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Alexander Flood, Caixa Cabo, Butcher Brown, Emma-Jean Thackray, And More
by Tony Poole
Tony Poole plays a selection from the Jazz First Chart. The music is generally an indicator to what British jazz DJs typically play at their club nights and on their radio shows. It incorporates several sub-genres of up-tempo jazz and world music including Afro-Cuban jazz, Brazilian jazz, hard bop, nu-jazz, jazz house, broken beat, funk fusion, etc. The Jazz First Team regularly compile a weekly chart from the latest new releases and Bandcamp sales. Colin Curtis, the top and most ...
Continue ReadingJulian Lage At Empire Music Hall
by Ian Patterson
Julian Lage Empire Music Hall Belfast, N. Ireland November 13, 2024 It is not too often that Julian Lage tours with nothing more than an acoustic guitar in tow. The solo acoustic album World's Fair (Modern Love, 2015) suggested at the time that the Californian might juggle solo performances with his group projects, but the following decade turned out differently. “My head was somewhere else," he told the Belfast audience. That ...
Continue ReadingMaria Schneider and the Clasijazz Big Band at the Barcelona Jazz Festival
by Artur Moral
Maria Schneider & Clasijazz Big Band Paral·lel 6256th Festival de Jazz de BarcelonaBarcelona, Spain November 6, 2024 Maria Schneider performed at the Barcelona Jazz Festival for the seventh time in its history, accompanied this time by the Clasijazz Big Band, a brave and successful musical project born in a place far from the nerve centers of jazz: the city of Almería, in southern Spain. Schneider, who as usual was talkative, expressed her ...
Continue ReadingLife Comes In: Maria Schneider Celebrates 30 Years
by Leo Sidran
As she celebrates 30 years of running a band, composing and recording work and touring, Maria Schneider is considering her trajectory, and going through something that may or not be a crisis. She says, “I'm looking at my life and just saying 'ok, what's next?'" In 1994, Schneider released her first album Evanescence and began to establish herself as one of the most compelling, sensitive and creative big band composers of her generation. She has joined ...
Continue ReadingThe Jim Self-John Chiodini Duo: Feels So Good
by Jack Bowers
Tuba maestro Jim Self and gregarious guitarist John Chiodini unite for the fifth time on Feels So Good, a studio date whose title neatly encapsulates its upbeat vibe. Even though it seems at first blush that the tuba and guitar should be playing in different leagues, Self and Chiodini somehow make the odd mixture work. Self usually carries the melodic weight while Chiodini offers counterpoint and rhythmic support. The duo performs on eight of the session's thirteen numbers and is ...
Continue ReadingBenjamin Boone: Confluence: The Ireland Sessions
by Paul Rauch
Saxophonist/composer/educator Benjamin Boone is known as a project artist in the first degree. His collaboration with major modern poets has produced a foursome of albums on the Origin Records label, including two with US Poet Laureate, Philip Levine. His saxophone approach could be described as colorful melodicism, a quality accentuated by Boone's open ended compositions that lack the confinement of dense chordal harmony. His playing can then function off the leash so to speak, darting off in a full spectrum ...
Continue ReadingStefan Smulovitz, Marina Albero, Nubya Garcia, Wolfgang Muthspiel
by Cheryl K.
During this week's two-hour program of jazz and improvised music, cuts from new releases by multi-instrumentalist Stefan Smulovitz, pianist Marina Albero, saxophonist Nubya Garcia, the Brazilian trio Caixa Cubo, a never-before-issued album co-led by pianist McCoy Tyner and saxophonist Joe Henderson, pianist Jon Batiste, and guitarist Wolfgang Muthspiel. Playlist Jimmie Noone “Forevermore" from Apex Blues (GRP) 2:54 Jason Kao Hwang “Silhouettes Lean Forward" from Soliloquies: Unaccompanied Pizzicato Violin Improvisations (Sounds True Recordings) 3:17 Stefan Smulovitz “Owl Watching" from ...
Continue ReadingAubrey Logan and Her Bigger Than Average Big Band: Aubrey Logan and Her Bigger Than Average Big Band
by Nicholas F. Mondello
With this recording, Austin, Texas-based award-winning vocalist, trombonist and composer, Aubrey Logan and her Bigger Than Average Band send up ten genre-crossing tracks. The effort ranges from iconic jazz and pop to original selections. Things get going with a cover of the Carole King hit, “I Feel the Earth Move." Logan digs into the melody with a bluesy approach before laying into the tune with her trombone. There is a fine piano ride following. The track is ...
Continue ReadingNew Releases from John Donegan, The Noonan Trio & More
by Bob Osborne
A double dozen of brand new releases which covers the wide world of jazz. North and South America, Canada, and Europe are represented. From well established musicians, through emerging stars, and recent graduates this selection effectively demonstrates the ongoing health of the jazz world. Playlist Show Intro 00:00 John Donegan Irish Sextet with special guest Hugh Buckley “Blues For A Few Bucks" from We Will Meet Again, Sometime (Jayde Records) 00:29 The Noonan Trio Trio “Drop In A ...
Continue ReadingJenny Scheinman Brings the Experience of Awe
by Dean Nardi
Play your violin for us like that wild, joyful hippie girl. You who look as if you might have come from the steppes of Russia instead of the Lost Coast, a remote region of northern California prone to earthquakes and mudslides. You who galloped into school on a snorting mare, its hair used to string the bow you wave before grabbing the violin as if it were a chicken running around the coop. Roll your perpetually startled eyes at it, ...
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