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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Solos & Duets: Dave Rimpus, Sylvie Courvoisier & Mary Halvorson, Mingus and more

by David Brown
January 25, 2022

In a duo performance, musicians become instrumental equals. The interchange of ideas and flow of music is like a conversation. And for the artist who performs solo, there is no place to hide. Today, we present a smorgasbord of solo and duo performances from Coleman Hawkins to Colin Stetson, Sylvie Courvoisier & Mary Halvorson to Duke ...

Article: Album Review

Darrell Katz & OddSong: Galeanthropolgy

Read "Galeanthropolgy" reviewed by Jerome Wilson

by Jerome Wilson
January 12, 2022

OddSong is a chamber ensemble led by composer Darrell Katz, and distilled from the membership of the larger JCA Orchestra. It features vibraphone, violin, saxophones and voice, on music which veers between art songs and bluesy sax-led jazz tunes. Most of Katz's original compositions on this album feature poems by his late wife, poet Paula Tatarunis, ...

Article: Building a Jazz Library

George Coleman: An Alternative Top Ten Albums

by Chris May
January 6, 2022

Born in Memphis, Tennessee, saxophonist George Coleman cut his teeth in local rhythm and blues bands and made his first recording, aged twenty, with B.B. King in 1955. That year he switched from alto to tenor, because King already had an alto player; but Coleman has continued to play the alto from time to time and, ...

Article: Year in Review

Most Read Articles: 2021

by Michael Ricci
January 2, 2022

All About Jazz tracks how often an article is read, and the articles listed below represent our most popular in 2021. Chris May won the chicken dinner placing six articles in the top 16. John Coltrane: An Alternative Top Ten Albums Building a Jazz Library April 8, 2021

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Lester Young & Ron Wilkins

by Joe Dimino
January 2, 2022

Our 732nd hour of Neon Jazz arrives right before Christmas and is the penultimate for 2021. The most fitting musician for this episode is the mighty veteran trombonist Ron Wilkins. He survived a nasty bout with COVID and reigned on the top of the charts with a wonderful new album Trombcalist. He's the resounding testament to ...

Album

Mingus At Carnegie Hall (Deluxe Edition)

By Charles Mingus

Label: Atlantic Records
Released: 2021
Track listing: CD1: Introduction; Peggy’s Blue Skylight; Celia; Fables Of Faubus. CD2: Big Alice; Perdido; C Jam Blues.

Article: Radio & Podcasts

New Live And Studio Records Plus Classic Mingus

by Bob Osborne
December 30, 2021

On this week's show we present new live albums from Steve Coleman and Enrico Rava. There are also new studio based releases from Adán Mizrahi, Byron Asher & Brad Webb, Brian Molloy Quartet, John Zorn, and Bruce Forman, John Clayton & Jeff Hamilton. We also dip into the archive for some classic Charles Mingus.Playlist ...

Article: Year in Review

Ludovico Granvassu's 2021 Sonic Delights

by Ludovico Granvassu
December 29, 2021

Jazz is not a competitive sport and “Best Ofs" are misnomers. End of the year listicles have no bearing on the artistic standing of the albums they include, or on those they neglect, just like a five star review doesn't make the album it graces any better than it already is. But, apparently, humans ...

Article: Top Ten List

Pat Martino Top Ten Albums: More Than Meets The Eye

by Ian Patterson
December 27, 2021

Hugely admired by his peers, guitarist Pat Martino never really enjoyed the high profile accorded the likes of John McLaughlin, John Abercrombie, Pat Metheny or John Scofield, though in that esteemed company the Philadelphian guitarist, who passed away in 2021, surely belongs. In a sixty-year career, interrupted for the guts of a decade by ...

Article: Jazz & Juice

Tension: Riesling meets Eric Dolphy

by Kristen Lee Sergeant
December 21, 2021

Welcome back to the second season of “Jazz & Juice!" Last week, I published something called the Tasting Spiral as a bonus podcast/post. It's a great way to visualize wine tasting and is in keeping with our journey together. You can check it out on the website here if you're curious! Onto the first adventure of ...