By Laura Eckles, KCCK Programming Intern Hailing from Osaka, Japan, Akiko Tsuruga attended the Osaka College of Music. While attending Osaka, Tsuruga had the privilege to play with talented jazz musicians such as Roy Hargrove, Jeff “Tain” Watts, and Grady Tate. Grady Tate acted as a mentor and had the strongest influence on her professional …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify. The life of a jazz musician tends to be an itinerant one. While traveling the world over the past three decades, trumpeter Jim Rotondi has formed a tenuous definition of the work “home”-sometimes it can mean a permanent residence, sometimes just a welcoming room for …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify. With “Honor Thy Fathers,” Laurence Hobgood embarks on a striking new chapter in what has already been a storied career. His 18-year tenure as musical director for singer Kurt Elling drew to a close in late 2013. He seizes that opportunity with a bold and original …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify. “When You Wish Upon a Star” is the latest project from legendary guitarist and composer Bill Frisell. Comprised of music from iconic film and television scores, the disc is conceived not only as an homage, but as a celebration of music-making with longtime collaborators and their collective …
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Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube, Spotify, and SoundCloud. Considering vibraphonist Tom Collier performed his first concert at age 5, it’s safe to say most memories of his youth contain powerful musical imagery. For his latest recording, “Across the Bridge,” Collier is paired with two of the most important guitarists in jazz, Bill Frisell …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube, Spotify, and SoundCloud. Every December for more than a decade, the critically acclaimed Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis and an all-star roster of guest vocalists have explored the canon of holiday standards to perform new and traditional arrangements of Yuletide favorites. These concerts have become …
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 …
