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Little Ella Bella

November 11, 2024

Album: A Light Shining Through
By David Friesen
Label: Origin Records
Released: 2024
Duration: 04:07

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Abdullah Ibrahim, Julie Kelly, John Coltrane & Sean Mason

by Joe Dimino
March 17, 2024

We kick off a new 846th Episode of Neon Jazz out of Kansas City with rising keyboard talent Sean Mason and music from his 2024 release The Southern Suite. From there, we hear from an indelible influence on Sean in Ray Charles. We also hear a dandy of tunes from the Cherry Poppin' Daddies, John Korbel, ...

Article: Album Review

David Friesen: This Light Has No Darkness, Volume 1

Read "This Light Has No Darkness, Volume 1" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan
February 14, 2024

In 2020, David Friesen, an American jazz artist with Ukrainian roots, released his masterpiece, Testimony (Origin Records). The set was an orchestral, spiritual soundscape featuring Friesen's jazz quartet and the National Academic Symphonic Band of Ukraine. Recorded in Kyiv, in December of 2018--about three years before Russia invaded Ukraine--the music was a majestic testament to Friesen's ...

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Motivation

February 6, 2024

Album: This Light Has No Darkness, Volume 1
By David Friesen
Label: Origin Records
Released: 2024
Duration: 06:37

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Thousands of Ways

By Susan Reed

Label: OA2 Records
Released: 2022
Track listing: Flying My Kite; Fresco; Seine Pantomime; Ribbons in the Wind; Desert Flower; Cat Got Your Tongue; Summer Nights; Erlkönig; Thousands of Ways; Hope.

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Flying My Kite

October 4, 2022

Album: Thousands of Ways
By Susan Reed
Label: OA2 Records
Released: 2022
Duration: 03:55

Article: Interview

Ricky Ford: From Across the Sea

by R.J. DeLuke
August 22, 2022

Ricky Ford is a badass tenor saxophonist. Many will recall his fierce and strong playing on his Muse releases in the '80s. Others may be aware that he was a stalwart member of big bands like the Duke Ellington Orchestra under the leadership of Mercer Ellington and with Charles Mingus and later the Mingus Dynasty band. ...

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Day Of Rest

By David Friesen

Label: Origin Records
Released: 2021
Track listing: Backward Glance; Day Dream; Goal In Mind; Green Hills Slowly Passing By; Remembering The Moment; Day Of Rest; Distant Shores; Everything We Are; In The Moment; Lovely Lady; Meaningful; Mindful Of Your Tears; My Dance; My Dog Ellie; Place Of Point; Shining Star; Song For Tristan; Time Never Ends; Unfolding; Going Forth.

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Passage

By David Friesen

Label: Origin Records
Released: 2021
Track listing: In the Place of Calling; Acceptance; Yielding; Obedience; Transition; Belief; Understanding; Challenged; Victory; Direction; Thankfulness; Temptation/Overcoming; Forward; Voyage; Awareness; Struggle; Stillness; Family; Looking Past; Journey; Faith; Commitment; Perseverance; Resolution; Prayer.