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Omar Thomas, Mark Masters, Billy Strayhorn

Read "Omar Thomas, Mark Masters, Billy Strayhorn" reviewed by David Brown


This week showcases large band music from composer/arrangers Omar Thomas, Gerry Mulligan and Maria Schneider. Bandleader Mark Masters is next with a pair of new albums. With Sam Rivers 100, Masters honors the centenary of the avant-garde jazz pioneer, while on Dance, Eternal Spirits, Dance! Masters explores the music of spiritual jazz legend Billy Harper. Bird ...

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Stan Tracey, Mark Masters, and Neal Alger

Read "Stan Tracey, Mark Masters, and Neal Alger" reviewed by Jerome Wilson


This episode features music from Stan Tracey, Mark Masters, Jason Moran, Gil Evans. Steely Dan, and Neal Alger. Playlist Henry Threadgill Sextett “I Can't Wait Till I Get Home" from The Complete Novus & Columbia Recordings of Henry Threadgill & Air (Mosaic) 00:00 Gil Melle “Funk For Star People" from Gil's Guests (Prestige) 00:54 ...

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Jed Levy, Kandace Springs, Leon Anderson, Behn Gillece and more

Read "Jed Levy, Kandace Springs, Leon Anderson, Behn Gillece and more" reviewed by Benjamin Boddie


Today's Music--Right Now! Fantastic music by Charles Rouse, Jed Levy, Bill O'Connell, Doug Wyatt, Joe Lovano, Reginald Cyntje, Eric Scott Reed, Beatle Jazz, Royce Campbell, John Clayton, Jane Ira Bloom, Kandace Springs, George Colligan, Albare, Pete McGuinness, Marilyn Kleinberg, Leon Anderson, Posi-Tone Swingtet, Behn Gillece, Charles Chen, Greg Murphy, Saul Dautch, Greg Hopkins, Mark Masters, and ...

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Behn Gillece, Charles Chen, Greg Murphy, Masha Campagne and more

Read "Behn Gillece, Charles Chen, Greg Murphy, Masha Campagne and more" reviewed by Benjamin Boddie


Today's Music--Right Now! Fantastic music by Behn Gillece, Charles Chen, Greg Murphy, Masha Campagne, Brad Turner, Saul Dautch, Greg Hopkins, Sandra-Mae Lux, Mike Prigodich, Mark Masters, Tyler Henderson, Dale Fielder, Robert Turner, Jeffrey Gimble, Sean Nelson, Diego Rivera, Bill Stewart, Deborah Silver, Carlos Mena, Brandon Woody, James Moody, Cyrus Chestnut, Kandace Springs, John Clayton, Sharel Cassity, ...

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Article: Album Review

Mark Masters Ensemble: Sam Rivers 100

Read "Sam Rivers 100" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan


The Mark Masters Ensemble released Porgy and Bess Redefined! (Capri Records) in 2005. The music was taken from the George Gershwin/DuBose Heyward English-language opera, which was first performed in 1935. Masters' take on the classic was brilliantly expressed by the ensemble, who dug into his adventurous charts with freedom mixed with respect for the familiar and ...

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Mark Masters Ensemble: Dance, Eternal Spirits, Dance!

Read "Dance, Eternal Spirits, Dance!" reviewed by Jack Bowers


In 2023-24, the celebrated arranger Mark Masters led his superb southern California-based ensemble into studios to record a pair of tribute albums. The first, Sam Rivers 100, was dedicated to the music of the late saxophonist on the one hundredth anniversary of his birth; the second, Dance, Eternal Spirits, Dance!, to that of another renowned saxophonist, ...

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Mark Masters: Sam Rivers 100

Read "Sam Rivers 100" reviewed by Jack Bowers


Sam Rivers 100 is the first of two homages recorded in 2023-24 by arranger Mark Masters and his blue chip southern California-based ensemble. This one pays tribute to the music of the late saxophonist Sam Rivers on the hundredth anniversary of his birth; the second, Dance, Eternal Spirits, Dance! salutes the music of tenor saxophonist Billy ...

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Caili O'Doherty, Bill O'Connell, and Keith Tippett

Read "Caili O'Doherty, Bill O'Connell, and Keith Tippett" reviewed by Jerome Wilson


This program features recent music from Caili O'Doherty, Bill O'Connell, and David Weiss as well as older work from Keith Tippett, Mark Masters, and Paul Bley.Playlist Henry Threadgill Sextett “I Can't Wait Till I Get Home" from The Complete Novus & Columbia Recordings of Henry Threadgill & Air (Mosaic) 00:00 Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra ...

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Label: Capri Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: Serenade to a Bus Seat; Ground Hog; Ode to Pres; Daylight Express; Boardwalk; Argentia; Perdido Line; Slow Boat; Swingin'On The Cusp; Michelle; Top And Bottom; Boomerang; In Orbit.

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RIP Roy Haynes, plus Lucy Woodward and Alan Braufman

Read "RIP Roy Haynes, plus Lucy Woodward and Alan Braufman" reviewed by Jerome Wilson


This program pays tribute to the late Roy Haynes with examples of his work with Oliver Nelson and Andrew Hill as well as his recordings as a bandleader. It also features Lucy Woodward, Howard Riley and Alan Braufman. Playlist Henry Threadgill Sextett “I Can't Wait Till I Get Home" from ...


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