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Love Letter

Label: Verve Music Group
Released: 2020
Track listing: Ballad From Upper Neighbor’s Suite; Left Alone; Inside Your Heart; Fashion Or Passion; Con Alma; Don’t Misunderstand; La Mesha; Don’t Explain.

Album

Label: Smoke Sessions Records
Released: 2020
Track listing: The Good Shepherd; Hesitation; Darn That Dream; Down by the Riverside; One for Jimmy Cobb; Lemuria; Prelude to a Kiss; Monk’s Dream; The Star-Crossed Lovers; Time Was.

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Shuffle and Deal

By Eddie Henderson

Label: Smoke Sessions Records
Released: 2020
Track listing: Shuffle and Deal; Flight Path; Over the Rainbow; By Any Means; Cook’s Bay; It Might as Well Be Spring; Boom; God Bless the Child; Burnin’; Smile.

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Hanksgiving - A Tribute to Hank Mobley, Part 1

by Ludovico Granvassu
December 17, 2020

For our seasonal Hanksgiving show, this year we pay tribute to Hank Mobley, both as a saxophonist and a composer, by playing music from his albums, which are a cornerstone of the Blue Note sound and catalogue, and renditions of his music by musicians that came after him. There's so much to love in Mobley's repertoire. ...

Article: Album Review

Uptown Jazz Tentet: What's Next

Read "What's Next" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
November 20, 2020

A tentet is a rather strange bird; too large to be labeled a small group, yet too small to be counted as a big band, it resides somewhere near the edges, mapping out its own musical profile. Some may rate that an asset, while others may deem it a mere hybrid, unworthy of their consideration. Wiser ...

Article: Building a Jazz Library

Yusef Lateef: An Alternative Top Ten Albums Blowing Cultural Nationalism Out Of The Water

by Chris May
November 18, 2020

A pioneer of global and modal jazz, the multi-instrumentalist and composer Yusef Lateef is only beginning to have his importance in the history of the music properly acknowledged. After languishing off-catalogue for decades, much of his output is being made available once more. A treasure trove of great jazz is out there waiting to be rediscovered. ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Something Blue

by Patrick Burnette
November 17, 2020

For the last of our four-episode examination of discs we missed from various best of 2010's lists (and that's almost, but not quite, rapping, isn't it?) it's all about “something blue." Or, in this case, something Blue Note. One entry on Avant sneaks in on the basis of its title, so at least it's not a ...

Article: Album Review

Uptown Jazz Tentet: What's Next

Read "What's Next" reviewed by Edward Blanco

by Edward Blanco
November 13, 2020

New York-based trombonist Willie Applewhite birthed the idea of forming a new big band comprised of friends, and in 2016 The Uptown Jazz Tentet was established, co-led by trumpeter Brandon Lee and trombonist James Burton III. After playing to live audiences for several years, What's Next is the group's debut recording, and what an outing it ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Sting: An English (Jazz-)Man in New York - Companion Mixtape

by Ludovico Granvassu
October 25, 2020

More cuts from our exploration of the jazz side of Sting, featuring his own jazzier projects and renditions of his work by the likes of Kenny Barron, Regina Carter, Dominic Miller, Michela Lombardi, Andy Bey, Marc Copland and many more. Happy listening! Playlist Lucky Peterson “We'll Be Together" Lifetime (Verve) 0:00 Sting ...

Article: Interview

Meet Kenny Barron

by Craig Jolley
March 8, 2001

From the 1995-2003 archive: This article first appeared at All About Jazz in March 2001. Jazz Education I recently retired from Rutgers University. Right now I teach piano one day a week at Manhattan School of Music. In September I'll be teaching at the new jazz program at Julliard. I've taught David Sanchez and ...