Articles by Hobart Taylor
Unearthed... 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 ...
Continue ReadingNow and Then - Fieldwork, LaTanya Hall, Tomas Fujiwara new releases, and tunes from Kris Davis and Mary lou Williams
by Hobart Taylor
New Music from Fieldwork (Steve Lehman, Tyshawn Sorey, and Vijay Iyer), Tomas Fujiwara and Jon Irabagon, and call backs from Kris Davis and Mary Lou Williams.Playlist Host Speaks 00:00 Kris Davis “Bird Call Blues" from Diatom Ribbons (Live at the Village Vanguard) (Pyroclastic) 00:14 Tomas Fujiwara “Mobilize" from Dream Up (Out Of Your Head) 11:08 Catherine Sikora “7.R" from Warrior (Self-Produced) 15:38 Host Speaks 20:28 Domo Branch “A Memory" from Hand of Gifts (Albina Trust) 22:06 LaTanya Hall ...
Continue ReadingRadio Eclectica: 360 Degrees of Jazz and Jazz Adjacent Musics
by Hobart Taylor
New Music from Robin Holcomb with Peggy Lee, Lafayette Gilchrist, Sylvie Courvoisier with Wadada Leo Smith, and folklorist John Lomax III. Playlist Host Speaks 00:00 Ellen Rowe “Refractions" from Vinton's Cove (Sleddog Records) 00:15 John Lomax III “Ain't No Cane on Dis Brazos" from American Folk Songs (Self Produced) 8:51 Robin Holcomb Peggy Lee “Silence on the Square" from Reno (Songlines) 12:02 Host Speaks 15:55 Robert Finlay “I Am a Witness" from Hallelujah! Don't Let the Devil Fool ...
Continue ReadingLet's Take A Breath, New Tunes For Reflection And Contemplation
by Hobart Taylor
New music from Muriel Grossmann, Charles Lloyd, Margherita Fava, Theo Bleckmann, J.D. Allen and Laura Ann Singh. Playlist Host Speaks 00:00 Muriel Grossmann “Already Here" from Breakthrough (rrgemsrecords) 1:54 Charles Lloyd “Black Butterfly" from Figure In Blue (Blue Note) 11:20 Host Speaks 20:23 Margherita Fava “Alter Ego" from Murrina (Self-Produced) 21:27 Theo Bleckmann “Teardrop" from Love and Anger (Sunnyside) 27:02 Midori Takada/Jakob Bro “あなたに出会うまで / Until I Met You" from Until I Met You (Loveland) 34:17 Host Speaks ...
Continue ReadingHonoring Mutual Mentorship for Musicians on the occasion of their festival October 4th, 2025 at Roulette in Brooklyn
by Hobart Taylor
Honoring Mutual Mentorship for Musicians on the occasion of their festival October 4th, 2025 at Roulette Intermedium in Brooklyn, New York, featuring Sara Serpa, Kenny Barron, Jen Shyu, Yuhan Su, Immanuel Wilkins and many more... Playlist Host Speaks 00:00 Jen Shyu “Lament for Breonna Taylor" from Zero Grasses: Ritual for the Loses (Pi Records) 4:00 Kenny Barron “Delores Street" from The Source (Artwork) 10:42 Shoko Nagai “Hello Universe" from Forbidden Flowers (Infrequent Seams) 19:36 Host Speaks 22:38 Sara ...
Continue ReadingNew Music from Satoko Fujii and Natsuki Tamura, Henry Threadgill and The Baltimore Jazz Collective
by Hobart Taylor
New Music from Satoko Fujii and Natsuki Tamura, Henry Threadgill, Carmen Bradford and The Baltimore Jazz Collective.Playlist Baltimore Jazz Collective “Intercession" from Baltimore Jazz Collective (Self-Produced) 00:00 Carmen Bradford “Boy, Do I Have a Surprise for You" from Carmen Sings Carmen (Artists Alliance Records) 6:35 Host Speaks 10:15 Don Was and the Pan-Detroit Ensemble “Insane" from Groove in the Face of Adversity (Mack Avenue) 11:14 Steve Allee Big Band “Ransom Place (Naptown Suite III)" from Full Circle (Jazzville) ...
Continue ReadingGeorge Coleman, Anne Mette Iverson, Sylvie Courvoisier with Wadada Leo Smith, and Keith Jarrett with Gary Peacock and Paul Motian
by Hobart Taylor
Regeneration... New and old music featuring George Coleman, a newly released historic Keith Jarrett Trio recording, and astounding new music from Anne Mette Iverson as well as Sylvie Courvoisier with Wadada Leo SmithPlaylist Craig Taborn /Marcus Gilmore/Nels Cline “Queen King" from (Trio of Bloom) (Pyro clastic) 00:00 Anne Mette Iversen “TBQE (To Be Questioned Eventually)" from Marbles (Brooklyn Jazz Underground Records) 8:56 Host Speaks 15:44 Johnathan Blake “Last Breath" from My Life Matters (Blue Note) 17:18 Sylvie Courvoisier ...
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