Jazz Video of the Day

Demographic Shift

Alan Hall
Duration: 3:53

From “Heroes, Saints and Clowns" by RATATET (featuring One Planet Drum Corps) on Ridgeway Records (made possible with grants from Creative Sonoma and SF InterMusic) w/ Paul Hanson, John Gove, Dillon Vado, Greg Sankovich and Jeff Denson.

Somewhere on The Hills

Ricardo Bacelar
Duration: 4:31

The third solo album of the Brazilian pianist, composer and arranger Ricardo Bacelar, entitled “Sebastiana" is being released. Produced by Cesar Lemos (BMI and ASCAP awards in the USA), it was recorded and mixed in Miami, United States, at the legendary Hit Factory (Criteria) and Rebel 11 studios. Its concept gravitates around a Latin American rereading of a Brazilian music repertoire portion. “Sebastiana" was recorded by Brazilian, American, Cuban, Argentine, Venezuelan, Colombian and Peruvian musicians. By researching traditional rhythms, an arrangement laboratory was conceived to implement the fusion of Latin American and Brazilian music elements. It shows contemporary arrangements and a strong jazzy accent, with a subtle percussion that confirms South America ́s influence. The result is unusual and presents an important contribution to the Brazilian music scenario in the international context.

'Partir' Vishnja

Elina Duni
Duration: 2:29

Songs of love, loss and leaving. After two highly acclaimed albums with her jazz quartet, Elina Duni issues her most intimate recording to date. The entirely solo Partir features the Tirana-born vocalist, accompanied by her own piano, guitar and frame drum, interpreting songs from very diverse sources. From folk songs and chansons to songs of singer-songwriters. Here we find traditional music from Albania, Kosovo, Armenia, Macedonia, Switzerland and Arab-Andalusia as well as Jacques Brel’s “Je ne sais pas”, Alain Oulman’s “Meu Amor”, Domenico Modugno’s “Amara Terra Mia”, Elina’s own “Let Us Dive In” and more. Duni’s uniquely-expressive voice and pared-down arrangements locate a common thread of longing that runs through the material.

Mark Egan, Arjun Bruggeman and Shane Theriot

Mark Egan
Duration: 3:52

Here is a promo of our recent release “Dreaming Spirits" with: Mark Egan-Bass, Arjun Bruggeman-Tabla, and Shane Theriot-Guitar.

Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah 'West of the West' | Live Studio Session

Christian Scott
Duration: 10:33

New Orleans trumpeter Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah has a new record out. It’s called ‘Stretch Music,’ which is a perfect title. Not only does Christian stretch the idea of ‘jazz’ over all genres of music with this release, he also stretches how a record can be heard. Members of Christian's sextet are Braxton Cook on alto sax, Lawrence Fields on piano, Kris Funn on bass, Corey Fonville ondrums and Dominic Minix on guitar.

Awase

Nik Bärtsch
Duration: 5:18

“Awase”, a term from martial arts, means “moving together” in the sense of matching energies, a fitting metaphor for the dynamic precision, tessellated grooves and balletic minimalism of Nik Bärtsch’s Ronin. Six years have passed since the last release from the Swiss group. In the interim, trimmed from quintet to quartet size and with new bassist Thomy Jordi fully integrated, Ronin has become a subtly different band. Bärtsch speaks of a new-found freedom and flexibility in the approach to the material, with “greater transparency, more interaction, more joy in every performance”. The freedom here extends to revisiting early Bärtsch modules alongside new compositions including, for the first time on a Ronin record, a piece by reedman Sha. Awase was recorded at Studios La Buissonne in the south of France in October 2017 and produced by Manfred Eicher.

Recommended by Michael Ricci.

Sasha Mashin interview on "Outside the box" debut album

Sasha Mashin
Duration: 5:17

Interview on the recording of the debut release by the most prominent Russian jazz drummer Sasha Mashin - “Outside the box."