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Playing the Beatles (Again)
by Geno Thackara
How to present some of these oh-so-familiar songs yet again? With a catalogue as universally known as The Beatles,' the best guideline would seem to be the more reinvention, the better. Everyone involved in these tributes, fortunately, seems to agree. Rubber Soul Quartet Something Losen Records 2023 In ...
Isaiah J. Thompson: The Power of the Spirit
by Neil Duggan
Isaiah J. Thompson is one of the leading pianists of his generation. In 2023, 25-year-old has a background that is already hugely impressive. This includes his debut album as a leader, Isaiah J. Thompson Plays the Music of Buddy Montgomery (WJ3), in 2020. His accolades have included earning the 2018 Lincoln Center Emerging Artist Award, second ...
Cecil Taylor, Ellington Seattle Concert, Aretha Franklin
by David Brown
This week on the Jazz Continuum, we celebrate the birthday of Aretha Franklin with her music and Franklin covers by Philly organist Jimmy McGriff. We'll continue with a musical tribute to Cecil Taylor, one of the most uncompromisingly gifted pianists in jazz history who was born on this day in 1929. We'll be spinning from Taylor's ...
Brilliant Corners 2023
by Ian Patterson
Brilliant Corners Black Box Belfast, N. Ireland 2-11 March, 2023 One of the highlights of Belfast's music calendar, Brilliant Corners' eleventh annual shindig served up thirteen concerts over nine days. As ever, the main venue was Black Box, where audiences were treated to the best of Irish, British, European and North ...
Aruán Ortiz Trio: Serranias: Sketchbook For Piano Trio
by Dan McClenaghan
Pianist Aruan Ortiz hails from Santiago de Cuba, but he has resided in the United States for two decades. Musically he is a first cousin to pianist Matthew Shipp with his approachable and often intense and avant-garde keyboard style; and he seems a stylistic grandson to Thelonious Monk with his joyful angularities and off-kilter interludes. But ...
Jitterbug Waltz, Toshiko Akiyoshi and some electro/electro acoustic works
by David Brown
This week, we celebrate Fats Waller's tune “Jitterbug Waltz," recorded 81 years ago this week, with interpretations by Cécile McLorin Salvant, Eric Dolphy & Tyshawn Sorey; we'll also check out a set of works featuring pianist composer & arranger Toshiko Akiyoshi. Ikue Mori was in Philly this week so let's hear a solo from her+ some ...
Roscoe Mitchell Trio & Orchestra, Christian McBride New Jawn, and more
by David Brown
This week, one of the great innovators in creative music, saxophonist/composer Roscoe Mitchell will be featured. I've been enjoying Mitchell's reworking of trio improvisations as transcribed for orchestra. We'll also check out Prime the new release from bassist Christen McBride's New Jawn. Plus, new works and recent finds. Playlist Thelonious Monk “Esistrophy (Theme)" from ...
Ezra Collective's Femi Koleoso: On Tony Allen and UK jazz today
by Rob Garratt
Of all the artists to emerge from the overbaked “UK jazz explosion" of recent years, Ezra Collective are arguably the greatest crossover success--based on Spotify stats and tour bookings, anyway. And while the juggernaut of early hype may have worn itself out, things are only looking rosier in 2023: The barrier-busting London quintet is currently gearing ...
Steve Slagle: Into The Heart Of It
by Dan Bilawsky
In a storied career that's produced more than 20 leader dates, there's little that Steve Slagle hasn't explored and accomplished. Yet here we are with a true first from the veteran alto saxophonist: A stunning bouquet of ballads. Inspired by lodestar outings from legends like John Coltrane, and driven by a desire to find a personalized ...
Ron Miles: The Best Of The Denver Jazz Doyen
by Ian Patterson
Ron Miles left the planet all too soon, but the Denver cornetist and trumpeter has left a lasting mark, both in terms of the music he made and in the people whose lives he touched. This list, a guide to ten of Miles' most significant recordings as both leader and as a sideman, reflects his playing ...
