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New Music Monday for December 11, 2023
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and SpotifyThe Airmen of Note is the premier jazz ensemble of the United States Air Force. As one of today’s few professional touring bands, it has attracted some of the finest musicians in the country. Twice yearly the Note travels throughout the country spreading its big band sound to communities from …
New Music Monday for December 4, 2023
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and SpotifyBoston doesn’t get enough credit as a jazz town. From the days of the Storyville club and Cambridge-based Transition label to the star factory that is Berklee College of Music, the city stands tall against more celebrated places like Chicago and Detroit. One big part of that high level of …
New Music Monday for November 27, 2023
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and SpotifyOld and New World traditions meld on “Cool Yule,” by two-time Grammy Award-winning violinist Mads Tolling, a former longtime member of Stanley Clarke’s band and the Turtle Island Quartet. In the spirit of Yule, Mads shares the Christmas celebrations of his youth in Copenhagen, Denmark, blending the authentic customs and …
New Music Monday for November 20, 2023
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and SpotifyExuding a musical maturity that breaks generational borders, pianist Emmet Cohen returns with the fifth volume of his Masters Legacy Series with the great master of the tenor saxophone Houston Person. Mr. Person, who has over 75 records as a bandleader alone, has had an extensive career as a performer …
New Music Monday for November 13, 2023
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and SpotifyHays Street Hart, the trio of pianist Kevin Hays, bassist Ben Street and legendary drummer Billy Hart, recorded their acclaimed 2021 debut under less then optimal conditions. The album began as a performance in honor of Hart’s 80th birthday in December of 2020, livestreamed from an empty Smoke Jazz Club …
New Music Monday for November 6, 2023
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and SpotifyIn a 2019 article, Forbes magazine decreed that the two characteristics women need most to thrive in the business world are “grit and grace.” Bass trombonist Jennifer Wharton has exemplified those qualities in the music she’s made with her brass-forward band Bonegasm since its 2019 debut. How else to explain …
New Music Monday for October 30, 2023
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify“Live from the Northwest, 1959” is a new collection from two electrifying concerts celebrating the iconic Dave Brubeck Quartet’s singular sound and stellar output in the 1950s. The remarkable live recording features four extraordinary musicians in top form, captured with exceptional sonic clarity by the groundbreaking audio engineer Wally Heider. …
New Music Monday for October 23, 2023
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify“Sonicwonderland” represents a new musical adventure for the constantly evolving pianist and composer Hiromi, who is a star in her native Japan and burst onto the music scene twenty years ago with her debut album. Recorded with a new quartet, called Hiromi’s Sonicwonder, the album features nine new works bursting …