Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify. Paul McCartney had a great idea for an album. He just needed the world-renowned guitarist and singer John Pizzarelli to make it. Pizzarelli played on McCartney’s disc of a few years back, “Kisses on the Bottom,” and backed Sir Paul on a handful of prestigious live …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify. “Wild Dance” is a trans-generational undertaking initiated by the grand master of Italian jazz, Enrico Rava. Energized by joyous experiences on the road, the ever youthful trumpeter took his new working quartet of the last two years into the studio, joined by trombonist Gianluca Petrella, an …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify. “Speaking in Tongues” is Brazilian vocalist and composer Luciana Souza’s stunning new disc, one she describes as “a musical inquiry into language and conversation.” She draws on the talents of four of the most creative musicians working in jazz today with whom Luciana had never previously …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify. Amina Figarova was born in Baku, Azerbaijan, and as a child studied to be a classical pianist. She came to the States in 1989 to complete her studies at Boston’s Berklee College of Music, where she met her husband flutist Bart Platteau. After more than …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify. With 40 years of professional recording under his belt, John Scofield is one of the most distinctive and versatile modern jazz guitarists; his capacity to play in fusion, blues, bebop, county, avant garde and pop settings while retaining his distinctive voice is peerless. In addition to …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify. “Live in Cuba” captures nine-time Grammy Award-winner Wynton Marsalis and the world-renowned Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra’s dazzling first—and only—performances in Cuba, where they explored the profound connections between American jazz and Afro-Cuban music, from bebop to bolero and beyond. Recorded in front of …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify. Danilo Perez, John Patitucci and Brian Blade have been three quarters of the extraordinary Wayne Shorter Quartet for more than a decade. They’ve also continued their individual careers as leaders of their own projects and groups. Now, on “Children of the Light,” they step forward as …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify. Pianist Kenny Werner has played with greats across a wide spectrum of styles, including Charles Mingus, the Mel Lewis Orchestra, and harmonica virtuoso Toots Thielemans. He’s been leading a trio with drummer Ari Hoenig and bassist Johannes Weidenmuller since 1999, an ensemble that has played the …
