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BU@100, Newk with Monk & More
by Marc Cohn
Art Blakey turns 100 in October. He's too important to have to wait till then. So, we've got 3 more tracks from Bu as well as a 'pre-Bu' segment of tunes associated with or inspired by the great drummer. Our chronological Sonny Rollins celebration continues with a 4tet session with Monk @ the 88s. Along the ...
Phineas Newborn Jr. and Oscar Dennard
by Joe Dimino
To commemorate the 600th full episode of Neon Jazz outta Kansas City, we focus on the life of Memphis-born bass cat Jamil Nasser. His son, Muneer, penned his biography and it's called Upright Bass: The Musical Life & Legacy of Jamil Nasser. George Joyner, Jamil Sulieman, and Jamil Nasser are three names that appear on the ...
New Releases and a focus on the RGG Trio
by Bob Osborne
A great selection of new releases from Sam Dillon, Alexander Hawkins and Carlos Bica, Daniel Erdmann, & DJ Ilvibe plus music from the Polish group RGG Trio with some very special guests.Playlist Alexander Hawkins “Song All The Way" from Iron Into World (Pears from an Elm) (Intakt) 00:00 Carlos Bica, Daniel Erdmann, DJ Illvibe ...
OGJB Quartet & The Last Poets
by Maurice Hogue
There's no way to use geographical borders to define this music called jazz. For instance, the Freequestra from Slovenia: led by acclaimed guitarist Samo Salamon— the ensemble wends its way with power and emotion through Salamon's new Free Sessions Vol.2, a rollicking excursion through the avant-garde. Or in the case of OGJB, a quartet of four ...
Tijn Wybenga Live at BIMHUIS Amsterdam
by BIMHUIS
First presentation of the 14-piece AM.OK (Amsterdams Modern Orkest) led by Tijn Wybenga, maker at BIM Productions. Tijn Wybenga (1993) made the transition from jazz pianist and arranger to composer, conductor and artistic director. After graduating he shook off his good side and now he writes intense musical, touching notes, rich and ripe, highly personal and ...
Miles Davis, Art Farmer & Sheila Jordan
by Joe Dimino
From a cat that was born with jazz in his blood originally from the Bronx and now living in Switzerland since 1979, that was drummer Alvin Queen with the cut Sushi off a very well received 2019 CD Tribute to OP. The album plays respects to his old friend and mentor Oscar Peterson. We go from ...
Va-Va-Vaughan
by Patrick Burnette
At Mike's suggestion, episode 167 is all about one extraordinary jazz vocalist—the divine Sarah Vaughan. Sarah is probably the least known of the great three female jazz vocalists (the others being Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald), and part of the problem may be a sprawling catalog of releases on various labels that sometimes suffered in quality ...
Brandee Younger, Alexi Tuomarila, Fabian Almazan & More New Jazz
by Ludovico Granvassu
From tributes to past masters to new perspectives, acoustic to electronic, the new and upcoming releases we play this week show the wide-range of today's creative scene. Happy listening! Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Brandee Younger “Games" Soul Awakening (Self-released) 0:17 Host talks 5:54 ...
Miles and Friends - The “Birth” of the Cool (1947 - 1950)
by Russell Perry
The torrid pace of bebop improvisations reached a point in the late 1940s that prompted a musical reconsideration and Miles Davis was there at the conception. Davis had been with the Charlie Parker Quintet since 1945, when he began to woodshed with composer/arrangers John Lewis, Gerry Mulligan and Gil Evans, all of whom would become major ...
Nature Work Live at BIMHUIS Amsterdam
by BIMHUIS
This spring sees the release of the debut album by this new supergroup and the first clips on YouTube are convincing in every way: imaginative, fluid themes by the founders of the group, alto saxophonist Greg Ward and bass clarinetist Jason Stein, and boneshaking grooves by a first-class rhythm section, double bassist Eric Revis and drummer ...
