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Piano Four-té: Keyboard Masters Delight On A Quartet of ECM Luminessence Vinyl Reissues
by Joshua Weiner
Blue Note. Verve. Impulse! Prestige. Just saying the name of such storied jazz record labels immediately conjures up each one's distinct aesthetic, from the music to the cover art. Over the past half century, the German ECM label has earned its place in this pantheon by steadfastly following its own vision, perhaps best summed up by ...
Michael Dease, NYO Jazz with Sean Jones and Alicia Olatuja, Meltem Ege, Alon Farber & More
by Mary Foster Conklin
This broadcast celebrates Fathers Day with new releases from Michael Dease, NYO Jazz with Sean Jones and Alicia Olatuja, Meltem Ege and Alon Farber, with birthday shoutouts to Hazel Scott, Geri Allen, Irene Higginbotham, Roseanna Vitro, Brianna Thomas, Jocelyn Gould, Daryl Sherman, Cy Coleman, Cole Porter, Nancy King, Monika Herzig and Janiece Jaffe, among others. Happy ...
Alon Farber: Dreams I Dream
by Jack Bowers
Israeli-born, Berklee-educated saxophonist Alon Farber leads his able-bodied quartet, Hagiga, through its paces on Dreams I Dream, the ensemble's third recording for Origin Records and fifth overall since its inception in 2001. Even though Farber's name is on the marquee and his imprint is on every number, this is a group enterprise in ...
Adam O'Farrill: For These Streets
by John Sharpe
With For These Streets, trumpeter and composer Adam O'Farrill presents a sharply contoured, richly imagined statement for mid-sized band--his most complete vision to date. Drawing on an eclectic range of influences, from 1930s-era music, literature and film to the rhythms of contemporary urban life, O'Farrill leads a wily crew of his peers through a program that ...
Miles Davis, Ben Sidran, Max Roach & Isaiah J. Thompson
by Joe Dimino
Episode 909 of Neon Jazz ignites with brilliance--and it starts with a rising star lighting up the modern jazz sky: Isaiah J. Thompson. We dive into fresh, soul-stirring tracks from his powerful 2025 release, The Book of Isaiah--Modern Jazz Ministry, where faith, groove, and virtuosity collide. From there, it's a rich journey through the past and ...
Sergi Sirvent Smooth Trio At Jamboree
by Artur Moral
Sergi Sirvent Smooth Trio Jamboree Barcelona, Spain May 24, 2025 The media and popular impact of different musical areas and their players is often a challenging mystery to unravel. Many authors suffer from a significant imbalance between their media exposure and audience reception, compared to the intrinsic quality of their work. ...
Is It RSD Again Already?
by Patrick Burnette
RSD--or Record Store Day for you vinyl virgins--comes but once, er, or twice a year, and while the main focus is who will win the privilege to buy a color-vinyl edition of the Wicked soundtrack, there's a little bit of jazz sprinkled in there, too. The boys talk about four selections, three recently uncovered live dates ...
Paul Bley: Floater & Syndrome The Upright Piano Sessions Revisited
by Chris May
One way for a musician to conjure rapture is through full-frontal shamanic assault, the sonic equivalent of the Orgasmatron machine that Jane Fonda's character encounters in Roger Vadim's 1968 sci-fi romp Barbarella. Funk is an ideal vehicle. But the sensations produced are superficial and short-lived. A less travelled path instead uses subtlety, understatement and nuance, and ...
Anaïs Drago, Adam O'Farrill, Claudio Fasoli, John Ellis, Charles Mingus
by Ludovico Granvassu
Enjoy an episode of Mondo Jazz that features old masters, new masters and future masters in an intergenerational playlist. Happy listening! Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 John Ellis “Linus and the Lyre" Heroes (Blue Room) 0:16 Host talks 7:12 Claudio Fasoli & Samadhi ...
A Tone Parallel to Duke Ellington: The Man In The Music
by Jack Kenny
A Tone Parallel to Duke Ellington: The Man In The Music Jack Chambers 259 Pages ISBN: # 9781496855756 University Press Of Mississippi2025 There are rare insights into Duke Ellington in this book from Jack Chambers, his second on Duke Ellington. Chambers has also written important books on Miles Davis ...
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