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Podcast 731: A Conversation with Lynne Arriale

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2020/03/13

Lynne Arriale is one of today’s leading practitioners of the art of the piano trio. One of our most melodic performers, she has released 15 albums as a leader, of which 75% are trio recordings. Her latest, Chimes of Freedom, continues the collaboration with bassist Jasper Somson that began on the fine 2018 release Give Us These Days. To round out the group, Ms. Arriale wisely chose drummer E.J. Strickland, who brings not only his great touch, but also a sly sense of where to slide the right fill in

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Podcast 730: McCoy Tyner Remembered

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2020/03/06

McCoy Tyner, the pianist who anchored the John Coltrane Quartet from 1960 to 1965, passed away at his home in Philadelphia last week. He was 81. Tyner became one of the most important and influential piano players of the second half of the twentieth century, primarily due to his work with Coltrane. He played with great physicality, as well as a keen sense of harmony. Arguably, without Tyner’s left hand playing “block chords” and his timing keeping the band in hand, there would not have been the type

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Podcast 729: Mardi Gras 2020

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2020/02/25

"It has been said that a Scotchman has not seen the world until he has seen Edinburgh; and I think that I may say that an American has not seen the United States until he has seen Mardi Gras in New Orleans." - Mark Twain Today is Fat Tuesday, Mardi Gras day. I'm in New England, a long way from the festivities in body, but I'm with them in spirit. And nothing gets me going like a good hour plus of music from New Orleans' finest musicians. So, let the good times roll, and let's enjoy Podcast 729, with

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Podcast 728: A Conversation with Dayna Stephens

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2020/02/24

Now that Dayna Stephens seems fully recovered from the life-threatening illness (focal segmental glomerulosclerosis) that limited his touring for years, it’s a pleasure to see him getting the chance to make the recordings he has dreamed of making. His latest CD, Liberty, is his first full-scale trio session, bringing back two of his longest tenured sidemen, bassist Ben Street and drummer Eric Harland. The result is a bracing album of adventurous performances. Allowing these three the space to

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Podcast 727: Lyle Mays (1953-2020)

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2020/02/14

Lyle Mays played an important role in my jazz education. For people looking for innovative music in the Seventies, the music of the Pat Metheny Group, co-founded by Metheny and Mays, was a revalation. From the soaring sound of their self-titled "White Album" on ECM through their evolution as a band - and they WERE a band - that mixed electric jazz, rock, world and folk influences into a sound unlike any I had ever heard. While Pat was the center of attention, Lyle was quietly the part that held

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Podcast 726: Valentine's Day 2020 - New Recordings of...

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2020/02/14

Some consider Valentine's Day a "Hallmark Holiday" designed to extract money for cards, flowers and chocolate. Others consider it a day to celebrate the glory of love, Either way, you probably are aware of the day, like it or not. In the Straight No Chaser effort to make Valentine's Day a bit easier for our loyal listeners, here is the annual Valentine's Day Mix. Scan through the archives by searching the word "Valentine" to find a mess more of uninterrupted hours of romance-tinged jazz. Download

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Podcast 725: A Conversation with Oded Tzur

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2020/02/12

The first truly memorable release of 2020 comes out on ECM tomorrow when Here Be Dragons drops. The third album by Israeli saxophonist Oded Tzur and his quartet, it is a melodic and sometimes transcendent album, contemplative with a shimmering beauty that belies the intensity that lies just below the surface. Oded’s international group features fellow Israeli Nitai Hershkovits on piano, Greek bassist and long-time collaborator Petros Klampanis and US drummer Johnathan Blake. Hershkovits, who took

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Podcast 724: A Conversation with Ben Williams

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2020/02/06

Since winning the Thelonius Monk International Jazz Bass Competition in 2009, Ben Williams has been one of the brightest young stars in the jazz firmament. He has released two albums of his own (State of Art and Coming of Age), and recorded with Stefon Harris, Steve Wilson, and especially Pat Metheny. He anchored the rhythm section of the Unity Band with Antonio Sanchez, and won a Grammy for their first release in 2013. I last saw Ben playing in Jose James' band on the Bill Withers tribute tour,

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Podcast 723: A Conversation with John Harvey and Mark...

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2020/01/24

Anyone who listens to this podcast on a regular basis knows that I am a huge fan of the Allman Brothers Band. For me, this rock and blues band incorporates jazz elements into their music better than any other, all without the need for adding top session players (Steely Dan) or a horn section (Blood, Sweat & Tears, Chicago). They were as influenced by Miles Davis and John Coltrane as they were Bobby “Blue” Bland and T-Bone Walker. Way back in Podcast 451, I commemorated their final run of shows at

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Podcast 722: Jimmy Heath (1926-2020)

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2020/01/21

The passing of Jimmy Heath this past weekend at the age of 93 means that we have not just lost a great sax player and composer, but that one of the few living links to the birth of modern jazz is gone. Nicknamed "Little Bird" because of his technical abilities that recalled those of Charlie Parker, Heath played in big bands in the late Forties and early Fifties, both his own (where he hired John Coltrane, Ray Bryant and Benny Golson, among others) and with Dizzy Gillespie. His career suffered a

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Podcast 721: A Conversation with Sherman Irby

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2020/01/21

Jazz at Lincoln Center has spent much of the past three years aggresively attempting to expand their reach in the world of jazz. While it is already the home of one of the finest collection of musicians on the planet, via it’s label Blue Engine Records there have been new studio and live recordings as well as archival recordings from Jazz at Lincoln Center’s performance history that date back to 1987 and are part of the R. Theodore Ammon Archives and Music Library. One of the most exciting

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Podcast 720: A Conversation with Cathy Rich about...

