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BigSpoon's Chris Engel: Intention... And Spontaneity
by Ian Patterson
So much goes into a debut album—a lifetime of learning, experiences and myriad influences. The music that springs forth is also often shaped in subtle and unfathomable ways that are sometimes not entirely clear even to the composer. Some musical reference points may appear obvious, others much less so, and so it is with ...
Rick Savage 4Tet at UpFront Exhibition Space
by David A. Orthmann
Rick Savage 4Tet UpFront Exhibition Space Hudson Valley Jazz Fest Port Jervis, NY August 20, 2022 The most impressive jazz performances offer a variety of opportunities for the attentive listener. Regardless of stylistic orientation, a first-class jazz band often incorporates rapidly shifting alliances as players deftly juggle collective and individual ...
Joey DeFrancesco, Jaimie Branch & Natalia M. King
by Joe Dimino
We start the 768th Episode of Neon Jazz with the explosive jazz and blues singer Natalia M. King. She was born in Brooklyn and came into her own in France. She is a force and following her, we dig into another musician that left the states for France in Sidney Bechet. There is a new trove ...
Brandee Younger, Art Farmer, and Bill Bruford
by Jerome Wilson
This show includes saxophonists, spiritual jazz and jazz-rock. Artists heard on the show include Brandee Younger, Joe Lovano, Bill Bruford, Roxy Coss, and David Virelles. Playlist Henry Threadgill Sextett “I Can't Wait Till I Get Home" from The Complete Novus & Columbia Recordings of Henry Threadgill & Air (Mosaic) 00:00 Roxy Coss “Ely, MN" ...
What Fresh Hell Is This - Celebrating Jazz Virgos Dorothy Parker, Dinah Washington, Alice Coltrane And More
by Mary Foster Conklin
This broadcast presents new releases from pianist Jeryl Johnston and DOMi & JD Beck, with birthday shoutouts to lyricist Dorothy Parker (I Wished On the Moon, How Am I To Know), Dinah Washington, Alice Coltrane, Mimi Fox, Cecile McLorin Salvant, Linda May Han Oh, Rosana Eckert, Hilary Gardner and Wayne Shorter among others. Thanks for listening ...
Meet Saxophonist Zoe Obadia
by Sanford Josephson
In April 2019, alto saxophonist Zoe Obadia sat in with the Bill Charlap Trio to play Dave Brubeck's “Time Out" at International Jazz Day. “I was definitely very nervous to sit in with such an established and refined trio," she said," but I had fun and felt very supported on stage and off." Said Charlap: “She ...
Angelica Sanchez: Sparkle Beings
by Richard J Salvucci
A famous philosopher once said “Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent." This is something of a problem for a reviewer. If the music is stunning—unexpectedly so—then the logical thing is to simply write that. But then it is possible to end up end up well out of one's depth. If the ...
Jazz Musician of the Day: Wayne Shorter
All About Jazz is celebrating Wayne Shorter's birthday today! Born in Newark, New Jersey on August 25, 1933, Wayne Shorter had his first great jazz epiphany as a teenager: “I remember seeing Lester Young when I was 15 years old. It was a Norman Granz Jazz at the Philharmonic show in Newark and he was late ...
CTI Records: Ten Tasty Albums With No Added Sugar (Almost)
by Chris May
Few jazz producers divide opinion as much as Creed Taylor. He is a hero to many and a villain to as many more. His fans love him for his high production values. His detractors accuse him of dumbing jazz down with excessively sweetened orchestrations and other sales-oriented compromises. Nowhere is the dispute more heated than over ...
Playing Jazz In Socialist Vietnam: Quyền Văn Minh and Jazz in Hanoi
by Ian Patterson
Playing Jazz In Socialist Vietnam: Quyền Văn Minh and Jazz in Hanoi Stan BH Tan-Tangbau and Quyền Văn Minh 269 Pages ISBN: 9781496836335 University Press of Mississippi 2021 That an aspiring Vietnamese musician in this day and age can study jazz at conservatoire level in Hanoi, or jam ...
