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Marysia Osu: Harp, Beats & Dreams
by Chris May
Who knows how the jazz harp paradigm might have evolved had the instrument's most adventurous twentieth-century player, Detroit-born Dorothy Ashby, lived beyond her premature passing in 1986. Since then, most American jazz harpists have stuck pretty closely to the neo-classical glissandos and block chords-based style established by Alice Coltrane. New York's Brandee Younger is among the ...
The 20th Anniversary DC JazzFest
by Jerome Wilson
2024 DC JazzFest Potomac Riverfront Washington, DC August 31 to September 1, 2024 Being the birthplace of Duke Ellington among other things, Washington, DC has had a long tradition as a hotbed for jazz, and been the site of several ambitious jazz festivals over the years. The most prominent one currently ...
Detroit Jazz Festival 2024: The Year of Alice
by Paul Rauch
Detroit Jazz Festival 2024 Hart Plaza & Campus Martius Detroit, MI August 30-September 2, 2024 An annual pilgrimage to the Detroit Jazz Festival allows a jazz fan, or in this case, a jazz journalist, to reset to an internal default setting for what this music means to us on a very ...
Jamie Baum Septet, Marquis Hill, Chien Chien Lu and Jim Rotondi
by Hobart Taylor
New music from the Jamie Baum Septet, trumpeter Marquis Hill's genre-busting celebration Composers Collective, a couple of jams from vibraphonist Chien Chien Lu and remembering trumpeter Jim Rotondi with music from his last release, Finesse. Playlist Ellen Andrea Wang “Hummingsong" from Closeness II (Ropeadope) 0:00 Ezéchiel Pailhès “Ventas Rumba 10 Flat Feet" from Ventas ...
Tilles Jazz Festival 2024
by Dan Bilawsky
Tilles Center, nestled within Long Island University's Post campus in Brookville, New York, has long been committed to promoting, supporting and programming jazz. But this well-regarded venue took things to an entirely different level with its inaugural jazz festival on July 20, 2024. Working in collaboration with Jazz at Lincoln Center, Tilles put together an event ...
New Releases From Eliane Elias, Naama Gheber, John Lee, Ken Peplowski Plus Birthday Shoutouts to Rhoda Scott, Brandee Younger & More
by Mary Foster Conklin
This broadcast includes new releases from Eliane Elias, Naama Gheber, John Lee, Rosemary Loar, Monika Ryan, Ken Peplowski plus a second single from Lakecia Benjamin, with birthday shoutouts to Brandee Younger, Rhoda Scott, Caroline Davis, Nancy Erickson Lamont, Lezlie Harrison, Suzanne Pittson and Natalie Cressman, among others. Happy listening and please support the artists you hear ...
Vivid Expressions: Ravi Coltrane Live at the Blue Note
by Dave Kaufman
In March of 2024, Ravi Coltrane played a five-night stand at the Blue Note jazz club in New York. I caught the last set on Sunday night. I have had the pleasure of seeing Ravi perform several times over the years, and he is a consistently outstanding performer. He was joined by two talented young musicians ...
Marianne Solivan, Mark Murphy, Lauren Henderson and More
by Jua Howard
Welcome music family! This week I'm sharing more great music including new music from Marianne Solivan, Bilal, and Alyssa Allgood. You'll also hear timeless music from Mark Murphy, Lauren Henderson, Gregory Porter and Blossom Dearie. Come get lost in the music with me!Playlist Intro 00:00 Donald Byrd “Change (Makes You Want to Hustle)" from ...
Shabaka Hutchings: Perceive Its Beauty, Acknowledge Its Grace
by Chris May
Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes ... Since signing with with Impulse! in 2018, Shabaka Hutchings has become best known for his incendiary work on tenor saxophone with Sons Of Kemet, The Comet Is Coming and Shabaka & The Ancestors. Perceive Its Beauty, Acknowledge Its Grace marks the start of a gentler, more instrospective phase in his music ...
Shabaka: This Is The Moment To Make Patient Music
by Leo Sidran
Shabaka Hutchings grew up between the UK and Barbados. He started playing clarinet as a young boy in Barbados and eventually moved back to England to go to music school in the early 2000s.After college he began a period of working furiously on a kaleidoscopic range of projects and became an icon of the ...
