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Jon Davis

ianist, and composer Jon Davis has been performing and touring with many of the finest jazz musicians around the world for more than 25 years. He has appeared on over 50 recordings, and has contributed compositions on many of them. Although perhaps still most widely known for his association with the legendary bassist, Jaco Pastorius, Jon has shown a rare versatility ranging from solo, to Big Band, and everything in between. Jon was born in N.Y., and started playing piano and guitar in his early teens. After a very brief stint with Lennie Tristano, Jon went to Boston to go to the New England Conservatory

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Attentive Listening

Label: Posi-Tone Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: Water Fountain Of Youth; Terminal Lucidity; The Imitation Game; To Worlds Unknown; Delusion Of Understanding; Leaving Paradise; Moving Right Along; La Mesha; Et Tu, Caribou?; Daly Minor Blues.

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Swing & Soul

Label: Posi-Tone Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: ESP; Chili Peppers; Each Time I Think Of You; You Know I Care; Idle Moments; Sweet Honey Bee; Gaslight; Ready Rudy; Is That So?; Big Bertha.

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Article: Album Review

Willie Morris: Attentive Listening

Read "Attentive Listening" reviewed by David A. Orthmann


Attentive Listening, Willie Morris 's second Posi-Tone release in as many years, documents the continuing evolution of a jazz master in the making. Like last year's Conversation Starter, the tenor saxophonist/composer thrives in the stimulating company of alto saxophonist/alto flutist Patrick Cornelius and pianist Jon Davis. Bassist Boris Kozlov and drummer Rudy Royston round out a ...

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Article: Album Review

Blue Moods: Swing & Soul

Read "Swing & Soul" reviewed by David A. Orthmann


Swing & Soul is the second in a series of recordings by Blue Moods, one of the projects initiated by Posi-Tone Records producer Marc Free to attract new listeners to jazz. The release showcases a collection of compositions by pianist Duke Pearson, an underrecognized figure who worked for Blue Note as an A&R man, arranger, and ...

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Article: Album Review

Claire Daly: VuVu for Frances

Read "VuVu for Frances" reviewed by Jack Bowers


Claire Daly, whose gruff yet eloquent baritone sax has brightened the New York scene for almost four decades, reunites with acclaimed tenor saxophonist George Garzone on Daly's seventh album as leader, VuVu for Frances, whose honoree is Frances Ballantyne, described by Daly as “a profound influence on [her] life" and “a consummate New Yorker." Daly and ...

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Conversation Starter

Label: Posi-Tone Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: Tina's Dream; St. Upton Hin; Cries; It Is Well With My Soul; The Strength Of Those Who Bear The Burden; Keep Talking; Introspective; Isotope; Azar; Conversational Starter.

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VuVu for Frances

Label: Daly Bread
Released: 2023
Track listing: All the Way; Sweet Georgia Bright; Fools Rush In; People Will Say We’re in Love; The Lonely Goatherd; Mood Indigo; Warm Valley/What Am I Here For?; Hold Out Your Hand; Half Nelson; Harlem Nocturne; The Very Thought of You; The Saga of Harrison Crabfeathers; Manhattan.

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Article: Album Review

Willie Morris: Conversation Starter

Read "Conversation Starter" reviewed by David A. Orthmann


The story is old, predictable and often exasperating. A virtually unknown jazz musician distinguishes himself or herself as part of the supporting cast on a handful of recordings. And then begins the wait to see if any label will offer the young, deserving player a shot in the driver's seat. Early this year, ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

New Releases, Birthday Shoutouts To Abbey Lincoln, Dorothy Ashby, Regina Carter, Connie Converse & More

Read "New Releases, Birthday Shoutouts To Abbey Lincoln, Dorothy Ashby, Regina Carter, Connie Converse & More" reviewed by Mary Foster Conklin


This broadcast includes new releases from Matt Catingub, Gabriela Martina, Olivia Van Goor and Jack Jones, with birthday shoutouts to Louis Armstrong, Tony Bennett, Abbey Lincoln, Dorothy Ashby, Terri Lyne Carrington, Regina Carter, Kat Edmonson and Connie Converse, among others. Thanks for listening and please support the artists you hear by seeing them live and online. ...


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