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New Music Monday for March 16, 2020
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify Marc Free of the celebrated Posi-Tone Records is proud to present “Solid Moments,” the latest in a series of projects he began a couple of years ago. The album features Idle Hands, a collaborative sextet of top-tier musicians who have done illustrious work as leaders or sidemen for …
New Music Monday for March 9, 2020
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify The third volume of a sequence of albums going back to 2013, “Life Goes On” features striking new music from pianist and composer Carla Bley, whose trio with saxophonist Andy Sheppard and bassist Steve Swallow has a long history, starting in 1994. Bley has composed for …
New Music Monday for March 2, 2020
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify The minivan: a timeless icon that evokes memories ranging from little-league baseball games to nationwide music tours. “Square Peg” is bassist and composer Mark Godfrey’s first full-length album, and it hits harder than the sliding door on your family caravan. Named the 2019 Emerging Jazz Artist by the …
New Music Monday for February 24, 2020
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify Already a bona fide star in her native Denmark, singer Sinne Eeg has, in recent years, been weaving her spell in performances throughout Europe and the United States. Audiences and critics alike have responded enthusiastically to her dark, alluring voice, rich timbre, impeccable intonation, inherent sense of …
New Music Monday for February 17, 2020
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify Baltimore pianist Lafayette Harris Jr. is known for an energetic sense of rhythmic vitality, a tasty, full bodied musical approach to the keyboard, and a sensibility drenched in the blues. A staple at the Lenox Lounge in Harlem for a number of years as well as a …
New Music Monday for February 10, 2020
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify Pianist/composer Lynne Arriale’s career is graced by a love of melody and a joy of musical discovery. She was the first prize winner of the 1993 International Great American Jazz Piano Competition, and soon after launched her touring and recording career. Arriale has performed on international concert …
New Music Monday for February 3, 2020
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify Jason Tiemann, a seasoned drummer and rising star on the New York jazz scene, was primarily a self-taught jazz musician. Although classically trained, Tiemann learned and developed his improvisational skills in a rather old school way—on the bandstand through collaborations and mentorship from artists such as Lew Tabackin, …
New Music Monday for January 27, 2020
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify How do you make a comeback to a music scene that has gone through so many radical changes since your departure? The answer, as Christopher Hollyday has discovered, involves a combination of focus, perseverance, and the will to keep moving forward. In 1993, after releasing four well-regarded …