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New Music Monday for October 19, 2015
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify. “Speaking in Tongues” is Brazilian vocalist and composer Luciana Souza’s stunning new disc, one she describes as “a musical inquiry into language and conversation.” She draws on the talents of four of the most creative musicians working in jazz today with whom Luciana had never previously …
New Music Monday for October 12, 2015
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify. Amina Figarova was born in Baku, Azerbaijan, and as a child studied to be a classical pianist. She came to the States in 1989 to complete her studies at Boston’s Berklee College of Music, where she met her husband flutist Bart Platteau. After more than …
New Music Monday for October 5, 2015
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify. With 40 years of professional recording under his belt, John Scofield is one of the most distinctive and versatile modern jazz guitarists; his capacity to play in fusion, blues, bebop, county, avant garde and pop settings while retaining his distinctive voice is peerless. In addition to …
New Music Monday for September 28, 2015
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify. “Live in Cuba” captures nine-time Grammy Award-winner Wynton Marsalis and the world-renowned Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra’s dazzling first—and only—performances in Cuba, where they explored the profound connections between American jazz and Afro-Cuban music, from bebop to bolero and beyond. Recorded in front of …
New Music Monday for September 21, 2015
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify. Danilo Perez, John Patitucci and Brian Blade have been three quarters of the extraordinary Wayne Shorter Quartet for more than a decade. They’ve also continued their individual careers as leaders of their own projects and groups. Now, on “Children of the Light,” they step forward as …
New Music Monday for September 14, 2015
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify. Pianist Kenny Werner has played with greats across a wide spectrum of styles, including Charles Mingus, the Mel Lewis Orchestra, and harmonica virtuoso Toots Thielemans. He’s been leading a trio with drummer Ari Hoenig and bassist Johannes Weidenmuller since 1999, an ensemble that has played the …
New Music Monday for September 7, 2015
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify. It is fitting that four-time Grammy Award winning bassist Christian McBride would eventually record at the Village Vanguard, the most hallowed and historical nightclub in jazz: an underground Mt. Olympus where the gods of the music—from John Coltrane to Bill Evans—have cast their syncopated spells. “You …
New Music Monday for August 31, 2015
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify. Having first made a name for himself in the 1980s as chief arranger for the legendary Woody Herman, John Fedchock has continued to develop his writing style over his 35-year career. His New York Big Band has been together now for over two decades and sets …