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Still Rising - The Collection

Label: Blue Note
Released: 2021
Track listing: Hey Laura; Liquid Spirit; Revival; 1960 What? (Edit); Illusion; 1960 What? (Edit); Holding On; Concorde; If Love Is Overrated; I Will; Real Good Hands; My Babe; Bad Girl Love; No Love Dying (2021 "Still Rising" Version); Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad?; Dry Bones; Love Runs Deeper (Disney Supporting Make-A-Wish); It's Probably Me (Live At Polar Music Prize, Stockholm / 2017); Natural Blues - With Moby & Amythyst Klah; Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood With Jamie Cullum; Raining In My Heart With Buddy Holly; People Will Say We're In Love ; Grandma's Hands With Ben L'Oncle Soul; Christmas Prayer With Paloma Faith; Insanity With Lalah Hathaway; Make Someone Happy With Jeff Goldblum; Fly Me To The Moon; Satiated With Dianne Reeves; Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas With Renee Fleming; The Girl From Ipanema With Nat King Cole; Water Under Bridges With Laura Mvula; Right Where You Are With Lizz Wright; Heart And Soul With Yo-Yo Ma & The Silk Road Ensemble & Lisa Fischer; Making Love Duet With Trijntje Oosterhuis;

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Article: Interview

Georgia Cécile's Brand New Timeless Classics

Read "Georgia Cécile's Brand New Timeless Classics" reviewed by Peter Jones


While Gregory Porter was waiting backstage during his four-night run at London's Royal Albert Hall in October, some friends in the audience texted him: Your support act is dope! Glasgow-born singer and composer Georgia Cécile is indeed dope, and her talent—developed over the last ten years—is finally being recognized: in 2020 she was nominated ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Lotsa Luck

Read "Lotsa Luck" reviewed by H William Stine


Good luck, best of luck, lucky day, lucky duck, lucky dog, lucky devil, all the luck, with a little bit of luck, lucky charm, beginners luck, just my luck--are you seeing a pattern here? I saw a musical theme. Lots of “Lucky" song titles and song lyrics, plus a reminder or two that not all luck ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Ladies Don't Write Lyrics - Celebrating the Words of Dorothy Fields

Read "Ladies Don't Write Lyrics - Celebrating the Words of Dorothy Fields" reviewed by Mary Foster Conklin


The broadcast begins with several Dorothy Fields standards to celebrate her birthday. Although the daughter of vaudeville star Lew Fields who coined the phrase “That was no lady—that was my wife," he did not approve of her vocation, saying “Ladies do not write lyrics." She retorted “I'm no lady—I'm your daughter!" The rest is herstory. Also ...

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Article: Album Review

Andrew Woolf: Song Unsung

Read "Song Unsung" reviewed by Chris May


Although London-based tenor saxophonist Andrew Woolf has been releasing records since 2012, Song Unsung is the first he has issued under his own name. His debut, which was actually recorded in 2008, was the EP Soma Quartet (Self Produced), made by Woolf, electric guitarist Ryan Williams, double bassist Will Collier and trumpeter Joe Auckland. The disc ...

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Article: Interview

Ulysses Owens: Big Band, Big Sound

Read "Ulysses Owens: Big Band, Big Sound" reviewed by R.J. DeLuke


Some jazz drummers, as remarkable as they may be and as successful as their careers are, just aren't suited to drive a big band. It's not for every percussionist. But every big band needs a good one or the effort will fall short. A ship needs a rudder. Ulysses Owens Jr., who started beating out rhythms ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Erika Dohi, Moby, Wildflower, Hasan Ibn Ali & Other New Releases

Read "Erika Dohi, Moby, Wildflower, Hasan Ibn Ali & Other New Releases" reviewed by Ludovico Granvassu


Tributes, pianists, and tributes to pianists are the core of this show, from homages to Paul Jackson by John Patitucci, Ennio Morricone by Stefano Di Battista, Alice Coltrane by Il Sogno, and Hasan Ibn Ali by Brian Marsella to available-at-last music by Ali himself and by British pianist Mike Taylor, both as leader and composer for ...

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Article: One LP

Gregory Porter: Donny Hathaway Live

Read "Gregory Porter: Donny Hathaway Live" reviewed by William Ellis


"The Donny Hathaway Live album is so special because it captures—with full concentration—the thing that's special in live performance. That communication, that exchange of audience and artist. There's back and forth conversation, the women and the men in the audience are screaming things back to Donny and Donny's of course responding musically—and responding incredibly musically. You ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Steve Fidyk, Joe Magnarelli & Gregory Porter

Read "Steve Fidyk, Joe Magnarelli & Gregory Porter" reviewed by Joe Dimino


There was so much good music that came out in 2020, we are still catching up. The 691st Episode of Neon Jazz begins with veteran drummer Steve Fidyk with music off his new CD Battle Lines. We also look into some quality music from Stephane Spira, Mark Masters, Gregory Porter and Benny Benack III. Finally, we ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Gregory Porter, Kronos Quartet, Alberto Pinton, Pat Metheny & More New Releases

Read "Gregory Porter, Kronos Quartet, Alberto Pinton, Pat Metheny & More New Releases" reviewed by Ludovico Granvassu


Gregory Porter kicks off the party with his uplifting “Revival Song" while electro-acoustic projects keep the momentum going during the first half and jazz-meets-contemporary music albums take over the second half, including the latest by Pat Metheny first adventure on a new label, Modern Recordings, as well as the celebrated Kronos Quartet in two quite different ...


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