Results for "Something Blue"

Personal Preference

By Something Blue

Label: Posi-Tone Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: The Path; Flyover Country; Blended; Seeley Street Song; Yesya; Grit; Pa'lan'ga; Niecee; Here To Stay; Waltz For Olena; You May Have Already Won.

Something Blue: Personal Preference

by David A. Orthmann
February 26, 2023

Marc Free produced the second edition of Something Blue to encourage “a wider audience of new listeners" to jazz by presenting “a focused program of concise performances to provide maximum enjoyment." These goals are congruent with Free's trust in his artists. The eleven tracks of Personal Preference do not smack of compromise or a nebulous artistic ...

Reed Rapture With Stetson And More

by Bob Osborne
February 9, 2023

On this show we continue our look at Ivo Perelman's Reed Rapture In Brooklyn focusing on his duets with Colin Stetson. As well as further music from Stetson I am also featuring new albums from Patrick Golden, Something Blue, and Marc Ducret. Playlist Show Intro 00:00 Ivo Perelman, Colin Stetson “Five" from Reed ...

Boris Kozlov: First Things First

by John Chacona
January 30, 2022

During the early days of pandemic-induced isolation, old folkways and techniques suddenly became new again (remember the shortages of baking yeast and canning supplies?). The old ways are nothing new at Posi-Tone records, which has maintained an unflagging allegiance to swing, juicy melodies and fiery playing. Those qualities, all present on bassist Boris Kozlov's First Things ...

New albums from Art Hirahara, Krzysia Górniak and Kate Amrine

by Bob Osborne
July 30, 2020

There are excellent newly released albums on this week's show from guitarist Krzysia Górniak and trumpeter Kate Amrine. I am also featuring the fantastic new release from pianist Art Hirahara and music from other projects by the artists involved with that album. In between some archive cuts with classic jazz from across the years. ...

Something Blue

With all the "Something Blue" releases, our goal at Posi-Tone Records is to create a focused program of performances to provide maximum enjoyment and continue building a wider interest in Jazz. Additionally, as the title suggests, the current album consists of creative reinterpretations of compositions harkening back to the beginning of the label 30 years ago. Hopefully this will inspire our audience of listeners to explore our back catalog and increase their engagement with Posi-Tone as their personal preference for musical entertainment. — Marc Free, producer

Maximum Enjoyment

By Something Blue

Label: Posi-Tone Records
Released: 2019
Track listing: Slick; Coppertone; Stunts and Twists; Aoi Blue; Overcooked; Vast; Breeze; Cluster Funk; Shift; Why Aren't You Excited; New Directions.

Alexa Tarantino: Winds of Change

by Mike Jurkovic
August 8, 2019

Coming at her music with an impressive embrace of style and tradition, and blending a natural youthful inquisitiveness and confidence to make the music her own, saxophonist-flautist and full-of-flair composer Alexa Tarantino--along with pianist Christian Sands, bassist Joe Martin, drummer Rudy Royston and trombonist Nick Finzer--makes big strides towards the limelight on her Posi-Tone Records debut ...

Movie Songs and Remembering Ethel Ennis

by Mary Foster Conklin
March 21, 2019

The final day of station fundraising also included new releases from Mariel Austin, Emmet Cohen, Yelena Eckemoff and The Becoming Quintet with birthday shout outs to Nancy Wilson, Nina Simone, Warren Vache, Michel Legrand and Patti Wicks among others. Also women-penned movie songs to honor Oscar Night and remembering Ethel Ennis. Playlist Hal Schaefer ...

Something Blue: Maximum Enjoyment

by Paul Rauch
March 14, 2019

Maximum Enjoyment is a curated effort by Posi-Tone producer Marc Free to feature the label's artists individually and collectively. The recording features a talented front-line of alto saxophonist Alexa Tarantino, trombonist Nick Finzer, and tenor saxophonist Sam Dillon, backed by an uber rhythm section featuring pianist Art Hirahara, bassist Boris Kozlov, and drummer Rudy Royston.