Articles by Hobart Taylor
An outstanding new release from Emma Dayhuff featuring Isaiah Collier and Paul Cornish, Kevin Sun's latest, Jane Ira Bloom and Caleb Wheeler Curtis with Jason Moran
by Hobart Taylor
Music from Anna Webber's latest projects, her nonet and Shimmer and Wince, saxophonist Alain Bradette and a classic cut from Frank Wess. Playlist Host Speaks 00:00 Jane Ira Bloom “ White Tower" from Light from a Person (Outline) 00:07 Alain Bradette"Lunatic" from For My Loved Ones (Quantum Gravity) 06:24 Host Speaks 13:10 Anna Webber Nonet “Killing Wealth" from It's Easier to Imagine the End of the World... (Intakt) 13:49 Anna Webber/Adam O'Farrill/Elias Stemeseder/Lesley Mok"Wince" from Shimmer Wince (Intakt) ...
Continue Reading...Kris Davis Trio, Trumpeter Giveton Gelin, Steve Swallow's latest + Poet Anne Waldman, Thurston Moore and James Ilgenfritz set Willam S. Burroughs' Cut Ups to Music
by Hobart Taylor
New music from the Kris Davis Trio, pianist Marta Warelis, poet Saul Williams, and rising trumpet star Gaveton Gelin. Host Speaks 00:00 Agneya Chitke “ Naima" from Agneya (Self-Produced) 00:13 Kris Davis Trio “Congestion Pricing" from Lost In Geneva (4166 Records) 05:41 Host Speaks 13:54 Saul Williams “Baobab Constellations (feat. Carlos Niño)" from Leap Life (Big Dada) 15:26 Marta Warelis “Alternate Endings" from Still Life with Lemons (Relative Pitch) 21:44 Host Speaks 32:32 Justus Eichhorn “Etude in ...
Continue Reading...Branford Marsalis Quartet and Dianne Reeves, Ekep Nkwelle, Somi, George Garzone, Caroline Davis and Azar Lawrence
by Hobart Taylor
Mick Goodrick and Fred Hersch 1988 recordings unearthed at ECM, Music from Sweden's Goran Kajfeš Subtropic Arkestra with Amanda Werne, and France's LeBeque sisters interpret Bill Evans.Playlist Host Speaks 00:00 Caleb Wheeler Curtis /Jason Moran “ That Which Cannot Be Replaced" from Incantation (Imani) 00:07 Caroline Davis/Grey Mcmurray/Qasim Naqvi “Out of the Way of It" from Trappings of Sleep (Red Hook) 05:04 Host Speaks 09:05 George Garzone “Ripty-Boom" fromThemes for Good Friends(Jojo) 10:02 Nicki Adams/Michael Eaton/ Francisco Mela ...
Continue Reading...Miki Yamanaka Trio, Dennis Mitcheltree, Myra Melford and the Fire and Water Quintet
by Hobart Taylor
New Music from Miki Yamanaka, Wadada Leo Smith, Mali Obomsawin, and Remembering Cassandra Wilson and Chick Corea Host Speaks 00:00 Cassandra Wilson “Last Song (For Lester)" from Coming Forth by Day (Legacy) 00:06 Dwayne Dolphin “Were They Only Dreams" from Let the Music Play (Imani) 05:56 Miki Yamanaka “Wolfe" fromBreathe(Cellar) 10:34 Host Speaks 16:06 Patrick Shiroishi/Jason Nazary “another true story" from here i am no i (We Jazz) 17:39 Rebecca Hennessy “I Can Go to the River" from Drift (T-Sound) ...
Continue Reading...New Sullivan Fortner Also Trumpeter Matt White's Jazz Perspective on Dolly Parton Songs, Flautist Ali Ryerson, Pianist Enoch Smith Jr. and Matt Wilson's Good Trouble featuring Tia Fuller
by Hobart Taylor
Also outstanding tuneage from guitarists Sheryl Bailey and Ed Cherry, saxophonist Jonathon Suazo, and a delightful Susan Alcorn cut featuring Mary Halvorson.Playlist Host Speaks 00:00 Matt White “The Carroll County Accident (featuring Liz Kelley)" from Dolly (Adhyaropa) 01:35 Matt White “The Bridge (featuring Liz Kelley)" from Dolly (Adhyaropa) 05:05 Enoch Smith Jr. “No One Can Save You" fromThis is What Love Does (Misfitme) 09:42 Host Speaks 15:00 The Ali Ryerson Quartet “Chuck's Tune/Solar" from The Ali Ryerson Quartet ...
