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Introducing Saxophonist Veronica Leahy
by Sanford Josephson
Growing up in Charlotte, NC, Veronica Leahy began playing classical piano at an early age. Then, when she was in the fourth grade, she heard a recording by tenor saxophonist Joshua Redman. “There was something about the saxophone that caught my fascination," she recalled. “It was kind a fusion record, but I did eventually go to ...
Grove's Groove
Album: Grove's Groove
By Michael Dease
Label: Le Coq Records
Released: 2024
Duration: 06:36
Jazz Aspen Snowmass June Experience 2024
by Geoff Anderson
Jazz Aspen Snowmass June Experience 2024 Aspen, Colorado June 20-22, 2024 The Jazz Aspen Snowmass June Experience returned this year with 20 acts performing over the course of three nights in various venues around downtown Aspen. JAS has been sponsoring two festivals (or “Experiences") each of the last several years. The June ...
Ulysses Owens, Jr. and Generation Y: A New Beat
by Jack Bowers
The rhythms presented on award-winning drummer Ulysses Owens Jr.'s latest album are not exactly A New Beat, as they have been heard in various configurations for at least eighty years or more, but they do provide a plausible indication of the path that Art Blakey's legendary Jazz Messengers would presumably have followed had Blakey lived into ...
New Releases from Ernesto Cervini, Remy Le Boeuf, Grace Kelly, Dan Pugach With Birthday Shoutouts to Miriam Makeba, Keely Smith, Carole Bayer Sager & More
by Mary Foster Conklin
Women's History Month continues with new releases from Ernesto Cervini's Turboprop, Remy Le Boeuf's Assembly of Shadows, Grace Kelly, Dan Pugach Big Band and Cecilia Sanchietti, with birthday shoutouts to Miriam Makeba, Eric Comstock, Anat Fort, Marya Lawrence, Rachelle Garniez, Frank Senior, Keely Smith, Carol Sloane, Tomoko Ohno and Carole Bayer Sager, among others. Thanks for ...
Ulysses Owens, Jr. and Generation Y: A New Beat
by Glenn Astarita
A New Beat, crafted by the multi-Grammy award-winning drummer Ulysses Owens Jr. and his Generation Y outfit, materializes as a vivid emblem of jazz's evolving dynamics. This album, an amalgamation of nine tracks, epitomizes the fusion of classic jazz standards with inventive perspectives. Among its highlights, “Bird Lives" notably shines for its technical brilliance and tribute ...
Jeremy Monteiro, Marshall Gilkes & Ulysses Owens Jr.
by Joe Dimino
From a jazz star in the modern world, we begin the 839th Episode of Neon Jazz with Ulysses Owens Jr. and music from his latest album A New Beat. From there, we get into a host of new cats putting out new music with the likes of Noah Becker, Kristen Edkins, Charles Chen and Myles Wright. ...
New Releases from Dee Daniels & Denzal Sinclaire, Orrin Evans, Noah Haidu, Roni Ben-Hur, Late June Birthdays & More
by Mary Foster Conklin
This broadcast includes new releases from Dee Daniels & Denzal Sinclaire, Robin McKelle, Orrin Evans, Noah Haidu, Roni Ben-Hur, with a final single from Nicole Zuraitis, plus birthday shoutouts to bassist Amy Shook, pianist Arturo O'Farrill, harpist Carol Robbins and vocalist Gillian Margot among others. Thanks for listening and please support the artists you hear by ...
Introducing Vocalist April Varner
by Sanford Josephson
The 1957 Verve album, Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book, contained 38 tracks, including some of the best-known tunes associated with Ellington such as “Solitude," “Satin Doll," and “I'm Beginning to See the Light." Contestants in this year's sixth annual Ella Fitzgerald Jazz Vocal Competition, sponsored by Blues Alley Jazz, were asked to select ...
The Generation Gap Jazz Orchestra
Label: Cellar Music Group
Released: 2022
Track listing: I’ve Got Algorithm; Sassy; Inner Urge; Until; Scenes from My Dreams; Remember Me;
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