Results for "Julius Rodriguez"

2023 Winter JazzFest Marathons: A Survival Guide

by Ludovico Granvassu
January 5, 2023

The fact that New York City's Winter JazzFest (WJF) is back to in-person performances may very well be among the most meaningful signs, at least for jazz die-hards, that life is returning to normal. The overall number of concerts may not be as high as in the past, with the 170+ performances of 2020 ...

Good Spirits

By Alexander Claffy

Label: Cellar Records
Released: 2022
Track listing: Inner Glimpse; For the Great Gerald Cannon; I Will Wait for You; There But for the Grace Of; Isotope; Beeb’s Lament; Beijo Partito; Straight Life.

Let Sound Tell All

Label: Verve Records
Released: 2022
Track listing: Blues At The Barn; All I Do; Interlude; Gift Of The Moon; Two Way Street; Where Grace Abounds; Elegy (for Cam); In Heaven; Philip’s Thump.

Fade To Black

By Carmen Lundy

Label: Afrasia Productions
Released: 2022
Track listing: Shine A Light, So Amazing, Daughter Of The Universe, Ain't I Human, Lonesome Blue Butterfly, Spell Of Romance, Say Her Name, Transition (To A Promised Land), Privacy, Reverence, Rest In Peace.

William Parker, Clemens Kuratle, Ernesto Jodos & Apophenia

by Maurice Hogue
September 19, 2022

There is plenty of new releases in this edition of One Man's Jazz, headed by a retrospective of earlier works of William Parker and a who's-who of guests (Universal Tonality). Also tracking back in time are releases from drummer Idris Muhammad and with his own retrospective of his ECM releases, guitarist Steve Tibbetts. From Europe come ...

Guitars, Rarities, and New Sounds

by Bob Osborne
July 21, 2022

This time a dip into the archive for a couple of tracks featuring Wolfgang Muthspiel plus more guitar with a new solo album from Brian Citro. There's a preview of a stunning new album from Nate Wooley, which features two more guitarists, Mary Halvorson and Susan Alcorn. Plus new music from La Pompe Attack, classic British ...

Julius Rodriguez: Let Sound Tell All

by Chris May
June 16, 2022

At 23 years, New York-based keyboards player and drummer Julius Rodriguez is close to being a founder member of Gen Z and so was an adolescent when the iPad was giving way to streaming and a new, randomised perspective on jazz and music in general was being shaped. The Juillard School dropout--Rodriguez quit in 2018 to ...

Dan Schnelle, Heroes Are Gang Leaders, Oscar Peñas And More

by Bob Osborne
May 19, 2022

On this show we have a clear demonstration of the variety of fine music that exists across the World of Jazz. There are new releases from Dan Schnelle, Heroes Are Gang Leaders, Oscar Peñas, Majamisty Trio, Sameka, Ronny Graupe Off The Record, Julius Rodriguez plus the trio of John Dikeman, Péter Ajtai, and Nicolas Field.Playlist ...

Alexander Claffy: Good Spirits

by Jack Bowers
March 27, 2022

Bassist Alexander Claffy's quintet dashes from the starting gate on Good Spirits with a fiery reading of McCoy Tyner's propulsive “Inner Glimpse," setting the tone for a bright and animated session whose spirit is undeniably good. The album was recorded “live" (no audience) at GB's Juke Joint in New York City “at the height of the ...

Ain't No Storm

By Caleb Wheeler Curtis

Label: Imani / 88 Keys Productions
Released: 2021
Track listing: La Tortuga; Day 3; Torrential; The Importance of Abstraction; Ain't No Storm; The Others; Failure is an Option; A Cautionary Tale in Two Parts; That Which Cannit Be Replaced; Dystopia; Portrait