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Connie Crothers

Born: May 2, 1941

As performer and recording artist, Connie releases her deepest feeling—her source—into the music, creating a wide range of expression and a virtuosity which is based on her desire to discover everything she can hear and imagine through spontaneous improvisation. In 2015, she performed solo in Kassel, Germany, at Staats Theater. The reviewer Von Georg Pepl, under the headline “Fantastic Adventure,” called it “a magnificent solo concert.” She performed at the Vision Festival with dancers Elaine Gutierrez and Elaine Cray, MoralesDance, at Judson Memorial Church, NYC During the year, Connie’s performances featured a number of musicians in a variety of contexts

Carla Bley, Gabrielle Cavassa, Erica von Kleist, Juan Carlos Quintero, The Joymakers, Helen Sung & More

by Mary Foster Conklin
May 11, 2026

This broadcast includes newly discovered music from Carla Bley plus releases by Gabrielle Cavassa, Erica von Kleist, Juan Carlos Quintero, The Joymakers and a single from Helen Sung's latest, with birthday shoutouts to Shirley Horn, Duke Ellington, Connie Crothers, Blossom Dearie, Angela Bofill, Andrea Brachfeld, Tracy Stark, Mary Ann McSweeney and Liz Terrell Brydge, among others. ...

Caroline Davis: Fallows

by Katchie Cartwright
April 2, 2026

Fallows, the singular saxophonist Caroline Davis' debut release as a one-woman band (sax and electronics), was written and recorded on a 20,000-acre ranch in the high plains of Wyoming, the fruit of a month-long artist residency at the Ucross Foundation. Davis, who is Brooklyn-based at present, had gotten into working with electronics in 2006 while living ...

Carol Liebowitz and Nick Lyons: The Inner Senses

by Troy Dostert
May 28, 2025

A freely improvised session for jazz traditionalists--at least, that is one way to characterize this enticing offering from pianist Carol Liebowitz and alto saxophonist Nick Lyons, the follow-up to their duo debut, First Set (Line Art, 2016). While there is a great deal of extemporaneity and surprise on hand, the two seasoned veterans also delight in ...

Kandace Springs, Brandee Younger, Melissa Kassel, Atlantic Jazz Collective With Norma Winstone, Joe LaBarbera & More

by Mary Foster Conklin
May 12, 2025

This broadcast celebrates the beginning of May with new releases from Kandace Springs, Brandee Younger, Melissa Kassel & Tom Zicarelli Group and the Atlantic Jazz Collective featuring Norma Winstone and Joe LaBarbera, with birthday shoutouts to Connie Crothers, Shirley Horn, Angela Bofill, Andrea Brachfeld, Liz Terrell Brydge, honorable men Duke Ellington and Keith Ganz, among others. ...

My Conversation with Anthony Braxton

by AAJ Staff
August 16, 2024

This article first appeared on All About Jazz in September 2001. In Puccini's Tosca, the lead heroine sings “Vissi d'arte" in the second act. It is with passion and anguish then that the audience understands the opera singer Floria Tosca is asking the heavens why she has suffered so much for her art when ...

New Releases By Alliance, Judith Owen, Noel Preminger and Rob Garcia Present the Hildegard Project, Celebrating Shirley Horn & More

by Mary Foster Conklin
May 13, 2024

This broadcast includes new releases from Jazz At The Ballroom, Alliance, Judith Owen and Kari van der Kloot plus Noah Preminger & Rob Garcia explore the music of Hildegard von Bingen, a 12th Century abbess and mystic, with birthday shoutouts to Shirley Horn, Connie Crothers, Andrea Brachfeld, Rebecca Martin, Tawanda and Liz Terrell, among others. Thanks ...

Pearring Sound: My Multiverse

by Karl Ackermann
April 15, 2024

Jeff Pearring has a diverse cross-genre musical background, influencing his development in understated but effective ways. The alto saxophonist/composer, a Colorado native, is based in Brooklyn and had been mentored by the late jazz improviser and pianist Connie Crothers, sharing her tenaciously unconventional approach. Pearring led a group that included Crothers, on her final studio recording, ...

Mark Daniel Ettingoff

Early on music became an obsession for Mark soon after he heard Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit on his friend's parents' stereo system around age 10 (similar to many jazz boomers that talk about their formative experiences with The Beatles).  The mercurial guitar dripping in chorus and the pounding syncopated drums hit him instantly like an injection.  Transfixed, he scoured the local Wall-To-Wall sound for another dose of this cathartic magic.  He neglected to read the fine print on the album cover and ultimately purchased Weird Al's "Off The Deep End", which iconically contained a parody of the song and album cover.  Mark listened to the record in error for about a year suspiciously until he found Nevermind, the original 'holy grail' if you will.  This event marked his initiation into a lifetime of these sorts of dumb luck encounters.

New Releases From Artemis, Musique Noire, Birthday Shoutouts to Carla Bley, Connie Crothers, Shirley Horn & More

by Mary Foster Conklin
May 15, 2023

This broadcast includes new releases from Artemis, Luiz Millan, Musique Noire, Grace McNally, Mike Melito, Rickie Lee Jones, with a second single from Nicky Schrire, plus birthday shoutouts to Andrea Brachfeld, Gunhild Carling, Lincoln Briney, Carla Bley, Connie Crothers, KJ Denhert, Tania Maria and Shirley Horn, among others. Thanks for listening and please support the artists ...