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Hampton Hawes, Oscar Peterson & More
by Joe Dimino
Dig into a good heaping portion of jazz organ with Pat Bianchi joined by vibes master Joe Locke, followed up by a new cut off Joey DeFrancesco' latest CD In the Key of the Universe. As the hour moves on, we explore the life and music of Italian jazz cat Roberto Magris and his deep ties ...
Joey DeFrancesco: In The Key Of The Universe
by Chris Mosey
This is an important, even historic album. It marks--unannounced--the return of a great figure of the free jazz era, Pharoah Sanders. Saxophonist Albert Ayler once famously declared, “Trane was the Father, Pharoah was the Son, I am the Holy Ghost." Hammond organist Joey DeFrancesco has orchestrated Sanders' return from oblivion. Without it, the ...
The Doctor’s New Year’s Eve Warmup
by Marc Cohn
The confluence of the stars. Our “listeners' favorites" show and the infamous DrJ New Year's Eve warmup together! How greasy could it be? Well, very. We've got some of your favorites from Shows 341-350 as well as some funky stuff from older shows that got you resonated. No disco, though... sorry. But you can still crank ...
2018: The Year in Jazz
by Ken Franckling
The year 2018 was a busy one for the jazz world. The genre's version of the #MeToo movement resulted in a new Code of Conduct and other efforts to make the music workplace more equitable. International Jazz Day brought its biggest stage to St. Petersburg, Russia. The Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz, which ran a high-profile ...
The Prophet Speaks
By Van Morrison
Label: Caroline International
Released: 2018
Track listing: Gonna Send You Back To Where I Got You From ; Dimples; Got To Go Where The Love Is; Laughin And Clownin; 5 Am Greenwich Mean Time; Gotta Get You Off My Mind; Teardrops; I Love The Life I Live; Worried Blues/Rollin And Tumblin; Aint Gonna Moan No More; Love Is A Five Letter Word; Love Is Hard Work; Spirit Will Provide; The Prophet Speaks;
Close Enough For Jazz / The Things I Used To Do
By Van Morrison
Label: Exile
Released: 2018
Track listing: Close Enough For Jazz; The Things I Used To Do;
You're Driving Me Crazy
By Van Morrison
Label: Sony Music
Released: 2018
Track listing: Miss Otis Regrets; Hold It Right There; All Saints Day; The Way Young Lovers Do; The Things I used to Do; Travelin’ Light;
Close Enough for Jazz; Goldfish Bowl; Evening Shadows; Magic Time; You’re Driving Me Crazy; Every Day I have the Blues;
Have I Told You Lately; Sticks and Stones; Celtic Swing.
Joe Locke / Pat Bianchi / Marvin "Smitty" Smith at Detroit Groove Society
by C. Andrew Hovan
Joe Locke/Pat Bianchi/Marvin “Smitty" Smith Detroit Groove Socirty West Bloomfield, Michigan December 7, 2018 One of the key elements of jazz over the history of the music has been the social aspect that is inherent in the type of musical communication that marks improvised music. During the swing era, if you ...
Chick & Steve, Two Pairs of Covers, Wordplay & More
by Marc Cohn
Putting a show together, I sometimes amuse myself by posing programmatic 'problems' that help break my usual routines. To wit: we offer you two pairs of disparate covers of Wayne Shorter and Thelonious Monk tunes during the first hour and play word games with tune titles in the second hour. The 2018 Downbeat Readers' ...
Joey D Came To Town, Abdullah’s A Winner & More
by Marc Cohn
Three features for you this week. Joey DeFrancesco wowed Baton Rouge on Wednesday, November 28th at the Manship Theatre in Baton Rouge; we warmed up the crowd on Gifts and Messages with DrJazz's request list. Pianist Abdullah Ibrahim is a 2019 NEA Jazz Masters Award winner, and we spotlight his Penguin Guide 'Core Collection' recording, Yarona. ...
