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Cristina Zavalloni: fra canzone e ricerca
by Libero Farnè
L'ecclettismo, la vitalità creativa e l'intelligenza interpretativa di Cristina Zavalloni ci hanno abituato a sorprese continue, sia in concerto che nelle edizioni discografiche. È significativa la successione delle sue incisioni degli ultimissimi anni, a cominciare da For the Living (Encore, 2020), lavoro “impegnato" realizzato nel primo anno del Covid a capo di una formazione italo-scandinava da ...
Carol Sloane: Setting New Standards
by Mathew Bahl
In her concert appearances, Carol Sloane often sings a lovely ballad called “An Older Man is Like an Elegant Wine." Listening to Ms. Sloane extol the virtues of age and experience in a voice as soft and warm as angora wool, it is hard not to conclude that the sentiments of the lyric have an even ...
Nina Simone In Concert, New Midsummer Releases Plus Birthday Celebrations for Jazz Masters Annie Ross, Joanne Brackeen & More
by Mary Foster Conklin
This broadcast includes new releases from Nina Simone, Nadje Noordhuis and James Shipp, Nite Bjuti (a new collaboration featuring Candice Hoyes, Mimi Jones, Val Jeanty), the The Hot Toddies Jazz Band, Chuck Owen & WDR Big Band, Paula Maya, Francesca Bertazzo Hart, with a new single from Aline Homzy, plus birthday shoutouts to Annie Ross, Lisa ...
The Best of Times, the Worst of Times
by William H. Snyder
Introduction“April is the cruelest month... “ so begins The Burial of the Dead section of T. S. Eliot's 100-year-old poem. “The Waste Land" laments the decline of culture in the world after World War I. In April of 2023, we lost Harry Belafonte and Ahmad Jamal. The loss of these two men is part of contemporary ...
Beginnings Part 2 with Kenny Davern, Nat Adderley, Annie Ross and Junior Mance
by Monk Rowe
Jeremy Siskind: Songs of Rebirth
by Jerome Wilson
In 2022, we are seeing a lot of musical projects born in some way from the coronavirus pandemic of 2020 and 2021. This song cycle by pianist Jeremy Siskind is concerned with some of the varied emotional responses people had to the upheavals of that period. Siskind wrote the material on this album for ...
New Releases, Birthday Shoutouts to Joanne Brackeen, Annie Ross, Kate Bush And More
by Mary Foster Conklin
This broadcast presents new releases from vocalists Jesse Garland, Marilyn Scott and trombonist Michael Dease, with birthday shoutouts to Joanne Brackeen, Annie Ross, as well as vocalists Carla Hassett, Nnenna Freelon, saxophonist Tara Davidson, and Kate Bush among others. Congratulations to new NEA Jazz Master Regina Carter . Thanks for listening and please support the artists ...
Sheila Jordan: From Motor City Vocalese to Pinball with Charlie Parker
by Scott Gudell
The dynamic big bands of the 1920s-1940s were led by charismatic and confident kings of swing including Artie Shaw, Duke Ellington, Chick Webb and Gene Krupa. Smooth and sophisticated dance sounds could easily cross pollinate with other styles including the syncopated rhythms bubbling up from the streets of Harlem such as 'Swing Street.' Beyond a lineup ...
Vivian Buczek: Roots
by Kyle Simpler
Since 2003, Vivian Buczek has established herself as a powerful force in the contemporary jazz scene. Her voice is soulful and powerful. She can be sensitive and emotional on a ballad, but then turn around and sing blues songs as if she's been doing it all her life, which she actually has been. With Roots, she ...
The Infinite Variety of the Human Voice
by Jerome Wilson
This show examines a wide variety of jazz singing styles, including frisky swinging by Annie Ross and Eddie Jefferson, vocal chorus work from New York Voices, wordless experimenting by Karin Krog and folk song interpretations by Maxine Sullivan and Sheila Jordan. Playlist Henry Threadgill Sextett “I Can't Wait Till I Get Home" from The ...
