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Tommy Halferty, Philippe Aerts, Kevin Brady At Scott's Jazz Club
by Ian Patterson
Tommy Halferty, Philippe Aerts, Kevin Brady Scott's Jazz Club jny:Belfast, N. Ireland December 1, 2023 The gentleman had arrived early to secure a table right in front of the stage, a fresh pint of Guinness settling nicely before him. He had seen guitarist Tommy Halferty before. The first time was in ...
Meet Tubist Jim Shearer
by AAJ Staff
Meet Jim Shearer Jim Shearer was born in Water Valley, Mississippi, in 1964. His family owned the local newspaper, The North Mississippi Herald, from 1943-2004, and his father was an active musician on the side, playing jazz saxophone and serving as Minister of Music at the family church (but never at the same time!). After spending ...
Jazz Detective Launches Never Before Released Cal Tjader Live Sets Recorded In The 1960s At The Penthouse Jazz Club In Seattle
THIS IS THE FIRST OFFICIAL RELEASE OF PREVIOUSLY UNISSUED LIVE CAL TJADER MUSIC IN NEARLY 20 YEARS! Transferred from the original tape reels and mastered for vinyl by Bernie Grundman, Cal Tjader: Catch The Groove – Live at the Penthouse 1963-1967 is presented as a 180-gram vinyl limited edition 3-LP SET and will also be available ...
Cal Tjader: Catch The Groove: Live at the Penthouse 1963-1967
by Troy Dostert
It would be unusual to hear vibraphonist Cal Tjader mentioned alongside the all-time greats on his instrument. He is not remembered for being a fearless improviser like Bobby Hutcherson, or as deeply soulful as Milt Jackson, or as hard-swinging a presence as Lionel Hampton. Moreover, one will search in vain in his biography for the hard-fought ...
Carla Bley: A View from her Hill, Part 1
by Ludovico Granvassu
We could spend hours talking about the many things that made Carla Bley unique, and made her passing a huge loss for the jazz world. This week we decided to focus on her songbook, as interpreted by many of the peers that admired her work. Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash ...
Remembering Carla Bley: Jazz Innovator Extraordinaire
by Ian Patterson
Carla Bley, composer, arranger, free-jazz pioneer, band leader, pianist and independent, whose compositions became jazz standards, has died at the age of 87. She had been diagnosed with brain cancer in 2018. Bley's most famous recording was her sprawling, genre-elusive triple album Escalator Over the Hill (JCOA Records, 1971). On the back of this ...
New Releases - Jocelyn Gould, Tina Raymond, Michelle Lordi, Chien Chien Lu, Hiromi, Joni Mitchell & More
by Mary Foster Conklin
Today's broadcast includes new releases from ((Laila Biali}}, Jocelyn Gould, Tina Raymond, Michelle Lordi, Chien Chien Lu, Hiromi, Arina Fujiwara plus a fun single from Nicole Zuraitis, with birthday shoutouts to Maria Muldaur, Abelita Mateus, Roxana Amed, Emily Takahashi, Hyuna Park and Tania Grubbs, among others. Thanks for listening and please support the artists you hear ...
Sara Serpa & André Matos: Night Birds
by Katchie Cartwright
Night Birds, singer Sara Serpa and guitarist André Matos' third album together, offers an ethereal program of compositions written by the duo, separately and together. They are joined on various tracks by Brooklyn-based pianist-composer Dov Manski, South Korean avant-garde cellist Okkyung Lee, Swedish experimental singer Sofia Jernberg, Portuguese drummer João Pereira, and their young son Lourenço. ...
String Along with Dorothy!
by Patrick Burnette
A music with as complicated and rich a history as jazz is always going to be subject to rediscoveries and reappraisals and we wouldn't want it any other way. This fortnight's episode focuses on a pioneering practitioner on that truly rare avis, the jazz harp. Yes, we're diving into the early work of Dorothy Ashby in ...
George Gruntz, Gary Burton, Mathilde Grooss Viddal and More
by Jerome Wilson
This show features a mix of modern jazz out of America and Europe, including music by the George Gruntz Concert Jazz Band, Gary Burton, David S. Ware, and Mathilde Grooss Viddal. Playlist Henry Threadgill Sextett “I Can't Wait Till I Get Home" from The Complete Novus & Columbia Recordings of Henry Threadgill & Air ...
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