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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Conversations Across Time: Makaya McCraven, Beat Scientist

Read "Conversations Across Time: Makaya McCraven, Beat Scientist" reviewed by Leo Sidran


Makaya McCraven is a drummer, producer, and composer who has carved out a unique space in contemporary music as a self-proclaimed “beat scientist." His work blurs the lines between live performance and production, drawing on a broad range of influences from jazz, hip hop, and global traditions. Known for his improvisational prowess and innovative approach to ...

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News: Recording

Saxophonist Borys Janczarski Goes It Alone with 'Time Remembered'

Saxophonist Borys Janczarski Goes It Alone with 'Time Remembered'

Polish tenor saxophonist Borys Janczarski, who for some years co-led an excellent quintet with drummer Stephen McCraven, has since gone his own way with a quartet of which he is sole leader. This is their first release, Time Remembered, is available exclusively on Bandcamp. Interestingly, the album was made three and a half years ago, in ...

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Article: Building a Jazz Library

Yusef Lateef: An Alternative Top Ten Albums Blowing Cultural Nationalism Out Of The Water

Read "Yusef Lateef: An Alternative Top Ten Albums Blowing Cultural Nationalism Out Of The Water" reviewed by Chris May


A pioneer of global and modal jazz, the multi-instrumentalist and composer Yusef Lateef is only beginning to have his importance in the history of the music properly acknowledged. After languishing off-catalogue for decades, much of his output is being made available once more. A treasure trove of great jazz is out there waiting to be rediscovered. ...

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Janczarski & McCraven Quintet - Liberator

Label: For Tune
Released: 2018
Track listing: 01. THE TORN VEIL (Joanna Gajda) 02. THE SPARK (FOR JASIA) (Borys Janczarski) 03. SWEET LOVE OF MINE (Woody Shaw) 04. DADDY'S BOUNCE (Joanna Gajda) 05. HAMBONE*/INTERTWINING SPIRITS (Stephen McCraven) 06. I WANT TO TALK ABOUT YOU (Billy Eckstine) 07. LOVE IS (Joanna Gajda)

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Article: Lyrics

I nuovi percorsi del Polish Jazz

Read "I nuovi percorsi del Polish Jazz" reviewed by Angelo Leonardi


Una nuova generazione si fa avanti con determinazione sulla scena del Jazz polacco e molti trovano accoglienza nel catalogo della For-Tune. L'etichetta si propone ambiziosamente di “salvare dall'oblio i fenomeni musicali di natura eterna." Non si rivolge esclusivamente al jazz o agli artisti polacchi e il suo catalogo ospita anche lavori di William Parker, Mary Halvorson, ...

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Janczarski & McCraven Quintet - Travelling East West

Label: For Tune
Released: 2015
Track listing: 1.Intertwining Spirits (Stephen McCraven) 2.Travellig East (Rasul Siddik) 3.Daddy`s Bounce (Joanna Gajda) 4.Roaring Forties (Borys Janczarski) 5.Love Is (Joanna Gajda) 6.Don`t Push that Button (Borys Janczarski) 7.United (Wayne Shorter) 8.Travelling West (Borys Janczarski)

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Wooley The Newt

Label: Sona Gaia Productions
Released: 1979


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