Results for "Tamuz Nissim"

Roni Ben-Hur: Stories

by John Chacona
June 6, 2021

Guitarist Roni Ben-Hur is an old soul. Uninterested in ostentation, the Israeli-born guitarist has been content to release a series of warm-hearted recordings that favor partnership over pomposity. Half his 12 leader dates have been duets or are co-credited. Stories isn't one of them, but it might as well be. This is an ensemble recording, patient ...

New Releases, Birthday Shoutouts As Women's History Month Continues

by Mary Foster Conklin
March 22, 2021

Now in full swing, Women's History Month continues—this broadcast features new releases from Jane Monheit, Rebecca Dumaine, Yelena Eckemoff, Roni Ben-Hur and Kenney Polson with birthday shoutouts to Keely Smith, Shirley Scott, Nicki Parrott, Judy Niemack, Anat Fort, Miki Yamanaka, Bobby McFerrin and Mark Murphy, among others. Thanks for listening and please support the artists you ...

Heat Song

By George Nazos

Label: Street of Stars
Released: 2020
Track listing: Our Melody Heat Song Evidance Pebbles Another Sound Make Believe Tomorrow is Another Day Intersections Changing Lanes Shower Blues Dreaming Bird on a Wire

Capturing Clouds

By Tamuz Nissim

Label: Street of Stars
Released: 2020
Track listing: On the Sunny Side of the Street; Make It Last; Capturing Clouds; I Don’t Wanna Grow Up; Ray of Hope; Like Someone in Love; Saturday Sun; What a Pair; Listen; Rhapsody for Trane (I Hear a Rhapsody); Here Comes the Sun.

Bird at 100: Rudresh Mahanthappa, Joe Lovano, Vincent Herring and More

by Russell Perry
August 25, 2020

Charlie Parker was born 100 years ago (August 29, 1920). Although he died at the age of 34 in 1955, his legacy is so powerful that jazz would have been very different without his contributions. In the intervening 65 years, Bird's music has continued to influence and inspire several generations of players and fans. In the ...

Tamuz Nissim: Capturing Clouds

by C. Michael Bailey
March 15, 2020

Vocalist Tamuz Nissim is in constant musical movement. The past three years have each seen a recorded release of 2017's Liquid Melodies (Self Produced), followed by 2018's Echo of a Heartbeat (Street of Stars), that very much set the stage for the present Capturing Clouds. All three recordings have in common guitarist George Nazos, whose musical ...

I Sing Just to Know I'm Alive - Happy Birthday to Nina Simone

by Mary Foster Conklin
March 2, 2020

This week we focus on new releases from pianist Jen Allen, vocalists Rosemary Loar, Simone Kopmajer, Casey Abrams and Ian Shaw, plus birthday shout outs to Nina Simone in the first hour (who also has a new single out), flutists Nicole Mitchell and Mayu Saeki, vocalists Nancy Wilson, Anne Phillips, Kellye Gray and Shirley Crabbe, violinist ...

Jazz Goes to the Movies and Valentine's Day Singles

by Mary Foster Conklin
February 17, 2020

This week we feature new releases from The Coachella Valley Trio, trumpeter Rachel Therrien, pianists Lisa Hilton and Carol Albert, vocalists Robin McKelle, Kaylé Brecher, and Raquel Cepeda, plus Valentine's Day singles from Sue Maskaleris and Cynthia Scott, with birthday shout outs to Carole King, Michika Fukumori and Carmen Staaf, among others. There are also plenty ...

You Can Never Be Too Magical - Celebrating Esperanza Spalding

by Mary Foster Conklin
February 10, 2020

This week we feature new releases from vocalists Kat Edmonson, Tamuz Nissim, Maria Schafer and JD Walter with birthday shout outs to pianists Lil Armstrong, Marc Cary and Jutta Hipp, bassist Katie Thiroux, trumpeter Jeannie Tanner, and vocalist Ed Reed, among others. In the first hour, a celebration of Esperanza Spalding's latest Grammy win for Jazz ...

Tamuz Nissim

Award-winning Israeli vocalist Tamuz Nissim has been living and performing in NYC for the last four years. She performs alongside with some of the city's most acclaimed musicians in clubs like the Blue Note, Jazz Forum, The Bar 55, Deer Head Inn, Cornelia Street and many more, gaining the love of music lovers and Jazz aficionados alike. Her latest album "Echo of a Heartbeat" received rave reviews from the Jazz press - NYC Jazz Record, UK Vibe, JazzPRESS Poland , All About Jazz, Midwest Record, Jazz DaGama, Jazz Avenues, WTJU, Jazz Journal and many more. The CD charted on The JazzWeek charts and it is being played in over a 100 radio stations around the USA, Canada, South America, Japan, Europe, Australia and Israel