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Music from Favourite Recordings played on One Man’s Jazz in 2024
by Maurice Hogue
Adding to the countless lists of “best-of"s for 2024, here are almost three hours of music from my favourite recordings of 2024. (See the One Man's Jazz web site for the full list.) The only album not among the favourites is the very recently received Landloper by famed bassist Arild Andersen; it's solo deliciousness. Playlist Luke Stewart Silt Trio “Unknown Rivers" from Unknown Rivers (Pi Recordings) 00:00 Host speaks 04:28 Patricia Brennan “555" from Breaking Stretch (Pyroclastic) 06:37 ...
Continue ReadingYulia Musayelyan, Rebecca Coupe Franks Plus Vocalists Eugenie Jones, Claire Martin, Marianne Solivan
by Mary Foster Conklin
This broadcast includes new releases from Yulia Musayelyan, Rebecca Coupe Franks, Eugenie Jones, Claire Martin, Marianne Solivan} and {{Chloe Youtsey, with birthday shoutouts to Melba Liston, Danny Bacher, Kris Davis, Sade, Chelsea McBride, Andrea Wolper, Tina Raymond, Peter Eldridge, Nicole Zuraitis, Joan Baez and Eartha Kitt, among others. Happy listening and please support the artists you hear. See them live, purchase their music so they can continue to distract, comfort, provoke, inspire and remind the world that A Woman's Place ...
Continue ReadingThe Final Batch of My Favorite 2024 Jazz Things - Part 1
by Ludovico Granvassu
Here is of our seasonal playlist featuring the songs we have loved the most in the past few months. Happy listening! Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Kresten Osgood Quintet “Subway (Live)" Live at H15 Studio (ILK) 0:16 Host talks 4:05 Francesco Bearzatti, Stefano Risso, Mattia Barbieri “OneEmo" Behind Anatomy (Auand) 5:10 Host talks 11:37 Mark Lockheart “I've Seen The Light" Smiling (Edition) 12:46 Luzia von Wyl & ...
Continue ReadingMcCoy Tyner: Falling In Love With Love
by Artur Moral
Despite sharing some common stylistic territories, contemporary jazz giants McCoy Tyner and David Murray collaborated on just three recording projects. One of them is 44th Street Suite (Red Baron, 1991), a release produced by Bob Thiele, who also orchestrated their first recorded encounter on the little-known collective album A Tribute To John Coltrane / Blues For Coltrane (Impulse!, 1988). On this occasion, Tyner explicitly leads an enjoyable--but odd-sounding--session that moves with exultation from blues to free jazz, passing ...
Continue ReadingEmad Armoush's Rayhan: Distilled Extractions
by Mark Corroto
Jazz and creative music have always resisted assimilation. By that, I mean jazz draws upon--or perhaps more accurately, appropriates--sounds, traditions and styles to create something entirely new. This has been true since New Orleans musicians blended Caribbean, French, African and Sicilian influences while performing on traditional marching band instruments. Over the century-plus since its inception, improvising musicians have expanded the genre far beyond the boundaries envisioned by their Louisiana originators. Think of artists like John Coltrane, Yusef Lateef, Ahmed Abdul-Malik, ...
Continue ReadingJudy Wexler: No Wonder
by Pierre Giroux
Judy Wexler's release No Wonder is a portrait in vocal jazz artistry, underscored by thoughtful arrangements from pianist and arranger Jeff Colella and a luminous supporting cast of Los Angeles A-list musicians including multi-instrumentalists Danny Janklow, and Bob Sheppard, trumpeter Jay Jennings guitarist Larry Koonse, bassist Gabe Davis and drummer Steve Hass. The twelve-tune track list is a refreshingly curated program of standards that steer away from the overly familiar, instead embracing the “hipper" corners of the ...
Continue ReadingSteve Sieck, Don Paul, Joe Elefante & Holman Alvarez
by Joe Dimino
We launch into the 890th episode of Neon Jazz with a bang, featuring the remarkable Holman Alvarez and the title track from his 2024 album, Hidden Objects. From there, the journey unfolds with a dynamic lineup of fresh sounds: George Colligan and his band Theoretical Planets bring their bold brilliance, Honolulu's Groovology grooves with swinging flair, and the incomparable poet and musician Don Paul delivers magic with his Rivers Answer Moons ensemble. As we step further into 2025, we spotlight ...
Continue ReadingThe Attic & Eve Risser: La Grande Crue
by Troy Dostert
While it is always challenging to keep up with the prolific output of saxophonist Rodrigo Amado, one consistently sure bet is his Attic trio, which has been a working ensemble since at least 2017, with a series of stellar recordings that have helped stake Amado's claim as one of the premier free improvisers of his generation. Accompanied by drummer Onno Govaert and bassist Gonçalo Almeida, who joined the trio on its sophomore release, Summer Bummer (NoBusiness, 2019), Amado navigates his ...
Continue ReadingMarina Albero: From Pianist To Nomad Of Sound
by Lawrence Peryer
Today, the Spotlight shines On pianist and composer Marina Albero. From Barcelona's vibrant music scene to the heart of New Orleans, Marina keeps finding new ways to push musical boundaries. Her album, A Nomad of Sound (Self Produced, 2024), brings together jazz, classical, and world music traditions in a blend all her own. Marina has journeyed across continents and cultures--from her early years studying classical piano in Cuba to recent acclaim in Seattle, where she's twice ...
Continue ReadingLuis Lopes: Dark Narcissus
by Mark Corroto
Some argue that one must learn a new language to truly understand the music of Derek Bailey and Cecil Taylor-- Bailey's intricate “alphabet" or Taylor's dense vernacular equations. Interestingly, similar sentiments were once expressed about the now- universally acclaimed work of Thelonious Monk. Without a metaphorical key, some listeners may find themselves unable to unlock the mysteries of these towering figures. But does one need to be an anarchist to appreciate the raw noise of Masami Akita, also known as ...
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