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New Vocal Releases From John Dokes, Allegra Levy, Karrin Allyson, KJ Denhert, Birthday Shoutouts To Betty Carter & More
by Mary Foster Conklin
This broadcast includes new releases from John Dokes, Allegra Levy, Karrin Allyson, Nancy Erickson Lamont, KJ Denhert and Sean Fyfe, with birthday shoutouts to Betty Carter, Virginia Mayhew, Brittany Anjou, Karin Krog, Grace Kelly, Barb Jungr, Veronica Swift, KJ Denhert and Miles Griffith, among others. Happy listening and please support the artists you hear by seeing ...
New Music From Lizz Wright, Nick Finzer, Monty Alexander, And More
by Bob Osborne
Featured on this show are new releases from Lizz Wright, Nick Finzer, Monty Alexander, Remy Le Boeuf's Assembly of Shadows, Stuart Mack, Rachel Z, Michael Wolff Mike Clark and Leon Lee Dorsey, David Benoit, Christian McBride & Edgar Meyer, Cassie Kinoshi's Seed, Trio HLK, John Lurie, Julieta Eugenio, Die Beren Gieren, and Rajesh Mehta's Sky Cage ...
Record Store Day 2024 Jazz Releases
by Kyle Simpler
Every year, Record Store Day (RSD) promises limited edition vinyl releases for all tastes in music. From the latest popular artists to the most obscure archival releases, RSD drops try to cover a lot of musical territory. Practically all genres of music are represented and, of course, jazz is no exception. Fortunately, the April 2024 drop ...
Sarah Vaughan Centennial, New Releases By Monty Alexander, Martin Budde, Danae Olano, Kelly Green & More
by Mary Foster Conklin
Women's History Month continues with new releases from Monty Alexander, Martin Budde, Danae Olano, Allison Adams Tucker and Kelly Green, with birthday shoutouts to Deanna Witkowski, Eliane Elias, Marian McPartland, Sarah Vaughan (100!), Meredith d'Ambrosio, Miki Yamanaka, Sister Rosetta Tharpe and Virginia Schenck, among others. Thanks for listening and please support the artists you hear by ...
Justin Kauflin and Thomas Fonnesbaek at the Governor's School for the Arts
by Mark Robbins
At a young age Justin Kauflin's musical interest was in classical violin and piano but upon becoming totally blind by age 11 (he was born with a condition called proliferative exudative retinopathy) Kauflin switched his interest to jazz piano. Growing up in Virginia Beach, Va Kauflin was lucky enough to have two outstanding teachers in Liz ...
Celebrating Randy Weston: An Evening with T.K. Blue and the African Rhythms Alumni Quartet at Dizzy's
by Dave Kaufman
Randy Weston passed away at the age of 92 in September 2018, leaving an indelible mark on the jazz community. Just weeks prior to his transition, he had given a performance at the Nice Jazz Festival and was in fine form. Weston enjoyed many accolades in the last chapter of his life including being recognized as ...
Monty Alexander: No Woman No Cry
by Geno Thackara
A regular dose of Monty Alexander is good for the soul. He always has an inner positivity running through everything he touches--much like his most-admired heroes, such as fellow Jamaican icon Bob Marley. Combine the spirits of the two, as with a heart-stirring take on the warmest of Marley songs, and you've got a special kind ...
Where Clifford Brown Learned to Play: Love In A Wilmington Neighborhood
by Arthur R George
Part 1 | Part 2 Robert “Boysie" Lowery was trumpeter Clifford Brown's first music instructor in the early 1940s, and mentored decades of young musicians thereafter in Wilmington, Delaware. He taught as a sideline to club work, a resource for his community but caring not so much about being paid for his lessons. That ...
Ahmad Jamal: Forward Momentum
by Ian Patterson
In memory of the venerable Ahmad Jamal. This article was first published on All About Jazz on July 6, 2010. Ahmad Jamal, possibly the most influential of living jazz pianists, turned 80 years young on July 2, 2010. It is however, business as usual and instead of celebrating at home in his slippers, Jamal ...
Peter Beets: New York Trio Page Two
by C. Andrew Hovan
In its relatively short history, American jazz music has established a language that while having some ties to the European tradition is more fully rooted in the rhythms and folk melodies of the African slaves. What is even more significant is the profound impact that the music and musicians have had in breaking social boundaries such ...
