Ebo Taylor

New releases from Vornhagen, Morris, Smith & More

by Bob Osborne
February 27, 2025

A mix of old and new on this edition. I dip to the archive for a look at the tributes by Dave Douglas and Chet Doxas to the music of Jimmy Giuffre and Carla Bley. There's a look back at the work of saxophone master Julius Hemphill. In addition a selection of the best in recent ...

Billy Higgins, Hank Jones, Benny Green & Carl Allen

by Joe Dimino
February 9, 2025

We launch the 892nd episode of Neon Jazz with a true jazz veteran--Carl Allen--who's back with his first album in decades. Tippin' (2025) marks his triumphant return, all while he continues shaping the next generation of jazz as the Director of Jazz Studies at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. This hour is packed with stories from ...

Claire Daly, Ambrose Akinmusire, Ingrid Jensen, Mark Turner and Sasha Berliner

by Hobart Taylor
February 5, 2025

Remembering Claire Daly plus new music from Ambrose Akinmusire and Sasha Berliner, and introducing Jimmy Farace.Playlist Joona Toivanen Trio “Green Model" from Gravity (We Jazz) 0:00 Caili O'Doherty “ Bluer Than Blue" from Bluer Than Blue (Oustside In) 4:23 Ebo Taylor “Kusi Na Sibo" from Jazz Is Dead 22 (Jazz Is Dead) 10:36 Claire ...

Worldwide Special: Ginger Johnson, Ebo Taylor, Themba, Gerardo Friscina & Toco, Timo Lassy, & More

by Tony Poole
January 31, 2025

Tony Poole dives into the latest Afro-Cuban, Latin, and Brazilian jazz releases on this special worldwide edition. Expect a vibrant mix of fresh grooves and captivating rhythms that continue to push the boundaries of the music they call jazz. Playlist madoron “Samba de Flora" from A Door (Urban Discos) Salin Cheewapansri “Lam Intro" from ...

Earl Rose, Fran?ois Couturier and Dominique Pifar��ly, Nyron Higor, Ebo Taylor

by Cheryl K.
January 30, 2025

During this week's two-hour program of jazz and improvised music, selections from new releases by pianist Earl Rose; pianist Fran?ois Couturier and violinist Dominique Pifar��ly; vocalist Nyron Higor; The Greyboy Allstars; saxophonist Phil Bancroft; guitarist and vocalist Ebo Taylor; Eclectic Maybe Band; and the Jamie Clark Trio. Playlist Keith Jarrett “How Long Has This ...

Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Jazz Is Dead And More

by Tony Poole
August 20, 2024

Second edition of the new AAJ music mix series focusing on new jazz releases. Each episode features ten brand new tracks released during the past week from my favourite new albums, EP's and singles. As usual, the sessions play a broad selection of jazz genres; Afro, Latin, Mambo, funk, fusion and occasionally a welcome reissue. This ...

RAH & The Ruffcats: Orile To Berlin

by Chris May
July 4, 2024

Among the many Afrobeat bands which have emerged outside Nigeria since Fela Kuti passed in 1997, some of them first class, only a tiny few have succeeded in getting close to the sheer majesty of sound that Kuti conjured. The honor roll notably includes London's Soothsayers and Dele Sosimi Afrobeat Orchestra. Here comes another honoree. Take ...

Beyond Afrobeat: Kokoroko's World of Black Music

by Peter Jones
March 19, 2022

London-based octet Kokoroko has been led by trumpeter-vocalist Sheila Maurice-Grey since she formed it in 2014 with percussionist Onome Edgeworth. The band's original idea was to update Afrobeat for a 21st century audience, inspired by the likes of Ebo Taylor, Tony Allen, and Fela Kuti. It was the extraordinary public reaction to their first release--a single ...

Corrado Beld�� il poliedrico: su NovaraJazz e non solo

by Libero Farn��
May 17, 2021

Dopo aver partecipato a NovaraJazz per un paio di giorni nel 2008 e nel 2011, ho incontrato di nuovo il suo direttore artistico Corrado Beld�� al Talos Festival di Ruvo di Puglia nel 2014, quando di scena era l'Instant Composers Pool. Mi trovai di fronte un quarantenne giovanile, estroverso, sempre pronto a una risata contagiosa e ...