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Kenny Barron: Songbook
by Pierre Giroux
Kenny Barron's offering Songbook is a deeply personal milestone in the pianist's career. Long regarded as one of the most lyrical voices in modern jazz, Barron fulfills a long-held dream by revisiting thirteen of his original compositions, now reimagined with words by lyricist Janice Jarrett and performed by a talented cast of vocalists spanning different generations. Joined by his longtime trio with bassist Kiyoshi Kitagawa and drummer Johnathan Blake, Barron creates an album that effortlessly blends instrumental mastery with vocal ...
Continue ReadingMeet Tyreek McDole
by Cheryl K.
In this hour, an interview with New York City-based baritone vocalist Tyreek McDole. His debut album Open Up Your Senses is available on Artwork Records. Plus, new music from vocalist Dee Dee Bridgewater and pianist Bill Charlap and the Jazz-Funk unit Azymuth. Playlist Tessa Souter “If You Go Away (Ne Me Quitte Pas)" from Shadow and Silence--The Erik Satie Project (Noanara Musicl) 5:50 Dee Dee Bridgewater and Bill Charlap “Mood Indigo" from Elemental (Mack Avenue) 7:01 Gregory Porter ...
Continue ReadingFreedom Art Quartet, Tyreek McDole, Noah Haidu, Dee Dee Bridgewater & Bill Charlap and more
by Benjamin Boddie
Today's Music--Right Now! Fantastic music by Freedom Art Quartet, Peter Anderson & Will Anderson, Mike Thompson, Tyreek McDole, Noah Haidu, Marcello Carelli, Ron Rieder, Dee Dee Bridgewater & Bill Charlap, Isaiah J.Thompson V., Joe Kennedy, Eric Scott Reed, Danny Grissett, Dave Bass, Ben Sidran, Dena DeRose, Gabriel Latchin Trio, Reid Hoyson, Diva Jazz Orchestra, Carrie Jackson, Cyrus Chestnut, CCCN Jazz Orchestra & Hendrik Meurkens, Entre Amigos, Jennifer Lee, Marina Pacowski, Naama, Kristina Koller, and more. Playlist Freedom Art ...
Continue ReadingIntroducing Vocalist Tyreek McDole
by Sanford Josephson
In 2018, Tyreek McDole, a student at the Osceola County School for the Arts in Kissimmee, FL, was playing classical percussion for a performance of the 1987 Stephen Sondheim/James Lapine musical, Into the Woods. “During rehearsal," he recalled, “one of the actors got sick. I had studied all the music, so I sang the part for the wolf. As I started singing, heads started turning in the room. I guess I found out I had a voice then. Little did ...
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