Articles by Hobart Taylor
Deep Cuts: Probably not on anyone's list, but real fine tunes
by Hobart Taylor
Fareed Haque channels Pat Martino, Linda May Han Oh, Ambrose Akinmusire, and Tyshawn Sorey ascend to “Strange Heavens," and the Premazzi-Nasser Quartet acknowledge the “Persistence of Change."Playlist Linda May Han Oh/Ambrose Akinmusire/Tyshawn Sorey “Portal" from Strange Heavens (Biophilia) 00:00 History Dog “Field Recordings" from Root Systems (Otherly Love) 4:57 Natsuki Tamura/Satoko Fujii “Icho" from Ki (Libra) 10:48 Host Speaks 17:21 Jeong Lim Yang “Weeping Dream" from Synchronicity (Sunnyside) 19:08 Noel Okimoto “Up Syndrome" from Ho'Ihi (Self-Produced) 25:37 Jessica ...
Continue ReadingHoliday Music Free Zone
by Hobart Taylor
New Music from L.A.'s SML, Caroline Davis with Dustin Carlson, Shoko Nagai and from Australia the Travis Jenkins Trio. Playlist SML “How You Been" from How You Been (International Anthem) 00:00 Host Speaks 04:15 Joy Harjo “One Day There Will Be Horses" from I Pray for my Enemies (Sunyata) 7:38 Shoko Nagai “What are the Hidden Things of Life" from Forbidden Flowers (Infrequent Seams) 10:15 Brandon Sanders “Shadowboxing" from Lasting Impression (Savant) 16:54 Host Speaks 23:12 Hillai Govreen ...
Continue ReadingNew releases honoring Kenny Wheeler + Tomeka Reid, Shawn Lovato with Ingrid Laubrock and music from the Charles Tyler Ensemble Resurfaces
by Hobart Taylor
Dave Holland and Norma Winstone, Etienne Charles and Emma Rawicz, celebrate Kenny Wheeler on two new releases. New music from Jane Ira Bloom, Zachary Wilder and Kris Davis with the Lutoslawski String Quartet. Playlist Host Speaks 00:00 Yelena Eckemoff “Ruins of Alvsborg" from Ruins of Alvsborg (L&H) 00:16 Kenny Wheeler Legacy /Etienne Charles/Emma Rawicz “Some Doors are Better Open" from Some Days Are Better: The Lost Scores (Greenleaf) 7:48 Emma Rawicz “Anima Rising" from Inkyra (ACT Music) 11:43 ...
Continue ReadingMusic by distinguished American Women Composers plus remembering guitarist Phil Upchurch
by Hobart Taylor
Playlist Host Speaks 00:00 Yulia Musayelyan “Strange Times" from Strange Times (Outside In) 00:08 Charles Lloyd /Jason Moran/Marvin Sewell “Heaven" from Figure in Blue (Blue Note) 7:38 Jennifer Grim “Wish Sonatine" (Valerie Coleman-Composer) from Through Broken Time 2 (New Focus) 13:52 Sam Newsome/Jean-Michel Pilc “All the Things You Are" from Cosmic Unconsciousness Unplugged (Self-Produced) 26:00 Host Speaks 31:56 Patricia Brennan “Antlia" from Of The Near And Far (Pyroclastic) 33:23 Kenny Barron/Kavita Shah “Lullabye"from Songbook (Artwork) 40:54 Awadagin Pratt “Rounds [composed ...
Continue ReadingMusic from the Branford Marsalis Quartet, Belgian trombonist Nabou Claerhout, Omar Sosa's latest
by Hobart Taylor
A Solstice Meditation with the Branford Marsalis Quartet Plus New Tunes from Nabou, Omar Sosa, the Kate Wyatt Trio and a Resurrected Live Performance from Freddie Hubbard. Playlist Host Speaks 00:00 Nabou “Flux Bloom" from Indigo (Edition) 00:20 Jakob Bro /Wadada Leo Smith/Marcus Gilmore “Imagine the Fire and Flames that Lights Up the Light World" from Murasaki (Loveland) 6:26 Host Speaks 14:48 Eva Novoa “From Left to Right" from Eva Novoa-Novoa /Kamaguchi/Cleaver Trio Volume 2 (577) 16:11 Branford ...
