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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Sarah Vaughan, G. Thomas Allen, Cecile McLorin Salvant, Billy Eckstine and More!

Read "Sarah Vaughan, G. Thomas Allen, Cecile McLorin Salvant, Billy Eckstine and More!" reviewed by Jua Howard


Greetings Music Family! It's time for another episode of the “First Instrument Jazz Show!" I've got new music from The DIVA Jazz Orchestra with Ann Hampton Callaway, Nnenna Freelon, Benny Benack III, Emma Smith and Kieran Brown, and more timeless music from Sarah Vaughan, Billy Eckstine, Cecile McLorin Salvant, G. Thomas Allen, Kate McGarry, Take 6 ...

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Article: Album Review

Tania Grubbs: The Sound of Love

Read "The Sound of Love" reviewed by John Chacona


Meet a person from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and you are likely to get a Chamber of Commerce-worthy commendation of their city's greatness. When it comes to jazz, the civic pride is more than warranted; the Steel City was home to immortals such as Earl Hines, Mary Lou Williams, Art Blakey and Kenny Clarke. Vocalist Tania Grubbs grew ...

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Stories, dreams, inspirations: for my boy

Label: Hidden Cinema Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: Good People; Blue; Falling Up; I Have A Dream; Concentric Circles, Free Play, Four Past Midnight.

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The Sound of Love

Label: TRAVLIN' Music
Released: 2024
Track listing: But Not For Me; Slow Hot Wind; (A Rhyme) This Time; Duke Ellington’s Sound of Love; Strange Meadowlark; The Sculptor’s Hands; Something To Live For; Blackbird; Sunshine on My Shoulders; I Can Tell You Are Always There; Four; Dreamsville; If You Could See Me Now; Two For The Road.

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Article: Live Review

43rd Annual Tri-C JazzFest Cleveland

Read "43rd Annual Tri-C JazzFest Cleveland" reviewed by C. Andrew Hovan


Part 1 | Part 2 43rd Annual Tri-C JazzFest Cleveland Playhouse SqaureCleveland, Ohio June 23-25, 2022 Not quite ten years ago in 2014, the Tri-C JazzFest morphed from a spring event held largely on campus to a summer happening in downtown Cleveland's Playhouse Square. Like with most festivals, the ...

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Article: Live Review

2019 Pittsburgh International Jazz Festival

Read "2019 Pittsburgh International Jazz Festival" reviewed by Mackenzie Horne


Gary Bartz Liberty Avenue Stage Pittsburgh International Jazz Festival Pittsburgh, PA June 23, 2010 The 2019 Pittsburgh International Jazz Festival featured a heavyweight lineup of world-renowned saxophone players, including Charles Lloyd, Nubya Garcia, and Gary Bartz. Bartz was scheduled to perform selections from Bitches Brew and In a Silent Way ...

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Article: Album Review

Tony DePaolis: The Contemporary Dynamic

Read "The Contemporary Dynamic" reviewed by Mackenzie Horne


Take everything you know about what a debut record should and should not be. Now promptly throw those ideas into oncoming traffic and don't look back. Young Pittsburgh bassist Tony DePaolis has redefined the boundaries of the all-important debut record with The Contemporary Dynamic. It's a concept album. It's a double album. ...

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Full Circle

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2018
Track listing: Full Circle; Rebirth; Metaphor; Seven Days of Falling; Cyclic; Blasphemy; Movement; Black Hole Sun; Big Brother.

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Article: Album Review

James Johnson III: Full Circle

Read "Full Circle" reviewed by Mackenzie Horne


Pittsburgh drummer James Johnson III has spent the past several years developing his songwriting style—the results of that development can be heard at length on the drummer's sophomore solo record, Full Circle. Full Circle is not only more subdued than 2014's Between ( James Johnson III), but it is also more stylistically uniform. This record is ...


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