New Music Monday Playlist on YouTube and Spotify. Jazz innovator Marc Cary, voted Rising Star-Keyboardist in this year’s annual DownBeat Critics Poll, updates one of the most adventurous concepts of his career with the release of “Rhodes Ahead Vol. 2.” Cary’s breakthrough disc of 1999 incorporated elements of drum n’ bass, electronic funk, house, …
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New Music Monday for March 23, 2015
New Music Monday Playlist on YouTube and Spotify. “Afrodeezia” was inspired by bassist Marcus Miller’srole as a UNESCO Artist for Peace and spokesman for the organization’s Slave Route Project. It was recorded in locations around the world including Paris, Morocco, Rio, New Orleans and Los Angeles, and features a wide range of guests including …
New Music Monday for March 16, 2015
New Music Monday Playlist on YouTube and Spotify. There have been pivotal locales which were the nurturing ground for the vanguard of many art forms. Jazz music has had a number of these spots, from New Orleans up to Kansas City and Chicago, then to New York and outward. It would not be hard …
New Music Monday for March 9, 2015
New Music Monday Playlist on YouTube and Spotify. Sure-footed swing, sweet-toned harmonies and ever-insouciant charm are embodied in the new jazz vocal trio Duchess, featuring notable New York singers Amy Cervini, Hilary Gardner and Melissa Stylianou. The group’s self-titled debut album channels the 1930s inspiration of the virtuosic Boswell Sisters into a wonderfully entertaining …
New Music Monday for March 2, 2015
New Music Playlist on YouTube and Spotify. It’s a rare combination that has made trombonist Marshall Gilkes an in-demand performer, composer and sideman since his arrival in New York City in the late 1990s. He has been a regular member of Maria Schneider’s Grammy Award-winning orchestra. Schneider describes him as, “one of those musicians …
New Music Monday for February 23, 2015
New Music Playlist on YouTube and Spotify. “Collective Portrait” is much more than just the title of Eddie Henderson’s new CD. For Henderson, it’s the heart and soul of the remarkable trumpet master’s entire approach to music expression. Taking a cue from Miles Davis’ statement that “a collective portrait is better than a self-portrait,” …
Jefferson student wins CD cover design contest
Samuel Barnhart, a senior at Cedar Rapids Jefferson High School, has been chosen as the winner of the Corridor Jazz Project CD Cover design. Barnhart will receive a $100 cash prize from KCCK and his design will adorn the cover of the “The Corridor Jazz Project VIII” — a compilation of recordings from the top …
New Music Monday for February 16, 2015
New Music Playlist on YouTube and Spotify. Pianist Vijay Iyer’s long-running and widely acclaimed trio with bassist Stephan Crump and drummer Marcus Gilmore has been in existence for eleven years now. It’s a group whose musical language is informed by more than just the jazz piano trio tradition. While Iyer acknowledges the influence of, …