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New releases from Geri Allen & Kurt Rosenwinkel, Isle of Klezbos With Holiday Recordings By George Gee, Liam Forde, Laila Biali, Julie Benko & More
by Mary Foster Conklin
This broadcast includes new releases by Geri Allen & Kurt Rosenwinkel, Tom Ricci, Isle Of Klezbos and Jelena Jovovic, with holiday recordings from the George Gee Swing Orchestra, Liam Forde, Laila Biali and Julie Benko, plus birthday shoutouts to Dave Brubeck, Cory Weeds, Diane Schuur, Jihee Heo, Cassandra Wilson and Amanda Tosoff, among others. Thanks for ...
Wynton Kelly, Jason Moran, Christian McBride, Geri Allen
by David Brown
This week we will we celebrate some birthdays including the legendary pianist Wynton Kelly known for his lively, blues-based playing and as one of the finest accompanists in jazz. I'll spin some tunes I heard at Jason Moran's Village Vanguard Thanksgiving weekend run; we'll play some music to get ready for Christian McBride's New Jawn here ...
Neil Duggan's Best Jazz Albums Of 2023
by Neil Duggan
With a continual flow of interesting releases, 2023 was the gift that kept on giving. Many of these releases were forged during the pandemic, many as a result of the freedom to fully interact with other musicians again and get back to the serious business of creating and entertaining. Whatever the drivers, both up-and-coming artists and ...
Geri Allen & Kurt Rosenwinkel: A Lovesome Thing
by Pierre Giroux
At Philharmonie de Paris on September 5, 2012, pianist Geri Allen and guitarist Kurt Rosenwinkel delivered the mesmerizing performance preserved on this album. Geri Allen is known for her innovative perspective on the piano. Kurt Rosenwinkel has a distinctive approach to the guitar. They seamlessly blend their craft to approach a thoughtful selection of standards and ...
Jason Moran: From the Dancehall to the Battlefield
by Neri Pollastri
Uscito il primo gennaio 2023 su Bandcamp, questo album di Jason Moran, per il suo concept, per la varietà e la ricchezza, per il modo in cui fonde radici storiche e modernità è probabilmente da considerare il disco dell'anno. Il suggestivo titolo From the Dancehall to the Battlefield sintetizza la storia del mitico musicista ...
Geri Allen & Kurt Rosenwinkel: A Lovesome Thing
by Neil Duggan
Geri Allen and Kurt Rosenwinkel had a duo date as part of the Jazz à la Villette festival in Paris in 2012. They flew in on the night from separate cities to play for a packed audience. They had only played together a couple of times and this concert was the first and only time they ...
Geri Allen and Kurt Rosenwinkel: A Lovesome Thing
by Dave Linn
This year the jazz gods have bestowed an early Christmas present upon us. A Lovesome Thing (truncated from the Billy Strayhorn composition which opens the album), is a seven-song, fifty-three-minute album which documents a remarkable live duo performance from Geri Allen and Kurt Rosenwinkel. It will likely be found on many Top Ten lists this year. ...
Tina Raymond, Geri Allen, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Church Chords, Arch & More
by Ludovico Granvassu
A mysterious new producer, Church Chords; the unearthing of a gem; jazz divinations; blood diamonds and bloody belly comb jellies... here for you a playlist that reads like a thriller story, and is as gripping as one.Happy listening!Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Billy Valentine ...
Kris Davis: Diatom Ribbons Live At The Village Vanguard
by Mark Corroto
The term “proof of concept" might be the appropriate subtitle to Kris Davis' Diatom Ribbons' Live At The Village Vanguard. Her concept, first heard on the eponymous release Diatom Ribbons (Pyroclastic, 2019), is demonstrated on two discs taken from 12 sets over six nights at the famed Greenwich Village nightclub. The pianist does indeed verify that ...
Kris Davis: Diatom Ribbons Live At The Village Vanguard
by Mike Jurkovic
Rogue pianist and noted polymath Kris Davis exercises the mercurial fluidity of her future-forward-thinking quartet, Diatom Ribbons--drummer Terri Lyne Carrington, turntablist and electronic musician Val Jeanty, and bassist Trevor Dunn--ushers guitarist Julian Lage into the maelstrom and voila! Another memorable Live at the Village Vanguard emerges boldly and triumphantly. As befits Davis and company, ...
