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New Music Monday for July 5, 2021
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and SpotifyWhen pianist Kevin Hays, bassist Ben Street and drummer Billy Hart, three of the most admired and respected musicians in jazz, assembled on one of the darkest, coldest nights at the end of a difficult year of despair, they were merely together to perform for Smoke Jazz Club’s …
New Music Monday for June 28, 2021
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and SpotifyThe Joel Frahm Trio is a new band featuring Joel on reeds, Dan Loomis on bass and Ernesto Cervini on drums. “The Bright Side” is their debut recording and is the culmination of a musical partnership that has developed over the course of many tours and recording sessions …
New Music Monday for June 21, 2021
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and SpotifyHarold Land was a legendary hard bop tenor saxophonist who developed his playing with the Max Roach/Clifford Brown band into a personal, modern style. He moved to Los Angeles in 1955 where led his own bands and co-led ensembles with Bobby Hutcherson, Blue Mitchell and Red Mitchell. Over …
New Music Monday for June 14, 2021
Multi-Grammy nominated vocal artist Nnenna Freelon is back, delivering her eleventh album after a decade-long hiatus from the studio. With “Time Traveler,” she offers a celebration of love and a prayer of hope for those living with loss. The sessions for the disc stretched over two years, from 2018-2020, coinciding with the loss …
New Music Monday for June 7, 2021
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and SpotifyAfter appearing on a number of universally acclaimed jazz recordings last year, including those by Jazzmeia Horn, Charles Tolliver, and Gregory Tardy, multi-faceted pianist, composer and arranger Keith Brown fulfills a long-held artistic vision on “African Ripples.” The music, Brown explains, “was composed and collected to convey my …
New Music Monday for May 31, 2021
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and SpotifyPianist Jeremy Monteiro considers himself a very fortunate man. Renowned as one of the premier jazz pianists in Singapore, he is presently entering his 45th year of a career spanning concerts, education, and music administration. He has played and recorded with many of the world’s greatest jazz artists, …
New Music Monday for May 24, 2021
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and SpotifyA decades-long institution in Ann Arbor, home of the University of Michigan, and also the nearby Metro Detroit area, the Lunar Octet is back with a potent collection of originals inspired by such wide-ranging influences as mambo, samba, funk, Afrobeat and jazz on “Convergence.” The title itself suggests …
New Music Monday for May 17, 2021
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify “Listening to Jihye Lee and her mic-drop orchestra is like watching your life flash before your eyes. You see it all: the richness of spirit one can attain, all the sadness one can espouse, all the waltzing mischief to which one can aspire.” That’s what All About Jazz …