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Amina Claudine Myers, Hard Bop Messengers, Svei?, Steve Smith and Vital Information

By Cheryl K. | The Jazz Disturbance
June 23, 2025
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During this week's two-hour program of Jazz and improvised music, choice selections from new releases by keyboardist Amina Claudine Myers; vocalist Raquel Marina; producer and instrumentalist Adrian Younge; the trio Svei?; and drummer Steve Smith and Vital Information.

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Andrew Hill

piano
1931 - 2007

" data-original-title="" title="">Andrew Hill "Dedication" from Point of Departure (Blue Note) 6:38

Amina Claudine Myers

piano
b.1942

" data-original-title="" title="">Amina Claudine Myers "Twilight" from Solace of the Mind (Red Hook) 4:49

Grant Richards

piano

" data-original-title="" title="">Grant Richards "Asunder" from Menagerie (La Reserve) 5:08

George Crotty

cello

" data-original-title="" title="">George Crotty "Cigarettes at Sunrise" from Heart Music (George Crotty) 5:24

Keith LaMar

poet / spoken word

" data-original-title="" title="">Keith LaMar and Albert Marquès "The Journey" from Live from Death Row (Keith Lamar and Albert Marquès) 9:39

Gil Scott-Heron

vocals
1949 - 2011

" data-original-title="" title="">Gil Scott-Heron "Your Soul and Mine" from I'm New Here (XL Recordings) 2:02

Esther Phillips

vocals
1935 - 1984

" data-original-title="" title="">Esther Phillips "From a Whisper to a Scream" from From a Whisper to a Scream (CTI) 3:24

Raquel Marina

vocals

" data-original-title="" title="">Raquel Marina "My Bohemian Hour" from Kind Words (Raquel Marina) 2:51

DJ Notoya "Bokura No Date (feat. Koji Kobayashi)" from DJ Notoya Presents Tokyo Bliss—Japanese Funk, Boogie and City Pop from King Records 1974-88 (WeWantSounds) 3:08

Hard Bop Messengers

band / ensemble / orchestra
b.2018

" data-original-title="" title="">Hard Bop Messengers "Althea" from Live at Old Rock House (Hard Bop Messengers) 6:09

Bobby West

piano

" data-original-title="" title="">Bobby West "Spirit Move Sunset" from Requiem For Mary Turner (Soulville Sound Recordings) 4:12

Charles Kynard

organ, Hammond B3
1933 - 1979

" data-original-title="" title="">Charles Kynard "Lime Twig" from Wogo (WeWantSounds) 3:47

Adrian Younge

keyboards

" data-original-title="" title="">Adrian Younge "Nos Somos as Estrelas" from Something About April (Jazz Is Dead) 2:22

Brian Molley Quartet and the Asin Langa Ensemble "Two City Tales" from Journeys (BGMM) 7:40

Sveið "M@nt1c0rΞ" from Latent Imprints (577) 4:36

Ivo Perelman

saxophone, tenor
b.1961

" data-original-title="" title="">Ivo Perelman "Armageddon Flower" from Armageddon Flower (Tao Forms) 11:29

William Hooker

drums
b.1946

" data-original-title="" title="">William Hooker "Movement 2" from A Time Within: Live at the NY Jazz Museum, January 14, 197 (Valley of Search) 4:11

Steve Smith and Vital Information

band / ensemble / orchestra

" data-original-title="" title="">Steve Smith and Vital Information "Josef the Alchemist" from New Perspective (Drum Legacy) 3:52

Jaleel Shaw

saxophone, alto
b.1978

" data-original-title="" title="">Jaleel Shaw "Gina's Ascent" from Painter of the Invisible (Changu) 9:32

Eric Reed

piano
b.1970

" data-original-title="" title="">Eric Reed "They" from Out Late (Smoke Sessions) 4:12

Brian Eaton

multi-instrumentalist
b.1966

" data-original-title="" title="">Brian Eaton "Oregon Yew" from Like a Root Out of Dry Ground (Eatin') 6:54

John Scofield

guitar
b.1951

" data-original-title="" title="">John Scofield "Willa Jean" from Combo 66 (Verve) 7:59

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