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Bassist Richie Goods credits jazz luminary Mulgrew Miller for helping him hone his jazz skills early in his career. He toured and recorded with the pianist for nine years. That opportunity brought Richie to the attention of many in the jazz community and afforded him the opportunity to record and tour with a variety of jazz artists ranging from the Headhunters, Louis Hayes and the Cannonball Adderly Legacy Band and Milt Jackson to Russell Malone, Vincent Herring, and the Manhattan Transfer. Now he pays tribute to Mulgrew with “My Left Hand Man,” featuring fresh takes of Miller’s compositions.
The Mediterranean Sea is framed by cultures that have shaped modern thought and art. The music of the region is wildly diverse but remarkably interconnected. Spanish pianist Chano Dominguez and Israeli flutist Hadar Noiberg have found each other, and their musical languages fit beautifully, as can be heard on their new recording, “Paramus.” Dominguez has long been considered one of the most influential pianist to emerge from Spain. His work in incorporating the flamenco styles of his native Andalusia into the improvised language of jazz has been revolutionary. The classically trained Noiberg went to New York from Israel to further her studies when she was 21. Since then she has been involved in musical projects of all sorts including work with Anat Cohen and Dave Valentin.
Also this week, pianist and vocalist Jon Batiste releases the second of a two-part series recorded during a six-night residency in the Fall of 2018, “Chronology of a Dream: Live at the Village Vanguard”;
award-winning guitarist Jim Robitaille is joined by sax great Dave Liebman for his first group recording in nearly decade, “A View From Within”;
and pocket trumpeter, composer and vocalist Ginetta Minichiello leads her band Ginetta’s Vendetta on “A Pocketful of Cool.”