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Article: Year in Review

2021: The Year in Jazz

by Ken Franckling
December 31, 2021

The jazz world continued grappling and adjusting in year two of the COVID-19 pandemic. International Jazz Day again went virtual for the most part. Singer Tony Bennett put the final stamp on his touring--and likely recording--career after his Alzheimer's disclosure. Trumpeter Irvin Mayfield was headed to federal prison. The National Endowment for the Arts welcomed four ...

Album

Kimbrough

By Frank Kimbrough

Label: Newvelle Records
Released: 2021
Track listing: The Call; C Minor Waltz; Kudzu; Elegy for P.M.; Falling Waltz; Forsythia; Quickening; Whirl; Wings; Hope; Clara's Room; For Duke (Instrumental); Lullabluebye; For Jimmy G.; November; Adrian's Way; Sadness; Helix; The Breaks; 20 Bars; Ancestors; Kids Stuff; Meantime; Capricorn Lady; Waltz for Lee; 727; Beginning; Southern Lights; Regeneration; A & J; Eventualities; Moonflower; Just Suppose; Reluctance (Quartet); Areas (Trumpet, Piano, Bass); The Spins; Sanibel Island; Fubu; Cascade Rising; Over; Blue Smoke; Air; Affirmation; Quiet as it's Kept; TMI; Time Will Tell; Areas (Piano, Bass, Drums); Noumena; Sloppy Seconds; Reluctance (Solo Piano); Grass Valley; Questions the Answer; Lucent; No Radio; For Carla; Ode; St. Mark's Place; Ca'lina; Hymn; Svengali; For Duke (Vocals).

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Indigenous

By Diego Rivera

Label: Posi-Tone Records
Released: 2021
Track listing: Marabi; Indigenous; The Secret Life Of Plants; Sombras Del Pasado; Asta Ta Malakia Sou; Aztlan; Sabor A Mi; BLM Plaza; Nefeli; Melina Maria; Purpose; Shir LaShalom

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Quartet+

By Helen Sung

Label: Sunnyside Records
Released: 2021
Track listing: Feed the Fire; Mary's Waltz; Coquette; Elegy for the City; Time Loops; A Grand Night for Swinging (Intermission); Long Yellow Road; Wrong Key Donkey; Melancholy Mood; Kaleidoscope; Lament for Kalief Browder; Sungbird; A Grand Night for Swinging (Reprise).

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Lounge with Lizards + MJQ Tuxedos, Mighty Helen Sung and The Duke rocks out

by David Brown
December 18, 2021

John Lurie's memoir + lounging with Lizards; Chicago drummer Charles Rumback branches out; I'm ok with the tuxedos here's the MJQ; the mighty Helen Sung with strings, vocalist Shannon Gunn gets her due; Esperanza Saplding gets hip, and The Duke rocks out. Welcome friends and neighbors to The Jazz Continuum. Old, new, in, out... wherever the ...

Article: New York Beat

The Mingus Big Band at The Django

by Nick Catalano
November 16, 2021

The Mingus Big BandThe DjangoNew York CityNovember 11, 2021 Opened in 2016, The Django jazz club in SoHo advanced the regalement of post-pandemic activity in the Big Apple by restoring the Mingus Big Band to a weekly stage appearance. A large, grateful crowd showed up to celebrate the return of a ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

New Releases, Halloween Jazz Plus A Celebration of Jay Clayton's 80th Birthday

by Mary Foster Conklin
November 8, 2021

This broadcast celebrates Halloween with new releases from Arnie & Hudge (Arnt Arntzen and Jen Hodge), Sylvie Courvoisier & Mary Halvorson, bassist Dave Young and trombonist Nabou Claerhou with birthday shoutouts to Jay Clayton (80 years young), Amanda Monaco, Julia Lee and more. Thanks for listening and please support the artists you hear by purchasing their ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Another Collaboration Of Anat Cohen With Marcello Gonçalves, A New Single From The Royal Bopsters Plus More October Releases

by Mary Foster Conklin
October 25, 2021

This broadcast presents new releases from Anat Cohen & Marcello Goncalves, vocalists Deborah Silver, Trineice Robinson, trombonist Ron Wilkins plus a single from The Royal Bopsters, with birthday shoutouts to Nelly Lutcher (Hurry On Down, He's A Real Gone Guy), Eve Sicular, Nancy Kelly, Amy London, Jean Baylor and more. Thanks for listening and please support ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

New Releases by Jane Ira Bloom & Allison Miller, Lorraine Feather, Adrianne Duncan, Susan Krebs and More

by Mary Foster Conklin
October 4, 2021

The Fall bounty of new releases continues with music from the Abbie Finn Trio, Lorraine Feather, Lili Anel, Adrianne Duncan, Susan Krebs, Cathy Segal-Garcia, Mark Zaleski and a collaboration of Jane Ira Bloom & Allison Miller, plus birthday shoutouts to Rebecca Kilgore, Catherine Russell, Tia Imani Hanna, Lara Driscoll, Norma Winstone and more. Thanks for listening ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

New Releases By Nadje Noordhuis, Lisa Hilton, Lucy Yeghiazaryan & Vanisha Gould, säje And More

by Mary Foster Conklin
September 27, 2021

This broadcast presents a bounty harvest of new releases from trumpeter Nadje Noordhuis, pianist Lisa Hilton, vocalists Staci Griesbach, Lucy Yeghiazaryan & Vanisha Gould plus a single by säje (Sara Gazarek, Amanda Taylor, Johnaye Kendrick, Erin Bentlage) with Gerald Clayton, with birthday shoutouts to Lovie Austin (Downhearted Blues), Doris Tauber (Them There Eyes), Emily Remler, Helen ...