Results for "Allen Lowe"

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Percy France: Live from the West End

by Daniel Gould
August 27, 2026

 If you know Percy France, most likely you are a fan of “greasy" organ jazz, particularly on Blue Note Records during their classic era. He was an integral part of Jimmy Smith's Home Cookin' (1959) and Freddie Roach's Down to Earth (1962). Or perhaps you came to jazz through r&b acts like the Bill Doggett combo. The ...

This One's For Bob Rogers: Radio for a Poet Who Just Happened to Program Radio

by Hobart Taylor
March 4, 2026

William Parker, Jane IraBloom, Rez Abassi and Helen Sung and other artists culled from Bob Rogers' playlist. Playlist Host Speaks 00:00 Helen Sung “Feed The Fire" from Quartet + (Sunnyside) 02:34 Angelica Sanchez/Marilyn Crispell “Windfall Light" from How to Turn the Moon (Pyroclastic) 6:57 Rez Abbasi “Lonnie's Lament" from Sound Remains (Whirlwind) 11:57 Maya ...

Music from Charles Tyler, The Webber Morris Big Band, and Italy and Scandinavia

by Jon Greenbaum
February 16, 2026

Music from Charles Tyler, The Webber Morris Big Band, as well as releases from Scandinavia, Italy and elsewhere around Europe. Playlist Anna Webber/Angela Morris Big Band “Both Are True" from Both Are True (Greenleaf Music) 00:00 Brandon Seabrook “Hellbent Daydream" from Hellbent Daydream (Pyroclastic Records) 09:39 Craig Taborn, Tomeka Reid, Ches Smith “When Kabuya ...

A Jazz Reading List

by Karl Ackermann
December 10, 2025

From 2015 through 2020, a personal research project included my reading dozens of jazz books and related media. They included mainstays such as the massive reference The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (Penguin Books, 2006), Ben Ratliff's excellent interview collection The Jazz Ear: Conversations Over Music (Times Books, 2008), the off-shore perspectives of Circular Breathing: The ...

Dayna Stephens, Allen Lowe, and the Millennial Territory Orchestra

by Jerome Wilson
June 25, 2025

This episode features music from Dayna Stephens, Allen Lowe, and Bob Dorough. It also includes the Millennial Territory Orchestra paying tribute to Sly Stone. Playlist Henry Threadgill Sextett “I Can't Wait Till I Get Home" from The Complete Novus & Columbia Recordings of Henry Threadgill & Air (Mosaic) 00:00 Ethan Iverson “Technically Acceptable" from ...

Caili O'Doherty, Bill O'Connell, and Keith Tippett

by Jerome Wilson
March 12, 2025

This program features recent music from Caili O'Doherty, Bill O'Connell, and David Weiss as well as older work from Keith Tippett, Mark Masters, and Paul Bley.Playlist Henry Threadgill Sextett “I Can't Wait Till I Get Home" from The Complete Novus & Columbia Recordings of Henry Threadgill & Air (Mosaic) 00:00 Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra ...

Allen Lowe, Muriel Grossmann, Kevin Sun and Maia the Artiste

by Hobart Taylor
January 22, 2025

Music from Allen Lowe's Constant Sorrow Orchestra, Muriel Grossmann, Kevin Sun and Maia the Artiste. Playlist Don Paul “My Mother's Spirit Speaks to Me, Whispering of Eternity" from Louisiana Stories (Irresistible/Revolutionary) 0:00 Pia Hernandez “ El Enemigo" from La Emperatriz (Ears&Eyes) 4:01 Noah Preminger “Stan's Mood" from Ballads (Chill Tone) 8:21 Jessica Jones Quartet" ...

Allen Lowe, Darius Jones, Louis Armstrong

by David Brown
October 22, 2024

This week on The Jazz Continuum we start things off with the Marvels, a collaboration between saxophonist Charles Lloyd and singer/songwriter Lucinda Williams; then we keep the twang going with James Brown's take on some Hank Williams. Dinah Washington's It's A Mean Old Man's World follows before Rahsaan Roland Kirk takes up some Marvin Gaye at ...

East Axis: No Subject

by Karl Ackermann
June 22, 2023

Pianist Matthew Shipp, bassist Kevin Ray, and drummer Gerald Cleaver return for No Subject, the sophomore release from the quartet East Axis. One point on the axis has changed with the journeyman, multi-reedist Scott Robinson replacing saxophonist Allen Lowe. Robinson is a veteran of many prestigious and diverse groups including the Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra, Maria ...