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New Music Monday for November 11, 2024
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify Trombonist Steve Davis was still in his late teens when he first shared the stage with trumpet master Eddie Henderson. At the end of the set, Henderson encouraged Davis, telling him “Man, you’re going to be a star one day.” Indeed, Davis is now revered as one of the …
New Music Monday for November 4, 2024
Already hailed by NPR’s “Youngbloods” series as a star in the making, alto saxophonist Sarah Hanahan has put her name on the map by performing and touring with renowned musicians including Peter Martin, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Joe Farnsworth, Steve Davis, and the Grammy Award-winning Mingus Big Band. Now with the release of her debut album, …
New Music Monday for October 28, 2024
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify A select number of musicians throughout history have left indelible marks, taking the music to new heights on their instruments. J.J. Johnson was one of those. He was the first to adapt the complexities of bebop to the trombone, and every subsequent style on the instrument has been …
New Music Monday for October 21, 2024
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify The Hot Club of San Francisco has never shied away from putting their own stamp on the Gypsy jazz sound created by guitar legend Django Reinhardt and violin maestro Stephane Grappelli in 1930s Paris. Guitarist Paul Mehling, a leading force in North America’s Hot Club movement since the …
New Music Monday for October 14, 2024
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify 34-year-old Japanese-born pianist Miki Yamanaka has called New York City home since 2012 and in the past decade has wasted no time establishing herself as one of the leading personalities of her generation on the piano and beyond. Critics laud her “light, expressive touch and solidly crafted mainstream …
New Music Monday for October 7, 2024
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify Joel Frahm is celebrated as a modern icon of the tenor saxophone, known for his emotional projection and technical prowess. His career spans collaborations with leading jazz musicians such as Brad Mehldau, Matt Wilson, Jane Monheit, and Ari Hoenig, solidifying his status as one of the most important …
New Music Monday for September 30, 2024
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify After six volumes of Terry Gibbs’ 1959 Dream Band recordings were released in the ‘80s and ‘90s, the last thing Terry expected was to discover a 7th volume. But that’s indeed what happened last year when his son Gerry stumbled across a file marked “Party 1959” on the computer …
New Music Monday for September 23, 2024
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify In the summer of 2023, saxophonist and composer Wayne Escoffery found himself alone in a way that he’d never quite experienced before. He was away from home, on sabbatical in Europe with a month to himself between tours. A long-term relationship had just ended, and he was …