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Jon Christensen + Carla Bley, Reverso, Jason Palmer & Other New Releases
by Ludovico Granvassu
Second part of this week's review of new and upcoming releases [for the first part click here], showcasing new ECM releases by Carla Bley and Oded Tzur, the nordic forays of pianist Alessandro Sgobbio with his new project Silent Fires and a preview of the stunning new album by Jason Palmer which was recorded live at ...
Women's History Month Begins and A Broad Spectrum Celebrates Four Years!
by Mary Foster Conklin
Happy fourth birthday to A Broad Spectrum! We hope to be on the air for many years to come. The first broadcast of Women's History Month includes new releases from vocalists Sinne Eeg, Aubrey Johnson, Judy Niemack and Gina Saputo, pianists Lara Driscoll, Jen Allen, saxophonist Jimmy Greene and ukulele master Jake Shimabukuro, with birthday shout ...
Metastasio Jazz 2020
by Neri Pollastri
Metastasio Jazz 2020 Varie sedi Prato 29.1-27.2.20 Metastasio Jazz ha quest'anno tagliato il traguardo delle venticinque edizioni e, nonostante il budget certo non da capogiro, ha ancora una volta proposto agli appassionati e al pubblico del teatro pratese un programma di tutto rispetto, che affiancava virtuosamente omaggi alla storia del ...
Meet Tom Kohn
by Tessa Souter and Andrea Wolper
Like many of our Jazz Super Fans, Tom Kohn's passion for music started when he was a teen, with a job in a record store and a penchant for acquiring albums that would impress even the most dedicated adult collectors. He grew up into a music business day job but, after suffering a life-changing event, he ...
I Sing Just to Know I'm Alive - Happy Birthday to Nina Simone
by Mary Foster Conklin
This week we focus on new releases from pianist Jen Allen, vocalists Rosemary Loar, Simone Kopmajer, Casey Abrams and Ian Shaw, plus birthday shout outs to Nina Simone in the first hour (who also has a new single out), flutists Nicole Mitchell and Mayu Saeki, vocalists Nancy Wilson, Anne Phillips, Kellye Gray and Shirley Crabbe, violinist ...
New albums from Carla Bley, Lisa Hilton, Mark Godfrey, Nutria and Oded Tzur.
by Bob Osborne
There is a striking album of new music from pianist/composer Carla Bley, whose trio with Andy Sheppard and Steve Swallow is now in its 25th year. Individual associations among the players go back much further: bassist Swallow first recorded music by Carla in 1961. Bley's distinctive piano, with its hints of Monk and Satie, is beautifully ...
I Gotta Swing - Celebrating Blanche Calloway and Her Joy Boys
by Mary Foster Conklin
This week's broadcast includes new releases from Danish sax/flute/clarinetist Sarah Elgeti, flutist Elsa Nilsson, vocalists Lizzie Thomas and Chanda Rule, pianists Lynne Arriale and Carla Bley plus the Kenny Barron / Dave Holland Trio with birthday shout outs to Blanche Calloway (sister of Cab Calloway, pictured), Dena DeRose, Sharel Cassity, Marsha Heydt, Kenny Rankin and Melissa ...
Leïla Olivesi, Charles Lloyd, Paul Bryan, Kirk Knuffke and Other New Releases
by Ludovico Granvassu
Here is the second part of this week's exploration of new releases [for the first part click here] by Kirk Knuffke and Paul Bryan as well as upcoming Blue Note albums by Charles Lloyd, and South African pianist Nduduzo Makhathini. To top off Mondo Jazz's 100th episode, a celebration of Federico Fellini's centennial through his soundtrack ...
Carla Bley: Life Goes On
by Mike Jurkovic
After decades of illuminating and revealing work, reveling in and breaking free of shadows, it is those same shadows that still inspire and inform Carla Bley. Which perhaps explains why the title track of Life Goes On rolls in on the 12-bar like a music obsessed, post-bop cigarette girl absorbing Count Basie at Birdland in the ...
Carla Bley / Andy Sheppard / Steve Swallow: Life Goes On
by Karl Ackermann
Coming off a recent illness, the legendary composer-pianist Carla Bley has her sense of humor and political instincts intact on Life Goes On. The trio album with saxophonist Andy Sheppard and bassist Steve Swallow completes a trilogy which began with Trios in 2013 but the three have been recording together since 1994 with their first album ...
