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MARANATA: Ugly Euphoria
by Mark Corroto
There is the admonition 'run, don't walk' about Ugly Euphoria by the Norwegian noise duo Maranata. With more than a dozen releases to their name, the electronics of Jon Wesseltoft and Dag Stiberg's saxophones create a total onslaught of sound. The encouragement to run instead of walking is not to avoid this recording but to get a head start because the sound is ultimately gaining on you. Maranata, while primarily a duo, has invited guests to join their ...
Continue ReadingClaire Daly, Ambrose Akinmusire, Ingrid Jensen, Mark Turner and Sasha Berliner
by Hobart Taylor
Remembering Claire Daly plus new music from Ambrose Akinmusire and Sasha Berliner, and introducing Jimmy Farace.Playlist Joona Toivanen Trio “Green Model" from Gravity (We Jazz) 0:00 Caili O'Doherty “ Bluer Than Blue" from Bluer Than Blue (Oustside In) 4:23 Ebo Taylor “Kusi Na Sibo" from Jazz Is Dead 22 (Jazz Is Dead) 10:36 Claire Daly George Garzone “ Sweet Georgia Bright" from VuVu for Frances (Self-Produced) 14:06 Host Speaks 20:29 Leon Anderson “ 88 to 1621" from Live ...
Continue ReadingHarry Drabkin, Jacob Wutzke, Jackson Potter, Liz Cole and more
by Benjamin Boddie
Today's Music--Right Now! Fantastic music by Harry Drabkin, Jacob Wutzke, Jackson Potter, Liz Cole, Joe Syrian, Renee Rosnes, Benjie Porecki, Allegra Levy, Scott Hamilton, Peter Erskine, Carl Allen, Steve Johns, David Caffey, Claire Martin, Jenny Hill, Theoretical Planets, Rick Roe, Judy Wexler, Eugenie Jones, Dave Stryker, MTB, Dan Moretti and more. Playlist Harry Drabkin “In Walked Bud" from Reincarnation Of A Lovebird (Harry Drabkin) 00:00 Jacob Wutzke “Sister Cheryl" from You Better Bet (Cellar Music Group) 06:23 Jackson ...
Continue ReadingJohn Handy, Guillaume Muller, and Dudu Pukwana
by Jerome Wilson
This show features a wide variety of jazz artists, including John Handy, Don Fagerquist, Guillaume Muller, Erik Friedlander, and Dudu Pukwana. Playlist Henry Threadgill Sextett “I Can't Wait Till I Get Home" from The Complete Novus & Columbia Recordings of Henry Threadgill & Air (Mosaic) 00:00 Mostly Other People Do the Killing “Mauch Chunk is Jim Thorpe" from Mauch Chunk (Hot Cup) 00:59 Arturo O'Farrill/Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra “Cimarron" from Virtual Birdland (Zoho) 6:22 Host Speaks 14:24 Erik ...
Continue ReadingChecking in with Allison Miller
by David Bixler
Drummer and composer Allison Miller begins 2025 with several diverse and exciting projects. Big and Lovely, a recording of her original music with the University of North Texas One O'Clock Lab Band was released on January 10. On February 2 at 3pm at the 92nd Street Y in NYC Allison will present Rivers In Our Veins, an ambitious multi-media work featuring the award-winning dancer Michelle Dorrance as a special guest and features three additional dancers: Claudia Rahardjanoto, Maleek Washington and ...
Continue ReadingJason Palmer: The Cross Over: Live in Brooklyn
by Troy Dostert
For a label that just got its start in 2018, it has quickly become evident that Giant Step Arts brings a potent, focused discipline to its documentation of some of the most distinctive jazz talents of our time. Rather than covering the field with as many different musicians as possible, the label's founder, Jimmy Katz, has chosen instead to cultivate close relationships with a relatively modest number--foremost of whom is trumpeter Jason Palmer, who has released three discs on the ...
Continue ReadingWhich Writer Or Broadcaster Has Most Influenced Your Appreciation of Jazz?
by Ian Patterson
2024 was a sad year for All About Jazz, with the sudden passing of both John Kelman and Chris May severely rocking the ship. Each of these unique writers had dedicated twenty years to All About Jazz, promoting the music with love and artful care. Between them, these two venerable jazz advocates contributed over 4,000 articles to AAJ's archive. Arguably no other writer anywhere did more to turn the spotlight on the fantastically diverse and fertile Norwegian jazz ...
Continue ReadingRCA Jazz Workshop + Kevin Sun, Yuhan Su, Connie Han
by David Brown
This week is a two-part show. Part 1 takes a look at The RCA Victor Jazz Workshop series of LPs released between 1956 and 57. RCA promoted the releases stating: “This exciting new series would be a transmission belt for new ideas in jazz orchestration, or sometimes for experiments in instrumentation." The artists were Manny Albam, Billy Byers, Al Cohn, Hal McKusick, George Russell and Hal Schaefer. Part 2 is a showcase of contemporary Asian and Asian American Jazz artists ...
Continue ReadingNoah Preminger: Ballads
by Jack Kenny
Noah Preminger is a philosophical, thought-through artist who can gauge the impact of his playing and his thinking on his intended audience. It is interesting to compare Preminger's Ballads to John Coltrane's Ballads (Impulse!, 1963), an illuminating set of familiar tunes that was reputedly instigated after his quartet's first tour of Europe, with Eric Dolphy in tow. Accusations of “anti-jazz" flew. It was hoped that this step back into the Standards on his Ballads album would answer the"anti- jazz" accusations. ...
Continue ReadingHolly Cole: Kiss Me Quick
by John Chacona
Hands up everyone who thinks there should be more vibes solos on Elvis Presley covers. Though press materials don't credit the player, they identify Kevin Breit as the guitarist (was there any question?) on this Western Swing-flavored chart of the 1961 Doc Pomus / Mort Shuman song. Holly Cole sings it with just the right proportion of winking insinuation and hormonal rush. Corny? Sure, but music-making this slyly intelligent is enough to get a fellow all shook up.
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