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New Music Monday for June 2, 2025
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and SpotifyEd Palermo is not your typical big band leader. Renowned for his unconventional approach, Ed’s repertoire defies expectations –don’t be surprised if you hear the music of Frank Zappa, Todd Rundgren, The Police, or Pat Metheny at one of his shows. As Gil Evans once said: “He was using …
New Music Monday for May 26, 2025
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify“Ruta de la Clave,” the highly anticipated debut album from Juno-winning Cuban-Canadian percussionist, composer, producer and bandleader Joaquin Nunez, is the result of five years of creative exploration. Produced in collaboration with acclaimed New York-based Cuban pianist and jazz innovator Dayramir Gonzalez, the album offers a rich sonic journey tracing …
New Music Monday for May 19, 2025
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and SpotifyWhen the late jazz impresario and trailblazer Meghan Stabile first launched the Revivalist platform and Revive Da Live concert series in NYC, the goal was to bridge the gap between young Hip Hop audiences and traditional jazz purists. Born from this vision in 2010 was the Revive Big Band, …
New Music Monday for May 12, 2025
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and SpotifyKnown for his rich, full tone and polished improvisations, saxophonist and composer Jed Levy has earned the sobriquet of modern master. A mainstay on the New York City jazz scene for 40 years, he has played with a who’s who of jazz, including long standing working relationships with Jaki …
New Music Monday for May 5, 2025
Jazz journalist Bill Milkowski has described singer Nancy Kelly as “…a world-class jazz singer” with “…superb phrasing, excellent time, great intonation and tons of chops…” Rekindling the vibes of her early 1980s, 5-year run at Philly’s famed Jewell’s Jazz Club, Ms. Kelly gathers her musical family—saxophonist Jerry Weldon, guitarist Dave Stryker, drummer Carmen Intorre and …
New Music Monday for April 28, 2025
Internationally acclaimed jazzniks Shuffle Demons are celebrating their 40th anniversary in style, recently signing with one of Canada’s leading jazz labels, Alma Records. The first fruit of that union is the band’s eleventh album, “Are You Really Real.” All five members contribute compositions to the disc, with Juno-winning co-founder and primary composer Richard Underhill writing …
New Music Monday for April 21, 2025
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify Born and raised in the vibrant streets of Caracas, Venezuela, Silvano Monasterios is a virtuoso pianist and composer, celebrated for his intricate technique, soulful improvisations, and innovative compositions. Over a career spanning three decades, he’s captivated audiences worldwide, carving a distinctive musical voice that blends harmonic sophistication with …
New Music Monday for April 14, 2025
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify The members of the all-star family band the 3 Cohens—with siblings Anat on clarinet, Avishai on trumpet and Yuval on soprano sax—have always taken time out from their individual careers to reconvene for music-making together. They developed a deep musical bond while growing up in Tel Aviv, with …