Results for "Billy Valentine"

Billy Valentine

Joel Ross, Simona Severini, Larry Goldings, John Sneider & More

by Ludovico Granvassu
March 19, 2024

Billy Valentine's new single, three albums that will end up on our best of the year list, and more... that's what you'll find in this thoroughly enjoyable ride!Happy listening!Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Laurent de Wilde “Get Up and Dance" Life Is a Movie ...

Ludovico Granvassu's Garden of Jazzy Delights 2023

by Ludovico Granvassu
January 3, 2024

If it is true that, like The Police once put it, “when the world is going down you make the best of what's still around," then throughout 2023 jazz fans were better off than most other social groups. In a year in which everyday news brought ever more inconceivable disappointments, jazz musicians, labels, festivals and venues ...

Billy Valentine And The Universal Truth

By Billy Valentine

Label: Flying Dutchman
Released: 2023
Track listing: We the People Who Are Darker Than Blue; Home Is Where the Hatred Is; My People… Hold On; The Creator Has a Master Plan; Sign of the Times; You Haven’t Done Nothin’; Wade in the Water; The World Is a Ghetto.

Tina Raymond, Geri Allen, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Church Chords, Arch & More

by Ludovico Granvassu
October 31, 2023

A mysterious new producer, Church Chords; the unearthing of a gem; jazz divinations; blood diamonds and bloody belly comb jellies... here for you a playlist that reads like a thriller story, and is as gripping as one.Happy listening!Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Billy Valentine ...

A Few of My Favorite 2023 Jazz Things (so far) - Part 1

by Ludovico Granvassu
July 21, 2023

The first half of the year has brought us plenty of great new albums. Let's look back at some of the tunes and compositions which have left a mark during these six months.Happy listening!Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Billy Valentine “Home Is Where the ...

Mark Guiliana, Chet Baker, Rachel Eckroth, Dorian & Nayanna Holley & More

by Ludovico Granvassu
May 27, 2023

A special focus on the deep, eclectic and exciting LA scene in this hour of Mondo Jazz, which then concludes with an unearthed gem by Chet Baker from the late '70s.Happy listening!Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Mark Guiliana “Carbon Dating App" Mischief--EP (Edition) 0:16 ...

Billy Valentine, Salami Rose Joe Louis, Magic Malik, Bobo Stenson & More

by Ludovico Granvassu
April 25, 2023

This week we open with a stunner, Billy Valentine's new album featuring the best of the Los Angeles and New York Scenes (Pino Palladino; Jeff Parker, Theo Croker; Larry Goldings; Abe Rounds; Immanuel Wilkins; Linda May Han Oh) and music that should bring him much deserved attention. Then a mix of exciting releases, with a special ...

Billy Valentine: Billy Valentine And The Universal Truth

by Angelo Leonardi
April 24, 2023

Dopo quarant'anni d'assenza dal mercato, l'etichetta Flying Dutchman torna con una produzione intensa e avvincente, che ci riporta ai suoi anni migliori. Protagonista è Billy Valentine, soul singer degli anni settanta tornato alla ribalta cinque anni fa (col sorprendente quanto ignorato Brit Eyed Soul) e qui accompagnato da formazioni che includono Jeff Parker, ...