Results for "David Murray"

David Murray: Seriana Promethea

by John Sharpe
October 9, 2022

It's over 45 years since David Murray blew into the Lower East Side lofts from California. For a while he was near ubiquitous and amassed a discography to match. While releases have become less prolific in the decades since, he remains restlessly active, and Seriana Promethea by his Brave New World Trio ranks alongside his best. ...

Beatles, Popin’ Jazz

by David Brown
September 27, 2022

There are two things I've always avoided in my explorations of the music. Beatles covers and Christmas jazz. But lately, I've noticed that Beatle jazz has been accumulating in the collection and I'm having a hard time ignoring it. So tonight, let's explore a bunch of Lennon/McCartney tunes as well as other pop tunes of the ...

Yaroslav Likhachev, Fade In Trio, Joao Carreiro & Baker/Harris/Lopez

by Maurice Hogue
August 22, 2022

This episode has an edge to much of the music with tastes of new recordings from German saxophonist Yaroslav Likhachev and his quartet, Manila-based saxophonist Rick Countryman teamed up with Swiss drummer Christian Bucher, the Chicago trio of Jim Baker, Bill Harris & Brandon Lopez, Alien Radio from Canada, the Italian trio Fade In, Portuguese guitarist ...

Music Is The Magic - Birthday Celebrations for Dorothy Ashby, Abbey Lincoln, Louis Armstrong And More

by Mary Foster Conklin
August 15, 2022

This broadcast presents new releases from Mike Clark & Leon Lee Dorsey, vocalist Lauren Henderson and saxophonist Jessy J, with birthday shoutouts to jazz greats Dorothy Ashby, Tony Bennett, Louis Armstrong, Terri Lyne Carrington, and Abbey Lincoln among others, plus a celebration of Joni Mitchell's remarkable performance at the Newport Folk Festival. Thanks for listening and ...

Saxophonists, Classic and Contemporary

by Jerome Wilson
August 10, 2022

This show features a wide variety of saxophonists, both as soloists and bandleaders. It includes iconic players like Stan Getz and Roscoe Mitchell as well as today's stars with Melissa Aldana and Miguel Zenon. Playlist Henry Threadgill Sextett “I Can't Wait Till I Get Home" from The Complete Novus & Columbia Recordings of Henry ...

Vision Festival 2022

by Luciano Rossetti
July 28, 2022

Ugly Beauty: Jazz in The 21st Century

by Philip Freeman
July 26, 2022

The following is an excerpt from Chapter 1, “JD Allen: Just Keep Going" from Philip Freeman's Ugly Beauty: Jazz in The 21st Century (ZerO Books, 2022). Queens, New York seems purposely designed to confuse travelers. It's January 2, 2020, a brisk but sunny day, and I'm to meet saxophonist JD Allen at Samurai ...

Mary Halvorson, Josh Sinton, Pat Thomas & The Big Room

by Maurice Hogue
July 20, 2022

Guitarist Mary Halvorson's new double album marks her debut for Nonesuch. You'll hear a sample from em>Amaryllis and Belladonna. You'll also get a taste of Slovenian guitarist Samo Salamon's terrific new recording Pure And Simple with the great Arild Andersen and Rakalam Bob Moses. Other new trio sets come from baritone saxophonist Josh Sinton and the ...

Time Spiral: George Russell, Tyshawn Sorey, Yu Nishiyama, Daniel Carter

by David Brown
June 28, 2022

This week, extended works featuring George Russell's “Time Spiral," Anthony Davis “A Suite for Monk," David Murray and Randy Weston perform “Blue Moses." New releases from Tyshawn Sorey Trio, Yu Nishiyma, Tim Berne's Bloodcount, Daniel Carter, and much more. Playlist Thelonious Monk “Esistrophy (Theme)" from Live at the It Club-Complete (Columbia) 00:30 Keefe Jackson, ...

The Seneca Village Concerts

by Jerome Wilson
June 27, 2022

For much of 2020 and 2021, the coronavirus pandemic brought a screeching halt to virtually all live music performances in this country. To combat that, some individuals in various locales arranged series of live open-air performances. One was recording engineer and photographer Jimmy Katz who curated a series of live outdoor jazz performances in New York ...