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Celebrate Mothers Day with new releases by Ellie Martin, Lucia, Jamie Shew and the Premazzi/Nasser Quartet, plus birthday shoutouts to Mary Lou Williams, Carla Bley, Tania Maria & More
by Mary Foster Conklin
This broadcast celebrates Mothers Day with new releases from Ellie Martin, Lucia, Jamie Shew and the Premazzi/Nasser Quartet, with birthday shoutouts to Mary Lou Williams, Carla Bley, Tania Maria, Gunhild Carling, Jill McCarron, Andrea Superstein, honorable men John Proulx and Lincoln Briney, among others. Happy listening and please support the artists you hear -see them live, ...
International Women's Day: Nubya Garcia, Geri Allen, Mary Lou Williams
by David Brown
Welcome friends and neighbors to The Jazz Continuum. Old, new, in, out... wherever the music takes us. Each week, we will explore the elements of jazz from a historical perspective. This week we celebrate International Women's Day (March 8) with short sets featuring women instrumentalists who have made or are making important contributions to this music ...
Barbara Carroll Centennial, Judy Wexler, Jenny Hill, Judy Wexler, Lisa Markley, Nancy Harrow
by Mary Foster Conklin
This broadcast includes new releases from Judy Wexler, Jenny Hill, Lisa Markley and Nancy Harrow, with birthday shoutouts to Barbara Carroll (100!), Etta James, Michelle Nicolle, Gary Burton, Jose James, Mariah Parker, and Lizz Wright, among others. Happy listening and please support the artists you hear. See them live, purchase their music so they can continue ...
Claire Ritter: Songs Of Lumiere
by Dan McClenaghan
Claire Ritter sounds like the most American of artists on Song of Lumiere, a solo piano outing. The North Carolina native--who studied under another quintessential American, pianist Mary Lou Williams, as well as Ran Blake--presents “Opus 30: Songs of Lumiere" a nine-tune exploration of light on the album, along with two of her previously recorded compositions, ...
Tania Grubbs: The Sound of Love
by John Chacona
Meet a person from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and you are likely to get a Chamber of Commerce-worthy commendation of their city's greatness. When it comes to jazz, the civic pride is more than warranted; the Steel City was home to immortals such as Earl Hines, Mary Lou Williams, Art Blakey and Kenny Clarke. Vocalist Tania Grubbs grew ...
Alliance: Alliance
by Jack Bowers
Alliance is an impressive all-female co-op quartet whose self-titled debut album, recorded in 2023, offers a luminous snapshot of their remarkable talent and versatility. Reed virtuoso Sharel Cassity, an alumna of New York City's world-class DIVA Jazz Orchestra, oversees the front line, while pianist Hannah Meyer provides an eloquent reciprocal perspective and shares the essential rhythmic ...
Claire Daly, Mary Lou Williams, Stella Cole & Benny Benack III
by Joe Dimino
Dive into the vibrant world of jazz with Episode 879 of Neon Jazz. Kicking off with the multi-talented Benny Benack III, we'll explore music from his 2023 album Third Time's the Charm. Next, meet the dynamic young phenom Stella Cole, currently touring with Benny and recently lighting up the stage at Kansas City's Folly Theater in ...
Take Five With Trombonist-Composer Naomi Moon Siegel
by AAJ Staff
An award-winning trombonist, improviser, composer and educator, Naomi Moon Siegel is committed to creating a positive, transformative music culture beyond conventional genre norms. She has been an innovative performer and recording artist since graduating from Oberlin Conservatory in 2006. Siegel kicked off her professional career on the West Coast in Oakland, California, and came of age ...
In the Brewing Luminous: The Life & Music of Cecil Taylor
by Jack Kenny
In the Brewing Luminous: The Life & Music of Cecil TaylorPhilip Freeman 344 Pages ISBN: # ISBN 978-3-9553-261-9 Wolke Verlag 2024 The sign over the nightclub says it all: Cecil Taylor starts where Thelonious Monk leaves off. Jazz has never really come to terms with Cecil Taylor. Comparisons with ...
Etienne Charles: Creole Orchestra Featuring René Marie
by Angelo Leonardi
A 18 anni di distanza dal debutto discografico in Culture Shock il trombettista originario di Trinidad & Tobago, si cimenta come bandleader di un ampio organico, in una lussureggiante sintesi di ritmi caraibici e orchestrazioni che vanno dalla tradizione Swing all'hip hop. L'orchestra è un ampliamento della sua storica Creole Soul Band e ospita la cantante ...
