Results for "Michael Ambrosino"

Favorite Music for 2023, Part 1

by Michael Ambrosino
January 12, 2024

Round About Midnight

by Michael Ambrosino
November 15, 2023

Finders Keepers

by Michael Ambrosino
October 13, 2023

All racked up and ready to go! Your latest musical adventure celebrating our 80th episode! The best that Jazz has to offer on Currents--your soundtrack to the future voice of Jazz. Featuring Alfredo Rodriguez, Kurt Elling, Charlie Hunter,Miguel Zenon, Luis Perdomo, Wayne Escoffery, Clark Sommers, Walter Smith III, Nicole Zuraitis, Johnathan Blake, Arman Sangalang, Thomas Marriott and ...

Sacred & Profane

by Michael Ambrosino
June 10, 2023

No sacred cows here. And the only profanity you'll hear is the jazz police complaining about so much music breaking their archaic rules. On this episode of Currents we feature Joe Chambers, Eric Reed, Bobby Sanabria, Matt Ulery, Lauren Henderson, Kendrick Scott, Joe Farnsworth, Snarky Puppy, Leon Foster Thomas, Vince Mendoza, Alvaro Rojas and Sanah Kadoura. ...

Far Out!

by Michael Ambrosino
March 10, 2023

Inside, outside and all around this genre, exists a remarkable array of music that all flows back to the unique source and sensibility known as jazz. This episode features Jim Snidero, Buster Williams, Nicholas Payton, Rebecca Nash, Kendrick Scott, Diego Rivera, Jane Bunnett & Maqueque, Joe Locke, Vince Mendoza, Nguyên Lê, Theo Croker and Lisa Marie ...

Brave New Year!

by Michael Ambrosino
February 25, 2023

2023 enters with the bang of the drumbeat of many new remarkable albums. Hear some of the most exciting voices featuring the music of Joe Locke, Kurt Elling & Charlie Hunter, Malcolm Strachan, Nicholas Payton, Elio Villafranca, Manzanita Quintet, Bobby Watson, Richie Goods & Chien Chien Lu, Tawanda, Snarky Puppy, Lakecia Benjamin and much, much more! ...

Anthony Branker: What Place Can Be for Us? - A Suite in Ten Movements

by Michael Ambrosino
February 8, 2023

Ma Rainey channeled music as her ritual of “singing to understand life." Congressman John Lewis leveraged music towards the “good trouble" he created fighting for civil rights in an uncivil land. Anthony Branker understands music as the calculus of his life's work—the art of weaving words and sound into transcendent tapestries that explore the rich, complex, ...

Recapping The Best of 2022: Part 1

by Michael Ambrosino
February 4, 2023

Recapping The Best of 2022: Part 2

by Michael Ambrosino
February 4, 2023

2022 is in the books and what a remarkable year in music is was! Here's the second part of my recap of favorite music for the year. Featuring my favorite 20 albums for the year and some of the most intriguing music as well. Come hear Dave Stryker, Connie Han, Rafael Greco, Anat Cohen, Miguel Zenón ...