Jazz Articles about Zaccai Curtis

About Zaccai Curtis

Radio & Podcasts

Dwayne Dolphin, Ulysses Owens Jr. & Generation Y, Enoch Smith Jr.. Henry Treadgill and more

by Benjamin Boddie
September 3, 2026

Today's Music--Right Now! Fantastic music by Dwayne Dolphin, Ulysses Owens Jr. & Generation Y, Sir Roland Hanna, Sounds Of April & Randall, Kelly Green, Enoch Smith Jr., Henry Threadgill/Vijay Iyer/Dafnis Prieto, Carmen Lundy, Greg Abate Quartet, WDR Big Band, Fernando Ferrarone, Sebastian Zawadzki, Mike Clark, Ale Nuñez, Oscar Peterson, Miki Yamanaka, Robert Jospe Quartet, Yoko Miwa, Mikayla Shirley, Brad Goode Quintet, Alternative Guitar Summit, Mike DiRubbo, Ali Ryerson, Micah Thomas, Dawn Lambeth, Gianni Bianchini, Kevin Fort & Andy Brown, Paul ...

Radio & Podcasts

K Trio, Dorota Piotrowska & Sound Circle, Yoron Israel, Zaccai Curtis

by Cheryl K.
August 7, 2026

During this week's two-hour program of jazz and improvised music--reissues by pianist Matthew Shipp and bassist William Parker and Irish drummer John Wadham; the Japanese ensemble K Trio; guitarist Leonardo Vita and vocalist Matilde Sabato; drummer/composer Dorota Piotrowska and Sound Circle; drummer Yoron Israel; organist Larry Goldings, guitarist Peter Bernstein, and drummer Bill Stewart; and pianist/composer Zaccai Curtis.Playlist Ran Blake-Jeanne Lee “Blue Monk" from The Newest Sound You Never Heard--1966-1967 (A-side ) 4:43 Matthew Shipp-William Parker “Summertime" from ...

Album Review

Cindy Blackman Santana: Coherence

Read "Coherence" reviewed by Kyle Simpler

by Kyle Simpler
July 29, 2026

Some musicians communicate their passion almost before they ever play a note, and drummer Cindy Blackman Santana is one of them. Whether performing jazz, rock, soul, or world music, she approaches each style with the conviction that music ultimately transcends categories. Coherence is possibly her clearest statement of that philosophy. Blackman Santana's broad musical perspective comes naturally. She began busking on the streets of New York during the 1980s before quickly moving onto major stages, performing with jazz ...

Album Review

Brian Landrus: Just When You Think You Know

Read "Just When You Think You Know" reviewed by Angelo Leonardi

by Angelo Leonardi
July 7, 2026

Non si può eccellere ogni volta. Dopo il superlativo Plays Ellington & Strayhorn Brian Landrus presenta un album meno palpitante ma sempre d'alto livello. Affermato polistrumentista della timbrica grave, Landrus privilegia in questo disco l'uso di sax tenore, flauto soprano e contralto agli strumenti che l'hanno reso famoso: il sax baritono. il clarinetto basso e il flauto basso. Nei quattordici brani del disco il sax tenore è protagonista in cinque ed i flauti in quattro. Al sax baritono sono dedicati ...

Album Review

Brian Landrus: Just When You Think You Know

Read "Just When You Think You Know" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
April 5, 2026

Brian Landrus, best known for his eloquent performances on baritone sax, shows his versatility--as player, composer and arranger--on Just When You Think You Know, his tenth album as leader, adding tenor sax, bass clarinet, flute, alto flute and bass flute to enlarge an impressive arsenal of musical weaponry. In fact, Landrus unlimbers the baritone on only three of the album's fourteen eclectic numbers--all of which he wrote and arranged. He plays tenor sax on five selections, one or another of ...

Album Review

Darryl Yokley: Un Mundo en Soledad

Read "Un Mundo en Soledad " reviewed by Paul Rauch

by Paul Rauch
January 6, 2025

Composer/saxophonist Darryl Yokley's Sound Reformation recordings have always revealed a keen compositional sense for sound, mood-setting melodies that tell a story. One could easily describe his writing and playing style as lyrical, creating a narrative of sound without actual vocal or spoken word participation. Imagine then, a suite of tunes written lyrically in terms of melody, adding spoken word art inspired from one of the classic novels in literary history. Imagine even further, those words leaping from the pages of ...

Radio & Podcasts

Afro-Cuban Jazz Show

by David Brown
December 19, 2024

This week, we have been checking out some sounds from Cuba, Afro-Cuban Jazz and other Latin Jazz works from the 1950s to today.Playlist Thelonious Monk “Esistrophy (Theme)" from Live at the It Club-Complete (Columbia) 01:30 Julio Gutierrez “Theme On Cha Cha Cha" from The Complete Cuban Jam Sessions (Panart Records) 03:15 Nino Rivera “Guanguanco--Comparsa" from The Complete Cuban Jam Sessions (Panart Records) 07:47 Buena Vista Social Club “Chan Chan" from Buena Vista Social Club (World Circuit) 15:16 Rubén ...