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Shabaka: This Is The Moment To Make Patient Music
by Leo Sidran
Shabaka Hutchings grew up between the UK and Barbados. He started playing clarinet as a young boy in Barbados and eventually moved back to England to go to music school in the early 2000s.After college he began a period of working furiously on a kaleidoscopic range of projects and became an icon of the new sound of London jazz, which integrated African rhythms and modes, Caribbean and Middle eastern sounds and was largely danceable.Shabaka himself has ...
read moreRichard Ruttenberg, Tass Petridis, Eyot, asnd Nataraj
by Len Davis
Futuristic music by Richard Ruttenberg and Jimmy Haslip. Bassist Tass Petridis, Everything Yes, Eyot, and London band Nataraja. Altered, with guitarist Jeff Miley, Apostolos Anthimos, Rez Abbasi, Bob Berg and Jean Marc. Belkadi. Playlist Ruttenberg-Haslip-Crockett Willis" from Cold Fusion (Self Produced) 00:00 Tass Petridis Ready Or Not" from The OG Sessions Vol 3 (Self Prod) 07:43 Everything Yes Skrt Skrt" from Volume 2 (Self Produced) 15:24 Eyot The Crest Of A Wave" from Quindecennial (Ropeadope) 23:18 Nataraja Spirit ...
read moreNew Releases From Chris Potter, Dave Douglas, Caroline Julia Cabalding, And More
by Bob Osborne
On this show we have all new releases from Chris Potter, Dave Douglas, Caroline Julia Cabalding, Kevin Sun, Nasheet Waits with Logan Richardson Jason Moran and Tarus Mateen, Queen Esther, Jacob Shulman, Roddy Elias, Adam Nolan, Gastón Reggio, Room 31, and Russ Lossing with Loren Stillman John Hebert & Eric McPherson. Playlist Show Intro 00:00 Chris Potter Cloud Message" from Eagle's Point (Edition Records) 00:59 Dave Douglas Seven Years Ago" from Gifts (Greenleaf) 08:22 Caroline Julia Cabalding ...
read moreJulieta Eugenio, Hugues Mayot, Amirtha Kidambi, Adam Levy & More
by Ludovico Granvassu
Julian Lage's latest album--possibly his best to date--opens a playlist of recent releases spanning many styles and cultural influences.Happy listening!Playlist Ben Allison Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Julian Lage 76" Speak to Me (Blue Note) 0:16 Host talks 4:49 Adam Levy feat. Larry Grenadier, Joey Baron Mitchum" Spry (Lost Wax) 6:16 Host talks 9:50 Julieta Eugenio Stay" Stay (Crystalin) 11:52 Hugues Mayot Apparation" Invocations (BMC) 17:23 Amirtha Kidambi' Elder Ones The ...
read moreLarry Young, Steven Bernstein, and Karrin Allyson
by Jerome Wilson
Despite an equipment malfunction during the third set, this show covers a variety of artists from the last seventy years of jazz. Musicians heard include Larry Young, Steven Bernstein, Dennis Gonzalez, Karrin Allyson, and Hampton Hawes. 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 Dennis Gonzalez The Earth and the Heart Suite: Part 3--The Earth and the Heart" from The Earth ...
read moreClassic Meet Ups + Wayne Shorter Homages
by David Brown
Tonight, we are looking at classic and contemporary meet ups" between two soloists, or a soloist and group. Mulligan Meets Hodges," Basie & Zoot," Roy and Diz," Hargrove meets Miller," and many more. The show continues with a set of tributes to and works by Wayne Shorter form Melissa Aldana, Steph Richards, Thumbscrew and Kris Dais. Welcome friends and neighbors to The Jazz Continuum. Old, new, in, out... wherever the music takes us. Each week, we will explore the elements ...
read moreChristopher Hoffman, Anna Webber, Liv Andrea Hauge, Geoffrey Dean & More
by Ludovico Granvassu
A playlist showcasing the interesting new releases by Christopher Hoffman, the Liv Andrea Hauge Trio, Travis Reuter, Geoffrey Dean and a number of recent albums we already featured in the past, but were too good not to get back to one more time.Happy listening!Playlist Ben Allison Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Hiromi Utopia" Sonicwonderland (Telarc) 0:16 Host talks 7:32 Timo Lassy, Juka Eskola Long Walk" Nordic Stew (Dox) 8:22 Host talks ...
read moreNew Releases, Birthday Celebrations For Dorothy Donegan, Alberta Hunter, Billie Holiday & More
by Mary Foster Conklin
This broadcast makes the graceful morph from Womens History to Jazz Appreciation Month with new releases from John Basile, Kandace Springs, Jamie Baum, Queen Esther, Leigh Pilzer, Lizz Wright and Tierney Sutton, with birthday shoutouts to Dorothy Donegan, Alberta Hunter, Billie Holiday, Doris Day, Christine Jensen, Tessa Souter, Teri Parker, Tia Fuller, and Amina Claudine Myers, among others. Thanks for listening and please support the artists you hear by seeing them live and online. Purchase their music so they can ...
read moreRecord Store Day 2024 with Zev Feldman
by Ken Dryden
A preview of Record Store Day 2024 releases produced by Zev Feldman, including newly discovered music from the US and Europe. Exceprts of a recent interview I did with Zev are included. ...
read moreDidier Lockwood, Jan Hammer, Jeff Beck, Alan Holdsworth and Piere Moerlens Gong
by Len Davis
Didier Lockwood, Jeff Beck and Jan Hammer, Brian Bromberg plays Jimi Hendrix and drummer {Bill Bruford}} David Sancious, Pier Moerlens' Gong, Jaco Pastorius, Steve Grossman and Billy Cobham.Playlist Didier Lockwood Fast Travel" from Live at Montreaux (MPS) 00:00 Jeff Beck Group You Never Know" from Live at Hollywood Bowl (Eagle Vision) 09:58 Jan Hammer-Jeff Beck Drive" from Drive (Miramar) 13:28 Brian Bromberg Manic Depression" from Brian Bromberg play Jimi Hendrix (Artistry Music) 17:20 Alan Holdsworth Alphaezilian" from Road ...
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