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Tom Harrell, Antonio Farao, The Fury, Al-Qasar
by Cheryl K.
During this week's two-hour program of Jazz and improvised music, trumpeter Tom Harrell, pianist Antonio Farao, vocalist Gergana Velinova, Giant Step Arts artists The Fury and trumpeter Jason Palmer, Al-Qasar, and holiday selections from guitarists Margaret Slovak and Chris Maresh and keyboardist Robert Glasper. Playlist Tadd Dameron “Romas" from Mating Call (Prestige) 6:51 Tom ...
Immanuel Wilkins At Bordeaux Jazz à Descas
by Artur Moral
Immanuel Wilkins QuartetChâteau Théâtre Descas Jazz À Descas Bordeaux, France October 7, 2024 It's easy to find an excuse to visit Bordeaux, the capital of the French department of Gironde. In addition to the world-famous wines made in its legendary terroirs the region has many geographical, historical and cultural ...
At Monterey Jazz Festival 67, Jazz Gospel According to a New Head
by Josef Woodard
Monterey Jazz Festival Monterey, CA September 27-29, 2024 Getting a semblance of a summarizing angle on a densely-programmed jazz festival, which the 67th Monterey Jazz Festival most certainly was, can be tricky business. The equation gets more complex with a festival geared towards covering many genre and sub-genre bases within ...
Seun Kuti & Egypt 80: Heavier Yet Lays The Crownless Head
by Chris May
Seun Kuti is a chip off the old block: inheriting his father Fela Kuti's band Egypt 80, pushing at the edges of but staying more or less within Afrobeat's classic instrumental paradigm, unconditionally championing all oppressed and marginalized people, and, not least, enjoying blunts the size of baseball bats. One place where Seun ...
Alicia Olatuja, Johnny Hartman, Kat Edmonson and More
by Jua Howard
Welcome Music Family! It's time for another great episode of the “First Instrument Jazz Show"! I've got a great show in store for you this week including new music from Alicia Olatuja, Roxana Amed, and Planet D Nonet,; and plenty more timeless music from artists such as Johnny Hartman, Gretchen Parlato, Alan Hampton, and Kat Edmonson. ...
Audrey Powne: From the Fire
by Scott Lichtman
The work of Australian-born singer, trumpeter, keyboardist and composer/lyricist Audrey Powne transcends traditional jazz styles. From the Fire (BBE Music, 2024) is a gem that melds jazz, new soul and soundtrack impressionism with penetrating lyrics to fashion a sonic journey. One first notices her impressive technique across instruments. Powne's trumpet playing swings freely. Drawing ...
Festival International de Jazz de Montreal 2024
by Mike Chamberlain
Festival International de Jazz de Montreal Montreal, Quebec, Canada June 27-July 6 2024 One of the charges that has historically been leveled against the Festival International de Jazz de Montreal (the FIJM, or popularly, the Montreal Jazz Festival) is that the programming had gone from a jazz-centric approach in its early ...
Festival International de Jazz de Montréal 2024
by Mark Sullivan
Various Venues Festival International de Jazz de Montréal Montréal, Canada June 30 to July 4, 2024 This year's official announcement of the headliners of the 44th edition of the festival included André 3000, Norah Jones, Hiatus Kaiyote, Laufey, Robert Glasper, and Orville Peck. This diverse group is notable for departing from ...
Jahari Stampley: Winner of The 2023 Herbie Hancock Institute Competition
by Hrayr Attarian
Chicago-based pianist Jahari Stampley is a prodigious talent who has won, among other accolades, the prestigious Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz International Piano Competition. Born into a musical family (his mother D'Erania is an innovative multi-instrumentalist and educator), Stampley took up music at age 10. His self-released 2023 debut Still Listening features several up-and-coming young talents ...
Louis Armstrong, Shana Tucker, Incognito and More
by Jua Howard
Welcome Music Family! Per usual, I've got some great music in store for you this week including new music from Shana Tucker and Abena Koomson-Davis; and plenty more timeless music from artists such as Louis Armstrong, Nnenna Freelon, Ian Shaw and Incognito. Come get lost in the music with me!Playlist Intro 00:00 Mike LeDonne ...
