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How can one begin to assess the numerous contributions of a great cornetist/trumpeter/composer/bandleader/educator? How can one also adequately offer a testament for an artist who is such a high quality human being and who profoundly touches so many lives? Those of us who have been blessed to know Bobby Bradford for a number of years can attest to a probing, powerful intellect that assimilates the history of Jazz in a highly unique manner, drawing conclusions that are as innovative and provocative as one of his solos. His understanding of the history, coupled with his embracing of Jazz’s mandate for innovation, reveals itself in his teaching, playing and composing
Betty Carter, Ayelet Rose Gottlieb, and Kevin Sun
by Jerome Wilson
This week's program is an archived show from March 2, 2021 that features music from Betty Carter, Roy Haynes. Ayelet Rose Gottlieb, Kevin Sun. and Cameron Mizell. 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 Chris Lightcap's ...
Friends & Neighbors: Circles
by Mark Corroto
Let's talk about Bird. Bird, not as in the sobriquet given to Charlie Parker but the actions of a bird, such as a parrot. Many a musician mechanically repeats the music of their musical heroes. For example, after Parker, we hear Phil Woods and Sonny Stitt recycling bebop. The Miles Davis' quintet of the 1960s begat ...
Frode Gjerstad with Matthew Shipp: We Speak
by John Sharpe
While the combination of reedman Frode Gjerstad--the godfather of Norwegian free jazz who dwells about as far from the so-called Nordic sound as you can get--and pianist Matthew Shipp -whose lineage can be traced back through what he terms The Black Mystery School, which takes in Thelonious Monk, Mal Waldron and Randy Weston among others--might seem ...
Jazz At LACMA: 30 Years Of Friday Night Jazz
by Chuck Koton
For more than thirty years, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) has been presenting a free, swinging jazz concert every Friday evening. During that time so many jazz clubs in the Los Angeles area have come and gone: the Vine Street Bar and Grill, Charlie O's, Spazio's and Cafe Metropol, among others, have all ...
Stealin' Home: Jackie Robinson Suite
Label: Cryptogramophone
Released: 2022
Track listing: Lieutenant Jackie; Up From the Minors; Stealin' Home; Fatigue; 0 for 3; High and Inside.
Dreamstruck, Jon Irabagon, Jesse Morrow & Clean Feed Releases
by Maurice Hogue
One of the memorable piano trio releases of 2022 should be With Grace In Mind from the trio Dreamstruck. Marilyn Crispell, Joe Fonda & Harvey Sorgen are among the finest at their craft and together they create original music from original ideas. Also on the playlist this week, Jon Irabagon's steamin' quartet, several albums from Italy ...
Meet Abe Goldstien
by Tessa Souter and Andrea Wolper
You can have your “Dry Cleaner From Des Moines"--we're putting our money on our latest jazz Super Fan from Des Moines. Former adman Abe Goldstien lists his passions as his wife, his two children, and jazz. Retired though he may be, Abe doesn't show any signs of slowing down, keeping up a busy schedule volunteering for ...
Gard Nilssen, Sam Rivers, Dark Tree & Clean Feed
by Maurice Hogue
The '70s in Los Angeles was a very fertile period for free and avant-garde jazz. Dark Tree Records has been re-releasing some of that music and four of their albums are featured in this edition of OMJ. You'll hear music from Dark Tree albums by Horace Tapscott, Roberto Miranda, John Carter/Bobby Bradford and Vinny Golia. The ...
Bobby Bradford and Friends: Stealin' Home: Jackie Robinson Suite
by Chuck Koton
Born in Mississippi in 1934 and raised in Dallas, Texas, cornet master and composer Bobby Bradford knows racism and segregation. When asked if Texas was completely segregated, Bradford said, “If there's a word stronger than 'completely,' that was Texas." In spite of the hate and discrimination of everyday life in the Jim Crow South, Bradford and ...
