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Byron Asher, New Orleans Klezmer All Stars, Taylor Eigsti, Mike Holober & More
by Ludovico Granvassu
Taylor Eigsti opens the set with his exciting new album, Plot Armor, and then a focus on large and medium ensembles from New York and New Orleans.Happy listening!Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Taylor Eigsti “Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered" Plot Armor (Ground Up!) 0:16 Host talks 5:57 Mike Holober & The Gotham Orchestra “Erosion" This Rock We're On: Imaginary Letters (Palmetto) 7:55 Christopher Zuar Orchestra “Communion" Exuberance (Tonal Conversations) ...
Continue ReadingByron Asher's Skrontch Music: Lord, when you send the rain
by Gareth Thompson
The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 was the most destructive one in American history. Seven states were affected and the political fallout saw Herbert Hoover reach the White House by 1929. The saxophonist Byron Asher believes another political action was the development of New Orleans jazz, early in the twentieth century, in direct resistance to the racism of Jim Crow Louisiana. On his rootsy reflective debut, Byron Asher's Skrontch Music (Sinking City Records, 2019), he sought to represent these twin ...
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