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Ian Faquini

Kaisa's Machine, Wayne Shorter, and Michael Bisio

by Jerome Wilson
May 7, 2025

This program features a wide variety of modern jazz musicians. The acts featured include Kaisa's Machine, Wayne Shorter, Owen Broder, Joe Fielder, and Michael Bisio. Playlist Henry Threadgill Sextett “I Can't Wait Till I Get Home" from The Complete Novus & Columbia Recordings of Henry Threadgill & Air (Mosaic) 00:00 The Stryker/Slagle Band “Convergence" ...

Winter JazzFest 2025: The Out-of-Towners - Part 1

by Ludovico Granvassu
January 7, 2025

This week we focus on the upcoming edition of Winter JazzFest. As usual, it will bring to Manhattan and Brooklyn its annual extravaganza that this year will consist of a gargantuan program with more than 100 concerts and north of 500 musicians. Here is a playlist that features musicians coming to the festival from abroad, or ...

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 ...

Guinga

By Natalie Cressman

Label: GroundUP Music
Released: 2024
Track listing: Contradição; Bolero de Satã; Lavagem de Conceição; Aria de Opereta; Delírio Carioca; Ramo de Delírios; Por trás de bras da Pina; Par Constante; Garoa e Maresia; Segredo de Dadá; Nítido e Obscuro/Geraldo no Leme; Ellingtoniana; Viola Variada; Vô Alfredo.

Jake Leckie, Gato Barbieri, and Oregon

by Jerome Wilson
October 23, 2024

This show features recently released music by Jake Leckie, Tomasz Stanko, and Jeff Coffin as well as older music from Oregon. Gato Barbieri, and Arturo O'Farrill. Playlist Henry Threadgill Sextett “I Can't Wait Till I Get Home" from The Complete Novus & Columbia Recordings of Henry Threadgill & Air (Mosaic) 00:00 Etsuko Tajima “Giraffe ...

A Few of My Favorite 2024 Jazz Things (so far), Part 4

by Ludovico Granvassu
July 23, 2024

You know how it can be very rewarding to approach a tasting menu by leaving the most delicious treats for last... Well that is how we like to approach our daily search for new music, selecting great tunes for our weekly programming, but saving for later the very best of them, so that twice a year ...

Vinícius Cantuária, Sam Fribush, Haroldo Bontempo, Natalie Cressman & More

by Ludovico Granvassu
April 9, 2024

The mighty organ trio of Sam Fribush opens a set mostly devoted to post-bossa nova Brazilian projects. Happy listening! Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Sam Fribush “Supper / Make Me a Plate" People Please (Flybird) 0:16 Host talks 5:23 Ricardo Dias Gomes “Morrerei ...

Natalie Cressman & Ian Faquini: Guinga

by Dan Bilawsky
March 31, 2024

Brazilian guitarist-composer Guinga is something of a legendary figure. A polyglot performer associated with música popular brasileira's all-encompassing ethos, he's made his name fusing the contemporary and folkloric strains of his homeland with classical, jazz, rock and pop stylings. His influence looms large in that particular niche of the music world--and, honestly, beyond--and he receives his ...