Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify. Greg Fishman is a dynamic tenor saxophonist who has been on the Chicago jazz scene for the past twenty-five years. His bright and appealing tone and his steady stream of creative ideas have made him a major force in both the Chicago and international jazz world. He …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify. Two-time Grammy nominated Australian saxophonist and composer Troy Roberts, now based in New York City, maintains a busy performance and recording schedule around the globe with some of the great artists of today including Joey DeFrancesco and Jeff ‘Tain’ Watts. He’s also performed with Christian McBride, Dave Douglas, Sammy …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify. Bassist/composer and New Zealand native Matt Penman has spent much of the past decade developing and presenting music for the illustrious SFJazz Collective and the fantastic James Farm collective. That had left a gap between solo recordings that he felt it was time to abate. The ensemble that Penman …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify. The merging of Brazilian music and American jazz changed the trajectory of modern music. The inceptions of bossa nova, samba jazz and other fusions enabled Brazil to make its mark on jazz and beyond, via some incredible musicians and composers, including the legendary Dom Salvador. The remarkable pianist and …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify. The first week of March in 1963 was a busy one for John Coltrane. He was in the middle of a two-week run at Birdland and was gearing up for the famed “John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman” album, which he recorded on March 7. The day before, he and …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify. Whether supplying eminently tasteful but strong-as-steel backing for singers like Nancy Wilson and Sarah Vaughan, or venturing into uncharted new territory as a member of Herbie Hancock’s groundbreaking Mwandishi band, Buster Williams’ playing has always evidenced that fearless willingness to leap unhesitatingly into the unknown. With his …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify. For nearly fifty years, Eddie Daniels has continued to be one of the leading voices of modern jazz clarinet. Just as Buddy DeFranco made the transition from Benny Goodman to Charlie Parker, Daniels helped bring the clarinet from the post-bop era into the modern age. For his exciting …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify. For three decades Mike LeDonne has been an exceptional avatar of the Hammond B3 organ. Forged by his impressive jazz apprenticeship, with the likes of Benny Golson, Milt Jackson and George Coleman, LeDonne comes from a long and distinguished line of masters of that instrument. And for eighteen years, …
