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McCoy Tyner / Joe Henderson: Forces Of Nature: Live At Slugs'
by Mike Jurkovic
When recordings like Forces of Nature: Live at Slugs' seemingly falls from yonder jazz sky, we must stop to thank those swinging stars above for our grand fortune. Because despite all our flaws--a broken politic, a poisoned planet, constant wartime bickering--we are a fortunate, if mostly undeserving, race of peculiarities. That becomes especially apparent when random, ...
At Monterey Jazz Festival 67, Jazz Gospel According to a New Head
by Josef Woodard
Monterey Jazz Festival Monterey, CA September 27-29, 2024 Getting a semblance of a summarizing angle on a densely-programmed jazz festival, which the 67th Monterey Jazz Festival most certainly was, can be tricky business. The equation gets more complex with a festival geared towards covering many genre and sub-genre bases within ...
45th Annual Tri-C JazzFest
by C. Andrew Hovan
45th Annual Tri-C JazzFest Playhouse Square Cleveland, Ohio June 20-22, 2024 It has become somewhat of a reoccurring quip on social media to lament that so many so-called jazz festivals have booked acts that stray far from the jazz genre to keep these events afloat financially. Cleveland's Tri-C JazzFest has certainly ...
Festival International de Jazz de Montréal 2024
by Mark Sullivan
Various Venues Festival International de Jazz de Montréal Montréal, Canada June 30 to July 4, 2024 This year's official announcement of the headliners of the 44th edition of the festival included André 3000, Norah Jones, Hiatus Kaiyote, Laufey, Robert Glasper, and Orville Peck. This diverse group is notable for departing from ...
Summer Sequence: Ralph Burns + Lucian Ban, Marta Sanchez and more
by David Brown
In the first set we have a birthday tribute to pianist and arranger Ralph Burns, born June 29, 1922. In jazz, Burns is best known for his work with Woody Herman's “Second Herd" as the band's pianist and chief arranger. Let's also explore his ensemble work and then his string arrangements for Ben Webster, Ray Charles ...
Simón Willson: Good Company
by Angelo Leonardi
Il fascino melodico obliquo che ricorda Andrew Hill e la libertà ritmica di Paul Motian traspaiono in vari momenti di quest'album, debutto da leader del bassista cileno Simón Willson a capo di un quartetto di talentosi emergenti: il pianista Isaac Wilson, il sassofonista tenore Jacob Shulman e il batterista Jonas Esser. Trasferitosi negli Stati ...
Tourismo: Torque
by Glenn Astarita
With Tourismo's debut album Torque, the mischievous Australian quartet not only throw their hat into the progressive jazz ring but do so with a distinctly Outback-bred flair. The brainchild of drummer Alex Hirlian and pianist Matthew Thomson--both laureates of the National Jazz Award--this album bursts onto the scene with electrifying energy that proves these musicians are ...
Shabaka Hutchings: Perceive Its Beauty, Acknowledge Its Grace
by Chris May
Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes ... Since signing with with Impulse! in 2018, Shabaka Hutchings has become best known for his incendiary work on tenor saxophone with Sons Of Kemet, The Comet Is Coming and Shabaka & The Ancestors. Perceive Its Beauty, Acknowledge Its Grace marks the start of a gentler, more instrospective phase in his music ...
New Releases From Chris Potter, Dave Douglas, Caroline Julia Cabalding, And More
by Bob Osborne
On this show we have all new releases from Chris Potter, Dave Douglas, Caroline Julia Cabalding, Kevin Sun, Nasheet Waits with Logan Richardson Jason Moran and Tarus Mateen, Queen Esther, Jacob Shulman, Roddy Elias, Adam Nolan, Gastón Reggio, Room 31, and Russ Lossing with Loren Stillman John Hebert & Eric McPherson. Playlist Show ...
