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Bill Evans, Fire! Orchestra, Roland Kirk Orchestral Works + recent releases and old finds

by David Brown
May 9, 2023

Join us for another week of the Jazz Continuum. Old, new, in, out, where ever the music takes us. Each week we explore the elements of jazz form a historical perspective. This week we take a look at some large ensemble works from Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Bill Evans and Fire! Orchestra as well as some recent ...

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Stanley Cowell, Gary Windo, Andrew Cyrille and More

by Jerome Wilson
April 26, 2023

This show features several musicians who have passed on, such as Stanley Cowell and Gary Windo, as well as many who are still alive and performing such as Billy Mintz and Andrew Cyrille. Playlist Henry Threadgill Sextett “I Can't Wait Till I Get Home" from The Complete Novus & Columbia Recordings of Henry Threadgill ...

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Eri Yamamoto, Janel Leppin and More

by Jerome Wilson
March 8, 2023

This show features several active female jazz musicians such as Eri Yamamoto, Janel Leppin, and Claudia Acuna. It also includes Michael Sarian, Tyshawn Sorey, and Jesse Davis. 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 Barry Altschul's ...

Article: Album Review

Eri Yamamoto Trio: A Woman With A Purple Wig

Read "A Woman With A Purple Wig" reviewed by Jerome Wilson

by Jerome Wilson
January 14, 2023

Pianist Eri Yamamoto was born and raised in Japan. but she has been a resident of New York City for over twenty years. She was there in March 2020 when COVID-19 shut down the world and then-President Trump began to call the disease a “Chinese flu." One day, while waiting to start an outdoor concert, she ...

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Ivo Perelman, Art Ensemble of Chicago & Satoki Fujii

by Maurice Hogue
January 9, 2023

Three very special recordings get the OMJ treatment in this edition. Saxophonist Ivo Perelman's release Reed Rapture In Brooklyn is the largest of the three: 103 tracks over 12 different discs featuring Perelman and fellow saxophonists. It's an immense collection of improvised duets. Pianist Satoko Fujii's Hyaku: One Hundred Dreams celebrates her 100th album as a ...

Album

Sparks

By Steve Hirsh

Label: Mahakala Music
Released: 2022
Track listing: Sparks; In The Garden; Bob's Pink Cadillac; Taiko; Real World.

Album

A Woman With A Purple Wig

By Eri Yamamoto

Label: Mahakala Music
Released: 2022
Track listing: Challenge; A Woman with a Purple Wig; Ends to Start; Colors Are Beautiful; Sounds of Peace; Shout; Internal Beat.

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2022 Look Back in Jazz

by David Brown
December 20, 2022

I'm not really one for making top ten lists. This week's show is a mix of wonderful tunes that kept me good company thought out the year. Enjoy!Playlist Thelonious Monk “Esistrophy (Theme)" from Live at the It Club-Complete (Columbia) 00:30 James Brandon Lewis “Molecular" from MSM Molecular Systematic Music (Live) (Intakt Records) 02:15 Eri ...

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Ghost Herd, The Lion + New Releases

by David Brown
December 6, 2022

This week, recordings associated with bandleader Woody Herman (Ralph Bures, Ella Fitzgerald, Anita O'Day, Jimmy Giuffre) but not playing any Herman (a ghost set). Then, Emmet Cohen's Uptown in Orbit and his influences—Ellington, Monk, Willy “The Lion" Smith. We've got new releases from Eri Yamamoto, Patricia Brennan & Dezron Douglas and a whole lot more! Travel ...

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Hot vs. Cool: A Battle of Jazz + New Releases

by David Brown
October 11, 2022

A battle of bands this week, as we spin Leonard Feather's 1952 recording Hot vs. Cool: A Battle of Jazz. This double 7" EP featuring a bop group led by Dizzy Gillespie and a trad jazz band led by Jimmy McPartland facing off on the stage of Birdland. Then, new releases from Eve Risser, Marta Warelis, ...