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Sean Jones
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For the remarkable composer/trumpeter/educator/activist Sean Jones, the pursuit of Jazz is a most serious endeavor. Not just in terms of mastering the art form, but in its fullest meaning and purpose socially, philosophically and spiritually. Deeply influenced by his immersion in Gospel music in the church as a youth, Sean had an epiphany at the age of 19 while he was a student at Youngstown State University. That awakening occurred - as it has for so many serious-minded individuals both inside and outside of music - with his first hearing of the magnificent John Coltrane’s masterpiece A Love Supreme. “I was driving in my car at the time and I had to pull off the road
Live in Johannesburg
By Sean Jones
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2025
Track listing: Theme from The Asphalt Jungle; Evidence; Isigqi Suite; Trane; A Time for Love; Rejoice; New
Musical Express; Shiny Stockings; The Confession; Kadura; Over the Rainbow; Under the Moon
and Over the Sky; We’re Still Here.
Overcoming
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2025
Track listing: Rumination; Blissful Sorrow; Despair; Duality Embrace; Negra.
Jack Bowers' Best Jazz Albums Of 2025
by Jack Bowers
2025: Another year which proves that jazz is not only alive and well but flourishing in its own little corner of the musical world. The number of splendid new recordings by groups large and small was as plentiful as ever and, even better, spanned the globe from the U.S. to Europe, Asia to Latin America, and ...
Ashley Maher, Thom Rotella, Anne Mette Iversen, Jerry Weldon, La Tanya Hall, Kate Wyatt & More
by Mary Foster Conklin
This broadcast includes new releases from Ashley Maher, Thom Rotella, Anne Mette Iversen, Jerry Weldon, LaTanya Hall and Kate Wyatt, with birthday shoutouts to Anita O'Day, Nellie Lutcher (Hurry On Down), Victoria Spivey, Esperanza Spalding, Bobby Troup, Amy London, Barbara Fasano and Laura Nyro, among others. Happy listening and please support the artists you hear--see them ...
Introducing Trumpeter Nathaniel Williford
by Sanford Josephson
Nathaniel Williford's jazz education began when he entered the sixth grade at Osceola County School for the Arts in Kissimmee, FL. “The magic started happening at our instrument trial day," he recalled, “selecting what we'd play in the band program. The trombone was what stood out to me. I could make some basic sounds on the ...
Zahili Gonzalez Zamora: Overcoming
by Andy Crowther
Zahili Zamora's journey from Cuba to Boston via Southeast Asia is reflected in her aptly titled five-track album, Overcoming. A pianist, composer and now educator, she tackles her fears and difficult life experiences head-on in the work, through sound, emotion and rhythm. At 22 Zamora was in a high-calibre all-female band that toured often ...
RIP Sheila Jordan, New Music from Carlos Jimenez, Eric Alexander & Vincent Herring, and more, Birthday Music from Cyrille Aimee, Stuff Smith, Ali Shaheed Muhammad, and More
by David W. Daniels
The program will feature classic jazz, current jazz that is in the tradition of classic jazz, jazz fusion, and music by local artists covering all forms of jazz. We do this in three hour long segments: 1: Classic jazz; 2: Recent jazz that is in the tradition; and 3: Jazz musicians who had birthdays during the ...
Moon Songs, New Releases By Nicole Zuraitis, Nicole Glover, Samara Joy, Sarah Wilson & More
by Mary Foster Conklin
This broadcast celebrates the 56th anniversary of the moon landing with celestial songs and new releases from Nicole Zuraitis, Nicole Glover, Samara Joy and Sarah Wilson||, plus birthday shoutouts to lyricist Dorothy Fields, {{m: Akua Dixon, Jimmy Scott, Mary Osborne, Luciana Souza, Cynthia Scott, Lauren Sevian, Carmen Bradford, Julia Hulsmann and Phoebe Snow, among others. Happy ...
New Music From Haidu, Novoa, Masters And More
by Bob Osborne
On this show a selection of excellent new releases, further exploration of Ivo Perelman's recent re-releases on Leo Records, and archive music from 1980 from Bobby Wellins and Kenny Wheeler. Playlist Noah Haidu “Teach Me Tonight" from Standards III (Infinite Distances) 00:00 Ivo Perelman, Matthew Shipp, William Parker, Gerald Cleaver “Serendipity (excerpt)" from Serendipity ...
