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Article: Radio & Podcasts

David Murray, Hillai Govreen, Simón Willson, Naïssam Jalal & More

by Ludovico Granvassu
April 26, 2025

Up and coming artists, and legends playing with up and coming artists, on this intergenerational playlist!Happy listening!Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Wet Enough!? & Camilla George “Funk 4" Dancing People Don't Dry (Komos) 0:16 Host talks 4:41 Simón Willson “Bet" Bet: Live at Ornithology ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Mingus Unearthed!

by Hobart Taylor
March 26, 2025

Mingus Unearthed! Just in time for Record Store Day Resonance Records releases never before heard live Mingus recordings from performances in Argentina. Also new music from David Murray with Ekep Nkwelle, Eva Novoa and The Los Angeles Improvisations Ensemble.Playlist David Murray Quartet Ekep Nkwelle “Birdly Serenade" from (Self Produced) 0:00 Gillian Margot Geoffrey Keezer ...

Article: Live Review

Jazz at Lincoln Center JALC Jazz Congress 2025

by Katchie Cartwright
January 31, 2025

Jazz at Lincoln Center JALC Jazz Congress 2025 New York, NYJanuary 8-9, 2025 In Frederick P. Rose Hall, the gorgeous home of Jazz at Lincoln Center overlooking Columbus Circle in New York City, the JALC Jazz Congress brought artists and industry professionals together for two days of panels and ...

Article: Live Review

Umbria Jazz Winter 2024

by Libero Farnè
January 6, 2025

Umbria Jazz Winter 2024 Orvieto, varie sedi 28 dicembre 2024--1° gennaio 2025 Come avviene ormai da 31 anni, Umbria Jazz Winter si svolge nel raccolto, accogliente e suggestivo centro storico di Orvieto nel clima festoso di fine anno, distribuendo i concerti in sedi storiche di grande prestigio. La serata inaugurale si è ...

Album

Amen

By Joy Guidry

Label: Whited Sepulchre Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: Psalm 138:7; It's Okay To Let Me Go; Pick and Choose. Members Don't Get Weary; Day By Day; Angels; I Will Always Miss You; Revelations 7:16-17.

News: Festival

2024 Hudson Jazz Festival Announces Line-Up

August 12, 2024

Ekep Nkwelle, Riley Mulherkar, and the Ethan Iverson Trio headline the three-day festival October 4-6 at Hudson Hall in Hudson, New York Festival expands city-wide with opening night party at Return Brewing, late night set by Jesse Fischer at The Half Moon, Wayne Tucker and the Bad Mothas at Kitty’s Garden, and pop-up performances around town ...

Article: Live Review

The Cyrus Chestnut Trio with Ekep Nkwelle at Smoke Jazz Club

by Paul Reynolds
August 1, 2024

Cyrus Chestnut Trio with Special Guest Ekep Nkwelle Smoke Jazz Club New York, NY July 26, 2024 When the formula works, a jazz set with a special guest is a twofer; you see a different musical side of the host while enjoying a tantalizing sample of the visitor's artistry. So it ...

Article: Album Review

Joy Guidry: Amen

by Gareth Thompson
May 1, 2024

Along with the soprano saxophone, the bassoon in the right hands and mouths can invoke whatever spiritual visions one places faith in. Maybe it lies in the promise of divine warmth, conjured by Eastern or Indian reed instruments with similar qualities. As often noted, the word “oboe" sounds like something a bassoon might emit. With a ...

Article: Live Review

Joe Block Christmas Extravaganza at Chris’ Jazz Café

by Victor L. Schermer
December 25, 2023

Joe Block Christmas Extravaganza Chris' Jazz Café Philadelphia, PA December 17, 2023 Pianist Joe Block is a remarkable pianist and band leader born and bred in Philadelphia and its suburbs. He is a graduate of both Juilliard and Columbia, was mentored by legendary pianists like Tom Lawton ...

Article: Rising Stars

Introducing Vocalist Tyreek McDole

by Sanford Josephson
December 2, 2023

In 2018, Tyreek McDole, a student at the Osceola County School for the Arts in Kissimmee, FL, was playing classical percussion for a performance of the 1987 Stephen Sondheim/James Lapine musical, Into the Woods. “During rehearsal," he recalled, “one of the actors got sick. I had studied all the music, so I sang the part for ...