Results for "Flora Purim"

Opa and The Blackbyrds: Coveted 1970s Jazz-Funk

by Mark Sullivan
July 29, 2025

Opa released only two albums before disbanding in the early 1980s. While neither of their albums found commercial success during their initial releases (despite the high-profile personalities involved), both titles gained underground followings over the following decades. The Blackbyrds' City Life celebrates its golden anniversary. “Happy Music," the dancefloor-ready title track and the group's heavily sampled ...

François de Lima

The Large Ensembles of Ryan Truesdell and Claire Cope

by Jerome Wilson
June 19, 2025

These are two excellent recent large ensemble jazz recordings. One celebrates the work of a venerated master composer and arranger while the other showcases an outstanding newer writing talent. Ryan Truesdell Shades of Sound Outside in Music 2025 This is the third release from Ryan Truesdell's Gil ...

Harry Allen, Rossano Sportiello & Bryan Carter, Elaine Dame, Michelle Nicolle, Jenna McLean, Rachel Therrien & More

by Mary Foster Conklin
March 17, 2025

This broadcast includes new releases from Harry Allen, Rossano Sportiello & Bryan Carter, Elaine Dame, Michelle Nicolle & Larry Koonse, Jenna McLean and Rachel Therrien, with birthday shoutouts to Anat Fort, Eric Comstock, Flora Purim, Jenny Hill and Carole Bayer Sager. Happy listening and please support the artists you hear--see them live, buy their music so ...

Michel Cury, Cymande, Brian Auger, Ensemble C, Sultan Stevenson, Lo Greco Bros, PAZ, & More

by Tony Poole
February 7, 2025

Tony Poole brings you the latest cutting-edge sounds from across the globe. The freshest worldwide jazz grooves, constantly pushing boundaries and redefining the jazz experience. Playlist All tracks released in 2025, unless otherwise stated Paz “AC-DC" (alternate version) from Variation And Creation: The Story Of PAZ (Jazz In Britain) Michel Cury “Africa" (featuring Alison ...

Rule of 3

by Patrick Burnette
October 24, 2024

Three hundred podcasts is the kind of milestone worthy of an echo chamber at the very least and a themed episode at the very, er, leaster. Pat had the bright idea (he thought) of reviewing albums from 1953, 1963. 1973, and 1983. Mike explained that was in fact a stupid idea and so they might as ...

Ten Supreme Fender Rhodes Albums

by Chris May
September 16, 2024

In 1965, reeling from the impact of Motown and the Brit invasion led by the Beatles, and about to be hit by the triple whammy that was acid rock and the rebel culture that went with it, jazz was on the back foot. Its relevance as entertainment, art form and spiritual sustenance was under threat, at ...

Alex Kautz: Where We Begin

by Katchie Cartwright
June 28, 2024

Born and raised in São Paulo, drummer Alex Kautz moved to Mexico City with his parents in 1996. His sound world growing up included his parents' MPB (música popular brasileira), bossa nova and samba, along with North American rock and a bit of classical music. Jack DeJohnette's New Directions (ECM, 1978)--with Lester Bowie, Eddie Gomez and ...

CTI Acid Jazz Grooves by Various Artists

by Arnaldo DeSouteiro
June 19, 2024

The CD you are holding in your hands is a very special compilation. It's the celebration of CTI as one of the most “sampled" labels on Earth! For the past ten years, many CTI tracks have been cut up, sampled, scratched and looped to create new songs for a new audience. Many of the selections on ...

1974 with Soft Machine, Passport, Flora Purim and Stanley Clarke

by Len Davis
January 21, 2024

1974 Part 2 -50 years ago with Volker Kriegel, Wayne Shorter, George Duke, Passport, Soft Machine, Flora Purim, Santana, Horace Arnold, Stanley Clarke and John Abercrombie. Playlist Volker Kriegel “Mild Maniac" from Mild Maniac (MPS) 00:00 Wayne Shorter “Beauty And The Beast" from Native Dancer (CBS) 06:29 George Duke “Psychomatic Dung" from Faces in ...