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Giant Steps: Rahsaan Roland Kirk to Vijay Iyer
by David Brown
This week on the Jazz Continuum will be a “cover band" take on John Coltrane's historic recording, Giant Steps. Recorded May 4-5, 1959, several pieces on this album went on to become jazz standards. Each work will be played in album order as performed by Rahsaan Roland Kirk, The John Coltrane Quartet (live), The Vijay Iyer ...
Sullivan Fortner, Sasha Berliner, Herbie Hancock
by David Brown
This week on The Jazz Continuum, the spotlight turns to pianist and composer Sullivan Fortner, a dynamic presence in modern jazz. Known for his nuanced touch and bold improvisational voice, Fortner has made a mark through collaborations with vocalists Kurt Elling and Cécile McLorin Salvant, and through his acclaimed trio, solo, and duo recordings--including an intimate ...
Crate Digging in the East Village + RSD Releases
by David Brown
This week's episode highlights some enlightening archival live recordings from Kenny Dorham, Freddie Hubbard, and Charles Mingus, recently issued on Record Store Day. The program also features finds uncovered during a recent crate-digging trip to New York's East Village, including selections by Wayne Horvitz, Dorothy Donegan, Terry Gibbs, Jimmy Giuffre, and Joanne Brackeen. The show opens ...
Jazz Continuum Latin Edition
by David Brown
This week, we're featuring the Jazz Continuum Latin Edition. Let's dive into some Latin sounds from NYC, starting with Pete Rodriguez's “I Like It (I Like It Like That)," followed by the Joe Cuba Sextet and Nuyorican percussionist Ray Barretto. We'll also spotlight two albums from this weekend in history: Kenny Dorham's Afro-Cuban (1955) and McCoy ...
Muriel Grossman, Yazz Ahmed, Kaisa Mäensivu
by David Brown
Welcome friends and neighbors to The Jazz Continuum. Old, new, in, out... wherever the music takes us. Each week, we will explore the elements of jazz from a historical perspective. This week, we'll explore new and recent releases from Europe, including the spiritual jazz grooves of Muriel Grossmann, the psychedelic Arabic jazz of Yazz Ahmed, the ...
International Women's Day: Nubya Garcia, Geri Allen, Mary Lou Williams
by David Brown
Welcome friends and neighbors to The Jazz Continuum. Old, new, in, out... wherever the music takes us. Each week, we will explore the elements of jazz from a historical perspective. This week we celebrate International Women's Day (March 8) with short sets featuring women instrumentalists who have made or are making important contributions to this music ...
Get Happy: The Music of Harold Arlen’s Great American Songbook
by David Brown
Harold Arlen was a singer, pianist, arranger, and, most importantly, a composer of iconic popular songs in the 20th century. A highly regarded contributor to the Great American Songbook, Arlen wrote over 500 songs, with his most famous being “Over the Rainbow." Born 120 years ago in 1905, Arlen's music--primarily composed for Broadway shows and films--has ...
Jutta Hipp, George Michael, Grammy Nods
by David Brown
We'll kick things off with some Latin energy from Mongo Santamaria and his Orchestra, recorded live at the Black Hawk in San Francisco in 1962. Next, we'll hear The Incredible Jimmy Smith with “Midnight Special" from his classic 1966 LP of the same name. Following that, we have some guitar music from alto saxophonist Tim Berne's ...
RCA Jazz Workshop + Kevin Sun, Yuhan Su, Connie Han
by David Brown
This week is a two-part show. Part 1 takes a look at The RCA Victor Jazz Workshop series of LPs released between 1956 and 57. RCA promoted the releases stating: “This exciting new series would be a transmission belt for new ideas in jazz orchestration, or sometimes for experiments in instrumentation." The artists were Manny Albam, ...
Sound of Germantown: Byard Lancaster, Monnette Sudler, Marshall Allen
by David Brown
This week, let's keep it in the neighborhood with a program featuring artists who have current or historical connections to the Germantown neighborhood, home of G-Town Radio in Philadelphia. Recordings featured include bagpiper/saxophonist Rufus Harley, guitarist Monnette Sudler, saxophonist/flutist Byard Lancaster, saxophonist/poet Elliott Levin, alto saxophonist/EVI Marshall Allen, band leader/pianist Sun Ra, vibraphonist Khan Jamal, song/guitar ...
