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New Music Monday for September 16, 2024
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify John Beasley’s musical journey has been a whirlwind of creative activity since the 1980s. As a keyboardist, arranger, composer, educator, conductor, record producer, and music director, he has contributed to countless memorable, critically-acclaimed projects. “Returning to Forever” is another standout achievement in his illustrious career, this time …
New Music Monday for September 9, 2024
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify From the moment he picks up his guitar, Thom Rotella’s passion for music is palpable. Beyond his solo work, his collaborations with legendary artists and contributions to various projects cover an extraordinarily wide spectrum of music and entertainment heavy hitters including Stanley Turrentine, Frank Sinatra, Burt Bacharach, …
New Music Monday for September 2, 2024
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify Critically acclaimed pianist, composer band bandleader Emmet Cohen has traveled the world with his sold-out performances, created and hosted one of the most highly watched regular online jazz shows in the world, and has earned a reputation for cultivating an atmosphere with his musicality for generations of …
New Music Monday for August 26, 2024
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify Internationally renowned pianist and composer Michael Wolff is well known for playing with a who’s who of jazz legends, from Cal Tjader, Cannonball Adderly and Sonny Rollins to Nancy Wilson, Christian McBride and so many more. In pop culture, he’s best known for his five-year run as the …
New Music Monday for August 19, 2024
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify “Elias Haslanger Meets Mike Sailors” is the culmination of a musical friendship spanning nearly two decades. An Austin, Texas-native, Haslanger turned his obsession with Charlie Parker into a robust career divided between Texas and New York—performing and recording with Maynard Ferguson, Ellis Marsalis and others. Upon his return to …
New Music Monday for August 12, 2024
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify In 1989, George Benson collaborated with celebrated composer-arranger Robert Farnon and his orchestra to create “Dreams Do Come True,” with Farnon’s lush arrangements perfectly complementing Benson’s soulful vocals and fluid guitar work on a program of American standards and reimagined pop classics. The recording was made during a …
New Music Monday for August 5, 2024
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify Jazz festivals worldwide have seen trumpeter Alex Sipiagin performing with the likes of Dave Holland, Michael Brecker, the Mingus groups, and many more. In 1990 he participated in the Thelonious Monk Institute’s International Louis Armstrong Competition, winning top honors. In his early career, Alex became a favored player …
New Music Monday for July 29, 2024
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify NEA Jazz Master Louis Hayes certainly personifies the term “living history.” He arrived in New York City in 1956 and joined the Horace Silver Quintet and, three years later, was working with Cannonball Adderly. He made several famous recordings with John Coltrane and, over the next 60 years, …