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New Music Monday for August 11, 2025
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and SpotifyDrummer Snorre Kirk, originally from Norway but long based in Demark, has earned a strong reputation for his elegant percussion work, original compositions, and deep connection to tradition. When he first heard reedman Giacomo Smith in London, he knew he’d found a kindred spirit. Their collaboration started in 2019 and …
New Music Monday for August 4, 2025
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and SpotifyA steadfast figure in modern straight-ahead jazz and one of the genre’s most respected drummers, Joe Farnsworth has built his name playing with legends like Wynton Marsalis, McCoy Tyner, Pharoah Sanders, Benny Golson, and Cedar Walton, among many others. In recent years, Farnsworth has stepped beyond the traditionalist’s lane, working …
New Music Monday for July 28, 2025
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and SpotifyFour-time Grammy-winning, NEA Jazz Master Terri Lyne Carrington and Grammy-nominated vocalist Christie Dashiell present “We Insist 2025!,” a bold reimagining of the seminal 1961 album “We Insist! Max Roach’s Freedom Now Suite.” Originally created by Roach in collaboration with Abbey Lincoln and lyricist Oscar Brown, Jr., the disc commemorated the …
New Music Monday for July 21, 2025
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and SpotifyPianist, vocalist and composer Dawn Clement has proven to be a joyful and formidable force in modern creative music through her work with Jane Ira Bloom, Matt Wilson, Ron Miles, Julian Priester and many others over the last two decades. As Mr. Priester describes her, “In all this world of …
New Music Monday for July 14, 2025
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and SpotifyCelebrated pianist, composer, arranger, conductor and two-time Grammy Award winner Alan Broadbent unveils his fourth release for Savant Records, “Threads of Time.” Known for his many collaborations with luminaries such as Pat Metheny, Sheila Jordan and Michael Buble, Broadbent brings all that impressive experience to this deeply personal project. The …
New Music Monday for July 7, 2025
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and SpotifyTrombonist Ryan Keberle and Collectiv do Brasil explore the music of one of the world’s greatest living musical masters with “Choro das Aguas.” The album—Keberle’s third with the Sao Paulo pianist/arranger Felipe Silveira, bassist Felipe Brisola, and drummer Paulinho Vicente—features the compositions by Brazilian jazz and popular tunesmith Ivan Lins, …
New Music Monday for June 30, 2025
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and SpotifyDrummer Alyn Cosker has long been one of the most in-demand musicians on the Scottish jazz scene. A regular with the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra and top U.K. artists such as saxophonist Tommy Smith, he is also frequently called to back up international touring acts like Joe Lovano, John Scofield, …
New Music Monday for June 23, 2025
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and SpotifyIn the late 1990s, the great Cuban-American woodwind master Paquito D’Rivera was enjoying a quiet evening at his New Jersey home when car pulled up nearby. A handful of young musicians called out to him, explaining they were Cuban musicians living in Spain who wanted see where he lived. That …