Continue Reading...Snarky Puppy's Bob Reynolds Channels Eddie Harris + Tunes from South Africa's Linda Sikhahkhane, Leigh Pilzer, Ralph Alessi, and Early John Coltrane Remastered
by Hobart Taylor
We're a little saxy this week, this one also features Muriel Grossmann and Greg Abate. Playlist Host Speaks 00:00 Linda Sikhakhane “Uzalo" from Linda (Blue Note) 00:24 Stella Cole “Polka Dots and Moonbeams" from Imagination (Decca) 04:58 Leigh Pilzer “Just Another Pretty Song" fromKeep Holding On(Strange Woman) 09:39 Host Speaks 15:00 Ralph Alessi “A Sun That Never Sets" from A Sun That Never Sets (ECM) 16:33 Myra Melford “Sure Grand Out" from Sure Grand Out (Rogue Art) 23:24 ...
Continue Reading...Ambrose Akinmusire and Mary Halvorson, Miki Yamanaka and Nicole Glover, Melissa Aldana and Linda May Han Oh, Christian Finger with Ralph Alessi and Ben Monder
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Candice Hoyes, Miguel Zenon with Luis Perdomo, Nicole Mccabe with Savannah Harris and a dope Nina Simone remix. Playlist Ambrose Akinmusire / Mary Halvorson “Soundcheck" from Slo-Mo Neon Luminate Hoverings (Nonesuch) 00:00 Ambrose Akinmusire / Mary Halvorson “Tangled Pretty" from Slo-Mo Neon Luminate Hoverings (Nonesuch) 03:27 Host Speaks 07:51 Miguel Zenon / Luis Perdomo “Sombras" fromEl Arte de Bolero Vol. 3(Miel) 08:59 Nicole McCabe/Savannah Harris “Lonely People" from All Together Now (Sudden Quarterly) 14:36 Gregory Uhlmann / Alabaster ...
Continue Reading...Marshall Allen at 102! Black Musics: From the Crunchy Edge to the Chewy Center...
by Hobart Taylor
New releases from Saul Williams, Danielle Ponder, Zaccai Curtis and Faye Carol Playlist Host Speaks 00:00 Danielle Ponder “Power" from Everything Has Changed (Dead Oceans) 00:09 Marshall Allen “Slingshot Effect" from101: An Audio Odyssey(Ropeadope) 02:25 Host Speaks 10:14 Faye Carol “Black Night" from Faye Sings The Blues (Getdown) 11:21 Bruce Williams “Ora Dee" from Solid Perspective (WJ3) 19:38 Vanisha Gould “Strollin' (Nostalgia In Times Square)" from What An Interesting Girl (Cellar) 23:49 Host Speaks 31:01 Saul Williams “Mazahua ...
Continue Reading...New music from Terri Lyne Carrington+Social Science, Australia's The Scornful Four, Debut for Austin Trumpeter Rachel Spencer, and Stellar re-issues of Sir Roland Hanna as well as the Joshua Breakstone Quartet featuring Barry Harris
by Hobart Taylor
Latest tunes from Senri Oe, Charlotte Greves and Donald Vega... also Amber Weekes channels Oscar Brown, Jr. Playlist Host Speaks 00:00 Terri Lyne Carrington/Social Science “Solidarity Song" from Trip the Night Fantastic (Candid) 00:06 Nicki Adams/Michael Eaton/Francisco Mela “Daily Battles" from Arrival (577) 04:01 Sir Roland Hanna “Century Rag" from Songs of Hope, Inspirartion and Joy (IPO) 11:19 Host Speaks 16:40 Charlotte Greve “Swim" from Waterbodies (New Amsterdam) 18:06 Senri Oe “Pure Scars" from Homework (PND) 24:08 Rachel ...
Continue Reading...Remembering Irene Schweizer, Latest from Isaiah Collier, Introducing NicoleYvette and New from the Vault, J.C. Hopkins with Garth Hudson and Levon Helm
by Hobart Taylor
Guitarist/Composer David Occhipinti is inspired by Lewis Carroll, Korea's Leenalchi has the “Ultimate Prescription," and Ivo Perelman and Damon Smith engage in a “Duoloue." Playlist Host Speaks 00:00 Finola Merivale/Catherine Sikora “The Sea Has Hooves" from Abhaile (Relative Pitch) 00:14 Host Speaks 08:08 David Occhipinti “Frumious Bandersnatch" fromLooking Glass(OODAV) 17:39 Irene Schweizer “Dancing on the Bowery" from Piano Solo: Prelude to a Kiss and More (Intakt) 31:14 Alex Roitman “Anibal Troilo" from La Cochina de Tango (ARTE) 38:12 ...
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