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New Music Monday for October 21, 2019
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify. Reedman Adrian Cunningham celebrates the music of iconic composer Frederick Loewe this fall with “Adrian Cunningham & his Friends Play Lerner & Lowe,” featuring pianist Fred Hersch, bassist John Hebert and drummer Eric McPherson along with special guests Randy Brecker on trumpet and Wycliffe Gordon on trombone. Cunningham …
New Music Monday for October 14, 2019
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify. In June of 1964, John Coltrane and his classic quartet went into Van Gelder Studios and, in an unprecedented move for the saxophonist, recorded new versions of some his most famous works. Earlier that year, a year in which he recorded “A Love Supreme” and “Crescent”, Coltrane …
New Music Monday for October 7, 2019
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify. When an iconic pianist like Chick Corea gets together with such modern masters as bassist Christian McBride and drummer Brian Blade, it comes as no surprise that the music they make is magical. Their 2014 live set, “Trilogy,” earned universal acclaim and a pair of Grammy Awards. …
New Music Monday for September 30, 2019
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify. New York-based Ray Blue has been an important tenor saxophonist on the jazz scene for the past 20 years, leading his own ensembles on a regular basis since 2001. Among those he’s worked with over the years include Eddie Henderson, the Charlie Persip Super Band, Wycliffe Gordon, …
New Music Monday for September 23, 2019
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify. Miles Davis shocked the music world in 1985 when he left Columbia Records after 30 years to join Warner Bros. Records. In October of that year, he began recording the album “Rubberband” in Los Angeles. The musical direction Davis was taking during the sessions marked a radical …
New Music Monday for September 16, 2019
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify. In his very productive career, Henrik Meurkens has excelled on both harmonica and vibraphone in many different settings—ranging from straight ahead jazz to Brazilian music. He’s collaborated with such notables as Herb Ellis, Mundell Lowe, Charlie Byrd, James Moody, Paquito D’Rivera and Ray Brown among many others. …
New Music Monday for September 9, 2019
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify. “He wasn’t just one of the guys. For me, he was beyond that,” says Miguel Zenon about Ismael Rivera, the subject of his latest project, “Sonero.” “He exemplified the highest level of artistry. He was like Bird, Mozart, Einstein, Ali—he was that guy.” Zenon and his quartet offer …
New Music Monday for September 2, 2019
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify. The art form commonly referred to as Latin jazz is a musical expression of the heart and soul of New York, an exciting reflection of the rhythms and spirit of the city’s merging of Latino and African-American cultures. The music of Bill O’Connell is a product of …