Wednesday, January 20, 2021 from JazzWorldQuest - Jazz News With A Global Perspective
The Volunteered Slaves Nouveau single Astronaef Disponible en digital chez Day After Music Les Volunteered Slaves reviennent avec un cinquième opus, une ode à l’espace. Le disque appelé SpaceShipOne est...Wednesday, January 20, 2021 from NPR Topics: Music
Lady Gaga and Jennifer Lopez will co-headline the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden on Wed, Jan. 20. The day features a variety of performances from other musical artists.Wednesday, January 20, 2021 from JazzWorldQuest - Jazz News With A Global Perspective
The timing is finally right for the release of Marc Hoffman’s, Always Waiting, an album of 10 new originals. “There was a lot of stop and start with this project, thanks to pauses for a couple of film projects and a deadline for a...Wednesday, January 20, 2021 from NPR Topics: Music
Downs speaks with Rachel Martin about "Dark Eyes," a song inspired by essential workers from Native American communities who are often overlooked.Wednesday, January 20, 2021 from All About Jazz Feature Articles
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Elan Mehler is well known as a producer and as co-founder of the all-vinyl Newvelle Records label, which he co-founded in 2016. Mehler's pianist-composer bona fides are long-established. His eight recordings to date have reflected a wide...Wednesday, January 20, 2021 from All About Jazz Feature Articles
Wednesday, January 20, 2021 from All About Jazz CD Reviews
It must be gratifying to accomplish everything you set out to do. Pianist Hal Galper says he has done just that. And, after a career that included work with trumpeter Chet Baker and saxophonists Cannonball Adderley and Stan Getz , along...Wednesday, January 20, 2021 from All About Jazz Feature Articles
Wednesday, January 20, 2021 from All About Jazz CD Reviews
Twentieth century artists were often known to power their creative process with a jazz soundtrackand#151;Jackson Pollack's frenzied brushstrokes supposedly sparked by bebop horn spurtsand#151;while further back loftily enlightened...Wednesday, January 20, 2021 from All About Jazz Feature Articles
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The distance between New Orleans (Louisiana, USA) and Havana (Cuba) is almost exactly 670 miles, about a two-hour flight. But it takes only one listen to Putumayo Records' anthology New Orleans Mambo: Cuba to NOLA to bridge the distance...Wednesday, January 20, 2021 from NPR Topics: Music
Bannon and Lil Wayne were two of dozens of people granted clemency by Trump just hours before his terms comes to a close.Wednesday, January 20, 2021 from All About Jazz News
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Tuesday, January 19, 2021 from NPR Topics: Music
Howard University's Showtime Marching Band will be part of the inaugural activities. Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, a Howard graduate, often included drum lines in her campaign events.Tuesday, January 19, 2021 from NPR Topics: Music
A new five-CD set features Stampfel's recording of a favorite song for each year of the last century. The resulting collection is a wonderful survey of popular music — as well as lots of great fun.Tuesday, January 19, 2021 from NPR Topics: Music
The 10th grader with a preternatural skill for the banjo performed a set of Appalachian folk music for Tiny Desk Meets globalFEST.Tuesday, January 19, 2021 from NPR Topics: Music
Just as soon as you think you have a frame of reference for the Brooklyn band's sound, it swerves into an entirely new direction. Palberta's new album, Palberta5000 , comes out Jan. 22.Tuesday, January 19, 2021 from NPR Topics: Music
An eight-piece backing band, dressed almost entirely in white, helps Garzón-Montano bring the music of his latest album, Agüita , to life.Tuesday, January 19, 2021 from All About Jazz News
Tuesday, January 19, 2021 from All About Jazz CD Reviews
Presenting an equal amount of originals and covers/standards, Norwegian pianist Eivind Austad 's New Orleans Trio channels The Big Easy's musical spirit through gospel-tinged ruminations, extended blues forms and a healthy portion of New...Tuesday, January 19, 2021 from All About Jazz Feature Articles
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Six years after the release of his solo debut, Golden Age (Okeh, 2014), Nir Felder's follow-up II brings into sharper focus some of the guitarist's more compelling dichotomies as a player. His instrument of choice is the usually more...Tuesday, January 19, 2021 from All About Jazz Feature Articles
