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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Steve Lehman, Betty Bryant, J.D. Allen and More

Read "Steve Lehman, Betty Bryant, J.D. Allen and More" reviewed by Hobart Taylor


This week we feature artists who performed at Los Angeles' Angel City Jazz Festival, Steve Lehman, Kris Davis, Mauricio Morales, Jenny Scheinman and Elsa Nilsson. We also feature new music from saxophonist J.D. Allen, Betty Bryant, and welcome an avant-garde ragtime offering by Welsh pianist Joe Webb.Playlist Steve Lehman Orchestre National de Jazz “Los ...

Article: Album Review

Lucy Woodward: Lucy Woodward & The Rocketeers

Read "Lucy Woodward & The Rocketeers" reviewed by Angelo Leonardi


La sensuale e talentuosa Lucy Woodward ha offerto nel decennio appassionanti interpretazioni di rhythm & blues, soul e rock sganciandosi dai giovanili successi pop. Anche in ambito jazz ha dato ottime prove a partire dalla lontana partecipazione all'album della Love Speak Orchestra di Joshua Shneider e con le lunghe collaborazioni col gruppo Snarky Puppy e con ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Abbey Lincoln, Gregory Porter, Danielle Wertz and More!

Read "Abbey Lincoln, Gregory Porter, Danielle Wertz and More!" reviewed by Jua Howard


Welcome Music Family! It's time for another episode of the “First Instrument Jazz Show"! As usual, I've got a great show in store for you including new music from Bria Skonberg, G. Thomas Allen and Amber Weekes; and plenty more timeless music from artists such as Abbey Lincoln, Gregory Porter, Danielle Wertzand Patti Austin. Come get ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Freedom & American Themes + Captain Black Big Band

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Here is the show from Independence Day weekend with American and freedom themes as explored by jazz artists. From there, we'll check out some works from the Orrin Evans Captain Black Big Band, and more. Welcome friends and neighbors to The Jazz Continuum. Old, new, in, out... wherever the music takes us. Each week, we will ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

A Free Form 45 Format + Davis, Rollins & Hill

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This week, for our first hour, we'll present a free-from 45 format. Spinning singles from this box of mini platters I have right here. Reading the recently released book titled “In with the In crowd, Popular Jazz in 1960s Black America" by Mike Smith, I was reminded that jazz artists in the mid-century were part of ...

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Article: Live Review

Building Back Jazz Brick by Brick in East London

Read "Building Back Jazz Brick by Brick in East London" reviewed by Peter Jones


Brick Lane Jazz Festival London April 26-28, 2024 The most innovative and thrilling jazz currently emerging from the UK is centred on a few grimy, narrow streets on the east side of London. The pioneering work that goes on in this elaborately-graffitied neighbourhood has, in recent years, contributed much to the ...

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Article: Extended Analysis

Book of Queens

Read "Book of Queens" reviewed by Doug Collette


Released in 2023 with next to no fanfare, the very gestation of the Eric Krasno/Stanton Moore Project's first effort carries a cachet all its own. Recorded at Levon Helm Studios in Woodstock, New York, and mixed by Jim Scott (Tedeschi Trucks Band, Wilco), Book of Queens is tribute to women in music wherein the nine covers ...

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Article: Play This!

Remembering Albert 'Tootie' heath

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Drumming great Albert 'Tootie' Heath played with a who's who of jazz greats, from John Coltrane and Sonny Rollins to Wes Montgomery and Nina Simone. He recorded all too infrequently as a leader, probably because he was so in demand for other people's projects. This clip from the 2014 Chicago Jazz Festival finds Heath in the ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

New Releases And Birthday Shoutouts To Nina Simone, Ida Cox, Nancy Wilson & More

Read "New Releases And Birthday Shoutouts To Nina Simone, Ida Cox, Nancy Wilson & More" reviewed by Mary Foster Conklin


This broadcast includes new releases from Jill McCarron, Lynne Arriale, Mamiko Watanabe, Debby Wang, Sara Michaels, Natalie Douglas, a digital release for Nina Simone's Back and a second single from Rachel Z plus birthday shoutouts to Nina Simone, Patti Wicks, Ida Cox, and Nancy Wilson, among others. Thanks for listening and please support the artists you ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Christine Jensen, Sonny Clark, Nina Simone and Others

Read "Christine Jensen, Sonny Clark, Nina Simone and Others" reviewed by Jerome Wilson


This episode, as usual, goes all over the jazz landscape with current names like Christine Jensen and Marius Neset as well as classic figures of the past such as Sonny Clark and Nina Simone. Playlist Henry Threadgill Sextett “I Can't Wait Till I Get Home" from The Complete Novus & Columbia Recordings of Henry ...


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