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Vocalist Patrina Morris New Single - 'It's Like Sunshine' - Bossa Jazz From Portugal With Love!

December 13, 2021

Patrina Morris was born in India to Anglo-Indian parents and moved to England when she was just six months old. She was brought up in North London and lived there until as a teenager she was spotted by a model agent while working in a restaurant to pay for Art School. Soon she was living in ...

George Coleman: The Quiet Giant

by R.J. DeLuke
December 13, 2021

This interview was first published at All About Jazz on March 13, 2004. The tenor sax is one of the great emblems of jazz. From Coleman Hawkins to Lester Young. Byas and Ben Webster. Dexter, Trane. Getz and Sonny Rollins, on and on. And today's practitioners like Branford and Brecker, Joshua Redman and James ...

New Releases, Holiday Music, Grammy Nominations And More

by Mary Foster Conklin
December 13, 2021

This broadcast presents new releases from Los Asesinos, Eliane Elias, Gretchen Parlato, Ledisi, plus a single from Amy Engelhardt, with birthday shoutouts in the second hour to Melissa Aldana, Jazz Master Cassandra Wilson and more. As the Grammy nominations are out, the show's focus is where women placed this year in the Latin jazz, composition, contemporary ...

Woody Shaw & Todd Cochran

by Joe Dimino
December 12, 2021

The 729th Episode of Neon Jazz begins with veteran pianist Todd Cochran and music off Then and Again, Here and Now and follow it with the legend who gave him his stellar beginnings in Bobby Hutcherson. From there we motor through an hour of music with modern musicians making 2021 a memorable year including Scott Reeves, ...

Barry Harris: Iconic Jazz Pianist and Keeper of the Flame

by Victor L. Schermer
December 11, 2021

In memory of Barry Harris. This article was first published at All About Jazz on October 29, 2015. At the ripe age of 85, pianist Barry Harris has been on the jazz scene for seventy years, and throughout that time, he has remained loyal to and consistent with his bebop roots. Even though his ...

Willie Oteri Releasing New Material Focusing On Saxophone And Flute

December 10, 2021

Genre jumping multi-instrumentalist Willie Oteri will be releasing new material focusing on his tenor saxophone and flute playing which will include various artists such as drummer Matt Crane, guitarist Jeff Platz and electric trumpet master Dave Laczko. These recordings will be in the beyond jazz / free jazz / avant-garde arena while keeping in mind a ...

Singer/Songwriter Katherine Kostoff Debut Release 'It Happens Like That' - Arranged And Produced By Gil Goldstein And Co-Produced By Steve Rodby

December 9, 2021

A message from Katherine Kostoff: Good friends and kind strangers, I'm delighted to announce that my album It Happens Like That is now available on all streaming platforms. Gershwin once said that in order to get to a good song he had to go through twelve bad songs. I haven't exactly counted my ratio but ...

Just in time for the Holidays... 'Yule Dig It,' An All About Jazz's Spotify Playlist

December 5, 2022

All About Jazz's latest Spotify playlist brings tidings of great joy with an impressive all-instrumental lineup of the most groovin', soulful and greasy Christmas music ever recorded. From classics to contemporary sounds, Yule Dig It features music from Joe Pass, Duke Pearson, Bobby Timmons, the Classical Jazz Quartet, Carla Bley, Kevin Eubanks, Ted Rosenthal, Rodney Whitaker, ...

Happy Holidays from the Jeff Hamilton trio

by David Bixler
December 8, 2021

It's Time To Celebrate! The Indie Collaborative Presents All Faiths Show at Lincoln Center on December 8

December 6, 2021

On December 8th, the jazz community will be a significant part of an all-ages interfaith musical salute to Diwali, Kwanzaa, Hanukkah, Christmas and New Years! Known as The Indie Collaborative, this multi award-winning group of Independent Artists, representing a “smorgasbord” of musical genres (roots, classical, hip-hop, jazz, gospel, R&B, children’s, spoken word, musical theater, and “everything ...