Continue ReadingKalia Vandever shares Another View while While Billy Hart is Multidirectional!
by Hobart Taylor
Innovative trombonist/composer Kalia Vandever shares her new music, as well as tunes from Shoko Nagai, Jane Ira Bloom, Montreal's Hugo Blouin and an homage to Ray Brown from Dave Holland and John Scofield. Playlist Host Speaks 00:00 Yazz Ahmed “A Paradise in the Hold" from A Paradise in the Hold (Remixed) (Night Time Stories) 00:07 Billy Hart “Amethyst" from Multidirectional (Smoke Sessions) 10:10 Maria Kaushansky “Northbound To Finch" from Northbound To Finch (Flat 6th) 19:36 Mark Masters/Billy Harper ...
Continue ReadingUnearthed... Previously Unreleased Music from Rahsaan Roland Kirk + New Tunes from Brandon Sanders and Lafayette Harris Jr.
by Hobart Taylor
Rahsaan Roland Kirk Live Recording, plus gorgeous vocals from Rufus Wainwright and La Paula Herrera.Playlist Host Speaks 00:00 Brandon Sanders “Soul Eyes" from Lasting Impression (Savant/HighNote) 00:15 Sharel Cassity “Gratitude" from Gratitude (Sunnyside) 6:14 Los Angeles Improvisations Ensemble “Sussex Elegy" from Insubordinate Lunar Transgressions (Denouement) 10:58 Host Speaks 16:42 Marianne Solivan “Open the Door" from Break's Over (Imani) 17:39 Lafayette Harris, Jr “Good Morning Heartache" from All In Good Time (Savant) 22:51 Geri Allen/Charlie Haden/Paul Motian “Obtuse Angles" ...
Continue ReadingDon Was, A Strata East Memory, Khruangbin, and introducing Juan Chiavassa with George Garzone, Leo Genovese and John Patitucci
by Hobart Taylor
Getting funky and abstract with a picante twist: New Music from Don Was, Khruangbin, SML, and introducing drummer Juan Chiavassa with his pals, George Garzone, John Pattitucci and Leo Genovese Playlist Host Speaks 00:00 Michael League/ Pedrito Martinez/Antonio Sánchez “Suuru)" from Elipsi (Groundup) 00:21 Lauren Henderson “Vida" from Sonidos (Brontosaurus) 7:01 Antonio Farao “Gospello)" from Kind of... (Notes Around AG) 11:19 Host Speaks 15:38 Amanda Gardier “Let's Hope its Got a Happy Ending." from Auteur (Self-Produced) 16:54 Yukumi ...
Continue ReadingLena Bloch Waxes Poetic and a memory of Jack DeJohnette performing with Ron Carter and Gonzalo Rubalcaba
by Hobart Taylor
New music from Lena Bloch, Amir ELSaffar, Camila Nebbia, and remembering Jack DeJohnette via a trio recording with Ron Cater and Gonzalo Rubalcaba.Playlist Host Speaks 00:00 Eljuri “La Voz (Novalima Remix)" from Asi Es El Mundo (Manovill) 00:12 Ron Carter /Jack DeJohnette/Gonzalo Rubalcaba “Siempre Maria" from Skyline (5 Passion) 4:05 Sharon Isbin “Rouse: Concert De Gaudí For Guitar And Orchestra--1. Allegro (Gulbenkian Orchestra, Muhai Tang, Conductor)" from Tan Dun/Rouse: Guitar Concertos (Teldec New Line) 11:58 Host Speaks 19:57 ...
Continue ReadingNew Music from Muriel Grossmann, Robert Glasper, a Yazz Ahmed re-mix, and classic Horace Silver
by Hobart Taylor
New music from Austria's Muriel Grossman, Robert Glasper, Yazz Ahmed and an unearthed gem from Horace Silver.Playlist Host Speaks 00:00 Muriel Grossmann “Abide" from Breakthrough (Dreamland) 00:18 Horace Silver /Woody Shaw/Joe Henderson “Sayonara Blues" from Silver in Seattle: Live at The Penthouse (Blue Note) 13:07 Yazz Ahmed “Waiting For The Dawn (Richard Russell Remix)" from Waiting For The Dawn (Re-Mixes) (Night Time Stories) 31:31 Host Speaks 35:09 Devin Daniels “Nightmare Kitten" from Grandiose (The Village) 36:29 Carol Leibowitz/Nick ...
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