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September 23, 2022

Album: Searching in Grenoble: The 1978 Solo Piano Concert
By Mal Waldron
Label: Tompkins Square
Released: 2022
Duration: 06:38

Article: Album Review

Given that it is his debut disc, drummer Aaron Seeber's First Move seems aptly titled. The music it offers is anything but an opening gambit, however; even after a cursory listen, it is quickly apparent that Seeber has been at this game for some time. From the top-shelf caliber of his associates, to his unfailing poise ...

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Mal Waldron - Searching In Grenoble: The 1978 Solo Piano Concert

September 1, 2022

Searching In Grenoble: The 1978 Solo Piano Concert is a previously unissued recording of jazz icon Mal Waldron's mesmerizing performance at the “Five Days of Jazz" series in Grenoble, France on March 23, 1978. Waldron was Billie Holiday’s final accompanist, played on classic sessions with John Coltrane, Charles Mingus and Jackie McLean among others, and recorded ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

New Releases from Geoffrey Keezer, Billy Drummond, Sonica, Plus Birthday Celebrations For Carolyn Leigh, Iola Brubeck, Trudy Pitts, Mary Stallings & More

by Mary Foster Conklin
August 29, 2022

This broadcast presents new releases from Geoffrey Keezer, Billy Drummond & Freedom of Ideas, plus singles from Carol Albert and new group Sonica (Thana Alexa, Nicole Zuraitis & Julia Adamy), with birthday shoutouts to lyricists Carolyn Leigh, Iola Brubeck, organist Trudy Pitts, vocalist Mary Stallings and trombonist Naomi Moon Siegel among others. Thanks for listening and ...

Article: Album Review

Cristina Mazza, Sean Bergin, Daniele D'Agaro, Bruno Marini, Jean-Jacques Avenel, Sangoma Everett: Celebrating The Music Of Mal Waldron

Read "Celebrating The Music Of Mal Waldron" reviewed by Neri Pollastri

by Neri Pollastri
August 22, 2022

Vent'anni fa, per la precisione il 2 febbraio del 2002, se ne andava Mal Waldron, straordinario artista che ha lasciato tracce indelebili nella musica jazz e che forse non ha avuto—e non ha tutt'ora—il riconoscimento che avrebbe meritato. Cinque anni dopo, nel febbraio del 2007, la sassofonista Cristina Mazza, che con lui aveva lavorato ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Festival Season: From Newport to the North Sea

by David Brown
August 2, 2022

This week, a survey of recordings from jazz festivals past and present: Newport Jazz Festival in Rhode Island, Montreux Jazz Festival & Jazz Festival Willisau in Switzerland, Montreal International Jazz Festival, Essen Jazz Festival in West Germany, Festival of Improvised Music in France, East-West Festival in Nuremberg Germany, and the North Sea Jazz Festival in the ...

Article: Album Review

Wadada Leo Smith: The Emerald Duets

Read "The Emerald Duets" reviewed by Karl Ackermann

by Karl Ackermann
July 11, 2022

The pioneering British photographer/author Val Wilmer said of Wadada Leo Smith, “he no longer relates to the restrictions of scales and chords. To him, music is about two things only: sound and rhythm." Her assessment, from the essential book As Serious As Your Life (Allison & Busby Ltd, 1977), was published in 1977. But in the ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

The Black Saint And Soul Note Labels

by Jerome Wilson
June 3, 2022

Since 1975, the Black Saint and Soul Note record labels have been a major force in documenting the growth of American avant-garde jazz. This program samples two hours of music from their diverse catalog. It includes work from artists who had long associations with the labels such as Muhal Richard Abrams and David Murray as well ...

Article: Building a Jazz Library

George Coleman: An Alternative Top Ten Albums

by Chris May
January 6, 2022

Born in Memphis, Tennessee, saxophonist George Coleman cut his teeth in local rhythm and blues bands and made his first recording, aged twenty, with B.B. King in 1955. That year he switched from alto to tenor, because King already had an alto player; but Coleman has continued to play the alto from time to time and, ...

Article: Live Review

Ada Montellanico WeTuba e Monumental Duo

by Neri Pollastri
December 13, 2021

Ada Montellanico WeTuba e Monumental Duo Firenze A Jazz Supreme Sala Vanni 29.10 e 12.11.21 Nelle diverse date della stagione autunnale 2021 di A Jazz Supreme, la rassegna che il Musicus Concentus organizza da anni presso la Sala Vanni di Firenze, figuravano tra gli altri i concerti di WeTuba, l'ultima ...