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New Music Monday for April 19, 2021
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify Fans of Greg Skaff may know him as one of modern jazz’s premier organ jazz guitarists through his own trios with hard grooving greats like Mike LeDonne and Pat Bianchi; or as a veteran first-call sideman, from his early years with soul-jazz titan Stanley Turrentine through decades of …
New Music Monday for April 12, 2021
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify The newest recording from renowned guitarist and composer Roni Ben-Hur includes a fascinating collection of “Stories” from his genre-busting 40-year multicultural musical journey. “Recording ‘Stories’ has been a unique and very fulfilling experience,” the Israeli-born Ben-Hur says, “allowing me to incorporate songs I loved since my childhood, and …
New Music Monday for April 5, 2021
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify Award-winning pianist Michael Wolff, known for an impressive and eclectic career that has spanned nearly five decades, presents “Live at Vitellos.” Surfacing a decade after its capture at the iconic Los Angeles club Vitellos in 2011, the disc showcases the dazzling chemistry between exquisite instrumentalist and composer Mark …
New Music Monday for March 29, 2021
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify With her recorded projects ranging from post-bop arrangements of Israeli songs from youth to commissioned new works for classical saxophone, Idit Shner has been a tireless advocate for ‘making things happen’ since receiving her DMA from the University of North Texas 15 years ago. On the …
New Music Monday for March 22, 2021
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify Born in New York to Colombian parents, Nelson Riveros grew up learning about the music and cultures of the Americas. After playing a gig of some of Wes Montgomery’s vaunted repertoire a few years ago, he had the idea of reimagining the legendary guitarist’s music in Latin American …
New Music Monday for March 15, 2021
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify When pianists Chris White and Lara Driscoll perform as the Firm Roots Duo, they draw on profound lines of communication. They’ve developed that bond as spouses and as independent artists with voices of their own. Based in the Chicago area, White and Driscoll met as students at the …
New Music Monday for March 8, 2021
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and SpotifySinger and lyricist Mark Winkler and pianist and composer David Benoit have teamed up to record an album that pays homage to their 37 years of friendship. “Old Friends” is a collection of some of the artists’ favorite songs by some of their favorite composers, as well as …
New Music Monday for March 1, 2021
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and SpotifyThe venerated multi-instrumentalist and composer Joe Chambers makes a return to Blue Note Records on his new CD, “Samba de Maracatu.” In the mid-to-late 1960s, Chambers played drums for numerous Blue Note luminaries, appearing on some of the decade’s most progressive albums, including works by Wayne Shorter, Bobby …