Articles by Michael Ambrosino
Favorite Music for 2023, Part 1
by Michael Ambrosino
It was another banner year full of extraordinary music. Check out the first of two shows dedicated to summarizing the excellence created by such a variety of brilliant musicians including ARTEMIS, Ben Wendel, Billy Childs, Bobby Sanabria, Darcy James Argue, Lakecia Benjamin, Sammy Figueroa, Walter Smith III and more! ...
read moreRound About Midnight
by Michael Ambrosino
Episode 82 features Donald Vega, Allison Miller, Joey Alexander, Miho Hazama, Butcher Brown, Vanessa Perica, Ron Blake, George Burton, Omar Sosa, Maddie Vogler, Christian Sands, Hugues Mayot & L'Arbre Rouge and Willie Morris. ...
read moreFinders Keepers
by Michael Ambrosino
All racked up and ready to go! Your latest musical adventure celebrating our 80th episode! The best that Jazz has to offer on Currents--your soundtrack to the future voice of Jazz. Featuring Alfredo Rodriguez, Kurt Elling, Charlie Hunter,Miguel Zenon, Luis Perdomo, Wayne Escoffery, Clark Sommers, Walter Smith III, Nicole Zuraitis, Johnathan Blake, Arman Sangalang, Thomas Marriott and Michael Feinberg. ...
read moreSacred & Profane
by Michael Ambrosino
No sacred cows here. And the only profanity you'll hear is the jazz police complaining about so much music breaking their archaic rules. On this episode of Currents we feature Joe Chambers, Eric Reed, Bobby Sanabria, Matt Ulery, Lauren Henderson, Kendrick Scott, Joe Farnsworth, Snarky Puppy, Leon Foster Thomas, Vince Mendoza, Alvaro Rojas and Sanah Kadoura. ...
read moreFar Out!
by Michael Ambrosino
Inside, outside and all around this genre, exists a remarkable array of music that all flows back to the unique source and sensibility known as jazz. This episode features Jim Snidero, Buster Williams, Nicholas Payton, Rebecca Nash, Kendrick Scott, Diego Rivera, Jane Bunnett & Maqueque, Joe Locke, Vince Mendoza, Nguyên Lê, Theo Croker and Lisa Marie Simmons. ...
read moreBrave New Year!
by Michael Ambrosino
2023 enters with the bang of the drumbeat of many new remarkable albums. Hear some of the most exciting voices featuring the music of Joe Locke, Kurt Elling & Charlie Hunter, Malcolm Strachan, Nicholas Payton, Elio Villafranca, Manzanita Quintet, Bobby Watson, Richie Goods & Chien Chien Lu, Tawanda, Snarky Puppy, Lakecia Benjamin and much, much more! ...
read moreAnthony Branker: What Place Can Be for Us? - A Suite in Ten Movements
by Michael Ambrosino
Ma Rainey channeled music as her ritual of “singing to understand life." Congressman John Lewis leveraged music towards the “good trouble" he created fighting for civil rights in an uncivil land. Anthony Branker understands music as the calculus of his life's work—the art of weaving words and sound into transcendent tapestries that explore the rich, complex, and nuanced aspects of intolerance, beauty, prejudice, spirituality, gender, equality and social justice. The composite of this artistry exists within the remarkable ...
read moreRecapping The Best of 2022: Part 1
by Michael Ambrosino
Part 1 of recapping my favorite music for 2022 in jazz! Another wide-ranging show including everything from hard bop and Latin Jazz, to various vocalists, progressive and music with an international flare. Hear from pianist Joel Lyssarides, saxophonists Immanuel Wilkins, Abel Mireles and Mark Turner, avant-tuba genius Theon Cross and the lyrcial work of Sonica. ...
read moreRecapping The Best of 2022: Part 2
by Michael Ambrosino
2022 is in the books and what a remarkable year in music is was! Here's the second part of my recap of favorite music for the year. Featuring my favorite 20 albums for the year and some of the most intriguing music as well. Come hear Dave Stryker, Connie Han, Rafael Greco, Anat Cohen, Miguel Zenón and so much more on this special five hour show! ...
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