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New Music Monday for September 5, 2022
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify To observers of the jazz scene in the late 1940s, Dodo Marmarosa would have seemed a safe bet to join the pantheon of bebop pianists alongside the likes of Bud Powell and Thelonious Monk. He had worked in bands led by most of the major swing-era bandleaders, …
New Music Monday for August 29, 2022
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify Approaching 80 years of age is occasion enough for anyone to take a moment and look back on a life well lived. For legendary drummer Al Foster, those eight decades have been more memorable than most, filled with exhilarating sounds and encounters with some of …
New Music Monday for August 22, 2022
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify As fans of Ranky Tanky well know, drummer-producer-composer Quentin Baxter thrives on having one foot in tradition and the other in the future. The Grammy-winning ensemble, which he co-founded in South Carolina in 2016, takes an exuberant approach to Gullah, the music created by descendants of the …
New Music Monday for August 15, 2022
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify“Between Dreaming and Joy” is the latest release from saxophonist and composer Jeff Coffin, a culmination of over two years in the studio. Calling upon its enigmatic, pandemic-induced origins, the collection gathers unusual new sounds for the reedman by a diverse, all-star group of musicians for his …
New Music Monday for August 8, 2022
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify Mike Conrad, Associate Professor of Jazz Studies and Music Education at the University of Northern Iowa, believes that the bonds formed through musical experiences can be incredibly strong and enduring. For his debut jazz trio album, “Reconnect,” the pianist …
New Music Monday for August 1, 2022
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and SpotifyBassist Roberto Occhipinti is an established presence on both the Canadian and international jazz scenes. A five-time Juno Award recipient, he is in demand across an astounding range of contexts. The latter part of his career has seen Occhipinti recording with a number of Cuban musicians, on …
New Music Monday for July 25, 2022
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify One of the Bay Area’s most dynamic multi-genre trumpeters for over four decades, Bill Ortiz recorded and toured the world with Santana for 16 years, and has recorded/or performed with legends of jazz like Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Chick Corea and Tito Puente. “Points of View,” the …
New Music Monday for July 18, 2022
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify Last year, organist Brian Charette had the idea for a new recording that would be more traditional then his other albums, which often placed the organ in a more unconventional role with electronics and wind ensembles. He wrote some swinging bebop tunes with a classic approach that …