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Mark Winkler, Yuko Mabuchi, Bonnie J. Jensen, Lauren Henderson, Emma Hendrick, Nicholas Payton & More

by Mary Foster Conklin
August 11, 2025

This broadcast includes new releases from Mark Winkler, Yuko Mabuchi, Bonnie J. Jensen, Lauren Henderson, Emma Hendrick plus a single from Nicholas Payton's latest, with birthday shoutouts to Honorable Men Hank Jones, Tony Bennett and Kevin Mahogany plus Camille Bertault, Tara Davidson, Kat Edmonson, Antoinette Montegue, Shamie Royston, Claudia Acuna and Connie Converse, among others. Happy ...

Cécile McLorin Salvant's Ogresse At Carnegie Hall

by Adam Beaudoin
August 8, 2025

Cécile McLorin Salvant Carnegie Hall Ogresse New York, NY May 21, 2025 The relationship between jazz and classical music has a long, complicated history. Musicians themselves tend to care more about the music than concepts of genre, and you only need to listen to the echoes of French Impressionism ...

Jazz-Con 2025 Opens Scholarship Applications And Reveals Key Sessions For The Business-Minded Improviser

August 8, 2025

Jazz-Con, the 100 % virtual summit where streaming giants and indie artists share one bandstand, has opened submissions for five signature scholarships that remove financial barriers for musicians, students, and music-industry pros worldwide. Running September 15-16, Jazz-Con delivers live panels in English, Spanish, and Japanese with real-time captions in 10 + languages, making it the most ...

Tony Tixier: Poems Never End

by Neil Duggan
August 5, 2025

Serendipity is the art of everything being in the right place at the right time, and so it proved for Tony Tixier on a whirlwind trip to New York City. Recorded during a single afternoon and without a predetermined plan for the session, the album Poems Never End was recorded in one take, with nothing added, ...

Syndee Winters, Joe Farnsworth, Emma Smith, Lauren Scales, Mike Flanagan & Chris Grasso, Paloma Dineli Chesky

by Mary Foster Conklin
August 4, 2025

This broadcast includes new releases from Syndee Winters, Joe Farnsworth, Emma Smith, Paloma Dineli Chesky, Lauren Scales, Mike Flanagan & Chris Grasso, with birthday shoutouts to Janis Siegel, Emily Asher, Ada Rovatti, Joanne Brackeen, Annie Ross, Fay Victor and Nnenna Freelon, among others. Happy listening and please support the artists you hear--see them live, buy their ...

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Nolan Nwachukwu

Born: July 8

Nolan Nwachukwu is a bassist, composer, and producer based in New York City. Originally from South Florida, Nolan studied Jazz at the Dillard Center for the Arts under the direction of Christopher Dorsey. With Nolan on bass, the DCA band achieved 2 straight top-3 finishes at the Essentially Ellington national competition, including an award for outstanding rhythm section and an honorable mention on bass. He received his Bachelor of Music degree from the Manhattan School of Music under the guidance of Buster Williams, Marc Cary, Kendrick Scott, and John Benitez.

Since relocating to New York, Nolan has begun collaborations with acclaimed artists and musicians such as J’Nai Bridges, Damien Sneed, Michael Mwenso and the Shakes, Tyreek McDole, Miles Lennox, Savion Glover, Miki Howard, Jon Batiste, Ruben Fox, Willerm Delisfort, Tina Fabrique, Cisco Swank, FORAGER, Jillian Grace, Imani Rouselle, Reuben James, and the Jazz at Lincoln Center.

Smoke Jazz Club Announces September Schedule Featuring Kris Davis Tribute To Women Pianists, Joe Farnsworth Album Release, And More

July 28, 2025

Hailed as the “#1 Jazz Club in New York City (SecretNYC),” SMOKE Jazz Club today announced its concert schedule for September 2025. The month begins by celebrating the release of Joe Farnsworth’s latest album The Big Room (SMOKE Sessions Records) with “one of the best bands recording today” (WJTU Radio): Sarah Hanahan, Emmet Cohen, Joel Ross, ...

Moon Songs, New Releases By Nicole Zuraitis, Nicole Glover, Samara Joy, Sarah Wilson & More

by Mary Foster Conklin
July 28, 2025

This broadcast celebrates the 56th anniversary of the moon landing with celestial songs and new releases from Nicole Zuraitis, Nicole Glover, Samara Joy and Sarah Wilson||, plus birthday shoutouts to lyricist Dorothy Fields, {{m: Akua Dixon, Jimmy Scott, Mary Osborne, Luciana Souza, Cynthia Scott, Lauren Sevian, Carmen Bradford, Julia Hulsmann and Phoebe Snow, among others. Happy ...

Ornette Coleman's and Horace Silver's "Lonely Woman" — A Disambiguation

by Artur Moral
July 27, 2025

Reality is filled with confusion and misunderstandings; some are suggestive or creative, while others are disappointing or, worse, malicious. The jazz world is no stranger to the first type: specific compositions are often confused or misidentified as if they were the same. Usually, this happens because of similar melodies or titles that are sometimes identical. This ...