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Theo Bleckmann

Theo Bleckmann. A jazz singer and new music composer of eclectic tastes and prodigious gifts, GRAMMY NOMINATED Theo Bleckmann makes music that is accessibly sophisticated, unsentimentally emotional, and seriously playful. His work provokes the mind to wonder, but connects immediately with the heart. Singer. Bleckmann has released a series of gorgeous and irreverent albums on Winter & Winter, including recordings of Las Vegas standards, of Berlin kabarett, and of popular “bar songs” (all with pianist Fumio Yasuda), a recording of newly-arranged songs by Charles Ives (with the improvisational jazz/funk collective Kneebody), and most recently Solos for Voice and Toys, where Bleckmann brought just his stunning vocal technique, his emotional commitment, and his suitcase full of oddly evocative voice-altering gadgets to the project of recording delicate songs and poems alone at a monastery in the Swiss Alps. Collaborator. In addition to his work as a soloist, Bleckmann loves to mix it up with other musicians

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Loren Schoenberg And His Jazz Orchestra, Lisa Hilton, Tomoko Omura, Lafayette Harris, Jr., Denise King, Kris Davis

Read "Loren Schoenberg And His Jazz Orchestra, Lisa Hilton, Tomoko Omura, Lafayette Harris, Jr., Denise King, Kris Davis" reviewed by Mary Foster Conklin


This broadcast includes new releases from Loren Schoenberg And His Jazz Orchestra, Lisa Hilton, Tomoko Omura, Lafayette Harris, Jr., Denise King, Kris Davis, with birthday shoutouts to Sheila Jordan, Gloria Lynne, Hoagy Carmichael, Dr. John and Whitney Ross-Barris, among others plus more Grammy nominees. Happy listening and please support the artists you hear--see them live, buy ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Grammy Nominees Part 1, New Music From Theo Bleckmann, Jane Ira Bloom, Ellen Rowe, Anita Wardell, The Jung Stratmann Quartet & More

Read "Grammy Nominees Part 1, New Music From Theo Bleckmann, Jane Ira Bloom, Ellen Rowe, Anita Wardell, The Jung Stratmann Quartet & More" reviewed by Mary Foster Conklin


This broadcast includes new releases from Theo Bleckmann, Jane Ira Bloom, Ellen Rowe, Anita Wardell and the Jung Stratmann Quartet, with birthday shoutouts to Blue Lu Barker, Ernestine Anderson, LaVern Baker, Cynthia Hilts, Marianne Solivan, Holli Ross, Rene Marie, Diana Krall and Janet Lawson, among others, plus a nod to a few of this year's Grammy ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Coding the Self: Theo Bleckmann on Finding Your Own Language

Read "Coding the Self: Theo Bleckmann on Finding Your Own Language" reviewed by Leo Sidran


Theo Bleckmann has spent decades living in the space between: between categories, between careers, between composition and improvisation, even between apartments. Born in rural Germany, he trained as both a boy soprano and a competitive figure skater, before coming to New York at 23 to study with the legendary singer Sheila Jordan. Quickly he found a ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Let's Take A Breath, New Tunes For Reflection And Contemplation

Read "Let's Take A Breath, New Tunes For Reflection And Contemplation" reviewed by Hobart Taylor


New music from Muriel Grossmann, Charles Lloyd, Margherita Fava, Theo Bleckmann, J.D. Allen and Laura Ann Singh. Playlist Host Speaks 00:00 Muriel Grossmann “Already Here" from Breakthrough (rrgemsrecords) 1:54 Charles Lloyd “Black Butterfly" from Figure In Blue (Blue Note) 11:20 Host Speaks 20:23 Margherita Fava “Alter Ego" from Murrina (Self-Produced) 21:27 Theo Bleckmann “Teardrop" ...

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Article: Interview

Jamie Baum: These Are Her Times

Read "Jamie Baum: These Are Her Times" reviewed by Dean Nardi


Jamie Baum is a world-class composer as well as flutist, who smoothly balances woodwinds with horns, guitar, bass, piano and drums so that they are equals. Her compositions can remind you of a Gil Evans arrangement with several decades of development added to create a thoroughly modern milieu. She mixes high-energy with ballads and Western foundations ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Michael Dease, NYO Jazz with Sean Jones and Alicia Olatuja, Meltem Ege, Alon Farber & More

Read "Michael Dease, NYO Jazz with Sean Jones and Alicia Olatuja, Meltem Ege, Alon Farber & More" reviewed by Mary Foster Conklin


This broadcast celebrates Fathers Day with new releases from Michael Dease, NYO Jazz with Sean Jones and Alicia Olatuja, Meltem Ege and Alon Farber, with birthday shoutouts to Hazel Scott, Geri Allen, Irene Higginbotham, Roseanna Vitro, Brianna Thomas, Jocelyn Gould, Daryl Sherman, Cy Coleman, Cole Porter, Nancy King, Monika Herzig and Janiece Jaffe, among others. Happy ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Ingrid Laubrock: Purposing The Air With Music And Voices

Read "Ingrid Laubrock: Purposing The Air With Music And Voices" reviewed by Lawrence Peryer


Today, the Spotlight shines on saxophonist and composer Ingrid Laubrock. Ingrid's just released Purposing The Air (Pyroclastic Records, 2025), a double album that sets 60 brief poems by Erica Hunt to music through four different vocal-instrumental duos. It's an ambitious project that transforms Hunt's emotionally sharp koans into what Ingrid calls “a library of ...

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New Releases From Tyler Henderson, Sandra-Mae Lux, Zohar Amar Mokady, Chloe Youtsey, Ryan Truesdell & More

Read "New Releases From Tyler Henderson, Sandra-Mae Lux, Zohar Amar Mokady, Chloe Youtsey, Ryan Truesdell & More" reviewed by Mary Foster Conklin


This broadcast includes new releases from Tyler Henderson, Sandra-Mae Lux, Zohar Amar Mokady, Chloe Youtsey and Ryan Truesdell, with birthday shoutouts to Miles Davis, Clora Bryant, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Jenny Scheinman, Amanda Ekery, Adison Evans, Samantha Boshnack, Lynne Arriale, Kate Baker, Denise Donatelli, Alexa Tarantino, Yissy Garcia, among others. Happy listening and please support the artists ...

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Camila Meza, Gillian Margot & Geoffrey Keezer, Ayelet Rose Gottlieb, Amanda Ekery, The Reddish Fetish With the Jersey City All Stars & More

Read "Camila Meza, Gillian Margot & Geoffrey Keezer, Ayelet Rose Gottlieb, Amanda Ekery, The Reddish Fetish With the Jersey City All Stars & More" reviewed by Mary Foster Conklin


This broadcast celebrates Memorial Day weekend with new releases from Camila Meza, Gillian Margot & Geoffrey Keezer, The Reddish Fetish With the Jersey City All Stars, Ayelet Rose Gottlieb, Amanda Ekery, with birthday shoutouts to Rosemary Clooney, Jackie Cain, Sheryl Bailey, Cynthia Sayer, Yoko Miwa, Caity Gyorgy plus honorable man Darcy James Argue, among others. Happy ...


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