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Darius Jones, Thumbscrew, Oaagaada & Kira Kira
by Maurice Hogue
These two hours are filled with amazing music. Alto saxophonist Darius Jones continues his Man'ish Boy series with his new Legend of E-Boi (The Hypervigilant Eye). I'll be amazed if this doesn't show up on most best-of lists for 2024. It's Darius in his finest form. Thumbscrew's work is impeccable too, and their new Wingbeats continues ...
New Music from Nubya Garcia, Daniel Carter, Roy Hargrove and More
by Hobart Taylor
New Music from Nubya Garcia, Daniel Carter, Roy Hargrove and more.Playlist Nubya Garcia “Clarity" from Odyssey (Concord) 0:00 m: Tomin “Love “ from A Willed and Conscious Balance (International Anthem) 6:11 Host Speaks 11:46 Alice Zawadzki “Suéltate Las Cintas" from Za Górami (ECM) 13:23 Jason Anick Jason Yeager" Ephemory" from Sanctuary (Sunnyside) 19:45 m: ...
Good Company
by Bob Osborne
The title of Art Hirahara's new release embraces the spirit of jazz. Music made in good company with musicians interacting to create something special. Two new albums from ground-breaking saxophonist Ivo Perelman reflect this approach as well with the creation of music which pushes at boundaries. Other brand new releases from 2024 make up the rest ...
Fingers Remembers Mingus And More
by Bob Osborne
The excellent Jazz In Britain label continues to unearth nuggets from UK jazz history--May of this year saw the release of an album collecting for the first time ever, the complete recording sessions for the Spotlite vinyl album 'Fingers Remember Mingus' expanded with bonus tracks. The original album sessions, and the extra tracks, were all recorded ...
Karen Borca, Wadada Leo Smith & Amina Claudine Myers, & Albert Beger
by Maurice Hogue
This episode finds itself in a lot of different nooks and crannies of creative improvised music; there's the bassoon of Karen Borca, often considered the pioneer of that instrument in jazz, on a never-heard-before album, there's meditative yet free collaboration between two long time friends and members the AACM, trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith and pianist Amina ...
Gilmore Piano Festival 2024
by John Ephland
Irving S. Gilmore International Piano FestivalKalamazoo, MIApril 24 to May 12, 2024 Thelonious Monk ends his 1967 album Straight, No Chaser with the song “We See." This Monk classic quartet remake from the 1950s was also the last piece of jazz music performed at this year's Irving S. Gilmore International Piano Festival. ...
Nduduzo Makhathini: uNomkhubulwane
by Mike Jurkovic
Abundantly, beatifically, and beautifully ebullient, uNomkhubulwane, Nduduzo Makhathini's eleventh overall effort but third masterwork for Blue Note (his 2020 Blue Note first, Modes of Communication: Letters From the Underworlds and 2022's In the Spirit of Ntu still shimmer and transcend) is, as is the South African pianist's quickly evolving tradition, radiant and revelatory. Emerging ...
New Releases From Diana Arias, Aleksi Glick, Francisco Mela & Shinya Lin, And More
by Bob Osborne
On this show we have all new releases from Diana Arias, Aleksi Glick, Francisco Mela & Shinya Lin, Jon Gordon, Modney, Louise van den Heuvel, Dave Douglas, Fay Victor, Samuel Torres, Owen Broder, and Jamie Baum Septet+. Playlist Intro Theme 00:00 Diana Arias “Pacifico" from Viaje del Pez (ears&eyes) 00:35 Aleksi Glick “She Told ...
Peter Van Huffel, Mary Halvorson & Liba Villavechia
by Maurice Hogue
Canadian expat-saxophonist Peter Van Huffel has found a place amidst that hotbed of free-wheeling music in Berlin, and his latest release with his band Callisto reinforces his position as one of the exciting voices working today. Meandering Demons out on Clean Feed introduces a newer band with (Clean Feed) with another Canadian who spends a lot ...
John Lurie, Isaiah Collier, Dan Weiss & Steph Richards
by Maurice Hogue
John Lurie hasn't recorded any music since contracting Lyme disease several years ago; in fact he couldn't even listen to music because of the neurological effects of the disease. He retreated to someplace in the Caribbean then finally improved enough to come back to the US and made Painting With John for HBO. Lurie's music which ...
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