On this episode John and Noah do a little catch up with a collection of songs from last week’s show, covering a broad timeline in blues with oldies and new releases. One song in particular brought to mind important lessons we can all learn from diving into our nation’s history. To learn what that lesson was, and the song that inspired it, tune into this week’s episode! Songs featured in the episode”
- Altered Five – All Suit No Soul
- Eric Gales – Put It Back
- Mississippi John Hurt – candy Man
- Lead Belly – Black Betty
- Jimi Hendrix – Red House
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When the 18-time Grammy Award-winning banjoist Bela Fleck speaks of his years-long collaboration with the late pianist Chick Corea, he can sound like a bashful student musician, still obviously in awe of the jazz titan whose impact transformed him as a teenager in the ‘70s. “Remembrance” is a new double album which serves as a moving final document of the profound creative and personal rapport that Fleck and Corea first showcased in 2007. It’s also a crucial addendum to Corea’s legacy, featuring three of his previously unreleased compositions as well as five short free improvisations, recorded live in concert in 2019 and via traded sound files in the midst of the Covid pandemic.
“Cubop Lives!” is the latest release by multi-faceted pianist Zaccai Curtis. As a musician who is so deeply steeped in the jazz and bebop tradition and so vivaciously immersed in the worlds of Afro-Cuban jazz, Curtis found himself wanting to pay homage to the great musicians in whose steps he has trod who brought together the distinct fusion of these musical cultures. The album title holds manifold meaning as it pays tribute to the music that has come before it, Cubop referring to the cultural and musical fusion of Cuban music and bebop.
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