Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and SpotifyA new Matt Wilson album isn’t so much a snapshot capturing the drummer at a particular moment in time. Rather, his recordings are more like a musical family tree, vividly illustrating the web of relationships that manifest his music. A creative force since the 1980s, the drummer embodies …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify A true keeper of the flame, tenor saxophonist and former Jazz Messenger Javon Jackson continues to champion the tradition with his spirited interpretations of some well-known standards on “Déjà Vu.” Recorded during an incredibly productive stretch in 2017, it stands as a sequel of sorts to 2018’s acclaimed …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify New Orleans-born saxophonist, educator and composer Gregory Tardy is one of the most versatile jazz musicians of his generation, equally comfortable in a variety of musical and improvisational situations. His performance schedule has taken him all over the world, playing at all the major jazz festivals and …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify Specific reasons led to the piano-less quartet becoming a vehicle for the more explorative jazz practitioners of the 1950s and ‘60s, namely directness of group sound and the increased interplay between ensemble members. It was during a regular visit to Uruguay’s Punta del Este Jazz Festival that …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify The drummer of choice for some of the biggest names in jazz for more than a quarter century, Joe Farnsworth’s acute musical vision was formed over years of peerless performances and recordings with artists like George Coleman, Benny Golson, Pharoah Sanders, Curtis Fuller and Diana Krall. …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify “A killer line-up of players, composers and performers who hail from all over the world…they all converge on this extremely cosmopolitan, sleek, rhythm-forward modern sound.” So says NPR Music about the debut of the all-female jazz super group Artemis, comprised of pianist and musical director Renee Rosnes, clarinetist …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and SpotifyFor the past 17 years, the Grammy Award-winning Spanish Harlem Orchestra has earned their reputation as today’s premiere salsa ensemble. Considered “the leading light of the salsa reconstruction movement” by Newsday, they have performed on the world’s top stages and at nearly every major jazz festival, including those …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and SpotifyWhile a few organists have recorded with a big band (including Jimmy Smith with Oliver Nelson), Radam Schwartz remembers the Richard ‘Groove’ Holmes collaboration with the Gerald Wilson Orchestra on his new CD, “Message from Groove and GW.” Born and raised in New York City, Radam has worked …
