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Craig Taborn: Playing in the Shadows

by David Bixler
January 12, 2022

Pianist Craig Taborn's new recording Shadow Plays was recorded in 2020 in Vienna while on a solo piano tour in Europe just as the pandemic was blowing up. In this episode of LINER NOTES Craig reflects on the process of improvisation as well as recounting the uncertainty that surrounded getting back home and his transition to ...

Unscientific Italians, Andrea Keller & Tyler Mitchell

by Maurice Hogue
January 12, 2022

Music from the Southern Hemisphere highlights the first hour with tunes from new releases from Australia (Andrea Keller, Sandy Evans & Sam Anning) and New Zealand's Hatnohathat Trio. Hour two brings more from the L.A. band, The Gathering, in anticipation of their upcoming release next month, and bassist Tyler Mitchell with the indomitable 97-year old Marshall ...

Bach-in-Jazz + Concertos & Suites from Pharoah Sanders, Yusef Lateef and Rahsaan Roland Kirk

by David Brown
January 11, 2022

Bach-in-jazz tunes from Ornette Coleman, Aki Takase and Bud Powell and we'll sample “Promises" an electro-acoustic symphonic masterpiece from Floating Points & Pharoah Sanders.' Then, Yusef Lateef's “Symphonic Blues Suite," Rahsaan Roland Kirk's “Saxophone Concerto," and finally the Exploding Star Orchestra. Welcome friends and neighbors to The Jazz Continuum. Old, new, in, out... wherever the music ...

Lionel Loueke: Our Story Is What We Play

by Leo Sidran
January 10, 2022

When Lionel Loueke was coming of age as a young guitarist in his home country of Benin in West Africa, there were no music stores of any kind. He would have had to travel to Nigeria—the next country over--just to get his hands on some new strings. So he made due with what he had, cleaning ...

I Like You Best Of All - A Look Back To Notable 2021 Recordings, Part One

by Mary Foster Conklin
January 10, 2022

Happy New Year! This first broadcast of 2022 presents a final holiday recording from drummer Jeff Hamilton with new releases from The Count Basie Orchestra, Vijay Iyer, Adonis Rose & The New Orleans Jazz Orchestra featuring Cyrille Aimee plus a look back at some of the notable 2021 albums made despite the disruption of the pandemic ...

Pat Metheny, Gerald Gradwohl, Alex Sipiagin, Nicholas Llerandi and Lee Puckett

by Len Davis
January 9, 2022

New releases from 2021 including Robin & The Hoods, Desertion Trio, Scary Goldings, Pat Metheny and Alex Sipiagin. Playlist Robin & The Hoods “Moonfall" from Moonfall (Self Produced) 00:00 Desertion Trio “Albion" from Numbers Maker (Cuneiform) 05:43 Accordo Dei Contrary “The Short Century" from U R (Cuneiform) 11:32 Gerald Gradwohl “Jabo" from Episode 6 ...

McCoy Tyner & Nicholas Payton

by Joe Dimino
January 9, 2022

On the final episode of 2021, we profile the author of Black American Music, Nicholas Payton. We also look at a collection of musicians that made the world of jazz a memorable one in 2021. They include Charlie Ballantine, Beth McKenna, Alex Brown and Angel Roman. Additionally, we profile the musicians who make these musicians who ...

Eddie Harris - Harmonic Genius, solos form Jeff Parker & Patrick Shiroisk, and Christian McBride

by David Brown
January 8, 2022

Multi-layered solo works from Jeff Parker and Patrick Shiroishi, quartets & big bands from both Jared Schonig & Toshiko Akiyoshi; then a tribute to harmonic genius Eddie Harris; and finally, Christian McBride in Trio, and the Inside Straight. Welcome friends and neighbors to The Jazz Continuum. Old, new, in, out... wherever the music takes us. Each ...

Riesling Meets Eric Dolphy

by Kristen Lee Sergeant
January 8, 2022

John McLaughlin, Jeremy Green, Steve Hunt, Stephan Thelen and Dave Holland

by Len Davis
January 7, 2022

We continue with our random selections of new releases from 2021 including John McLaughlin, Steve Hunt, Stephan Thelen and Benjamin Croft. Playlist John McLaughlin “As The Spirit Sings" from Liberation Time (Abstract Logix) 00:00 Benjamin Croft “Brock" from Far & Distant Things (Ubuntu) 06:24 Jeremy Green “Michael And Me" from Standing 8 (Self Produced) ...