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Podcast 771: A Conversation with Michael Sarian

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2020/10/29

Those following the music of trumpeter Michael Sarian over the past few years will have a pleasant surprise when they listen to New Aurora. Known for his septet Michael Sarian & The Chabones and big band The Big Chabones, the latest release from the New York based musician finds him fronting a four piece acoustic group, and playing flugelhorn in a manner that recalls ECM legends Kenny Wheeler, Enrico Rava, and Tomasz Stańko. Born in Toronto, Canada, and raised in Buenos Aires, Argentina from the

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Podcast 770: A Conversation with Matt Haviland

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2020/10/28

New-York based jazz trombonist Matt Haviland has been in demand as a performer and featured soloist with some of the top names in jazz since the early 1980s. His horn has been an important part of large groups like those led by Maria Schneider and Steven Bernstein, as well as the Mingus Big Band. He is a regular member of the Pete McGuinness Jazz Orchestra, Scott Reeves Jazz Orchestra, Peter Leitch’s New Life Orchestra, and Diane Moser’s Composer’s Big Band. But Podcast 770 lets us talk to Matt

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Podcast 769: A Conversation with Harold López-Nussa

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2020/10/27

Harold López-Nussa has been successfully making records that blur the lines between straight-ahead jazz, Latin Jazz and Cuban folk music for years now. His latest release on Mack Avenue, Te Lo Dije (the title roughly translates to "I Told You" pushes those boundries even further. López-Nussa once again has his favorite musicians working with him: Julio César González (Bass), his brother Ruy Adrían López-Nussa (Drums, Percussion) and Mayquel González (Trumpet). WIth a handful of guests to fill out

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Podcast 768: A Conversation with Dafnis Prieto

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2020/10/02

As the follow-up to his GRAMMY-winning big band album, Back to the Sunset, Cuban-born drummer, composer, educator, and 2011 MacArthur Genius Fellow Dafnis Prieto returns to a smaller group release called Transparency, on his independent music label, Dafnison Music. Prieto's fearless Sextet features a top-shelf lineup, including Román Filiú (alto sax), Alex Norris (trumpet), Peter Apfelbaum (tenor sax), Alex Brown (piano), and Johannes Weidenmueller (bass). Transparency is the third release by the

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Podcast 767: A Conversation with Noah Haidu on Kenny...

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2020/09/28

" I view Kenny as the most unique composer and pianist of his generation. Because he died young and avoided the spotlight, his brilliant compositions have been overlooked for too long" - Noah Haidu On the occasion of what would have been Kenny Kirkland's 65th birthday, pianist Noah Haidu is getting ready to release the first endeavor dedicated entirely to Kirkland’s original music. Noah's CD, Doctone (Sunnyside Records) will have a release party and trio concert at the Bop Stop in Cleveland

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Podcast 766: A Conversation with Christian McBride

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2020/09/19

We are almost three-quarters of the way through the dumpster-fire that has been 2020, and Christian McBride has done more than his share to try to keep our minds on new music. No less than three of the top releases of this troubled year have his imprint, with a new release coming out this week. Early in the year we finally got the long-awaited recording of his multi-part suite The Movement Revisisted: A Musical Portrait of Four Icons, dropping just as the battle of racial justice was once again

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Podcast 765: A Conversation with Mark Egan and Danny...

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2020/09/04

I trust you have enjoyed the first two parts of my three-part conversation with bassist Mark Egan and drummer Danny Gottlieb this week. Mark and Danny have released Electric Blue this week, their first recorded duo project, on Egan's Wavetone imprint. Check it out on CD, streaming, or high-quality vinyl to see what one of the most important rhythm sections of the electric era are up to today. Mark and Danny came to public acclaim as members of the original Pat Metheny Group, and appeared together

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Podcast 764: A Conversation with Mark Egan and Danny...

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2020/09/02

Podcast 764 is Part Two of my three part conversation with Mark Egan and Danny Gottlieb. Having been partners in rhythm for almost fifty years, their latest release, Electric Blue, is their first recorded set of duets. Part One was a detailed discussion of the making of Electric Blue, and the approaches bassist Egan and percussionist Gottlieb take in making recordings. Part Two continues the conversation where we left off, discussing the two's collaborations with other jazz and pop artists over the

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Podcast 763: A Conversation with Mark Egan and Danny...

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2020/08/31

After nearly 50 years of playing music together, going back to their days as students at the University of Miami through their years of touring and recording as members of the original Pat Metheny Group, with the Gil Evans Monday Night Orchestra, exploring new tones and textures with their band Elements and heading up their own individual projects, bassist Mark Egan and Danny Gottlieb have forged an indelible chemistry that transcends time and notes on a page. On their first-ever duo recording,

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Podcast 762: Charlie Parker - Bird @ 100

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2020/08/28

August 29 marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of Charles Parker, Jr., best known to music fans as Charlie Parker, or simply "Bird." From his birth in Kansas City, Kansas to his untimely death at the age of 35, Parkerwas insgtrumental in re-creainge and establishing the music we call jazz. Regrettably, his early death from hard living and abusing drugs may also have perpetuated a stereotype of self-destructive black musicians. In his topnotch blog JazzWax, writer Marc Myers recently addressed

