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Charles Pillow

Originally from Roanoke, Virginia and grew up in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Charles' latest projects on Artistshare, the reworkings of Modeste Mussorgsky's "Pictures at an Exhibition" and Gustav Holsts' "The Planets" are examples of his fusion of different musical elements and blending them into music for our time. "I thought with all the instruments that I play, I could create a much more varied tonal palette and venture into different worlds of expression. So we go anywhere from rock to balkan to beats to 21st century classical in one breath, a virtual 'symphony of sound'. He has appeared on over 75 CD's including those of Michael Brecker, David Sanborn, Jay Z, Frank Sinatra, Luther Vandross, Joe Henderson, Bob Mintzer, Bob Belden, Maria Schneider, John Fedchock, Maria Carey, Kevin Mahogany, Queen Latifah, John Scofield, Gladys Knight, Nellie McKay, Michel Buble, and Chaka Khan. He has worked with legendary producers Phil Ramone and Arif Mardin and performed with Christine Aguilera, Marc Anthonly, Winona Judd, Blood, Sweat, and Tears and Michael Jackson, Randy Brecker, David Liebman, Orpheus Chamber Ensemble, The Long Island Philharmonic, and The New Orleans Symphony. In additon to his saxophone, flute and clarinet playing, he has distinguished himself as one of the premier jazz oboists with his recordings, "Currents", "In this World", "Pictures at an Exhibition", and his latest release on Artistshare.com, "The Planets"

Indigo

By Bria Skonberg

Label: Cellar Music Group
Released: 2026
Track listing: Watch What Happens; I’m Glad There Is You; Mood Indigo; Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea; If You Go Away; Fragile; So It Goes; Tell Him I Said Hello; We’ll Be Together Again.

Bass & Face

By Chuck Bergeron

Label: Summit Records
Released: 2026
Track listing: An Occasional Man; Emily; Devil May Care; I Thought About You; When I Drink; Two Degrees East, Three Degrees West; Detour Ahead; Audubon Zoo/IKO-IKO; Fair Weather; Take The Wrinkles Out Of Your Birthday Suit; Analog; Duke Ellington's Sound Of Love; Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans.

Bria Skonberg: Indigo

by Jack Bowers
August 26, 2026

Jazz triple-threat Bria Skonberg is back, singing, scatting and playing eloquent trumpet on Indigo, the Canadian-born artist's eighth recording as leader of her own group (one of which, Bria, earned Canada's JUNO Award in 2017 for best Vocal Jazz Album of the Year). In Skonberg's ongoing back-and-forth between voice and trumpet, voice seems to ...

The Tension Is Where The Music Lives: Miles Davis At 100, Parts 1 & 2

by Kofi Adjepong-Boateng
June 9, 2026

Celebrating Miles Davis's birthday with back-to-back concerts leads to insightful observations. The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra chose to play a set of Davis's performances, remaining faithful to the original arrangements, but with a fresh take that only an accomplished orchestra could master. Terence Blanchard, with guest Ravi Coltrane, chose to celebrate him by treating us ...

Audrey Ochoa, Mary Lou Williams, and Michael Garrick

by Jerome Wilson
April 8, 2026

This eclectic episode features recent music from Audrey Ochoa and Charles Chen as well as older work by Mary Lou Williams and Michael Garrick.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 Steven Bernstein “Lucky" from Diaspora Blues ...

Celebrating Billie Holiday, Carmen McRae Plus New Releases By Mafalda Minnozzi, Steve Knight, the Esthesis Quartet, Deb Bowman & More

by Mary Foster Conklin
April 21, 2025

This broadcast highlights Jazz Appreciation Month with new releases from Mafalda Minnozzi, Deb Bowman, Steve Knight and the Esthesis Quartet, with birthday shoutouts to Billie Holiday, Carmen McRae, Rosa Passos, Marilyn Maye and Herbie Hancock, among others. Happy listening and please support the artists you hear -see them live, buy their music so they can continue ...

Mike Holober & The Gotham Jazz Orchestra: This Rock We're On: Imaginary Letters

by Jack Bowers
March 9, 2025

This Rock We're On, acclaimed composer and pianist Mike Holober's 2024 recording as leader of the Gotham Jazz Orchestra, is challenging to summarize in mere words, as it consists of a multi-part suite (on two CDs) which blends jazz, classical and art songs in a thematic environment that uses a series of “imaginary letters" from a ...

Up High, Down Low

By Alan Ferber

Label: Sunnyside Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: In Hindsight.

If a White Horse from Jerusalem...

By Dave Liebman

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2024
Track listing: If a White Horse from Jerusalem…(I. Ahava Raba; II. Allahu Allahu/Maqam Awj Ara; III. Ki Lo Noeh/Maqam Saba; IV. Present Tense); Somewhere; Hip-Hop Scuffle; Where or When.