Hey folks, NPR has put up links to concerts from this year's Newport Jazz Festival, which concluded yesterday. You can download several sets and stream others on demand. Click here. Right now I'm checking out the set by Mostly Other People Do the Killing. Other sets I plan to check out are those by Miguel …
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Joe Lovano Us Five live from Village Vanguard Tonight
Hey everybody, NPR will have live streaming of a set by Joe Lovano's killer group Us Five from the Vanguard tonight. The link is here. And if you miss it or forget, NPR will have it archived. Probably tunes from the group's new album, which twists up Bird's famous compositions. "Donna Lee" gets an especially …
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NPR’s Blog Supreme’s Treatment of Jazz’s Gender Inequalities
A recent post on NPR's Blog Supreme - their jazz blog - has a nice entry about being a woman in jazz. Click here for the link. Only one problem: except for bassist Ariane Cap all of the women are either vocalists, pianists or guitarists: all fairly traditional roles for women in jazz and popular …
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Jason Moran and Bandwagon Live from the Vanguard Tonight
If you get a chance (I won't because I'm playing a gig tonight, but thankfully the concerts are archived) go the NPR Jazz website for a streaming set by Jason Moran and Bandwagon from the Village Vanguard. The link is here. And if you didn't know, Moran was just awarded one of those 500k no …
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Um….it’s not their second record as a leader. Do your homework.
...haven't written in a while, time to shake off the rust..... When Esperanza Spalding's third album as a leader dropped a few weeks back I read a ton of interviews, short reviews, album descriptions, etc. that said Chamber Music Society (hereafter CMS) was her "sophomore" album. BTW, I hate it when people describe someone's second …
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Renee Rosnes Quartet from the Vanguard Tonight
NPR has a live concert webcast of the Renee Rosnes Quartet from the Village Vangaurd tonight beginning at 8 Central. Dig the link here. Joining the pianist will be Steve Nelson on vibes - who is often heard on Dave Holland's more recent albums, Peter Washington on bass and Lewis Nash on drums. Should be good.
Hey Bad Plus Fans, Get it While You Can
NPR has free streaming of the new album by the Bad Plus entitled Never Stop .....but it's only available until the calendar turns over to Tuesday, September 14, when it hits stores. Go check it out here. What's unusal, maybe new is a better word, about Never Stop is that unlike previous Bad Plus albums it features all original …
Anthony Braxton 65th Bday Concert on NPR
For all those Braxton fans out there: go check out NPR's jazz page today for two sets from his 65th bday concert. (Click here). The first set is from his 12+2tet and the second features himself with his former quartet members pianist Marilyn Crispell, bassist Mark Dresser, and drummer Gerry Hemingway. Both sets are contemporary avant-garde …
Two tasty nuggets from the NPR Jazz Website: Jason Moran and Craig Taborn
It took me a while, but since I finally discovered the wealth of free streaming and downloadable jazz on the NPR website I've been almost unable to stop mining their jazz and blues site for contemporary and forward thinking jazz. They post live sets from the Village Vanguard, the Newport Jazz Festival and from other venues …
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Hank Jones Stories on NPR
The weekly NPR jazz email has links to several tributes and stories about Hank Jones. Here are the links: Tom Vitale: Legendary Jazz Pianist Hank Jones Dies At 91 Patrick Jarenwattananon: Late Pianist Hank Jones on NPR Hank Jones on Piano Jazz with Guest Host Bill Charlap
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