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Podcast 761: A Conversation with John Beasley

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2020/08/27

When bandleader/composer/arranger John Beasley began to reimagine the music of Thelonious through the vehicle of his inventive, versatile MONK’estra, it might have been easy to assume that he had created a continuing homage to one of jazz’s singular talents. Perhaps it would morph into something like the Mingus Big Band? But if that is what you thought, you would have been wrong. While both MONK’estra, Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 garnered a pair of Grammy Award nominations apiece alongside widespread critical

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Podcast 760: A Conversation with Gregg August

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2020/08/25

Gregg August’s latest work could not be more timely. It’s entitled Dialogues on Race, Volume 1 and quite frankly, is there a more important topic for the world to be having a conversation about today? Using his experience as a classical musician, and modern classical composer, he has taken a broad subject and used various musical devices to illuminate this difficult matter. The death of Emmit Till becomes a touchstone for the work, as do poems from African-American writers. Now available on CD and

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Podcast 759: A Conversation with David Gilmore

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2020/08/22

David Gilmore’s second album for Criss Cross, From Here to Here, is just his sixth release as a bandleader. This seems to be a criminal lack of material, as Gilmore has spent the past 35 years as a key member of performances and recording sessions with the likes of Steve Coleman, Randy Brecker, Christian McBride, Cassandra Wilson and Wayne Shorter. Gilmore began his career as part of the M-Base Collective, and soon found himself in great demand, both as a jazz player and backing pop and rock acts as

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Podcast 758: A Conversation with Martin Wind

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2020/08/21

I crossed another "I've really got to talk to this cat" off my list earlier this summer when I finally got to interview bassist Martin Wind on the occasion of his new release White Noise. Martin has been the rock of the rhythm section for groups led by Matt Wilson and Dena Derose for years, as well as recording a few albums under his own name. White Noise is a most unusal trio album - bass, guitar and flugelhorn. And the players are, like Martin, some of the finest jazz players Europe has

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Podcast 757: A Conversation with Greg Spero

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2020/08/19

I’ve been a big fan of the Ropeadope Experiment series, beginning back in June 2001 with The Philadelphia Experiment - featuring ?uestlove, Christian McBride, and Uri Caine with special guest Pat Martino. The Detroit Experiment, produced by Aaron Luis Levinson and Carl Craig, followed soon after with a stellar cast including Amp Fiddler, Geri Allen, Karriem Riggins and many more. 2007 saw the release of The Harlem Experiment, once again produced by Levinson, which dug into a crossover blend of Latin

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Podcast 755: A Conversation with Jeff Hamilton

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2020/08/18

In keeping with our recent podcasts about piano trios, Podcast 755 is a converation with veteran drum legend Jeff Hamilton. His career has spanned almost every type of ensemble - the Big Bands of Woody Herman and Count Basie, the exotic quartet the L.A. 4 with Ray Brown, Bud Shank and Laurondo Almedida, and backing singers from Ella Fitzgerald to Diana Krall to Natalie Cole. He has two working trios right now, and Catch Me If You Can is the latest with pianist Tamir Hendelman and bassist Jon

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Podcast 756: Jazz for the Dog Days (COVID-19 Edition)

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2020/08/16

It's past the midpoint in what has been a hot and sticky summer in New England, so why not some summer themed music for these remaining lazy, hot days? Today is August 16th, the feast day of Saint Roch, the patron saint of Dogs, so why not celebrate the "Dog Days"? The Romans associated the hot weather with the star Sirius. They considered Sirius to be the "Dog Star" because it is the brightest star in the constellation Canis Major (Large Dog), as well as the brightest star in the night sky. The

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Podcast 752: A Conversation with Denny Zeitlin

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2020/08/10

One of the best piano trios you might not have heard much of over the past fifteen years has been the group lead by pianist Denny Zeitlin. With Buster Williams on bass and Matt Wilson on drums, the three top-notch musicians have recorded five wonderful albums for the Sunnyside label. Living on opposite coasts of the US, the trio interacts sporadically, making the wonder of their live performances all the more delightful. Live at Mezzrow is their latest release, and it is a topnotch collection of

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Podcast 754: Memories of Newport Past

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2020/08/08

This weekend should have been the annual Newport Jazz Festival. Regrettably, the worldwide pandemic that has stopped liver performances everywhere has made it impossible for the Festival organizers and Artistic Director Christian McBride to go forward. Summer just isn't summer for me without the great jazz festivals I normally attend, or for that matter from simple one-off local shows on the Town Green. This is a m ost difficult time for performers, for those who put on festivals, and those who

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Podcast 753: Talking about the Music Workers Alliance

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2020/08/03

On “World Music Day”, June 21, a day that celebrated the contributions of musicians worldwide, a group called the Music Workers Alliance launched an unemployment countdown clock, ominously counting the days until July 31, when enhanced unemployment benefits (the extra $600 weekly called FPUC - Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation) are set to expire. Each day of the countdown, MWA published a story from a music worker about how they are coping with a broken unemployment system since the live

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