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Radio & Podcasts

Buddy Rich, Joe Zawinul and Shawnn Monteiro

by Joe Dimino
January 30, 2022

Our 736th show starts with stellar vocalist Shawnn Monteiro and music off her 2021 release You Are There. We also hear what's new from Nick Finzer, Dino Govoni and Peter McEachern. Sadly we say goodbye to the powerful St. Louis-native, NYC jazz force Montez Coleman. Enjoy the jazz, my friends. Playlist Shawnn Monteiro “Never Let Me Go" More Music (Whaling City Sound) 00:00 Host talks 4:07 Sarah Vaughan & Her Trio “Just One of Those Things" Live at ...

Album Review

Shawnn Monteiro: To Carmen with Love

Read "To Carmen with Love" reviewed by Edward Blanco

by Edward Blanco
June 23, 2012

Tributes to legendary jazz greats of the past dot the landscape of today's music, but few can actually boast a direct connection to the artist of homage. Singer Shawnn Monteiro--long influenced by the beautiful voice of pianist and vocalist Carmen McRae--is an exception. Her father and godfather, bassist Jimmy Woode and trumpeter Clark Terry, respectively, both performed with McRae, and Monteiro grew up listening to stories of their experiences. With To Carmen with Love, Monteiro pays tribute to a great ...