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Romance in the Dark - Celebrating Bettye LaVette's Latest Release

by Mary Foster Conklin
September 7, 2020

Included are new releases from Bettye LaVette (pictured), Champian Fulton, Nubya Garcia, The Moore-McColl Jazz Society and Kenny Washington plus singles from Emilie-Claire Barlow & Bocana and Sue Maskaleris with more birthday shoutouts to Charlie Parker (100!), Hilary Gardner, Naomi Moon Siegel, Russ Kassoff, Jimmy Rowles and more. Thanks for listening and please support the artists ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Lisa Hilton, Randy Brecker, Dexter Gordon and More

by Joe Dimino
September 6, 2020

This week we open with Malibu-based jazz Pianist Lisa Hilton and end with London-based jazz fusion guitarist Jules Hay. In between, we hear some quality work from Christian McBride, Felipe Salles, Dave Glasser and many more. Enjoy the show, my friends. Playlist Lisa Hilton “Waltz from Nowhere" Chalkboard Destiny (Ruby Slippers) 00:00 Host talks ...

News: Recording

Prog Legend Eddie Jobson To Release Eddie Jobson – Live New Double CD

September 5, 2020

Musicians’ musician and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee Eddie Jobson, best known for his virtuosic violin and keyboard work with Roxy Music, Frank Zappa, King Crimson, Jethro Tull and supergroup UK, brings us a compilation of live performances from Poland, Russia, Japan and the U.S.A. with his all-star U-Z Project. Jobson’s live concert recordings ...

News: Recording

Hear Adam McIntyre's Tribute To Prince, Miles Davis; Thirteen-Minute "Voodoo" Taken From Atlanta Guitarist's Third Album Recorded During Pandemic

September 4, 2020

Blues guitarist Adam McIntyre first started jumping on stages at just fourteen-years-old and is now best known as the front man for Atlanta-based rockers The Pinx. During the pandemic, McIntyre has created a trilogy of solo albums, the third of which, Black Planet, a tribute to Prince and Miles Davis, will be released on Sept. 18th. ...

News: Contest

7 Virtual Jazz Club's Contest – 5th Edition – Deadline October 15th

September 3, 2020

7 Virtual Jazz Club continues its worldwide search for emerging and under-recognized creative musicians of all ages and backgrounds. For the 2020 edition there are new prizes and a totally renewed judging panel. This Year's Categories Under 25 Amateurs & Pros To enter the contest, soloists and groups pay a small registration fee and submit a ...

Article: Profile

20 Seattle Jazz Musicians You Should Know: John Bishop

by Paul Rauch
September 2, 2020

The city of Seattle has a jazz history that dates back to the very beginnings of the form. It was home to the first integrated club scene in America on Jackson St in the 1920's and 30's. It saw a young Ray Charles arrive as a teenager to escape the nightmare of Jim Crow in the ...

News: Recording

Saxophonist Jacam Manricks Reveals New Musical Dimensions On 'Samadhi,' Set For Sept. 4 Release

September 2, 2020

Saxophonist/composer Jacám Manricks marks his arrival as a full-fledged auteur on the splendid Samadhi, set for a September 4 release on his own Manricks Music Records. Already an accomplished composer, arranger, multi-instrumentalist, and improviser, Manricks’s sixth album adds recording, engineering, producing, and mixing to his overflowing skill set. Thus it stands as a vision entirely of ...

News: Recording

Guitar Virtuoso Marcelo Paganini To Release Prog Rock-Jazz-Fusion Single From New Album Feat. Billy Sherwood, Adam Holzman, Chad Wackerman & Others

September 1, 2020

French-Brazilian guitar virtuoso Marcelo Paganini is releasing his new prog rock-jazz-fusion single called “Circus Is Empty” on 28th August 2020. Written, arranged and performed by Marcelo on guitar and keyboards, the track features Billy Sherwood (Yes/Asia) on vocals, Adam Holzman (Steve Wilson Band/Miles Davis) on solo keyboards, Chad Wackerman (Frank Zappa/Alan Holdsworth) on drums, and Adriano ...

Article: Multiple Reviews

Michael Robinson: One Man Orchestra

by Hrayr Attarian
August 31, 2020

Composer Michael Robinson is a unique musician who is heavily influenced by the tradition of the Indian subcontinent. He is as prolific as he is creative having released 144 albums over the past 29 years. He uses an instrument he has invented that seamlessly incorporates acoustic and electronic elements into a digital platform. He calls it ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Nothing Like You - A Birthday Shoutout to Dorothy Parker

by Mary Foster Conklin
August 31, 2020

This week we feature new releases from trumpeter Eddie Henderson, vocalist Allegra Levy, trombonist Emily Asher's Garden Party and drummer John Hollenbeck with birthday shoutouts to Dorothy Parker (pictured), Carolyn Leigh, Adrienne Fenemor, Dinah Washington, Charlie Parker (100!), Alice Coltrane, Cecile McLorin Salvant, Mimi Fox and more. Thanks for listening and please support the artists you ...