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David Kikoski: Surf's Up
by C. Andrew Hovan
It seems that the show tunes of the '30s, '40s, and '50s have served as fodder for several generations of jazz musicians, either providing their own melodies for subsequent development or lending their harmonic framework for the jazz writer to use as a basis for an original tune. Most recently, we've seen attention begin to shift ...
3x3: Jazz Trios Playful and Pensive
by John Chacona
Can we finally retire the assertion that we are living in a Golden Age of the jazz piano trio? It seems like every month brings trio dates of such imagination and accomplishment as to render superlatives beside the point. These three recordings released in an eight-week period in Spring 2023 are a reminder that one of ...
Tina Turner + Selma Savolainen, Ben Van Gelder, Rajna Swaminathan & More
by Ludovico Granvassu
A tribute to Tina Turner opens a show featuring music characterized by a deliberate desire to blur the lines between jazz and other genres, be it pop, R&B, world music or church music, and to do so with the most wonderful arrangements. Happy listening! Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & ...
New Releases, Jazz Geminis and Farewell To Tina Turner
by Mary Foster Conklin
This broadcast pays tribute to the legendary Tina Turner, along with new releases from Nicky Schrire, Emilio Solla & Antonio Lizana, Tim Ray, Satoko Fujii, June Bisantz & Gordon Morrell, plus birthday shoutouts to Clora Bryant, Valaida Snow, Adison Evans, Samantha Boshnack, Mala Waldron, Yissy Garcia and Lynne Arriale, among others. Thanks for listening and please ...
Orrin Evans: The Red Door
by Dave Linn
Orrin Evans released his debut album for quintet, “Justin Time," in 1996, at the age of 21. Over the next 25 years, Evans released over 20 albums in all shapes and sizes. From trio to standard ensembles to large bands and big bands, Evans' history included a ten-year stint as a member of the Mingus Big ...
Sun Ra & His Intergalactic Solar Arkestra: Space Is The Place (Music From The Original Soundtrack)
by Mark Corroto
Do not expect The Criterion Collection to reissue the 1974 film Space Is The Place anytime soon. It is though, a cult classic in the truest sense of the word. Sun Ra and his Arkestra had been at the forefront of avant-garde music, developing and refining his vision since the 1950s. Today listeners are most likely ...
Gretchen Parlato, Lionel Loueke: Lean In
by Angelo Leonardi
Le collaborazioni discografiche tra la vocalist losangelina e il chitarrista del Benin iniziano nel biennio 2005/2006. Prima è venuto Gretchen Parlato, l'album debutto della cantante, e qualche mese dopo Virgin Forest (Obliqsound), il terzo lavoro di Loueke che comprendeva già Herbie Hancock. Negli anni successivi i due interpreti hanno continuato a collaborare in vari contesti privilegiando ...
A Pair From Saxophonist David Borgo
by Dan McClenaghan
When saxophonist David Borgo is not attending to his teaching duties at UC San Diego (Integrated Studies and Jazz Music of the African Diaspora Programs) he immerses himself in the art of jazz, recording and performing. He has released twelve CDs and he performs regularly in his adopted hometown, San Diego. Writing for All About Jazz, ...
Tina Turner, Herbie Hancock: Edith and the Kingpin
by Ludovico Granvassu
There are many ways to remember the one and only Tina Turner. For jazz fans, her collaboration with Herbie Hancock might well be the place to start. “Edith and the Kingpin" is a song that Joni Mitchell recorded for her 1975 album The Hissing of Summer Lawns and that Herbie Hancock revisited for his Grammy-winning 2007 ...
Marc Copland: Impressions
by John Kelman
Solo performances may approach presenting an artist at his or her most vulnerable, but it's in the context of the duo that they're the most exposed. Not only are their abilities, instincts and improvisational élan laid bare, but their communication skills, at the deepest level, are impossible to disguise. The good news is that, were pianist ...
