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Article: Radio & Podcasts

I Gotta Swing - Celebrating Blanche Calloway and Her Joy Boys

Read "I Gotta Swing - Celebrating Blanche Calloway and Her Joy Boys" reviewed by Mary Foster Conklin


This week's broadcast includes new releases from Danish sax/flute/clarinetist Sarah Elgeti, flutist Elsa Nilsson, vocalists Lizzie Thomas and Chanda Rule, pianists Lynne Arriale and Carla Bley plus the Kenny Barron / Dave Holland Trio with birthday shout outs to Blanche Calloway (sister of Cab Calloway, pictured), Dena DeRose, Sharel Cassity, Marsha Heydt, Kenny Rankin and Melissa ...


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Kenny Barron

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Kenny Barron's unmatched ability to mesmerize audiences with his elegant playing, sensitive melodies and infectious rhythms is what inspired "The Los Angeles Times" to name him "one of the top jazz pianists in the world" and "Jazz Weekly" to call him "The most lyrical piano player of our time." Philadelphia is the birthplace of many great musicians, including one of the undisputed masters of the jazz piano: Kenny Barron. Kenny was born in 1943 and while a teenager, started playing professionally with Mel Melvin's orchestra. This local band also featured Barron's brother Bill, the late tenor saxophonist

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Article: Album Review

Oded Tzur: Here Be Dragons

Read "Here Be Dragons" reviewed by Karl Ackermann


On his previous releases, Like a Great River (Enja, 2016) and Translator's Note (Enja, 2017), New York-based tenor saxophonist Oded Tzur amalgamated Eastern and Western elements and deep, balmy phrasing which drew sincere comparisons to John Coltrane. Not surprisingly, Manfred Eicher took notice and signed the Tel Aviv native to ECM for his third album, Here ...

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The Art Of Piano Duo - Live

Label: Sunnyside Records
Released: 2019
Track listing: Disc 1-Stars Fell On Alabama; When Lights Are Low; Recordame; Intro By Mulgrew Miller; Song For Abdullah; Intro By Kenny Barron; It Never Entered My Mind; I Mean You; Blue Monk. Disc 2-It Could Happen To You; You Stepped Out Of A Dream; Intro By Kenny Barron; Never Let Me Go; Intro By Mulgrew Miller; Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most; I Mean You; Have You Met Miss Jones. Disc 3; Yardbird Suite; Intro By Kenny Barron; When Lights Are Low; The Very Thought Of You; I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good; Memories Of You; Joy Spring.

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Article: Interview

Intervista a Franco Ambrosetti

Read "Intervista a Franco Ambrosetti" reviewed by Angelo Leonardi


Il 2019 è stato un anno significativo per il trombettista svizzero Franco Ambrosetti. In aprile è stato pubblicato il suo libro autobiografico “La scelta di non scegliere" mentre da poche settimane è uscito Long Waves, il suo ventottesimo disco da leader con un cast stellare comprendente John Scofield, Uri Caine, Scott Colley e Jack DeJohnette.

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Article: SoCal Jazz

Bob Sheppard: The Clark Kent of Jazz

Read "Bob Sheppard: The Clark Kent of Jazz" reviewed by Jim Worsley


An unassuming bespectacled man in his mid-sixties walks on to the stage. In a band with stellar, famous, and maybe flashier musicians, one could be forgiven if they didn't even notice him right away. But as soon as Bob Sheppard presses a saxophone, clarinet, or flute onto his lips, he is super, man! An incredible musician ...

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Article: Album Review

Kenny Barron & Mulgrew Miller: The Art Of Piano Duo - Live

Read "The Art Of Piano Duo - Live" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky


Genius in 20 fingers and 176 keys. That's what we have right here. The late Mulgrew Miller and the very present Kenny Barron each represent something of a gold standard in jazz piano, so it's no surprise that they meshed well whenever they met. This collection delivers three duo concerts from that pair—one captured in Marciac, ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Dave & McClenty's Road Trip, More Newk, A Vault Deep Dive & More

Read "Dave & McClenty's Road Trip, More Newk, A Vault Deep Dive & More" reviewed by Marc Cohn


Getting you revved up for Dave Stryker & McClenty Hunter visiting southern Louisiana (October 22nd at Chorum Hall in Baton Rouge; Oct 23rd at the Sandbar @ UNO and Oct 24th at Snug Harbor in New Orleans). Our Sonny Rollins celebration continues with tracks from Sonny Rollins + 4 (with Clifford Brown & Max Roach). And ...

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Article: Live Review

Kenny Barron and Friends Celebrate Monk at SFJAZZ

Read "Kenny Barron and Friends Celebrate Monk at SFJAZZ" reviewed by Harry S. Pariser


Kenny Barron and Friends Celebrate Monk Herbst Theater SFJAZZ San Francisco, CA October 10, 2019 Seventy-six-year-old pianist Kenny Barron needs no introduction to avid jazz fans, having been a fixture on the scene for decades. He is known for his own work as well as his participation as co-founder of ...

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Article: Album Review

Jo-Yu Chen: Savage Beauty

Read "Savage Beauty" reviewed by Angelo Leonardi


La brava pianista taiwanese allieva di Kenny Barron e Jason Moran è tornata a incidere dopo quattro anni di silenzio, confermando il suo valore e le linee di fondo della sua estetica. Anche in quest'album Jo-Yu Chen aggiunge al suo stabile trio un ospite (Mark Turner prende il posto di Kurt Rosenwinkel) e conferma la co-produzione ...


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