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Your Brain on Frets and More

by Marc Cohn
August 21, 2020

Lots of guitar this week: John Scofield with Bill Frisell, Jim Hall, Pat Martino, Tiny Grimes, Kevin Eubanks with Dave Holland, Bill Jennings (an influence on B.B. King), and Paul Bollenback with Jim Snidero. We also have a couple of tracks from the currently unavailable Fred Hersch—Esperanza Spalding duo set live at the Village Vanguard (a ...

Tony Davis, No Base Trio, Camila Nebbia and More

by Bob Osborne
August 20, 2020

On this show the debut album from guitarist Tony Davis who combines creative compositions and skilful adaptations for a great sound. Further exploration of the back catalogue of Italian saxophonist Felice Clemente. Innovative explorations from the Puerto Rican trio of alto saxophonist Jonathan Suazo, drummer Leonardo Osuna, and Gabriel Vicéns on electric guitar. Chilean trumpeter Benjamín ...

Subtle Is as Subtle Does

by Patrick Burnette
August 20, 2020

Ya want big bands? We got big bands. Sometimes we got one in each speaker. In this exploration of the more extroverted side of jazz, the boys check out works by a blazing trumpet player (and world-class womanizer), a so-so clarinetist with a heart of gold, two piano-playing band leaders who both worship Duke Ellington, and ...

Alan Braufman, Anteloper & Owl Xounds Exploding Galazy

by Maurice Hogue
August 19, 2020

It's baseball season—sort of—so I guess you could say this episode of OMJ touches a lot of bases. The NY underground scene gets explored a bit via 70's Loft pioneer Alan Braufman who has a new release, while more recent practitioners of the outside get sampled—Owl Xounds Exploding Galaxy and Scurvy. Today's Jaimie Branch is here ...

Mary Foster Conklin

Born: December 29

Praised as “a potent advocate for women in jazz,” NYC-based Mary Foster Conklin just celebrated her tenth year hosting her weekly radio show “A Broad Spectrum – the Ladies of Jazz,” which highlights women composers and lyricists on WFDU 89.1 FM based at Fairleigh Dickinson University in Teaneck, New Jersey, and streams on their HD2 Channel at http://www.wfdu.fm.  

In light of that milestone, Mary was recently awarded a Bistro Award for Consumate Jazz Vocalist and Archivist.

She has taught several workshops on radio submission for singers and has been a participant on the Jukebox Jury panel at the JALC Jazz Congress.  As a vocalist, she is a master storyteller with an affinity for uncovering hidden gems deserving attention. Her fifth and most recent recording, These Precious Days (MockTurtle Music) a heartfelt collection of popular and jazz tunes penned primarily by women, was praised as “a treasure” by JAZZLIVES and “A winning new collection of songs… by a vocalist equally effective on suspects usual and otherwise,” JAZZTIMES.  

Daniel Bingert, Andrea Keller, Antoine Pierre & New Releases

by Ludovico Granvassu
August 18, 2020

It's time to get back to the new releases menu for the month of August and its delicious assortment of modern jazz infused with timeless Miles Davis aromas, forward looking fare marked by traces of Tim Berne, as well as gargantuan ensembles for good measure. Bon appetit! Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme ...

Tenor Sax Trios: JD Allen, Charles Owens, Mark Turner

by Russell Perry
August 18, 2020

Since Sonny Rollins' landmark recordings in 1957 and 1958 (Way Out West, A Night at the Village Vanguard, Freedom Suite), tenor sax plus bass and drums has been an attractive format for many tenor players. As Michael J. West wrote in Jazz Times “when jazz artists ... began experimenting with chordless ensembles in the 1950s, the ...

Eric Krasno: Bridging the gap

by Leo Sidran
August 17, 2020

Guitarist, songwriter, producer Eric Krasno on what he's doing during these strange and trying times, his experience as a podcaster, producer, and provider of deep and soulful grooves, the development of Soulive, Lettuce, & Velour Recordings, the values and expectations of jam and jam band audiences, “the boom bap with interesting chord changes," learning how to ...

A Pride of Jazz Leos - Louis Armstrong, Abbey Lincoln, Dorothy Ashby & More

by Mary Foster Conklin
August 17, 2020

Lots of Jazz Leos to celebrate on today's broadcast. Included are new releases from Beth Duncan, Regina Carter, Ken Steele plus a special pandemic single from Lauren Lee, with birthday shoutouts to Abbey Lincoln, Louis Armstrong, KJ Denhert, Hendrik Meurkens, Kat Gang, Dorothy Ashby, Kat Edmonson, Roberta Piket, Terri Lyne Carrington and more. Thanks for listening ...

Wayne Escoffery, Art Blakey, Gunhild Carling and More

by Joe Dimino
August 16, 2020

As this COVID-19 pandemic has silenced the world of live music, jazz musicians continue releasing more and more great albums. This week we focus on some of them, Wayne Escoffery, Warren Wolf, Gunhild Carling and Ran Blake. Enjoy the music. Playlist Wayne Escoffery “Benedictus" The Humble Warrior (Smoke Sessions Records) 00:00 Host talks 5:23 ...