Here are the top ten new releases from Jazz88! Vote for your five favorites below! Lizz Wright – Sweet Feeling Zacc Harris – This Day Zaccai Curtis – Black Rice Etienne Charles – Colorado River Song feat. René Marie Vanisha Gould – Donovan Sarah Hanahan – On The Trail Alex Coke and Carl Michel Sextet...Read More
Roof Access is a group composed of ambitious young players making their way in the jazz world. And thankfully, beyond just making their way, these players are thriving! Roof Access has a new collection of original material and today we are highlighting a piece penned by their pianist, Rafi Karpowitz. The tune is called “I...Read More
Here are the top ten new releases from Jazz88! Vote for your five favorites below! Vanisha Gould – Donovan Etienne Charles – Colorado River Song feat. René Marie Adi Yeshaya – I Love You feat. Jennifer Grimm Sarah Hanahan – On The Trail Ezra Collective – God Gave Me Feet for Dancing Khruangbin – Three...Read More
Purple Funk Metropolis is back in action with their new single “Liquid Death.” The veteran group has navigated many different facets of funk music and on this one I hear a deep connection to Afrobeat. “Liquid Death” has the sprightly guitar interplay, rapid hand percussion patterns and powerful horn blasts I associate with the father...Read More
Today marks the one-hundredth birthday of pioneeering jazz drummer, composer, and activist Max Roach. Roach was a percussion virtuoso who was widely admired for his impeccable brush technique and mastery of dynamics. Along with drummer Kenny Clarke, Roach revolutionized jazz drumming, keeping time on the ride cymbal and playing irregular accents on the bass drum in order...Read More
Federal offices, including local Federal courts and the Postal Service, will be closed today (January 9, 2025). It’s a national day of mourning for President Jimmy Carter, whose state funeral and private burial are scheduled for today. Carter was a well-documented lover of music. His affinity for classical performance and friendships in the country-rock world...Read More
Here are the top ten new releases from Jazz88! Vote for your five favorites below! Vanisha Gould – Cute Boy Orrin Evans and the Captain Black Big Band – Save the Children ft. Bilal Bilal – All for Love The Airmen of Note – Hey Lalo! ft. Jon Faddis Julian Lage – Speak To Me...Read More
The Adi Yeshaya Jazz Orchestra is back! Adi Yeshaya, a topflight arranger based in the Twin Cities, formed a 12-piece band decades ago to support the vocal performances of the Twin Cities icon Debbie Duncan. The group flourished for a number of years, but they ended up putting the project on hold. In 2020 Debbie...Read More
Jazz88 definitely inspired me this past year with some good albums. Here are my fav albums of 2024 in no particular order: Shadow by Lizz Wright A la Sala by Khruangbin Bright Future by Adrianne Lenker Sonido Cósmico by Hermanos Gutiérrez No More Water: The Gospel of James Baldwin by Meshell Ndegeocello (Saw this project...Read More
Sean brings us his fav 10 Jazz Albums of 2024 in no particular order! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-4YsK4_PqQ Sharel Cassity and Colleen Clark – Alliance Milton Nascimento and esperanza spalding – Milton and esperanza Zaccai Curtis – Cubop Lives! Keyon Harrold – Foreverland Vanisha Gould – She’s Not Shiny, She’s Not Smooth Orrin Evans and the Captain Black Big Band – Walk a Mile...Read More
