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EMBER Are A Jazz Trio With A Collective Mindset
by Lawrence Peryer
Today, the Spotlight shines On EMBER, a trio featuring saxophonist and trumpeter Caleb Wheeler Curtis, bassist Noah Garabedian and drummer Vinnie Sperrazza. Their album, August in March (Imani Records), is “a vivid representation of the musical, interpersonal and community-oriented ideas that the three forward-thinking musicians that make up EMBER...care deeply about." This conversation explores ...
World-Renowned Smoke Jazz Club Announces October Line-up Including The Goldings/Bernstein/Stewart Trio, Pianist Jacky Terrasson, Trombonist Steve Davis, Saxophonist Melissa Aldana, And More
Rated the #1 Jazz Club in New York City (Secret NYC), Smoke Jazz Club welcomes a few of today’s leading Trios to the stage in October. For the first time in 30 years, the Goldings/Bernstein/Stewart Trio returns to SMOKE for a highly-anticipated, long overdue, four-night run (Oct 12-15). Pianist Jacky Terrasson makes a rare New York ...
New Releases From Nellie McKay, Aline Homzy, Bellbird, Gaea Schell, Monika Ryan With Birthday Shoutouts To Terry Pollard, Iola Brubeck & More
by Mary Foster Conklin
This broadcast includes new releases from Mike Jones, Bellbird, Monika Ryan, Nellie McKay, Gaea Schell and Aline Homzy, with birthday shoutouts to Terry Pollard, Mary Stallings, Lorraine Desmarais, Cecilia Smith, Iola Brubeck and Bill Evans, among others. Thanks for listening and please support the artists you hear by seeing them live and online. Purchase their music ...
Charles Pillow Large Ensemble Set To Release 'Electric Miles 2' on October 6th
Charles Pillow Large Ensemble Electric Miles 2 The follow-up to acclaimed saxophonist/arranger Charles Pillow’s, “Electric Miles” , one of NPR’s top ten CD’s for 2018, is a further exploration of Miles Davis’ early electric period, 1969-74, arranged for a large jazz ensemble. This time Pillows’ arrangements add 3 french horns in addition to the usual big ...
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New Releases From Mercedes Nicole, Danny Jonokuchi Big Band, With Singles By Trudy Pitts, Miki Yamanaka and Leny Andrade & More
by Mary Foster Conklin
This broadcast includes new releases from Mercedes Nicole, Danny Jonokuchi Big Band, with singles from Trudy Pitts, Miki Yamanaka and Leny Andrade & Gilson Peranzzetta, with birthday shoutouts to Bernice Petkere (Lullaby of the Leaves, Close Your Eyes), Roberta Donnay, Kat Gang, Linda Dachtyl, Roberta Piket, Jenny Klukken, Cyrille Aimee||, and {{Noa Fort, among others. Thanks ...
Bill O'Connell: Live In Montauk
by Richard J Salvucci
A rhythm section which includes Santi Debriano and Billy Hart is nothing if not part of a potential dream band. In Craig Handy, one finds a post-bop saxophonist who played with virtually everyone worth hearing over the last third of the twentieth century. For a variety of reasons pianist Bill O'Connell may be a little less ...
Legendary Trumpeter/Composer Wadada Leo Smith To Premiere His Monumental New Work, America Transformed, At Brooklyn College From Sept. 8–11
At 81 years of age, Wadada Leo Smith is deep in the midst of the most creative and prolific period of an already formidable career. On the heels of a yearlong 80th birthday celebration that featured a number of dazzling performances along with several large-scale releases, the visionary composer and trumpeter will premiere his most monumental ...
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LETIZIA GAMBI
Born in Naples, Letizia Gambi is an Italian singer, songwriter and actress who has a wide-ranging education. She has studied dancing, acting, singing, painting and musical theater.
Letizia Gambi’s music is Cross-cultural combination of her Neapolitan-Italian roots with the heritage of Black American Jazz. Her Mediterranean passion sings through Jazz's language in a contemporary, crossover, personal style.
She lived in New York, Los Angeles and now she is based in Miami and Milan (when she is in Italy).
Letizia began dancing lessons at age eleven, attended art school at thirteen and began showcasing her art and winning awards for her paintings when she was fourteen . At fifteen, she began traveling to London, in the summer, to study musical theater. Continuing to dance, she became a dance instructor and choreographer at a very young age, while continuing to sing and act. She studied acting and worked as an actress. Finally, because of her great love and passion for music, she auditioned for the International Jazz Academy in Milan, out of 60 people who auditioned, she was one of only seven who was accepted into the program.
She studied for four years and became an assistant to the vocal professor in her fifth, "Master Year.” Letizia graduated with a Masters Degree in Jazz Vocal Performance.
Jon De Lucia’s Luce Trio Celebrates New Album Release At St. Paul’s Chapel On September 27, 2023
Brooklyn-based saxophonist Jon De Lucia celebrates his fifth release as a leader with a concert at the historic St. Paul’s Chapel of Trinity Church at 209 Broadway, across from the Oculus. The concert will take place on Wednesday, September 27th at 6pm and will be free and open to the public. St. Paul’s Chapel was built ...
