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New Music Monday for January 18, 2021
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and SpotifyAt only 30-years-old, pianist Emmet Cohen—the winner of the American Pianists Association’s 2019 Cole Porter Fellowship—has made a name for himself performing and recording with jazz masters Jimmy Cobb, Ron Carter, Benny Golson, Tootie Heath and George Coleman, among others. On his new album, “Future Stride,” Cohen revisits …
New Music Monday for January 11, 2021
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and SpotifyThe effects of the bebop revolution in jazz music are still being felt and explored. Of the half dozen true pioneers of the movement, pianist Bud Powell has remained somewhat in the shadows, although his work has become a major touchstone for true devotees of the music and …
New Music Monday for January 4, 2021
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and SpotifyFour-time Juno Award winner Neil Swainson was born and raised in the province of British Columbia, moving to his home base of Toronto in the late ‘70s. Over his career he’s recorded on albums with George Shearing, Jay McShann and Woody Shaw and performed with Diana Krall, Nancy …
New Music Monday for December 28, 2020
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and SpotifyDrummer/composer Jeff Cosgrove uses his sixth album as a leader to celebrate the music of former collaborator, bassist/composer William Parker. Cosgrove released two critically-acclaimed recordings featuring Parker and long-standing collaborator Matthew Shipp. On “History Gets Ahead of the Story,” Cosgrove offers a unique take on Parker’s long-standing quartet …
New Music Monday for December 21, 2020
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and SpotifyHailing from Indianapolis, David Childs has worked as a professional pianist in the Northeastern United States for over 30 years. He has shared the stage with jazz greats like Jimmy Heath, James Moody, Bill Watrous and the Nelson Riddle Orchestra. “Playing music well is not child’s play; however, …
New Music Monday for December 14, 2020
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify With “Cachai,” New York-based Chilean saxophonist Anibal Rojas presents his own sound: self-professed ‘immigrant music’ which fuses the rhythmic drive of Latin with the soul of R&B and the creative freedom of contemporary jazz. In the 20-plus years since Anibal emigrated to the U.S. from his native Chile, …
New Music Monday for December 7, 2020
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and SpotifyFor more than three decades as one of the most influential jazz musicians, Eric Reed has recorded close to 30 accomplished leader albums showcasing his virtuosic chops, intellectual clarity, unwavering will to swing, and ability to refract and coalesce a wide range of musical, spiritual, and personal influences …
New Music Monday for November 30, 2020
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and SpotifyFiercely swinging with purpose, the 3D Jazz Trio plays original, traditional and contemporary standards from all genres of music. Drummer Sherrie Maricle, bassist Amy Shook and pianist Jackie Warren met in May of 2014 while playing in the Diva Jazz Orchestra. From their first shared downbeat they became …