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Final Recordings of Jazz Masters of the 1950s and '60s
by Larry Slater
The 1950s and early '60s were a high point for jazz. Jazz was popular. You could hear it on TV, on college campuses, and on US State Department tours. It was an era of mind-boggling creativity. Cool jazz, hard bop, bossa nova and free jazz were all born and nurtured during these years. Many jazz musicians ...
Eric Alexander, Yoko Yates, Carmen Bradford, David Murray and more
by Benjamin Boddie
Today's Music--Right Now! Fantastic music by Eric Alexander, Yoko Yates, Michael Wolff, Jamile, Susan Krebs, Todd Herbert, Todd Zimberg, Carmen Bradford, Airmen Of Note, David Murray, Snorre Kirk, Mike Pope, Eric Byrd, Lili Maljic, Neal Miner, Josh Lawrence, Joe Bowden, Jen Allen, Jason Forsythe, Michika Fukumori, Linda Dachtyl, Joe Farnsworth, Christian McBride, George Coleman, and more. ...
New Music From Tucker, Jensen, Nodeland And More
by Bob Osborne
This selection of music drifts across borders and decades, tracing a path from Dara Starr Tucker's ethereal lullaby to Charles Tolliver's fiery live invocation. It's a voyage through jazz's many dialects--big band warmth, avant-garde abstraction, global fusion, and spiritual depth. Each track marks a waypoint: Bonnie Jensen's breezy swing, Henry Threadgill's cryptic miniatures, Samara Joy's playful ...
Drum Machines and Griot Songs
by Patrick Burnette
This fortnight, Mike's cued up four newish releases with very different approaches to modern jazz. We have a couple piano trios (one of which calls in reinforcements from time to time), a duet with some space-age percussion, and a gigantic, sprawling big band project. Pat sneaks some jazz vinyl talk into pop matters.Playlist Discussion ...
Stanley Cowell, Charlie Rouse, and Darius Jones
by Jerome Wilson
This show features newly reissued music by Stanley Cowell and Charlie Rouse as well as the usual collection of old and new jazz from Darius Jones, Joe Elefante, and Lauren Henderson among others. Playlist Henry Threadgill Sextett “I Can't Wait Till I Get Home" from The Complete Novus & Columbia Recordings of Henry Threadgill ...
DC Jazz Fest + Homework Music
by David Brown
The show opens with a celebration of Sonny Rollins on his 95th birthday, featuring a classic 1954 recording with Thelonious Monk. With students across Philadelphia settling into a new school year, the next set offers a “homework-inspired" segment features selection from Dizzy Gillespie, Johnnie Taylor, Ornette Coleman, Matthew Muñeses, Marian McPartland, and Thelonious Monk. Over Labor ...
George Coleman, Anne Mette Iverson, Sylvie Courvoisier with Wadada Leo Smith, and Keith Jarrett with Gary Peacock and Paul Motian
by Hobart Taylor
Regeneration... New and old music featuring George Coleman, a newly released historic Keith Jarrett Trio recording, and astounding new music from Anne Mette Iverson as well as Sylvie Courvoisier with Wadada Leo SmithPlaylist Craig Taborn /Marcus Gilmore/Nels Cline “Queen King" from (Trio of Bloom) (Pyro clastic) 00:00 Anne Mette Iversen “TBQE (To Be Questioned ...
Tribute To Living Legend Sonny Rollins; Other Birthdays This Week--Roy Ayers, Harry Connick Jr, and More
by David W. Daniels
Tribute to Sonny Rollins--his compositions as interpreted by other jazz musicians, including Jim Hall and Ron Carter, Lambert/Hendricks/Ross, Ted Curson and more. Two compositions from Sonny Rollins' best known albums. Other jazz musicians' birthdays, including David Sanchez, Maria Muldaur, Baby Face Willette and more. Playlist John Coltrane “Like Sonny" from The Heavyweight Champion: The ...
Santiago Leibson, Nicholas Payton, Ronny Graupe, Polar Bear & More
by Ludovico Granvassu
Enjoy another batch of wonderful recent releases which reshuffle long-time collaborators into fresh configurations, as well as the reissues of two seminal albums by Polar Bear. Happy listening! Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (featuring Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Nicholas Payton featuring Esperanza Spalding, Karriem Riggins) “Gold Dust Black Magic ...
Fieldwork, Matthieu Mazué, Aga Derlak & The Monkious
by Maurice Hogue
New releases are always about, but the new ones featured in this episode of OMJ are very, very special. First off, Fieldwork! Vijay Iyer, Steve Lehman & Tyshawn Sorey are all formidable musicians in their own right and as the trio Fieldwork the critical acclaim was huge, the potential endless. But it's taken 17 years for ...
