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Nduduzo Makhathini: The Myth We Choose
by Mike Jurkovic
With the spirit winds and the sounds of Ladysmith Black Mambazo at his back, pianist/composer/shaman/philosopher Nduduzo Makhathini embarks, throughout the whole of The Myth We Choose, with an inspired, ancestral magic. Chanting, speaking, conjuring. Elegant but never stand-offish, it is the joyful music of a resilient, triumphant, spiritual people. It is the music of a people equidistant to Heaven and Earth. The Myth We Choose is certainly that and never, ever hard to listen to, absorb, and manifest. ...
Continue ReadingFrom New Age to Nuclear
by Patrick Burnette
We try to cover a wide gamut of improvised music in the podcast, but today's episode must surely have the widest spread of any recent offering. We've got spiritual jazz from the late sixties, a quartet featuring clarinet from a few weeks ago, an album by a British mover and shaker that could easily be filed under New Age, and an encounter between a saxophonist and guitarist that will leave most listeners cowering under their sofas. In pop matters, Pat ...
Continue ReadingBrandee Younger: Gadabout Season
by Angelo Leonardi
Dopo venticinque anni d'attività professionale, l'arpista Brandee Younger è balzata recentemente all'attenzione generale con accattivanti album e una nomination al Grammy Awards. L'improvviso successo non le ha dato alla testa e Brandee non sembra voler annacquare la sua musica con quelle leggerezze pop che coesistevano in qualche brano. In quest'ultimo album--prodotto dal bassista Rashaan Carter--collabora con jazzmen di primo piano ed interpreta proprie composizioni, sempre caratterizzate da freschezza melodica, ricercatezza e vivacità ritmica. Se in Brand New Life testimoniava la ...
Continue ReadingShabaka, Satoko Fujii, John Nau and Catherine Sikora
by Hobart Taylor
New music from Shabaka, Satoko Fujii, John Patitucci as well as a meditation from soprano saxophonist Catherine Sikora. For jazz adjacent music we feature composers Julia Wolfe and Joseph Daley. Playlist Satoko Fujii Natsuki Tamura Ramon Lopez" Yama Kawa Umi" from Yama Kawa Umi (Not Two) 0:00 Sun Ra" Lights on a Satellite" from Lights On A Satellite: Live at the Left Bank (Resonance) 6:44 Host Speaks 11:31 Julia Wolfe “Dig Deep" from The String Quartets (Cantaloupe) 12:40 ...
Continue ReadingShabaka Hutchings: Musical Force of Nature
by Kristine England
Much of the creativity being showcased in the jazz world is happening in the UK, and at the center of that musical community is multi-instrumentalist Shabaka Hutchings. Born in London, he spent most of his childhood in his parents' native Barbados. The diversity of the people and cultures of those two locales helped shaped his musical identity. Picking up a clarinet at the age of nine, Hutchings would play along to his favorite hip-hop artists, including the Notorious ...
Continue ReadingMilton Nascimento / Esperanza Spalding: Milton + esperanza
by Chris May
Sometimes the semiology around an album can tell you more about it than any amount of words attempting to describe the music itself. And the semiology around Milton + esperanza is eloquent. It begins with the overlap with another summer 2024 release, Wayne Shorter's magical double-album Celebration Volume 1 (Blue Note), a previously unreleased recording of Shorter's Quartet in concert in 2014, with liner notes written by Shorter's wife Carolina. Now consider the overlap. Wayne Shorter recorded with ...
Continue ReadingNew Releases From Shabaka, Benji Kaplan, Brenda Earle Stokes, Jason Robinson And More
by Bob Osborne
On this show we feature all new releases from Shabaka, Benji Kaplan, Brenda Earle Stokes, Jason Robinson, Tania Giannouli, Irina Zubareva, John Kameel Farah & Nick Fraser, OVK3, Behn Gillece, Ivo Perelman & Tom Rainey, Matthew McDonald, The Claudio Scolari Project, The New Orleans Klezmer All Stars, Peter Daniel, Voodoo Drummer, and, Kojiro Umezaki & Hub New Music. Playlist Intro Theme 00:00 Shabaka “I'll Do Whatever You Want" from Perceive its Beauty, Acknowledge its Grace (impulse! Records) 00:25 ...
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