Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify. Hailing from the remote location of Perth, West Australia, saxophonist and composer Troy Roberts has received numerous awards, including three consecutive DownBeat Jazz Soloist Awards, and was theonly Australian semi-finalist in the 2008 Thelonious Monk International Jazz Saxophone Competition. He’s performed around Europe and the U.S. …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify. The music of Latin America has long been some of the world’s most beloved, whether Brazilian bossa nova, Argentinean tango, Cuban bolero or irresistible songs from Chile, Puerto Rico and Venezuela. Pianist Edward Simon— a native of Venezuela who has made a name for himself in …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify. After a recorded trio encounter in 2005 known as Mondo Trio (with drummer Vinnie Colaiuta) that became a musicians’ favorite, kindred spirits and fellow Jeffs, keyboardist Babko and reedman Coffin, knew they had to reconvene. When drummer Keith Carlock relocated to Nashville, where Coffin resides, it …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify. “It was very moving to have all these people paying tribute to me, but I just treated it like it was another show,” six-time Grammy-winner Dr. John says of “The Musical Mojo of Dr. John: A Celebration of Mac & his Music.” The expansive live tribute set …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify. In the aftermath of one of the most bizarre presidential elections the country has ever seen, Delfeayo Marsalis and the Uptown Jazz Orchestra do their part to “Make America Great Again!” On their debut recording, the trombonist/composer and his rollicking big band take that slogan and run …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify. In 1976, bassist/composer/arranger/vocalist Gabriel Espinosa came to the United States from his home in Merida, Mexico, to study at Central College in Pella, where he received his B.A. in music. After picking up another degree at Berklee College of Music in Boston and his Master’s degree …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify. Kurt Elling has investigated matters of the soul and of faith throughout his career. He’s done so through his choice of repertoire; his inventive use of poetry, some of which dates back to the thirteenth century; and through his own writing. Filling an entire album with …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify. The world-renowned Richie Cole began his career as lead alto in the Buddy Rich Big Band, then started his own quintet and toured worldwide, popularizing bebop and his own Alto Madness style. He spends much of his time now with the Pittsburgh Alto Madness Orchestra. During a …
