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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Jamie Baum: A Flutist Sets Poetry In Motion

by Lawrence Peryer
February 8, 2025

Today, the Spotlight shines On flutist Jamie Baum. When COVID hit, Jamie found inspiration and solace in poetry. What started as daily readings of women poets became something much bigger: an album, What Times Are These (Sunnyside), blending jazz and spoken word. As leader of her long-running Septet+, Jamie has crafted wide-ranging ...

Article: Album Review

Dawid Lubowicz: Human Fate

Read "Human Fate" reviewed by Ian Patterson

by Ian Patterson
January 27, 2025

Dawid Lubowicz is not alone in pondering whether we forge our own destiny or whether it is shaped by forces beyond our control. The question has kept philosophers, religions and fortune tellers in steady work for millennia, and it provided the Polish violinist/mandolinist Lubowicz with the inspiration for the music on Human Fate. Whether it was ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Lakecia Benjamin: The Jazz Trailblazer Redefining the Live Experience

by Steven Roby
January 22, 2025

Lakecia Benjamin doesn't just play jazz--she lives it. A five-time Grammy nominee, saxophonist, and bandleader, she embodies a whirlwind of sound and soul that redefines the boundaries of modern music. When she talks about her latest album, Phoenix Reimagined (Live), it's not just an exploration of her artistry; it's an invitation to feel the pulse of ...

Article: Building a Jazz Library

Joni Mitchell Jazzed: Ten Essential Mitchell Covers

by Ian Patterson
January 3, 2025

Canadian singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell's spectacular transition from acoustic folk singer in the '60s through folk-rock 'n' roller in the early '70s to leader of jazz-inflected bands in the mid-'70s was a gradual process. This musical transformation can be traced over the course of five albums for Asylum, beginning with the multi-million seller and Grammy-winner Court and ...

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Phoenix Reimagined (Live)

By Lakecia Benjamin

Label: Ropeadope
Released: 2024
Track listing: Intro; Trane; Phoenix Reimagined; Let Go; Mercy; Amerikkan skin Intro; Amerikkan skin; Peace is Possible; New Mornings; My favorite things: Spirit.

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New Start

By Tom Kennedy

Label: Autumn Hill
Released: 2024
Track listing: Anticipation, Hipshot, Espiritu Del Songo, The Rocker, Hand in Hand, On The Edge, Ripple Effect, Jazz It Up. Sq

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The Hidden World Of Piloo

By Ada Rovatti

Label: Piloo Records and Productions LLC
Released: 2024
Track listing: Make Up Girl; Hey You (Scintilla Of Sonder) (Feat. Fay Claassen ); Painchiller; Life Must Go On ( feat. Alma Naidu); Grooveland; Take It Home (feat. Niki Haris); Simba's Samba; Red August; The Naked King; Done Deal (Feat. Niki Haris and Kurt Elling).

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Gin

By Jill McCarron

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2024
Track listing: The Jody Grind; Monaco; Blue Bells; Yesterdays; My Shining Hour; Waltz for Debby; The Gin Suite (Gin/Bitters/Luck of the Draw); Jubilation; Geneva; The Whisperer; Quiet Now.

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Songs for You

By John Ambrosini

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2024
Track listing: The Horses; Maybe I'm Crazy; High & Dry; Midnight Rider; Rocket Man; Pretzel Logic; Sweet Baby James; Lover; Doctor, My Eyes; New York State of Mind; 4 + 20; The Long and Winding Road.

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Latin Crossroads

By Gino Amato

Label: Ovation Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: Blackbird; The Summer Knows; One The Street Where You Live; Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered; Showever the People; Aranjuez; Bad Things; 'Round Midnight; Tonight;Romeo and Juliet; Green Flower Street.