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Multi-instrumentalist and composer Michael Robinson utilizes a unique amalgam of acoustic and digital technology to create captivating sonic tapestries. His genre-defying pieces are crafted with the rigour of a classicist yet they brim...Tuesday, January 19, 2021 from All About Jazz CD Reviews
In a 1977 magazine interview, New York Yankees Hall of Famer Reggie Jackson (in)famously referred to himself as "the straw that stirs the drink" for his team. On this trio set with organ player and composer Ron Oswanski and...Monday, January 18, 2021 from All About Jazz News
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Kari Ikonen(Finland)-Trance Oriental Composer: Kari Ikonen Album: Impressions, Improvisations and Compositions Label: Ozella Music Kari Ikonen recorded Impressions, Improvisations and Compositions on his historic Steinway in his...Monday, January 18, 2021 from All About Jazz Feature Interviews
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In his newest work, Falling Out of Time , composer Osvaldo Golijov explores a painful subject — the death of a child. He was inspired by a unique literary work by Israeli writer David Grossman.Monday, January 18, 2021 from All About Jazz News
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Pharoahe Monch's fed-up rock band performs four songs for our Tiny Desk quarantine series.Monday, January 18, 2021 from All About Jazz News
Monday, January 18, 2021 from All About Jazz CD Reviews
Argentinian guitarist Guillermo Bazzola 's deep admiration for late flugelhornist and composer Kenny Wheeler began to blossom back in 1979, when Bazzola was only 17 years old and first discovered the trumpet player's early oeuvre... [...Monday, January 18, 2021 from All About Jazz CD Reviews
As a North Carolinian, guitarist Scott Sawyer may not enjoy the visibility of his counterparts in better-known jazz meccas, but fans of contemporary jazz guitar shouldn't pass him up. With some smart songwriting instincts and a knack for...Monday, January 18, 2021 from All About Jazz Feature Articles
Monday, January 18, 2021 from All About Jazz CD Reviews
Although a peerless pianist, Craig Taborn has been captivated by electronics since the age of 12, and he scratches that itch big-time on Compass Confusion. The role of post-production treatments in the creation of jazz records has a long...Monday, January 18, 2021 from All About Jazz CD Reviews
A historic cultural achievement, The Dancing Devils of Djibouti celebrates the first recording to emerge with international distribution from the East African nation of Djibouti. Djibouti, among the smallest and youngest nations of...Sunday, January 17, 2021 from NPR Topics: Music
Gospel great Fred Hammond discusses his participation in "The 2021 Inaugural Gospel Celebration: An Evening of Inspiration and Unity," which will take place Wednesday.Sunday, January 17, 2021 from All About Jazz News
Sunday, January 17, 2021 from NPR Topics: Music
The famous — even infamous — producer, known for his "wall of sound," died Saturday. He produced records for The Ronettes, Ike and Tina Turner as well as The Beatles, among many others.Sunday, January 17, 2021 from NPR Topics: Music
The Tunisian-born singer capped the second night of our Tiny Desk Meets globalFEST virtual festival.Sunday, January 17, 2021 from NPR Topics: Music
The band explored the many facets of Peruvian cumbia music for its Tiny Desk Meets globalFEST performance.Sunday, January 17, 2021 from NPR Topics: Music
NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with Jeremiah Fraites of the Lumineers about his new solo album, Piano Piano.Sunday, January 17, 2021 from All About Jazz News
Sunday, January 17, 2021 from All About Jazz CD Reviews
Dutch pianist Erik Verway lives in a houseboat on the river Amstel, in Amsterdam. His view takes in the shimmering water and the geometry of the right angled architectures jutting from the greenery of the shoreline. It is a view that...Sunday, January 17, 2021 from All About Jazz CD Reviews
Ben Rosenblum uses a lot of different instrumental elements on this release. For starters, he himself plays both piano and accordion, and his sextet also features trumpet, reeds and guitar. In addition, vibraphone and trombone show up on...Sunday, January 17, 2021 from All About Jazz Feature Articles
