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New Music Monday for July 7, 2025
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and SpotifyTrombonist Ryan Keberle and Collectiv do Brasil explore the music of one of the world’s greatest living musical masters with “Choro das Aguas.” The album—Keberle’s third with the Sao Paulo pianist/arranger Felipe Silveira, bassist Felipe Brisola, and drummer Paulinho Vicente—features the compositions by Brazilian jazz and popular tunesmith Ivan Lins, …
New Music Monday for June 30, 2025
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and SpotifyDrummer Alyn Cosker has long been one of the most in-demand musicians on the Scottish jazz scene. A regular with the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra and top U.K. artists such as saxophonist Tommy Smith, he is also frequently called to back up international touring acts like Joe Lovano, John Scofield, …
New Music Monday for June 23, 2025
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and SpotifyIn the late 1990s, the great Cuban-American woodwind master Paquito D’Rivera was enjoying a quiet evening at his New Jersey home when car pulled up nearby. A handful of young musicians called out to him, explaining they were Cuban musicians living in Spain who wanted see where he lived. That …
New Music Monday for June 16, 2025
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and SpotifyNoah Haidu’s Standards Trio has played the top jazz venues from New York to Los Angeles, and will be out on the road from coast to coast and in key European cities throughout this year in support of their new album. “Standards III” continues Noah’s critically acclaimed collaboration with legends …
New Music Monday for June 9, 2025
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and SpotifyA few years back, bassist John Clayton got in touch with his friend Mulgrew Miller and invited him into the studio to record. Not with the intentions of making an album, but simply for the joy of playing music with a good friend. That day, as did with every other …
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, …