggish Band, led by the bandleader, songwriter and producer for which it’s named, is a ten piece jazz orchestra that features four dynamic young vocalists who do a palpably stellar job of interpreting Hopkins’ new original compositions.

Nico Sarbanes has a sound and look reminiscent of a young Sinatra only he plays trumpet like Clifford Brown. Joy Hanson’s voice is both evocative and ebullient as she sings both ballads and more swinging material effortlessly.

Vanisha-Arleen Gould brings a more bluesy sound to the numbers where she is featured and Shawn Whitehorn’s baritone on 'Oh, Kitty' is, well, simply breathtaking.

Indeed, all four are distinctive singers and performers. The group’s tenor saxophonist Drew Vandewinkle, is responsible for most of the arrangements on the album which have been honed by the regularity of their routinely sold out weekly engagements as Minton's Playhouse (in New York on 118th Street) house band.

Musicians: Joy Hanson, Nico Sarbanes, Vanisha Gould, Shawn Whitehorn and Alicyn Yaffee: Vocals JC Hopkins - piano, Nico Sarbanes - trumpet solos, Drew Vandewinckle - arranger and tenor sax, Jason Marshall - Baritone sax, Julian Pressley - alto sax, Beserat Taffesse - trombone, Walter Cano - trumpet, Evan Hyde - drums, Kaisa Maenshivu - upright bass.