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Milena Casado: Spanish-born, New York-based Jazz trumpeter, bandleader and producer
by Doug Hall
On this show we chat with Milena Casado; Spanish-born, New York-based Jazz trumpeter, bandleader and producer. Ms. Casado's debut recording, Reflection of Another Self in her own words, “portrays an introspective journey of self-discovery, exploring her Afro-Latina heritage by unpacking personal traumas and finding her voice." As Ms. Casado is also a graduate of the Berklee College of Music, she has intersected and played with a rich variety of talent and well established leaders in jazz. Reflection of Another Self ...
Continue ReadingKevin Goss: Gratitude
by Kevin Goss
As I approached the “big five-oh," I started doing some thinking about how much I have to be grateful for: a supportive family, meaningful friendships, and music. I wasn't supposed to make it to the “big oh-five," but I beat the odds and, in the years since, it is my family, friends, and music that have made my life better, along with a couple of goofy dogs. “Ted's Kick" is a boogaloo blues with a bridge. I wrote ...
Continue ReadingChapter Fourteen: The Kumpania Plan
by Alan Bryson
Chapters 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 The glow of the Paradiso triumph still lingered when Dirk gathered the band in their warehouse rehearsal space. “Good news, and... well, different news," he began, a familiar managerial caution in his voice. “EMI is ecstatic with the live recordings. They agree, ...
Continue ReadingCharles Lloyd and Branford Marsalis at The Blue Note Jazz Festival
by Paul Reynolds
Charles Lloyd Big Sky Quartet and the Branford Marsalis Quartet Town Hall The Blue Note Jazz Festival New York City June 28, 2025 Both Charles Lloyd and Branford Marsalis are saxophonists who lead classic quartets and share a similar position slightly left of center within the jazz world--comfortable with hopping genres but grounded in tradition. Yet their sets at a double bill at The Town Hall were strikingly different in tone and feeling.
Continue ReadingSan Francisco Jazz Festival 2025
by Harry S. Pariser
San Francisco Jazz Festival SFJAZZ San Francisco, CA June 13-15, 2025 For decades now, SFJAZZ has held the San Francisco Jazz Festival as a series of concerts spread over weeks. The festivities gained a permanent home when the new building opened in January 2013. This year, new Executive Artistic Director Terence Blanchard decided to try something to create a distinctive experience. So, for three days, Friday through Sunday, three venues (the large Miner Auditorium, the ...
Continue ReadingJim Watson: Calling You Home
by Neil Duggan
Pianist Jim Watson's wide-ranging career has seen him collaborate with an amazing array of artists across the jazz and pop genres, including Manu Katche, Kurt Elling, Sting, Richard Bona, Chrissie Hynde and Meshell Ndegeocello, to name just a few. This versatility bears fruit in both his compositions and choice of covers on his solo album Calling You Home. A graduate of Leeds College of Music (now Leeds Conservatoire) and London's Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Watson is ...
Continue ReadingNaïssam Jalal: Souffles
by Ian Patterson
Not one to stand still for long, flautist/vocalist Naïssam Jalal moves between at least eight different bands, four of which she leads. Born in France to Syrian parents, Jalal's music draws on a wide range of roots and traditions--from ritual trance to rap; from African and Middle Eastern rhythms to North Indian classical, jazz and free improvisation. Souffles is an album of duo collaborations that pairs Jalal with eight virtuosos of the saxophone, trombone and clarinet. Jalal has previously recorded ...
Continue ReadingSaul Dautch: Music for the People
by Jack Bowers
It is always a pleasure to hear a straight-ahead contemporary jazz quintet whose front line consists of baritone sax and trumpet, especially when it is as well-drawn as Florida-bred baritone Saul Dautch's debut recording, Music for the People, on which he shares melodic assignments with trumpeter Noah Halpern and, to a lesser extent, pianist Miki Yamanaka. Music for the People means what it says: stylish yet accessible small-group jazz aimed at reaching the widest possible audience. Seven ...
Continue ReadingNew Music From Gillece, Thompson, Crotty And More
by Bob Osborne
On this show a selection of the best in brand new releases plus reissued material from Billy Harper, Cecil Taylor & Tony Oxley, and Ivo Perelman. To close two tracks from the legendary Ornette Coleman.Playlist Behn Gillece “Haymaker" from Pivot Point (Posi-tone Records) 00:00 Mike Thompson “May (feat. Mike Caudill, Mark Shilansky & Dan Rosenthal)" from 6th Avenue (Hexproof Records) 05:13 George Crotty Trio “Heart Music" from Heart Music (Self Released) 15:51 Alchemy Sound Project performs the music ...
Continue ReadingRenner, Azymuth, Claudio Scolari Project, Kristen R. Bromley Quartet
by Cheryl K.
During this week's two-hour program of Jazz and improvised music, selections from new releases by the trio Renner, the Atlantic Jazz Collective, the Brazilian Jazz-Funk group Azymuth, the Claudio Scolari Project, guitarist Kristen R. Bromley, and drummer Gustavo Cortinas.Playlist Johnny Hartman “I Just Dropped By to Say Hello" from I Just Dropped By to Say Hello (Impulse!) 4:06 Ellie Martin “Shattered Shadow" from Morning Glories (Ellie Martin) 4:23 Maja Babyszka, Gilad Atzmon, Nikos Sidirokastritis “Peace Has Prevailed" from ...
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