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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Herb Alpert, Songbook Ink/Jazz at the Ballroom, Wycliffe Gordon and Staci Griesbach Celebrate the Holidays

Read "Herb Alpert, Songbook Ink/Jazz at the Ballroom, Wycliffe Gordon and Staci Griesbach Celebrate the Holidays" reviewed by Mary Foster Conklin

by Mary Foster Conklin

This broadcast includes more new holiday releases from Herb Alpert, Songbook Ink/Jazz at the Ballroom (featuring Vanessa Perea, Rob Edwards and others), Wycliffe Gordon and Staci Griesbach, plus birthday shoutouts to Honorable Men Sammy Davis Jr. (100!), Frank Sinatra, Joe Williams and Diane Schuur, among others. Happy listening and please support the artists you hear--see them ...

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Article: Building a Jazz Library

Jazz Dogs: Ten Essential Dog-Eared Tunes

Read "Jazz Dogs: Ten Essential Dog-Eared Tunes" reviewed by Ian Patterson

by Ian Patterson

Everybody's best friend. Okay, so not everyone loves dogs. But find yourself buried in an avalanche and it will be a dog that sniffs you out. The last person found alive after the World Trade Center collapsed on 9/11 was sniffed out by a rescue dog. Guide dogs helped lead their blind owners to safety from ...

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Article: Album Review

Jim Witzel Quartet: Very Early (Remembering Bill Evans)

Read "Very Early (Remembering Bill Evans)" reviewed by Pierre Giroux

by Pierre Giroux

Guitarist Jim Witzel's Very Early (Remembering Bill Evans) serves as both a heartfelt homage and a poetic reinterpretation of the pianist's timeless work. Joined by pianist Phil Aaron, bassist Dan Feiszli, and drummer Jason Lewis, Witzel approaches this project with the qualities that define Evans' artistry: lyricism, subtle interplay, and harmonic sophistication, all while maintaining his ...

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Article: Album Review

Paul Bley Trio: Floater & Syndrome The Upright Piano Sessions Revisited

Read "Floater & Syndrome The Upright Piano Sessions Revisited" reviewed by Giuseppe Segala

by Giuseppe Segala

Il catalogo Revisited Series dell'etichetta ezz-thetics si va facendo sempre più nutrito, attingendo a storiche registrazioni prese da cataloghi internazionali e focalizzandosi spesso su caposaldi a cavallo tra gli anni Cinquanta e Sessanta. Si potrà dire che il cultore navigato già conosce bene tali opere e magari le possiede in multipla versione, nei supporti più graditi. ...

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Article: Album Review

Jim Witzel Quartet: Very Early (Remembering Bill Evans)

Read "Very Early (Remembering Bill Evans)" reviewed by Troy Dostert

by Troy Dostert

While tributes to pianist Bill Evans have certainly not been in short supply over the years, he has unsurprisingly been given far more attention by pianists than from other instrumentalists. Efforts from guitarists have been particularly rare. There are some noteworthy exceptions: John McLaughlin took a stab at it in 1993 with Time Remembered (Verve) alongside ...

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Article: Album Review

John Taylor: Tramonto

Read "Tramonto" reviewed by Neil Duggan

by Neil Duggan

British pianist John Taylor (1942-2015) possessed a remarkable talent for eluding the global recognition his skills warranted. A former house pianist at London's Ronnie Scott's club, Taylor probably achieved his widest acclaim through Azimuth, the group he formed with vocalist Norma Winstone (his wife) and trumpeter Kenny Wheeler. His trio recordings with drummer Peter Erskine and ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Vocals? Sorta

Read "Vocals? Sorta" reviewed by Patrick Burnette

by Patrick Burnette

From time to time this august podcast discusses the jazz vocal arts and opinions are expressed. Heavy hitters like Sinatra, Fitzgerald, Vaughan, and Torme have all been inspected. For this episode, the boys venture to the odder corners of the jazz vocal realm, looking at projects where the vocalist isn't the only--or sometimes even the main--talent ...

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Article: Multiple Reviews

Piano Four-té: Keyboard Masters Delight On A Quartet of ECM Luminessence Vinyl Reissues

Read "Piano Four-té: Keyboard Masters Delight On A Quartet of ECM Luminessence Vinyl Reissues" reviewed by Joshua Weiner

by Joshua Weiner

Blue Note. Verve. Impulse! Prestige. Just saying the name of such storied jazz record labels immediately conjures up each one's distinct aesthetic, from the music to the cover art. Over the past half century, the German ECM label has earned its place in this pantheon by steadfastly following its own vision, perhaps best summed up by ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

The Music of Carla Bley: Late Carla, Part 4

Read "The Music of Carla Bley: Late Carla, Part 4" reviewed by Larry Slater

by Larry Slater

Carla Bley's career spanned 60 years and included big band, small group, and a few duet recordings with her long time partner Steve Swallow. The music ranged from raucous free jazz to meditative chamber music. Her distinctive music never had a large following, which was just fine with her. In 2018 Carla was diagnosed with brain ...

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Article: Interview

Savina Yannatou: Letting the Voice Go Where It Goes

Read "Savina Yannatou: Letting the Voice Go Where It Goes" reviewed by Katchie Cartwright

by Katchie Cartwright

Savina Yannatou flies through vast reaches of space and time as she works, like the swallows and warblers who traverse the Sahara, stopping in Greece on their annual pilgrimage to breeding grounds in the North, thousands of miles away. She is an artist “beyond category," to borrow Duke Ellington's phrase, whose programs and performances combine Mediterranean ...


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