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Godwin Louis

Godwin Louis, alto saxophonist, was born in Harlem, New York and began playing saxophone at age nine. Godwin grew up in Bridgeport, Connecticut and Port au Prince, Haiti. Godwin was a finalist in the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz Saxophone Competition. He has performed around the globe including: Mali, Senegal, Togo, France, Spain, United Kingdom, Italy, Russia, Azerbaijan, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Venezuela, Colombia, South Korea, Thailand, Indonesia and Australia. Godwin is a graduate of Berklee College of Music and the prestigious Thelonious Monk Institute for Jazz Performance. Godwin has studied and performed with Herbie Hancock, Clark Terry, Roger Dickerson, Ron Carter, Al Foster, Jack Dejohnette, Jimmy Heath, Billy Preston, Patti Labelle, Toni Braxton, Babyface, Madonna, Gloria Estefan, Barry Harris, Howard Shore, David Baker, Mulatu Astakte, Mahmoud Ahmed, Wynton Marsalis, and Terence Blanchard just to name a few. In addition, Godwin has performed as a sideman, guest soloist and has conducted clinics and master classes worldwide

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By Or Bareket

Label: Enja Records
Released: 2026
Track listing: Manaqish (Feat. Rasha Nahas) Ancestor Worship four drops Luz AYIN (for Savannah) Ecdysis Excarnation Sharav Aperture (for Aubrey) Foreglow Allegedly (for Godwin) Tru'unu'um

Steve Wilson, Harry Skoler, Yvonne Rogers, Jed Levy-Phil Robson, Udeigwe

by Cheryl K.
May 2, 2026

During this week's two-hour program of jazz and improvised music--saxophonist Steve Wilson; clarinetist Harry Skoler; vocalist/composer Marie-Paule Franke; pianist/composer Yvonne Rogers; pianist/composer/arranger John Beasley; saxophonist Jed Levy and guitarist Phil Robson; gayageum player/vocalist/composer DoYeon Kim; pianist Antonio Farao and trumpeter Stephane Belmondo; and vocalist/keyboardist/composer Lawrence Udeigwe. Playlist Johnny Griffin “Main Spring" from The Congregation ...

Gianpaolo Venditti, Joel Ross, Tomeka Reid, Nicols-Mitchell-Al-Sultani

by Cheryl K.
February 5, 2026

During this week's two-hour program of jazz and improvised music, we'll listen to selections from new releases by pianists Roberto Magris and Gianpaolo Venditti; vibraphonist Joel Ross; cellist Tomeka Reid (w/pianist Craig Taborn and on her own); vocalists Maggie Nicols and Alya Al-Sultani w/pianist Robert Mitchell; and vocalists Ashley Daneman and Alex Robinson. Playlist ...

Gullah Roots

By Etienne Charles

Label: Culture Shock Music
Released: 2025
Track listing: Gullah Roots; Bilali; Watch Night I; Watch Night II; Weeping Time; Gullypso (merikin); Igbo Landing I; Igbo Landing II; Kumbaya

Minis Azaka

March 18, 2025

Album: Kay Sa
By Markus Schwartz
Label: Soundkeeper Recordings
Released: 2019
Duration: 11:45

The Final Batch of My Favorite 2024 Jazz Things - Part 2

by Ludovico Granvassu
January 28, 2025

2024 was a tough year! It may be hard to be nostalgic about it. It will be much easier to be nostalgic about the amazing music that it brought to us and so, for our first show of 2025, we are looking back at some of the many gems that we have discovered in the past ...

I Dischi del 2024 secondo Ludovico Granvassu

by Ludovico Granvassu
January 2, 2025

Spesso molti articoli sulle “migliori uscite dell'anno" iniziano con una premessa quasi apologetica ("questi non sono necessariamente 'i migliori album dell'anno,' ma 'i miei preferiti';" “è tutto soggettivo;" “domani avrei scelto titoli diversi;" “ho potuto selezionare solo dieci album," ecc.)? Queste dichiarazioni sembrano riflettere il disagio del redattore, costretto a riassumere un vasto ecosistema artistico selezionando ...

Ludovico Granvassu's Garden of Jazzy Delights 2024

by Ludovico Granvassu
December 31, 2024

Have you noticed how many “best of the year" listicles start with an apologetic preamble ("these are not necessarily 'the best albums of the year' but 'my favorites';" “it's all subjective;" “tomorrow I might have chosen different titles;" “I could only select ten albums" etc.)? Those disclaimers channel the writer's discomfort of having to summarize a ...

Psalms and Proverbs

By Godwin Louis

Label: Blue Room Music
Released: 2024
Track listing: Showers of Blessings/ Kplolanyuiade; Psalms 6; Vini Non; Pwoblèm Yo; Kpikpa Han; Psaumes 121/ Proverbs 3; Collective Bovarysm; Pelo Malo; Psalms 23 Part II (I Shall Fear No Evil); Psalms 23 Part III (Surely Goodness and Mercy); Thy Will Be Done; Now and Forever.