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A powerful singer and tireless performer, Angelique Kidjo has been one of the most successful performers to emerge on world music stages in the 1990s and 2000s. Her music not only draws from African traditions but also interprets the ways those traditions developed after Africans were seized and taken to the New World. Thus elements of American soul, funk, rap, and jazz, Brazilian samba, Jamaican reggae, and Cuban and Puerto Rican salsa all show up on her recordings, along with various African styles Kidjo is a native of Benin, on Africa's Atlantic coast adjacent to Nigeria; the first of her eight languages was Fon

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Angélique Kidjo: Voodoo Child (Slight Return)

by Ian Patterson
August 23, 2026

Hollywood has come late to the party. Pretty much the whole world knew that Angélique Kidjo is a major star, decades before the Beninese singer was honored with a place on Hollywood's Walk of Fame in August 2026. At least Kidjo got to enjoy the hoopla while still alive and kicking. Jimi Hendrix only got his ...

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Classic Jazz from Jimmy Smith, Dexter Gordon, and Others; Recent Releases from Chris Hazelton, Cecile McLorin Salvant, and more

by David W. Daniels
July 21, 2026

In addition to the musicians named in the title, this edition of Exploration features music from Atlanta based performers Joe Alterman, Karla Harris, and Melvin Jones. Our nod to birthdays for the week includes Theo Croker, Angelique Kidjo, Alan Dawson, and others. Playlist Charles McPherson “Explorations" from McPherson's Mood (Prestige) 00:00 Jimmy Smith “Mustard ...

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GEORGE... John Hollenbeck + Anna Webber... Craig Taborn, Tomeka Reid and Ches Smith Archive Dreams and Helen Sung debuts her Big Band

by Hobart Taylor
May 13, 2026

Homage to Wayne Shorter from GEORGE (John Hollenbeck/Anna Webber), early Wayne Shorter with Lee Morgan (The Young Lions re-mastered) and Helen Sung premieres her new big band! Playlist Host Speaks 00:00 Emmet Cohen/Jeremy Pelt “Compassion" from Universal Truth (Mack Avenue) 00:08 The Young Lions /Bobby Timmons/Lee Morgan/Wayne Shorter"Scourn'" from Seeds of Sin (Craft) 05:35 ...

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Boarding Pass

By Reginald Policard

Label: Encuentro Music
Released: 2024
Track listing: Encuentro Theme; Sabor Caribeño; Sine; Melancolia; Sa'K Pasé ; Boarding Pass (feat. Sammy Figueroa); Celebration; Sabor Caribeño; Choucoune (feat. Jeff Policard); Toda Fé - (feat Gilmar Gomes, Richard Bona & Angelique Kidjo)

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Angelique Kidjo: Crosseyed and Painless

by Geno Thackara
June 8, 2024

How to tackle a high-energy classic packed with layers of overlapping rhythms? Perhaps by giving it some unexpected breathing space. Angelique Kidjo's Afro-chant treatment (much like the Talking Heads whole-album cover from which it comes) is just as intense as the source, but interestingly smolders more than burns, in a way rather more moody and bewitching. ...

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New Releases, Mothers In Jazz, Birthday Shoutouts to Mary Lou Williams, Carla Bley & More

by Mary Foster Conklin
May 20, 2024

The Mothers Day broadcast includes new releases from Win Pongsakorn, Nicki Parrott, Brenda Earle Stokes, Yelena Eckemoff, Luke Sellick & Andrew Renfroe, Meg Okura, Wadada Leo Smith & Amina Claudine Myers and Haile Loren, with birthday shoutouts to Mary Lou Williams, Carla Bley, Tania Maria, Nadje Noordhuis, Judi Silvano, Andrea Superstein and Allegra Levy, among others. ...

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Boarding Pass (feat Sammy Figueroa)

May 20, 2024

Album: Boarding Pass
By Reginald Policard
Label: Encuentro Music
Released: 2024
Duration: 5:07

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New Music From Lizz Wright, Nick Finzer, Monty Alexander, And More

by Bob Osborne
May 16, 2024

Featured on this show are new releases from Lizz Wright, Nick Finzer, Monty Alexander, Remy Le Boeuf's Assembly of Shadows, Stuart Mack, Rachel Z, Michael Wolff Mike Clark and Leon Lee Dorsey, David Benoit, Christian McBride & Edgar Meyer, Cassie Kinoshi's Seed, Trio HLK, John Lurie, Julieta Eugenio, Die Beren Gieren, and Rajesh Mehta's Sky Cage ...

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2023 Freihofer's Saratoga Jazz Festival

by Richard Conde
July 12, 2023

Celebrating its 46th anniversary over the June 24th weekend, the 2023 Freihofer's Saratoga Jazz Festival at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center in Saratoga Springs New York, featured a great program presenting a wide range of music. Over 20 featured artist played over two days across two stages with headliner Cindy Blackman Santana taking the Amphitheater stage ...