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Simona Premazzi, Will Bernard, Beth Custer, Tania Giannouli & More
Episode 249
A revelation of an album, "Sky" by Will Bernard, Beth Custer open a playlist which explores three piano jazz formats, solo, duo and trio, through a number of impressive recent releases.
The playlist a…
Published on 2 years, 4 months ago
A Hip-Hop Jazz Thing @50 - Part 2
Episode 250
This week take a look back at decades of productive and progressive relationship between jazz and hip-hop, with a focus on international projects and collaborations between jazz and hip-hop artists. …
Published on 2 years, 4 months ago
A Hip-Hop Jazz Thing @50 - Part 1
Episode 250
Somehow a birthday has been identified for Hip-Hop, 11 August 1973, so in a couple of days you'll run into tons of initiatives marking the fiftieth anniversary of the birth of Hip-Hop. Should you cat…
Published on 2 years, 4 months ago
Lucy Woodward, Cautious Clay, Collettivo Immaginario, Jason Moran & More
Episode 249
Lucy Woodward returns with a powerful single paving the way for a full-length album not to be missed, and for a playlist under the sign of electro-acoustic creativity, Brazilian influences and fearle…
Published on 2 years, 4 months ago
Todd Sickafoose, Stewart Copeland, Amaury Faye, Mick Rossi & More
Episode 248
The much awaited return of Tood Sickafoose graces our playlist together with other gem ranging from the gorgeous to the adventurous, with a couple of surprising contributions from musicians whose rel…
Published on 2 years, 4 months ago
Jane Birkin, Tony Bennett + Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Francesco Chiapperini, Nora Stanley & More
Episode 248
This week we start with a remembrance of Tony Bennett and Jane Birkin, two artists who had a number of common traits that went well beyond their musicality, from their progressive activism to their m…
Published on 2 years, 5 months ago
Donny McCaslin, Kira Linn, Meshell Ndegeocello, Alexander Claffy & More
Episode 247
This week's playlist features two recent albums by, and featuring, Donny McCaslin , the new album by German baritonist Kara Linn plus a score of forward looking bass players and leaders, from Meshell…
Published on 2 years, 5 months ago
Eleonora Strino, Yussef Dayes, Erik Truffaz, Hernan Cassibba & More
Episode 247
After a couple of weeks focusing on some of our favorite tunes from the first half of the year here we are back on our night road to some of the most exciting new and upcoming releases, many of them …
Published on 2 years, 5 months ago
A Few of My Favorite 2023 Jazz Things (so far) - Part 4
Episode 246
Africana to Americana and beyond in the final installment of our retrospective of some of the most memorable tunes we got to hear during the first half of the year.
The playlist features Bill Laurance…
Published on 2 years, 5 months ago
A Few of My Favorite 2023 Jazz Things (so far) - Part 3
Episode 246
Last week we focused our playlist on some of our favorite tracks from the first six months of the year. Evidently two hours were not enough and we could not play them all… so here we are going throug…
Published on 2 years, 5 months ago