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Sofia Rei

Sofia Rei is considered one of the most passionate, and inventive musicians on the current New York music scene. Her music explores connections between the various traditions of South American folklore, jazz, flamenco and electronic sounds. She has collaborated with artists such as John Zorn (currently with Mycale and the Song Project), Maria Schneider, Bobby McFerrin, Mike Patton, Jesse Harris, the Klezmatics, Myra Melford, Pedrito Martinez, Lionel Loueke, Guillermo Klein and Geoffrey Keezer (with whom she has earned a Grammy Nomination for Best Latin Jazz Album of 2009). Her latest album, De Tierra Y Oro ("Of Earth and Gold") has received two independent Music Awards in the World Beat category for Best Album and Best Song in 2013 and has been featured on CNN, NPR's Tiny Desk, WNYC's Soundcheck, The New York Times and many more

A Few More of My Favorite 2023 Jazz Things - Part 2

by Ludovico Granvassu
January 2, 2024

It's that time of the year when we look back at the past twelve months and realize that jazz continues to be possibly the only thing that doesn't let us down, while the world is getting crazier by the hour. So here we are again, sharing a few mores tunes we've loved the most in the ...

Nicole Johänntgen, Antonio Lizana, Henri Texier, Tiziano Tononi & More

by Ludovico Granvassu
December 2, 2023

This time we bring you jazz that refuses to respect boundaries, or “Somethin' Else from Somewher' Else." In this episode we illustrate how jazz is arguably the most welcoming music genre of all, perfectly blending with musical traditions from around the world, from Native American and Latin American roots to Fado, Flamenco, Baroque British music and ...

Felipe Salles: Home Is Here

by Angelo Leonardi
October 26, 2023

Home Is Here conclude la trilogia del compositore e bandleader brasiliano Felipe Salles (residente dal 1995 negli USA dove insegna all'Università del Massachusetts Amherst) dedicata al tema dell'immigrazione. Un'indagine musicale e multimediale iniziata nel 2018 con The Lullaby Project e proseguita due anni dopo con The New Immigrant Experience, di cui abbiamo già parlato in queste ...

New Releases, Birthday Shoutouts to Betty Carter, Kate Bush Jazz Covers & More

by Mary Foster Conklin
May 29, 2023

This broadcast includes new releases from Mira Choquette, Felipe Salles, Joanie Pallato, Adam Beaudoin, Soyoung Park, Dara Tucker, with singles from Staci Griesbach and Samara Joy. In the first hour a set of Kate Bush jazz covers to celebrate her recent induction to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, plus birthday shoutouts to Betty Carter, ...

Felipe Salles Interconnections Ensemble: Home is Here

by Troy Dostert
May 11, 2023

For the third recording from his Interconnections Ensemble, tenor saxophonist and composer Felipe Salles chose to put the artists first--literally. That is, he had extensive conversations with each of the guest musicians on the record before composing the pieces on which each would be featured, thus highlighting their own stylistic and personal characteristics. The result is ...

Night

January 4, 2022

Album: Intimate Strangers
By Sara Serpa
Label: Biophilia Records
Released: 2021
Duration: 3:23

Intimate Strangers

By Sara Serpa

Label: Biophilia Records
Released: 2021

ONA

By Thana Alexa

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2020
Track listing: ONA; The Resistance; Pachamama; Set Free; You Taught Me; Teardrop; Cassandra; He Said She Said; Animal Instinct; Everybody Wants to Rule the World.

Manuel Valera New Cuban Express Big Band: José Martí En Nueva York

by Angelo Leonardi
September 10, 2020

Chi segue i protagonisti contemporanei del cosiddetto latin jazz conosce bene Manuel Valera. Nel 1995 il pianista ha lasciato la natia Havana per trasferirsi negli Stati Uniti, prima a Miami e poi a New York dove ha studiato alla New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music. Dal 2004 s'è progressivamente imposto come una figura artistica di ...