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Home» Jazz » NPR Music (Page 5)

Tom Harrell’s ‘Colors Of A Dream’: Live At The Village Vanguard

Posted on March 22, 2013 by NPR Music in NPR Music
Tom Harrell’s ‘Colors Of A Dream’: Live At The Village Vanguard

The jazz trumpeter is 66 now, but he’s not slowing down any: His current band has released five excellent albums since 2007 alone. His new piano-less project is further testament to his prolific composing. Harrell presents new music live at the venerable New York jazz institution.

Matt Munisteri On ‘Song Travels’

Posted on March 22, 2013 by NPR Music in NPR Music
Matt Munisteri On ‘Song Travels’

Munisteri and Michael Feinstein share tunes that, while forsaken by the past, are easy to remember.

Diana Krall On Piano Jazz

Posted on March 22, 2013 by NPR Music in NPR Music
Diana Krall On Piano Jazz

When this episode of Piano Jazz was recorded in 2006, Krall was seven and a half months pregnant with twins. Hear the pianist and vocalist play “P.S. I Love You” and “Little Girl Blue.”

Chris Lightcap’s ‘Lost And Found New York’ On JazzSet

Posted on March 21, 2013 by NPR Music in NPR Music
Chris Lightcap’s ‘Lost And Found New York’ On JazzSet

From Little Italy in the Bronx to the Village Vanguard in Greenwich Village to the gardens in Fort Tryon Park, the rhythm of the city drives a suite by Chris Lightcap and his band Bigmouth. Here, they perform at the Kuumbwa Jazz Center in Santa Cruz, Calif.

Rosetta Trio: Live From 92Y Tribeca

Posted on March 21, 2013 by NPR Music in NPR Music
Rosetta Trio: Live From 92Y Tribeca

Apart from his globetrotting with the Vijay Iyer Trio and others, bassist Stephan Crump is also a composer, both for film and his own bands. His Rosetta Trio, with two guitars, strives for quieter sophistication. He presents his late-afternoon, back-porch ditties for interlocking strings.

Tiny Resistors + Rosetta Trio: Live From 92Y Tribeca

Posted on March 18, 2013 by NPR Music in NPR Music
Tiny Resistors + Rosetta Trio: Live From 92Y Tribeca

Bassists Todd Sickafoose and Stephan Crump play with leading jazz artists and singer-songwriters. As bandleaders, they’ve each written richly-textured instrumental music for bands with dueling guitars. Those bands play back to back in this live broadcast.

75 Years Of Charles Lloyd, Jazz’s Spirit Warrior

Posted on March 15, 2013 by NPR Music in NPR Music
75 Years Of Charles Lloyd, Jazz’s Spirit Warrior

The Memphis-bred, New-York-honed and coastal California resident developed a reputation as an earthy, sincere voice — one one the world’s most popular jazz musicians. Hear five tunes spanning the saxophonist’s career, from ’60s mysticism to modern spirituals.

Linda Ronstadt On Piano Jazz

Posted on March 15, 2013 by NPR Music in NPR Music
Linda Ronstadt On Piano Jazz

Through a career that’s encompassed folk, rock, country and operetta, the singer has even recorded with minimalist composer Philip Glass. In this session recorded live at Mechanics Hall in Worcester, Mass., Ronstadt sticks to jazz standards like “Lush Life.”

Catherine Russell On ‘Song Travels’

Posted on March 15, 2013 by NPR Music in NPR Music
Catherine Russell On ‘Song Travels’

Hear “Mood Indigo” as a bluesy duet between the jazz singer and host Michael Feinstein.

The ‘Singing Sound’ Of Saxophonist Charles Lloyd

Posted on March 15, 2013 by NPR Music in NPR Music
The ‘Singing Sound’ Of Saxophonist Charles Lloyd

Lloyd led a jazz quartet into The Fillmore, San Francisco’s legendary rock venue, in the 1960s. He backed Howlin’ Wolf and B.B. King and hit the road with The Beach Boys. The charismatic musician is 75 this week.

Hiromi: Finding Music In The Daily Din

Posted on March 10, 2013 by NPR Music in NPR Music
Hiromi: Finding Music In The Daily Din

The Japanese pianist’s latest album begins with a tribute to a sound she’s never liked: the chime of an alarm clock.

Tadd Dameron, A Jazz Master With A ‘Lyrical Grace’

Posted on March 9, 2013 by NPR Music in NPR Music
Tadd Dameron, A Jazz Master With A ‘Lyrical Grace’

Dameron was a composer and pianist who fused the sophisticated arrangements of the Big Band era with bebop’s complex harmonies. A new biography shines a light on the too-brief life of the man known as “The Architect of Bop.”

Stacy Rowles On Piano Jazz

Posted on March 8, 2013 by NPR Music in NPR Music
Stacy Rowles On Piano Jazz

Trumpeter, flugelhorn player and vocalist Stacy Rowles was a fixture on the L.A. jazz scene, and played regularly in all-female jazz groups the Jazzbirds and Maiden Voyage. This program from 2001 is presented as a tribute to Rowles, who died in 2009.

Listen to Gregory Porter On JazzSet

Posted on March 7, 2013 by NPR Music in NPR Music
Listen to Gregory Porter On JazzSet

The Czech Republic capital of Prague is home to the annual Strings of Autumn International Music Festival where, in October 2012, soulful jazz singer Gregory Porter brought down the house. Applause between songs ran for a minute or longer.

Time Is On Their Side: Ageless Jazz Drumming

Posted on March 6, 2013 by NPR Music in NPR Music
Time Is On Their Side: Ageless Jazz Drumming

Veteran jazz masters “Killer” Ray Appleton and Barry Altschul have issued fine new albums this year. Both in their early 70s, it’s clear they draw from extensive experience. So how might that translate to making music that’s fun to listen to?

Kevin Eubanks On Piano Jazz

Posted on March 1, 2013 by NPR Music in NPR Music
Kevin Eubanks On Piano Jazz

The former Tonight Show bandleader joins Marian McPartland for Cole Porter and Sonny Rollins tunes.

Christie Dashiell, Alfredo Rodriguez On JazzSet

Posted on February 28, 2013 by NPR Music in NPR Music
Christie Dashiell, Alfredo Rodriguez On JazzSet

Homegrown Christie Dashiell and expat Alfredo Rodriguez each bring something new to Washington, D.C.’s Kennedy Center. Dashiell’s vocal delivery is so easy, you can barely hear her breathe. Rodriguez’s control and dynamics make the piano sing, sweat and shake as he plays the music of Cuba.

The Bryan Ferry Orchestra On World Cafe

Posted on February 28, 2013 by NPR Music in NPR Music
The Bryan Ferry Orchestra On World Cafe

With a new album of instrumental arrangements, the innovative Roxy Music frontman re-imagines some of his classic songs through the prism of 1920s jazz.

Walter Smith III: Live At Berklee

Posted on February 27, 2013 by NPR Music in NPR Music
Walter Smith III: Live At Berklee

The tenor saxophonist plays in some of the most talked-about jazz groups of today; bands led by Ambrose Akinmusire, Eric Harland and Terence Blanchard. Freshly signed to a new record deal, Smith draws the leadership role in presenting his own quintet at his alma mater.

Mary Halvorson Quintet: Tiny Desk Concert

Posted on February 25, 2013 by NPR Music in NPR Music
Mary Halvorson Quintet: Tiny Desk Concert

A guitarist with a decidedly non-standard approach to jazz’s standard practices, Halvorson balances golden-era hard-bop order and free improvising entropy. At the NPR Music offices, her band strikes comforting tones, but also morphs, rephrases and implodes those ideas.

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