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Joe Syrian: Secret Message
by Richard J Salvucci
A title like Secret Message does make a listener wonder what it might be. Is it deeply subversive, like the Zimmerman Telegram, or apocalyptic, like Fatima? Of course, as someone is reputed to have said, 'Sometimes, a cigar is just a smoke.' So it is possible to over-interpret a title, which may, in the final analysis, ...
Brilliant Corners 2025: Days 1-4
by Ian Patterson
Brilliant Corners 2025 Black Box/Various Venues Belfast, N. IrelandFebruary 28-March 8, 2025 Thirteen is young for most things, smartphones, cars and your average household pet aside. Thirteen is young for jazz festivals too, but as jazz festivals go, Brilliant Corners qualifies as a precocious youth. Its programming, whilst musically inclusive and ...
Lakecia Benjamin: The Jazz Trailblazer Redefining the Live Experience
by Steven Roby
Lakecia Benjamin doesn't just play jazz--she lives it. A five-time Grammy nominee, saxophonist, and bandleader, she embodies a whirlwind of sound and soul that redefines the boundaries of modern music. When she talks about her latest album, Phoenix Reimagined (Live), it's not just an exploration of her artistry; it's an invitation to feel the pulse of ...
The Creative Convergence Of R*Time And Doug Hammond
by Lawrence Peryer
A metal sculpture, a borrowed ladder, and Doug Hammond's unexpected presence transformed a routine tour stop into the genesis of It's Now: R*Time Plays Doug Hammond (ESP-Disk, 2024). During R*Time's performance at a gallery in Linz, Austria, drummer Igal Foni spotted a metal sculpture he wanted to incorporate. When the venue declined permission, he found a ...
Jacob Collier's First Interview: A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
by Leo Sidran
In 2013, after having posted a series of videos recorded in his family home in North London of himself singing a cappella arrangements of classic--yet sometimes obscure--songs on YouTube, a critical mass began to form around Jacob Collier. His videos of Stevie Wonder's “Isn't She Lovely" and “Don't You Worry Bout A Thing" were passed around ...
Doug Sides Jazz Drummer Pt 2 + more of his favourite tunes
by Bernadette Hawkes
This show is the second part of an interview with Doug Sides. He chose all the music which is featured at the end of our conversation. Playlist Doug Sides “Interview" Time Marker 00:00 Acud 3 “Maiden Voyage “ from Plays Wayne Shorter (Overplay) 15:04 Duke Ellington And His Orchestra “Black, Brown, And Beige" from ...
Hackney Diamonds (2CD)
By Mick Jagger
Label: Rolling Stones Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: CD1: Angry; Get Close; Depending On You; Bite My Head Off; Whole Wide World;
Dreamy Skies; Mess It Up; Live By the Sword; Driving Me Too Hard; Tell Me Straight;
Sweet Sounds of Heaven; Rolling Stone Blues. CD2 – Live at Racket, NYC:
Shattered; Angry; Whole Wide World; Bite My Head Off; Jumpin’ Jack Flash; Sweet
Sounds of Heaven.
JPEG RAW
Label: Warner Music Group
Released: 2024
Track listing: Maktub; JPEG RAW; Don’t Start; This Is Who We Are; To The End Of The Earth;
Alone Together; What About The Children; Hearts In Retrograde; Hyperwave; Funk
Which U; Triumph; Habits.
Youn Sun Nah, Ran Blake, Guy Klucevsek, Volker Goetze & More
by Ludovico Granvassu
This time we focus on great vocalists, and poignant chamber-like projects, and renditions of tunes by Curtis Mayfield, Astor Piazzolla (by way of Grace Jones) and Stevie Wonder (mashedup with Pete Rugolo).Happy listening!Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Dave Stryker “Theme from Shaft" Stryker and ...
Joe Syrian Motor City Jazz Octet: Secret Message
by Jack Bowers
No fuss, no frills here, simply forty-seven or so minutes of generally bright and engaging straight-ahead jazz, stylishly performed by drummer Joe Syrian's admirable Detroit-based octet. This is music the group plays often, blending standards from the Great American Songbook with more recent themes by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, Stevie Wonder, Leon Russell and others. ...
