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Leigh Pilzer: Beatin' the Odds

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by Jack Bowers
May 19, 2024

Beatin' the Odds. To baritone saxophonist Leigh Pilzer, that is far more than a catchphrase: it is a grim yet ultimately happy reality. In 2017, Pilzer was diagnosed with cancer. After extensive treatments, her odds of surviving more than five years were reckoned as around thirty percent. But six years have gone by, and not only ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

New Releases from Dee Daniels & Denzal Sinclaire, Orrin Evans, Noah Haidu, Roni Ben-Hur, Late June Birthdays & More

by Mary Foster Conklin
July 3, 2023

This broadcast includes new releases from Dee Daniels & Denzal Sinclaire, Robin McKelle, Orrin Evans, Noah Haidu, Roni Ben-Hur, with a final single from Nicole Zuraitis, plus birthday shoutouts to bassist Amy Shook, pianist Arturo O'Farrill, harpist Carol Robbins and vocalist Gillian Margot among others. Thanks for listening and please support the artists you hear by ...

Article: Album Review

3D Jazz Trio: 9 to 5

by Dan Bilawsky
March 15, 2023

One can't help but learn about the meaning of style and sophistication from the 3D Jazz Trio. Since the release of its debut--3Divas (Self-Produced, 2017)--pianist Jackie Warren, bassist Amy Shook and drummer Sherrie Maricle have proven to be a collective paragon of taste. Whether swinging for the fences, setting scenes ablaze in Latin quarters, captivating with ...

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9 to 5

By 3Divas Jazz Trio

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2022
Track listing: I Only Have Eyes for You; Tin Tin Deo; Sing; 9 to 5; Some Other Time; There is No Greater Love; Lágrimas Negras; Blues for G-C; Theme for B.T..

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9 to 5

By Jackie Warren

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2022
Track listing: I Only Have Eyes for You; Tin Tin Deo; Sing; 9 to 5; Some Other Time; There is No Greater Love; Lágrimas Negras; Blues for G-C; Theme for B.T..

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Trust

By Ian Wardenski

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2022
Track listing: Before Long; Curiosity; C Centric; Trust; Necessity Needs Another Mother; 5:02 On Monday; Matching Energies Modulus I ; Matching Energies Modulus II; Matching Energies Modulus III.

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Jump Children

By Scott Silbert

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2022
Track listing: Jump Children; Annie Laurie; In a Persian Market; Jumpin’ Punkins; Edna; Tootsie’s Rag; I Want a Roof (Over My Head); Dusk; Lullaby in Rhythm; 11:60 P.M.; Down for Double; Chloe; Shipyard Ramble; She’s Crazy with the Heat; Stompin’ at the Savoy.

Article: Album Review

Ian Wardenski: Trust

by Geannine Reid
November 10, 2022

Ian Wardenski's Quintet returns with a follow-up to Collective Thoughts (IW, 2019). The innovative bandleader and guitarist continues to create a sound that combines the aesthetics of a chamber group with the freedom, spontaneity and improvisation of a small jazz combo. Trust features Mercedes Beckman on alto saxophone, Jerry Ascione, piano, Amy Shook, bass, Frank Russo, ...

Article: Album Review

The Scott Silbert Big Band: Jump Children

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by Jack Bowers
March 31, 2022

The best music, in jazz or any other genre, is and should be timeless. To prove the point, the Scott Silbert Big Band celebrates the songs of a bygone era on its debut album, Jump Children, refreshing a number of memorable themes from the '30s, '40s and '50s and underscoring their relevance in an ultra-modern twenty-first ...

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Christmas in 3D

By Jackie Warren

Label: DIVA Jazz
Released: 2020
Track listing: Winter Wonderland; Up on the Housetop; Greensleeves; O Christmas Tree; Please, Daddy (Don't Get Drunk This Christmas); God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen; I Wonder as I Wander; White Christmas; Silent Night; Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas.