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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Sheila Jordan, Nancy King, Ola Onabule, Dara Starr Tucker, Nicolas Bearde and More!

Read "Sheila Jordan, Nancy King, Ola Onabule, Dara Starr Tucker, Nicolas Bearde and More!" reviewed by Jua Howard


Greetings Music Family! It's time for another episode of the “First Instrument Jazz Show." I've got music from two vocal jazz giants who recently joined the ancestors, Sheila Jordanand Nancy King. I also have a lot of new music to share including music from Ola Onabule, Dara Tucker, Sinne Eeg, Kelly Green, Camille Thurman and Peter ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Size Matters: (Mostly New) Jazz for Big Bands and Orchestras, Part 1

Read "Size Matters: (Mostly New) Jazz for Big Bands and Orchestras, Part 1" reviewed by Ludovico Granvassu


More is not always necessarily better, especially in music. However, the proliferation of remarkable jazz big bands and orchestras of the last decade or so is providing plenty of material to prove that quality and quantity can go hand-in-hand. This week we focus on recent releases by some of the most compelling large ensembles around, the ...

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Article: Live Review

Moers Festival 2021

Read "Moers Festival 2021" reviewed by Phillip Woolever


Moers Festival Moers, Germany May 21-24, 2021 In a year that passed since the previous Moers Festival, the Covid 19 pandemic caused a lot of bad news regarding concert cancellations, closed venues, and further issues in the already challenging lives of professional musicians around the world. Thus, the success of this ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Film Noir, a Jazz Investigation

Read "Film Noir, a Jazz Investigation" reviewed by Ludovico Granvassu


In search of clues about the key components that make it possible to build the mood, the suspense, the intrigue, the build-up of tension, the adrenaline rush and the release in a good film noir with a jazz soundtrack, or in the jazz soundtrack of an imaginary film noir. Plus an interview with German-born, ...

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Article: Year in Review

2016: The Year in Jazz

Read "2016: The Year in Jazz" reviewed by Ken Franckling


The year 2016 bubbled with events and initiatives to strengthen jazz's place in American and world culture, as well as a variety of venue openings, closings and cancellations. Jazz hit the silver screen in many ways throughout the year, and International Jazz Day continued to thrive--complete with a major all-star concert at the White House. Pop ...

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Article: Album Review

Le Boeuf Brothers + JACK Quartet: Imaginist

Read "Imaginist" reviewed by Mike Jacobs


If one were to reference the Le Boeuf Brothers previous recordings for what to expect from their latest effort with the JACK Quartet, Imaginist, they might indeed find a pattern of fine musicianship and compositional ability that would not mislead. But clear evidence would also be shown of the Le Boeuf's tendencies toward eclecticism and unpredictability. ...

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Perfect Vision - The Esquivel Sound

Label: Basta
Released: 2014
Track listing: Mini Skirt; Poinciana; Sentimental Journey; Estrellita; Bye Bye Blues; All of Me; Solamente une Vez; Time on My Hands; My Blue Heaven; Cachito; Third Man Theme; So Rare; La Raspa; Take the A Train; Jalousie; Spellbound; Cherokee; Lullaby of Birdland; Magic Is the Moonlight; La Paloma; Who's Sorry Now?

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Article: Album Review

Metropole Orkest: Perfect Vision - The Esquivel Sound

Read "Perfect Vision - The Esquivel Sound" reviewed by Angelo Leonardi


Gli universi paralleli esistono, perlomeno in musica. Negli anni dal 1958 al 1962 il jazz statunitense ha vissuto una fase innovativa così ricca e variegata da assorbire totalmente gli appassionati (fino a oggi), portandoli a tralasciare quanto coesisteva nel vicino universo della pop music. In quegli anni l'industria discografica aveva scoperto il potenziale suggestivo ...

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Article: Interview

Martin Wind: Appreciating Bill Evans

Read "Martin Wind: Appreciating Bill Evans" reviewed by R.J. DeLuke


Bassist Martin Wind had already gigged with American jazz musicians prior to moving to New York City in 1996 to advance his musical studies. Though classically trained, Wind is highly versatile, having played in orchestras, small jazz groups, crossing genres on the electric bass prior to departing his native Germany. Now, years later, he ...


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