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Dizzy, Eri Yamamoto, Cecil Payne
by David Brown
This week, we'll check in with some late '60s, early '70s Dizzy Gillespie, then a set of new quartet and solo works from pianist Eri Yamamoto. Two new works from Blue Note records follow with an archival release pairing McCoy Tyner and Joe Henderson live at Slugs Saloon 1966 followed new music by the all-star collective ...
Scott Colley, Edward Simon, Brian Blade: Three Visitors
by Mike Jurkovic
There are the many moments to hold and savor on Three Visitors, the second trio offering from pianist Edward Simon, bassist Scott Colley and drummer Brian Blade. Like their 2017 eponymous debut Steel House (Artist Share), Three Visitors is artful, understated, elegant and so soul deep. A late night disk to rest with and to reflect upon days in the distance ...
Marina Albero, George Cables, Josh Lawrence, Lafayette Gilchrist and More
by Hobart Taylor
This Thanksgiving week we are grateful for new music from pianist/composer Marina Albero, master pianist George Cables, exciting improvisation from San Francisco's The Lost Shapes and more. Playlist Diane Roblin & Life Force “ Renewed on Thanksgiving Day" from Breath of Fresh Air (ZSAN) 0:00 Mark Masters Ensemble “ Deep Pools" from Sui Generis ...
Lucy Woodward, Vanisha Gould, Scott Colley, Edward Simon & Brian Blade, Carn Davidson 9
by Mary Foster Conklin
This broadcast includes new releases from Lucy Woodward, Vanisha Gould, Scott Colley, Edward Simon & Brian Blade, Robin Simone, Carn Davidson 9, with birthday shoutouts to Lauren Henderson, Bertha Hope, Patricia Barber, Nikara Warren, Betty Bryant (95!), Sue Palmer, Bonnie Raitt and Joni Mitchell, among others. Happy listening and please support the artists you hear. See ...
Detroit Jazz Festival 2024: The Year of Alice
by Paul Rauch
Detroit Jazz Festival 2024 Hart Plaza & Campus Martius Detroit, MI August 30-September 2, 2024 An annual pilgrimage to the Detroit Jazz Festival allows a jazz fan, or in this case, a jazz journalist, to reset to an internal default setting for what this music means to us on a very ...
My Conversation with David Binney
by Glenn Astarita
This article first appeared on All About Jazz in September 1999. New York City-based saxophonist and composer David Binney has been getting lots of well-deserved attention over the last several years. Three excellent CDs with the unique and hard driving band Lost Tribe, stints with Medeski Martin & Wood, Drew Gress' Jagged Sky, Aretha ...
Hank Roberts, Charles Lloyd, and Robert Wyatt
by Jerome Wilson
This episode includes fresh sounds from Hank Roberts and Robert Wyatt, Swing-era jazz performed by Air and Benny Goodman, and vocals by Kosi and Patty Carpenter. 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 Bill Cunliffe “Afluencia" ...
Jon Gordon: 7th Ave South
by Pierre Giroux
Jon Gordon, an alto and soprano saxophonist, steps into the limelight with his latest release 7th Ave South, a melodic memoir of a transformative place for jazz history in the early 1980s. This journey is a testament to the fascination of discovery and the allure of artistic camaraderie four decades later. In this ten-track outing of ...
Meet Bobby Watson
by Craig Jolley
This article was first published at All About Jazz in October 1999. Background and early career... I started playing clarinet and piano in my grandfather's church. I played saxophone in junior high school: originally tenor and switched to alto when I got to high school. From there I got hip to jazz and tried ...
