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Azar Lawrence: Spiritual Jazz With The Funk Left In
by Lawrence Peryer
This week we're putting The Tonearm's needle on tenor saxophonist Azar Lawrence. Lawrence is a veteran of Elvin Jones' and McCoy Tyner's bands and a leader of his own group, The Azar Lawrence Experience, whose album, Turn the Music Up (Trazar Records, 2026), arrives September 25, 2026. We talk about his unique ...
The John Coltrane Centennial, Part 3: Coltrane emerges as a leader
by Larry Slater
By 1960 John Coltrane had emerged as a singular voice on the saxophone.Though he recorded several dates as a leader in the '50s, it wasn't until he left Miles Davis that he began recording with his own groups. His first recording for Atlantic Records, released in 1960, was Giant Steps, featuring several compositions that ...
Azar Lawrence, Brad Mehldau, The Bad Plus, Joshua Redman And More
by Lawrence Peryer
I am endlessly interested in the intersection of music and ritual. Formal ritual, spiritual gatherings incorporating music, even liturgical music. Then there are the rituals of making music: the band silently setting up and breaking down, on-stage and in the studio. The order in which gear gets assembled and plugged in. The in-jokes or running gags. ...
Dave Frank
by Daniel Peck
Dave Frank is one of the busiest solo jazz pianists and music educators on the scene today. He is the author of the best-selling Hal Leonard book and video series, Joy of Improv and Breakthrough to Improv, was an Associate Professor of piano at Berklee College of Music in Boston from 1987-2004, and was a co-founder ...
Chapter 3: Manic in Manhattan
by Larry Slater
Artie Shaw was an enigma. A self-taught, brilliant clarinetist blessed with movie-star good looks, he became one of the defining musicians of the Big Band era. Yet at the height of his fame, he walked away from the music business, leaving behind a legacy as fascinating as it was influential. In the early '90s, ...
New Releases From New England Jazz Collaborative And More
by Bob Osborne
This playlist demonstrates the global reach of contemporary jazz, featuring international collaborations and artists from diverse musical traditions. The selection spans a wide range of styles and line-ups--from large-ensemble arrangements and acoustic trio interplay to world fusion and intimate duo performances--incorporating recent releases from both independent and established labels across different regions and cultures.Playlist ...
Sullivan Fortner, Jim Rotondi & Dena DeRose, Ardeshir, Christian Wiggs & His Orchestra and more
by Benjamin Boddie
Today's Music--Right Now! Fantastic music by Donald Vega, Skinny Hightower, Zaccai Curtis, Kay Kostopoulos, Sullivan Fortner, Jun Iida, Andrew Kim, Jim Rotondi & Dena DeRose, Brothers--Nevala--Aucoin, Alternative Guitar Summit, Emmet Cohen, Conrad Herwig, Ardeshir, Christian Wiggs & His Orchestra, John Clayton, Brad Goode Quintet, Miki Yamanaka, Nicole Zuraitis, Rick Braun, Elias Haslanger, Paul Yonemura, Gabriel Mark ...
Skúli Sverrisson / Bill Frisell, Jared Schonig Big Band, Dana and Alden, Terence Collie
by Cheryl K.
During this week's two-hour program of jazz and improvised music--pianist Ayumi Tanaka, drummer Thomas Strønen, and bassist Thomas Morgan; bassist/composer Skúli Sverrisson and guitarist Bill Frisell; composer/instrumentalist Eldritch Priest; multi--instrumentalist Mark Isham; the quartet Giraffe; pianist and composer Terence Collie; trumpeter Giveton Gelin; and remembering Irish guitarist Louis Stewart (1944-2016) who died ten years ago on ...
Ashley Kahn on the Miracles and Wonder of Paul Simon’s Graceland
by Leo Sidran
Forty years ago this month, Paul Simon released Graceland, an album that became one of the defining records of his career, and one of the most celebrated and debated albums of its era.The story famously begins with a cassette of South African township music that Simon couldn't stop listening to. He followed that sound ...
New Releases From Linda Sikhakhane, Elias Haslanger, Skinny Hightower, Plus Classics From Willie Bobo, Weldon Irvine, Gilberto Gil And Eddie Henderson
by Andy Crowther
The latest smorgasbord of jazz-ish sounds old and brand new, from across the world. With up-tempo jazz-funk bangers to round out the show. Playlist Linda Sikhakhane “Indlela" from L I N D A (Blue Note) 00:00 Elias Haslanger “Legacy" from Legacy (Cherrywood Records) 04:36 Ulysses Owens Jr. And Generation Y “Touch Me I'm Sick" ...
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