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Yuletide Goodness Plus New Releases By Camille Thurman, Renee Rosnes, Mark Winkler And Lisa Hilton
by Mary Foster Conklin
This broadcast includes holiday recordings from Maddye Trew, Romero Lubambo & Pamela Driggs, new releases from Lisa Hilton, Mark Winkler, Camille Thurman and Renee Rosnes, with birthday shoutouts to Sue Maskaleris, Jihye Lee, Camille Thurman, Cliff Beach, 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 Is In the Groove.Playlist Geri Allen “Joy ...
Continue ReadingButcher Brown, Nicholas Payton, Calibro 35, Boom Collective & More
by Ludovico Granvassu
To wrap up this week's dispatch of new and upcoming releases, enjoy a groovy and cinematic playlist!Happy listening!Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Calibro 35 “Lunedì Cinema" Jazzploitation (Record Kicks) 0:16 Host talks 2:11 Butcher Brown feat. Nicholas Payton “Montrose Forest" Montrose Forest (Concord Jazz) 3:10 Boom Collective “Something Broken" Something Broken--Single (Boom Collective) 7:14 Host talks 14:10 Grégoire Maret, Romain Collin “Suoni Per Dino" Ennio (ACT) 15:10 Cassie ...
Continue ReadingGrégory Privat: Zig Zagriyen and Phoenix
by Scott Lichtman
If you are looking to explore pianists with chops and compositional flair that deserve broader attention, add Grégory Privat to your playlist. Born in Martinique, he was nominated early in his career for “Jazz Revelation of the Year" in France's equivalent of the Grammys. His work spans modern swing, scored/chamber jazz, solo piano and electric fusion. This reviewer considers several of his solos to be worthy of consideration for best improvisation of the year. His composition for trio, ...
Continue ReadingBen Webster: At The Renaissance
by Richard J Salvucci
When tenor saxophonist Scott Hamilton first came up in the 1980s, his style was so, well, unusual, that a live audience would sometimes tentatively ask “Ben Webster?" Whether Hamilton regarded that as a compliment--it was--or the musicological equivalent of “Play Melancholy Baby for me" only Hamilton could have said. But the comment also acknowledged that the saxophone had gone through a convulsive period in which honks, shrieks, fragments and semitones had become the norm. Yes, there were melodic players, like ...
Continue ReadingThe Musical Evolution of Billie Davies
by La-Faithia White
Drummer Billie Davies' journey began in the north of Europe in coastal Belgium where she was born and raised. Davies was involved with two bands while living in Holland, in Terneuzen, a semi coastal port town. One band scored a lot of gigs with festivals and parties versus the other, who only played a few times in Belgium, in Bruges and in Blankenberge. She moved to the south of France near the Spanish border in Catalan or Basque Country, an ...
Continue ReadingTower Of Power Home For Christmas 2024
by Walter Atkins
A collection of photos from the Tower Of Power Home for Christmas concert at Fox Theater Oakland in Oakland CA December 21, 2024 featuring Emilio Castillo, Stephen Kupka, Tom Politzer and the rest of the TOP band. ...
Continue ReadingSatoko Fujii: Dog Days Of Summer
by John Sharpe
With its aggressively pushy opener, full of attitude, the reunion of Japanese pianist Satoko Fujii's Quartet, last heard on Bacchus (MZCO, 2007), seems to be asking: “well, did you miss us?" Certainly there is no missing the foursome on Dog Days Of Summer, completed by regular partner Natsuki Tamura on trumpet, along with the snarling electric bass of Hayakawa Takeharu and the bombastic drums of Tatsuya Yoshida of progressive rock duo Ruins fame. Although the PR material ...
Continue ReadingYoun Sun Nah, Ran Blake, Guy Klucevsek, Volker Goetze & More
by Ludovico Granvassu
This time we focus on great vocalists, and poignant chamber-like projects, and renditions of tunes by Curtis Mayfield, Astor Piazzolla (by way of Grace Jones) and Stevie Wonder (mashedup with Pete Rugolo).Happy listening!Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Dave Stryker “Theme from Shaft" Stryker and Strings Go to the Movies (Strikezone) 0:16 Host talks 6:20 Youn Sun Nah, Jon Cowherd “I've Seen That Face Before (Libertango)" Elles (Nplug) 7:26 ...
Continue ReadingConversations with Aaron Parks and Marta Sanchez
by Leo Sidran
To close out the season, here are two compelling and complementary conversations with pianists Aaron Parks and Marta Sanchez. Each of their stories is deeply personal, and yet their experiences echo one another beautifully.I interviewed Aaron Parks last January at Winter Jazzfest in New York City, just a few days before he made the life-changing decision to leave the United States and move to Portugal. At the time, he was quietly working on a new project, Little Big ...
Continue ReadingAngelo Leonardi's Best Jazz Albums of 2024
by Angelo Leonardi
What follows is the list of the albums, both Italian and international, that I most appreciated and, above all, loved in 2024. These are the ones that enriched and inspired me the most, the ones I found myself returning to repeatedly. They are listed in alphabetical order, not by order of preference. In preparing this list it was difficult for me to separate “professional" assessment from personal enjoyment, but I have tried to prioritize the latter wherever possible.
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