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Article: Live Review

Roberta Gambarini At Dazzle

by Geoff Anderson
January 24, 2023

Roberta Gambarini Dazzle Denver, CO January 7, 2023 Let me be frank. I'm often dismayed when I see a new album from a promising new jazz artist and review the song list and it's all jazz standards. Don't get me wrong, many of the songs composed in the first half of ...

News: Recording

Saxophonist/Composer Alex Weiss Exhibits His Surrealist Jazz Conception On 'Most Don't Have Enough,' Due Feb. 24 From Ears&Eyes Records

January 24, 2023

Alex Weiss’s idiosyncratic vision of post-bop jazz finds a new apex with the tenor saxophonist-composer’s February 24 release of Most Don’t Have Enough (ears&eyes). Weiss’s third album as a leader is also his first with Glad Irys,hisworking quintet since 2019 comprising soprano saxophonist Dan Blake, guitarist Yana Davydova, bassist Dmitry Ishenko, and drummer Ches Smith, with ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

New Releases, Winter JazzFest and a Celebration of Jazz Capricorns

by Mary Foster Conklin
January 23, 2023

This broadcast includes a preview of some of the women artists appearing at the Winter Jazz Fest, new releases from Amina Figarova, the 3D Jazz Trio, a tribute to the music of Irene Higginbotham by Christy Bennett's Fumee plus a single from songwriter Tracey Yarad, with birthday shoutouts to Capricorns Melba Liston, Chelsea McBride, Michelle Walker, ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Frank Sinatra, Spike Wilner, Paul Marinaro & Wayne Maureau

by Joe Dimino
January 22, 2023

We kick off the first show of 2023 with New Orleans drummer Wayne Maureau and music from his 2022 release At The Water's Edge as well as new music from Laura Ainsworth, Curtis Nowosad, Paul Marinaro and Yotem Silberstein. In between, we go old school with Billie Holiday, Jimmie Lunceford, Frank Sinatra and Bunny Berigan. One ...

Article: Live Review

Dave Koz and Friends 25th Anniversary Christmas Tour at San Jose Civic

by Walter Atkins
January 21, 2023

Dave Koz and Friends 25th Anniversary Christmas Tour San Jose Civic San Jose, CA December 22, 2022 Dave Koz and Friends were very comfortable performing at the Mission Revival-style San Jose Civic. The venue provided a festive environment for the Dave Koz and Friends' 25th Anniversary Christmas concert. Besides plentiful Christmas ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Concert Promoter Danny Scher

by Lawrence Peryer
January 21, 2023

In this episode...Spotlight On host Lawrence Peryer chats with long time concert promoter, Danny Scher. Danny had an illustrious career working with legendary concert promoter, Bill Graham but as a younger man, at the start of his career, booked Duke Ellington and Vince Guaraldi. As a high school student in Palo Alto, CA, Danny Scher came ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Another Simple Sunday - New Releases, Part 2 of Favorite 2022 Recordings & More

by Mary Foster Conklin
January 16, 2023

This broadcast continues to celebrate 2023 with new releases from Lisa Hilton, Richie Goods & Chien Chien Lu, birthday shoutouts to Jazz Capricorns Anat Cohen and Myra Melford, plus Part 2 of some favorite releases of 2022. Thanks for listening and please support the artists you hear by purchasing their music during this time of pandemic ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Bobby Watson, Adam Larson, Charlie Parker & Rod Fleeman

by Joe Dimino
January 15, 2023

On the final show of 2022, we celebrate the titans of the Kansas City scene throughout the hour starting with guitarist Rod Fleeman with a live cut from his time at the fabled KC institution the Green Lady Lounge. From there we hear from the king of KC in Bobby Watson then Adam Larson and Christopher ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Richard Brent Turner

by Lawrence Peryer
January 14, 2023

Richard Brent Turner is Professor in the Department of Religious Studies and the African American Studies Program at the University of Iowa. He is the author of Soundtrack to a Movement: African American Islam, Jazz, and Black Internationalism (NYU Press). Soundtrack to a Movement examines the link between the revolutionary Black Islam of the ...

News: Performance / Tour

Conrad Herwig & The Latin Side All-Stars Kick of Tuesday Night Residency At The Django - Celebrating 25+ Years Of 'The Latin Side'

January 14, 2023

Trombonist/Composer Conrad Herwig and The Latin Side All-Stars—Residency At The Django January / February / March 2023! Celebrating 25+ Years of “The Latin Side..." The Latin Side All-Stars: Conrad Herwig: trombone, Alex Norris: trumpet, Craig Handy: sax, flute; Bill O’Connell: piano; Ruben Rodriguez: bass, Robby Ameen: drums; Camilo Molina: percussion. Every Tuesday Night January 17—Latin Side ...