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Steve Turre, Markus Howell, Neil Adler, April Varner and more

by Benjamin Boddie
Today's Music--Right Now! ... Fantastic music by Steve Turre, Markus Howell, Neil Adler, April Varner, Zaccai Curtis, Etienne Charles, Conrad Herwig, Ben Patterson, Behn Gillece, Jon Gordon, Troy Roberts, Bobby Broom, Alexander Claffy, Kerry Politzer, Clarence Penn, Eric Alexander, Charles McPherson, Bill Frisell, Isrea Butler, Dave Bass and more. Playlist Steve Turre Mr. Kenyatta" from Sanyas (Smoke Sessions) 00:00 Markus Howell Counterattack" from Chosen Path (Posi-Tone Records) 09:52 Neil Adler The Peacocks" from Emi's Song (Neil Adler) 14:50 ...
Continue ReadingReflecting The Past, Embracing The Future

by Bob Osborne
Jazz has been around long enough to allow for a massive library of ground breaking legacy music to build up. Current musicians often look back at that legacy, sometimes they use it, sometimes they build upon it and add a current perspective. In this way jazz is allowed to grow and develop whilst remaining true to the work of the innovators who went before. Several of this weeks pieces very much capture the spirit of past meets present, but also ...
Continue ReadingNew Music from Steve Turre Sarah Hanahan Brian Landrus and More

by Hobart Taylor
On this show we explore new music from trombonist Steve Turre, rising star saxophonist Sarah Hanahan, as well vocal tunes from Lauren Henderson, Julius Rodriguez and Third Stream music from Ryan Truesdell's Synthesis: The String Quartet Sessions." Playlist Steve Turre These Foolish Things" from Sanyas (Smoke Sessions) 0:00 Sarah Hanahan NATO" from Among Giants (Blue Engine) 6:25 Clarence Penn Come Talk To Me" from Behind The Voice (Origin) 14:24 Host Speaks 20:00 Olivia Foschi John John Joel And ...
Continue ReadingSamuel Blaser: Routes

by Chris May
The Jamaican trombonist Don Drummond (1934-1969), the inspiration for Routes, was in certain respects a mid-twentieth Jamaican parallel of the New Orleans cornetist Buddy Bolden (1877-1931). Bolden pioneered jazz in the US, Drummond in Jamaica. Both achieved mythic proportions during their lifetimes and both their legends endure. Both, tragically, spent their final years in what were then called insane asylums. One difference between the two musicians is that, while no recording of Bolden has survived, if indeed ...
Continue ReadingSteve Turre: Generations

by Dave Linn
Generations is a wonderful exploration of the bop and post-bop era. Steve Turre both looks back to his roots while encouraging the next generation of musicians to find their voice. It's a position he's eminently qualified for, considering the artists he has played with and his tenure as a long-time jazz educator. Trombone players have a unique place in the sound created in a small jazz band. Their parts helped blend and define any given melody. On this ...
Continue ReadingElio Villafranca: Cinque

by Maurizio Zerbo
Questo doppio CD è dedicato alla memoria di Joseph Cinque, che nel 1839 capeggiò la rivolta degli schiavi africani imbarcati sulla nave Amistad con destinazione Cuba e le sue piantagioni di zucchero. ? un progetto ambizioso sulla diaspora africana in cui la narrazione vocale delle vicende storiche ben si combina ad un sontuoso apparato musicale, articolato in una suite di cinque movimenti. A fare da trait d'union, l'ancestrale retroterra ritmico della regione congolese, su cui vengono di volta in volta ...
Continue ReadingSteve Turre at SMOKE

by Peter Jurew
Steve Turre SMOKE New York, NY September 11, 2016 It's not an exaggeration to state up front that New York, jazz capital of the world, contains a virtually limitless variety of jazz music joys available to anyone on any given night, which can make choosing which gig to see, and where, no simple matter. For a few reasons, the third and final night of Steve Turre and an all-star ensemble at SMOKE ...
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