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Jazz Foremothers, Women Who Impact West Coast Latin Jazz by Salsa de la Bahia, Jeffrey Gimble, Ashley Jackson Usher In Jazz Appreciation Month

by Mary Foster Conklin
April 14, 2025

This broadcast morphs gracefully from Women's History to Jazz Appreciation Month with new releases from Salsa de la Bahia, Jeffrey Gimble and Ashley Jackson, with birthday shoutouts to Dorothy Donegan, Alberta Hunter, Jean Fineberg, Vanessa Perica, Allan Harris, Evgenia Karlafti, Christine Jensen and Tessa Souter, among others. Happy listening and please support the artists you hear--see ...

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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 ...

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Jobim's World

By Yvonnick Prene

Label: Sunnyside Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: Triste; Proezos De Solon; Dans mon île; Vagues á Lames; The Girl from Ipanema; Too Many Notes; Tide; Tide; Desafinado; Double Rainbow.

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From Here

By Alyssa Allgood

Label: Next Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: Featuring some of music’s most lionized artists: GRAMMY winners John Patitucci and Geoffrey Keezer, dynamic drummer Kendrick Scott, saxophonist Greg Ward, and produced by acclaimed jazz vocalist Jeff Baker, ‘From Here’ finds Alyssa Allgood reaching a new pinnacle of personal expression, emotional observation, and artistic achievement. Staying true to her jazz roots, Allgood goes where few singers dare with an album featuring 10 original songs, boldly celebrating the traditions of soulful storytelling, spontaneity, and improvisation.

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Live at Birdland

By Geoffrey Keezer

Label: MarKeez
Released: 2024
Track listing: High Wire-The Aerialist; Flagships; Eternal Child; Song Of The Canopy; IMP's Welcome; Joy Rider; Dance Cadaverous; Madame Grenouille.

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Leo Genovese, Josephine Davies, Antonio Faraò, Brian Landrus & More

by Ludovico Granvassu
December 10, 2024

The prolific Argentinean pianist Leo Genovese, and various tributes to Shetland, but also to masters including McCoy Tyner, Chick Corea, Duke Ellington and Bud Powell) are at the heart of this playlist.Happy listening!Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Josephine Davies “Up Helly Aa" Satori: Weatherwards ...

Article: Album Review

Geoffrey Keezer: Live at Birdland

Read "Live at Birdland" reviewed by Pierre Giroux

by Pierre Giroux
September 16, 2024

Pianist Geoffrey Keezer's 2024 release, Live At Birdland, is his first live trio recording in more than 15 years. Accompanied by those rhythmic stalwarts, bassist John Patitucci and drummer Clarence Penn, the group gives a tutorial in the art of the jazz trio filled with unparalleled intimacy and dynamism. In constructing the track list, Keezer wanted ...

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Miguel Zenon, Russell Malone & Yvonnick Prene

by Joe Dimino
September 8, 2024

From talented French-born, NYC-based harmonica player Yvonnic Prene and pianist Geoff Keezer, we triumphantly enter the 870th Episode of Neon Jazz. Off an album dedicated to the music of Antonio Carlos Jobim, they do their spin on “Tide." Following that cut, we get into solo work from Keezer and music from his 2000 album Zero One. ...

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Milton Nascimento, Esperanza Spalding, Joe Tatton, Benjamin Koppel & More

by Ludovico Granvassu
August 27, 2024

Enjoy an episode of Mondo Jazz full of stellar collaborations, Puerto Rican rumbles, Brazilian waves, birthday celebrations, unearthed gems, and infectious grooves.Happy listening!Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Joe Tatton Trio “Double Take" Galáctico (Rodina) 0:16 Host talks 3:38 George Benson feat. The Robert Farnon ...

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2024 Jazz Vocalists

by Jerome Wilson
July 5, 2024

Here are five notable vocal jazz releases that have come out in the first half of 2024. Jacqui Naylor Treasures of the Heart Ruby Star Records 2024 Jacqui Naylor is a veteran singer with a distinctive husky voice. Her 12th album is a warm combination of original ...