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New Music Monday for November 23, 2020
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and SpotifyDiagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer in 2012, Peter Leitch was forced to give up a decades-long career as a guitarist and band leader because of his treatment. Although he is unable to play his instrument, he is still driven to create music. Leitch has re-invented himself …
New Music Monday for November 16, 2020
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify“Music in Film: The Reel Deal” marks film producer and drummer Richard Baratta’s triumphant return to jazz after a thirty-plus year diversion, during which time Baratta became a celebrated film producer of Hollywood hits such as “The Irishman,” “Joker,” “and “The Wolf of Wall Street.” An impromptu gig …
New Music Monday for November 9, 2020
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and SpotifyGrammy nominated trombonist/composer Marshall Gilkes integrates myriad influences into a singular and distinctive voice, combining the spontaneous invention of jazz with the elegant architecture of classical composition and virtuosic technique with passionate emotion. His sound can be heard in the lush impressionism of the Maria Schneider Orchestra, the …
New Music Monday for November 2, 2020
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and SpotifyA new Matt Wilson album isn’t so much a snapshot capturing the drummer at a particular moment in time. Rather, his recordings are more like a musical family tree, vividly illustrating the web of relationships that manifest his music. A creative force since the 1980s, the drummer embodies …
New Music Monday for October 26, 2020
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify A true keeper of the flame, tenor saxophonist and former Jazz Messenger Javon Jackson continues to champion the tradition with his spirited interpretations of some well-known standards on “Déjà Vu.” Recorded during an incredibly productive stretch in 2017, it stands as a sequel of sorts to 2018’s acclaimed …
New Music Monday for October 19, 2020
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify New Orleans-born saxophonist, educator and composer Gregory Tardy is one of the most versatile jazz musicians of his generation, equally comfortable in a variety of musical and improvisational situations. His performance schedule has taken him all over the world, playing at all the major jazz festivals and …
New Music Monday for October 12, 2020
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify Specific reasons led to the piano-less quartet becoming a vehicle for the more explorative jazz practitioners of the 1950s and ‘60s, namely directness of group sound and the increased interplay between ensemble members. It was during a regular visit to Uruguay’s Punta del Este Jazz Festival that …
New Music Monday for October 5, 2020
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify The drummer of choice for some of the biggest names in jazz for more than a quarter century, Joe Farnsworth’s acute musical vision was formed over years of peerless performances and recordings with artists like George Coleman, Benny Golson, Pharoah Sanders, Curtis Fuller and Diana Krall. …