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Alicia Hall Moran

Alicia Hall Moran is known primarily as a classically-trained singer (starring as “Bess” in Porgy & Bess on national tour and as an alternate in the role on Broadway) and performing artist with deep ties to Jazz and it's contemporary fans and practitioners. Moran was a named artist at the 2015 Venice Biennale and the 2012 Whitney Biennial. She's been commissioned for music and live performance by the Museum of Modern Art, the Gardner Museum in Boston, The Kitchen New York, and ArtPublic for Miami Art Basel, and been featured as a vocalist at the Guggenheim, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Walker Art Center, and Philadelphia Museum of Art, among others

Free Association - Vol.1 with Magda Brand

by Ludovico Granvassu
March 12, 2019

Free Association is a new series of collaborative mixtapes curated by Mondo Jazz in association with some of the finest selectors on Mixcloud. Free Association mixtapes develop as a conversation. The first selector sends a tune cherry-picked to suit, and ideally surprise, the second selector who then, in turn, returns the favor. An ...

Juno Nominations and Remembering Debra Mann

by Mary Foster Conklin
March 2, 2019

The first Week of the annual WFDU.FM February Fund Drive included new releases from pianists Lisa Hilton, Kait Dunton, Ellen Rowe and saxophonist Jordan Pettay with birthday shout outs to Lil Hardin Armstrong, Jeanne Lee, Jutta Hipp, and Melody Gardot, among others. In the second hour, Debra Mann is remembered after news of her passing and ...

Funk in a Deep Freeze

by Mary Foster Conklin
February 16, 2019

For the Sunday of the Women's March we played new releases by pianist Judy Night, flutist Magela Herrara, Judy Bisantz, Bob Levy and saxophonist Carol Sudhalter with birthday shout outs to Eartha Kitt, Irene Kral, Jose James, Cheryl Bentyne, Peter Eldridge, Sade, and Dolly Parton, among others. Playlist Pam Fleming “Keep It Movin" from ...

The Gift of Music (Part 2)

by Ludovico Granvassu
January 23, 2018

The holiday season continues and so does the gift-giving. Here's the second of a two part series featuring some of my favorite tunes as my holiday gift to end the year on a positive note. Happy Listening! Playlist Alicia Hall Moran “Two Wings" from Here Today (Yes Records) ...

Alicia Hall Moran: Here Today

by Angelo Leonardi
January 22, 2018

Le sintesi tra canto operistico e universo musicale afroamericano sono state sporadiche. In generale la relazione tra i due mondi è apparsa difficilmente compatibile per la forte diversità tra le due estetiche: mi sembra che l'esempio più riuscito di conciliazione resti l'opera Porgy and Bess . Di recente un significativo passo avanti lo sta compiendo il ...

Best of 2017: The All About Jazz Mixtape, Vol.3

by AAJ Italy Staff
January 20, 2018

Volume 1 | Volume 2| Volume 3 Eccola la terza e ultima puntata della nostra compilation con il meglio del 2017, che fa da complemento e colonna sonora alle varie liste di fine anno pubblicate negli scorsi giorni da Luca Canini, Libero Farnè, Angelo Leonardi, Nicola Negri, Neri Pollastri, Vincenzo Roggero e Luca Vitali. ...

Best of 2017: The All About Jazz Mixtape, Volume 3

by AAJ Italy Staff
January 17, 2018

Volume 1 | Volume 2 | Volume 3 Some cling to the belief that jazz is in crisis or worse, dead. Our impression is quite the opposite, and to prove our point, we've compiled a mixtape featuring some of the best jazz released in 2017. Also, check out our staff's BEST OF 2017 lists ...

Best of 2017: The All About Jazz Mixtape, Volume 2

by AAJ Italy Staff
January 16, 2018

Volume 1 | Volume 2 | Volume 3 Some cling to the belief that jazz is in crisis or worse, dead. Our impression is quite the opposite, and to prove our point, we've compiled a mixtape featuring some of the best jazz released in 2017. Also, check out our staff's BEST OF 2017 lists ...

Best of 2017: The All About Jazz Mixtape, Volume 1

by AAJ Italy Staff
January 15, 2018

Volume 1 | Volume 2 | Volume 3 Some cling to the belief that jazz is in crisis or worse, dead. Our impression is quite the opposite, and to prove our point, we've compiled a mixtape featuring some of the best jazz released in 2017. Also, check out our staff's BEST OF 2017 lists ...