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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Jon Irabagon, Yelena Eckemoff, Walter Smith III and Eric Mingus with Catherine Sikora

Read "Jon Irabagon, Yelena Eckemoff, Walter Smith III and Eric Mingus with Catherine Sikora" reviewed by Hobart Taylor

by Hobart Taylor

Persian jazz fusion from Qajar Jazz + Shabaka, Niia, Nina Simone re-mixed and Adrian Younge's latest. Playlist Host Speaks 00:00 Qajar Jazz “Hot Jazz" from Sovereign (Self-Produced) 00:21 Yelena Eckemoff “Gamla Stan" from Rosendals Garden (L&H) 04:13 Arnold Ludvig “ Port of Thor" from Live @ Maggies (TUTL) 13:47 Catherine Sikora/Eric Mingus “Lament for ...

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Article: Album Review

Nicole Glover: Memories, Dreams, Reflections

Read "Memories, Dreams, Reflections" reviewed by Angelo Leonardi

by Angelo Leonardi

Nel suo nuovo album per l'etichetta Savant la sassofonista Nicole Glover conferma la scelta del formato pianoless col bassista Tyrone Allen II e il batterista Kayvon Gordon. L'unica variazione riguarda l'ospite che non è più il vibrafonista Steve Nelson ma il violoncellista Lester St. Louis, aggiunto in un paio di brani.  Alcune diversità si aggiungono nelle ...

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Article: Album Review

Gregory Groover Jr.: Old Knew

Read "Old Knew" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers

Even though he has surely heard this more than a few times, Gregory Groover is a pretty hip name for a jazz saxophonist. Not so much for the pastor of Boston's Charles Street AME Church, the position held by the Groover for whom he is named, Gregory Sr., who no doubt grooves in his own way. ...

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A Common Language (2CD)

By Steve Nelson

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2025
Track listing: Bags' Groove; Softly As In A Morning Sunrise; Body And Soul; I Hear a Rhapsody; Ceora; My Shining Hour; I Thought About You; Star Eyes; Oh, Lady Be Good; Embraceable You; Well You Needn't; Up Jumped Spring; Lover Man; I Remember April; Satin Doll.

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Article: The Jazz Life

A Farewell to Madrid's Café Central

Read "A Farewell to Madrid's Café Central" reviewed by Artur Moral

by Artur Moral

It happened to Chicago with The London House and The Velvet Lounge; it happened to San Francisco with the Black Hawk Club and the Keystone Corner; and, of course, it happened to New York City with Cafe Society, Sweet Basil, Village Gate and Jazz Standard. It has also happened in many other places and cities around ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

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

Read "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" reviewed by David W. Daniels

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 ...

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Article: Album Review

Mike Freeman's ZonaVibe: Circles In A Yellow Room

Read "Circles In A Yellow Room" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers

Circles in a Yellow Room, New York-based vibraphonist Mike Freeman's eighth recording as leader of his own ensembles, has a Latin flavor reminiscent of classic albums by West Coast maestro Cal Tjader. Stylistically, Freeman parallels Tjader and a host of others from Milt Jackson, Terry Gibbs and Gary McFarland to Bobby Hutcherson, Gary Burton, Joe Locke ...

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Article: Play This!

Steve Nelson: Ceora

Read "Steve Nelson: Ceora" reviewed by Carl Medsker

by Carl Medsker

For those who love the bright, ringing sound of the vibraphone, this is something of a golden age. In addition to an abundance of talented musicians dedicated exclusively to the vibraphone, numerous percussionists also employ mallet instruments over an expansive range of styles. On the double CD A Common Language (Timeless Records, 2025), veteran Steve Nelson ...

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Article: In Pictures

The Attucks Jazz Club: Fall 2024

Read "The Attucks Jazz Club: Fall 2024" reviewed by Mark Robbins

by Mark Robbins

In 2008, under the auspices of the Virginia Arts Festival and the leadership of professor/pianist John Toomey, the Attucks Jazz Series was born in the historic Attucks Theater. Before becoming a full-time jazz professor at Old Dominion University, Toomey spent time on the road with jazz trumpeter Maynard Ferguson, singers Mark Murphy, Rene Marie, and others. ...

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Plays

By Nicole Glover

Label: Savant Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: Open or Close; The Fox; The A-Side; Munsoon; Inception; One Second, Please; I've Grown Accustomed to Your Face; Blues For Mel.


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