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New Music Monday for January 15, 2018
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify. Critically acclaimed vocalist Jeff Baker returns with his fifth release, “Phrases,” an alive and bristling set of originals and thoughtfully conceived pop and jazz standards. Collaborating with some of the most influential and compelling jazz musicians in the world today—Brian Blade, Steve Wilson, Marquis Hill, …
New Music Monday for January 8, 2018
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify. Wayne Escoffery reaching is 40th birthday marked a period of big change for the award-winning saxophonist both artistically and in his personal life. He had reached a crossroads. Escoffery had spent a happy and successful decade in the band of trumpeter Tom Harrell but felt that …
New Music Monday for January 1, 2018
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify. Clovis Nicolas has been an important voice on the New York music scene since his arrival from Paris in the early 2000s. Having already established himself as a first-call bassist in Europe, he quickly garnered attention with many of the music’s most noted players, including Peter …
New Music Monday for December 25, 2017
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify. Calgary’s Prime Time Big Band is one of Canada’s premiere large jazz ensembles. Conceived of and led by former Canadian Armed Forces Band director and trumpeter Dave Jones, they are one of the busiest working big bands in the county featuring some of Alberta’s top jazz musicians. …
New Music Monday for December 18, 2017
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify. Saxophonist Kamasi Washington’s new EP, “Harmony of Difference,” premiered as part of the Whitney Museum of American Art’s 2017 Biennial alongside a film by A.G Rojas and also featuring artwork by Kamasi’s sister, Amani Washington. It’s an original six-part suite that explores the philosophical possibilities of the musical technique …
New Music Monday for December 11, 2017
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify. Following up on their Juno-nominated debut, “Murphy” is the exciting new recording from the Toronto-based nonet, the Carn Davidson 9, an ensemble formed at the beginning of 2010. Trombonist William Carn has emerged as one of Canada’s leading jazz composers and performers. He’s performed and recorded …
New Music Monday for December 4, 2017
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify. While the recording studio offers an ideal, controlled environment for audio fidelity and perfectionist tinkering, the bandstand is where any musician’s mettle is tested—live in the moment, under the scrutinizing gaze of a rapt audience. On the new CD, “Kalamazoo,” trombonist/composer Delfeayo Marsalis places his gift for entertaining …
New Music Monday for November 27, 2017
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify. Nothing gets music lovers in a celebrating mood like listening to their favorite Christmas carols, and a new CD, “Baby, It’s Cold Outside,” from trumpeter Chris Pasin delivers a whopping dose of holiday cheer. Pasin has proved himself among the most versatile of musicians. Besides fronting …