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2020/01/20

More than thirty years after the Rolling Stones’ Mobile Recording Studio recorded the show at Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club in London, fans of the late, great Buddy Rich are finally getting a chance to hear Just in Time; The Final Recording. Rich is leading a big band composed of many of the leading lights of his final touring group: Matt Harris on piano; Rob Amster on double bass; Trumpets including Eric Miyashiro, Kevin Richardson, Greg Gisbert, and Dana Watson; Trombones including Rick Trager, Tom

Repost: Podcast 406: "I Have a Dream" for Martin...

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2020/01/19

Jazz speaks for life. The Blues tell the story of life's difficulties, and if you think for a moment, you will realize that they take the hardest realities of life and put them into music, only to come out with some new hope or sense of triumph. This is triumphant music. Modern jazz has continued in this tradition, singing the songs of a more complicated urban existence. When life itself offers no order and meaning, the musician creates an order and meaning from the sounds of the earth which flow

The First Post of 2020 - "A Change is Gonna Come"

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2020/01/01

Most years, this first Straight No Chaser posting is of "Let's Start the New Year Right" by Irving Berlin, sung by that great crooner (and underrated influence on all jazz singers), Bing Crosby. But 2020 is not going to be a normal year. It may well be the most important year of my lifetime here in the USA,. A presidential election year. And I don't mind one bit getting a little political, and making it clear that Donald Trump must be voted out of office. Will he still BE in office in November? More

The Official Straight No Chaser Song of New Year's Eve

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2019/12/31

To all who are traveling on an evening that often becomes "amateur night" take extra care and pick that designated driver! A perennial favorite song for New Year's Eve, and the Official SNC Song of the evening is Frank Loesser's classic, "What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?" It was written in 1947, when Loesser was already an accomplished songwriter, having co-written hits like "Two Sleepy People" and "Spring Will Be a Little Late this Year". However, his greatest work was just before him - in 1948

The Official Straight No Chaser Song of Christmas Day

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2019/12/25

Merry Christmas to you all. I am a practicing Jew who does not celebrate Christmas as the birth of the messiah. However, I can appreciate the universal themes of peace, love and understanding that are prevalent this time of year, and so the Official Straight No Chaser song of Christmas Day is "Peace" written by Horace Silver,. This year, as we did last year, here is a wonderful duet version of the song, as performed by the François Moutin (bass) & Kavita Shah (Vocals) Duo from their Interplay album

The Official Straight No Chaser Song of Christmas Eve

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2019/12/24

t's December 24, which means that once again it's time to break out the Official Straight No Chaser Song of Christmas Eve. It's not really a song, actually, but Louis Armstrong reciting "Twas the Night Before Christmas", in his inimitable raspy voice. Recorded on February 26, 1971 at his home in Queens, New York, this ended up being the final recording Armstrong made, before succumbing to a fatal heart attack on July 6th. The poem, written by Clement Moore, is technically titled "An Account of a

The Jazzbo Night Before Christmas

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2019/12/23

For years I've been sharing this with you. Originally published in Mad Magazine #52 Jan 1960. It never gets old. ‘Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the pad, Not a hipster was swinging, not even old Dad; The chimney was hung in the stocking routine, In hopes that “The Fat Man” would soon make the scene; The moon and the snow were, like, faking together, Which made the scene rock in the Day People weather, When, what to these peepers should come on real queer, But a real crazy sleigh,

If Billie Holiday sang "Away in a Manger": Santaland...

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2019/12/20

A Christmas tradition in our house is listening to David Sedaris read his hilarious essay, “Santaland Diaries.” An abbreviated version of his some-what exaggerated memories of working as a Christmas Elf in Macy’s Department Store in New York first was heard on NPR’s Morning Edition in 1992. Since then it has grown to be a long-form essay in his collection Barrel Fever and Holidays on Ice. I’ve seen Joe Mantello’s stage adaption for one actor a few times. For me, Sedaris’ humor is always dead on,

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Podcast 719: A Very Jazzy Christmas 2019

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2019/12/16

This is the Christmas jazz mix I am giving on CD to members of my band AXIS and other friends this season. No Smooth Jazz, no modern masters - just the classic jazz sound form the best Christmas Jazz albums of the past. For more on some of the albums these tunes are sourced form, be sure to check out Marc Myers' JazzWax blog and his Christmas Hall of Fame selections. Enjoy nearly 80 uninterrupted moments of Yuletide magic from: June Christy - "The Merriest" Vince Guaraldi Trio - "Christmas TIme is

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