Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify One of the Bay Area’s most dynamic multi-genre trumpeters for over four decades, Bill Ortiz recorded and toured the world with Santana for 16 years, and has recorded/or performed with legends of jazz like Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Chick Corea and Tito Puente. “Points of View,” the …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify Last year, organist Brian Charette had the idea for a new recording that would be more traditional then his other albums, which often placed the organ in a more unconventional role with electronics and wind ensembles. He wrote some swinging bebop tunes with a classic approach that …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and SpotifyThe singular catalog of the great pianist/composer Carla Bley has been celebrated and performed for decades. She has not only performed her unique compositions in her own bands but has had them canonized by such legendary artists at Gary Burton and Paul Bley. Having had first-hand experience playing …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify NYO Jazz’s first full-length studio album, “We’re Still Here,” features artistic director, bandleader, and trumpeter Sean Jones and special guest Melissa Aldana on tenor sax, plus an appearance by trombonist Wycliffe Gordon. One of Carnegie Hall’s three acclaimed national youth ensembles, NYO Jazz—comprising outstanding young musicians ages 16-19 from …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify In 1962, two of the most influential and talented instrumentalists that Cuba ever produced were brought together. Reedman Paquito D’Rivera was invited to hear pianist Chucho Valdes at a local club in South Havana. The two soon became a musical partnership that helped shape jazz in Cuba. Their …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify Fifteen years after the release of his first album as a leader, keyboardist, composer and arranger Martin Bejerano still insists his is not a great Latin piano player. “I’m not someone who is satisfied with doing just one kind of music,” he readily admits, pointing to the broad stylistic diversity …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and SpotifyCarol Sloane is not a household name, but it should be. Legions of ardent jazz fans are more than acquainted with her smooth yet agile vocal stylings and the ease with which she delivers the most challenging standards. Jazz greats such as Oscar Peterson, Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify Born in Yaroslavl, Russia, trumpeter Alex Sipiagin won top honors at the 1990 International Louis Armstrong Competition. After relocating to New York City, he’s been a favored player for various bands including the Gil Evans Orchestra, the George Gruntz Concert Jazz Band, the Mingus Big Band, Dynasty and …
