Podcast appearances and mentions of Billy Hart

The remarkable singer and drummer, Ruby Laks. Currently studying at the Oberlin Conservatory under the guidance of Billy Hart and La Tanya Hall, Laks is already paving her own artistic path. With a voice reminiscent of Carmen McRae and a drumming style shaped by Max Roach and Elvin Jones, her artistry merges tradition with originality. She's performed everywhere from intimate jazz clubs to iconic venues like Carnegie Hall, and has shared the stage with musicians including Edmar Colon, Chico Pinheiro, Mark Mothersbaugh, and Gerald Cannon (to name a few). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Pianist and composer Albert Sanz sits down with Pablo Held for an in-depth piano hang. They talk about Albert's compositional process, the art of comping for singers, memories from working with Billy Hart, Lee Konitz and Perico Sambeat, the importance of leaving space, Albert's new Jobim album with Sara Dowling, their shared heroes Gil Evans … Continue reading Albert Sanz

When Denver native and Oberlin Conservatory graduate Mitchell Galligan sits down behind a Hammond B3, people take notice. One of the best young piano and organ players to cross our path in quite some time, Mitchell has performed alongside some of the legends of jazz including Billy Hart, Eddie Henderson and Jamey Haddad. This sold out trio performance features Mitchell on Hammond B3 alongside Tim Picard on Guitar and Ori Jossel on drums. From April 26th, 2024 it's the Mitchell Galligan Trio – Live at the Bop Stop. Green Jeans - Green Somewhere in the Night - Green The Sermon - Smith Ana Maria - Shorter Beyond All Limits - Shaw Our Miss Brooks - Vick 100 Ways - Wakefield/Wright/Coleman

Known for his many exploratory projects, percussionist Adam Rudolph's latest  recording, Beingness, features saxophonist Dave Liebman and drummer Billy Hart. The music was recorded over two nights from a residency at New York City's Stone and captures three venerated musicians in selfless conversation. In this episode of LINER NOTES Adam shares insight into his creative process taking a deep dive into the rhythmic and intervallic concepts that drive his work.

durée : 00:59:51 - Yotam Silberstein "Standards Vol. 2" - par : Nicolas Pommaret - Ce deuxième chapitre de Standards est aussi essentiel que le premier. Toujours entouré de ses compagnons de route d'exception, les pointures John Patitucci et Billy Hart, Yotam Silberstein signe un album sensible et inspiré, où chaque note résonne avec élégance. Parution chez Jojo de "Standards 2".

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NICOLÁS NAVARRETE “CONTIENDA” 3 y 4 de Noviembre de 2024, Estudio La Bandurria, Santiago de Chile Salvaje (Ft. Agustín Moya, Nicolás Vera) 5. En Camino, 6. Tendida Bajo Las Estrellas (Ft. Agustín Moya)Nicolás Navarrete – Flauta traversa, composiciones (3,5); Santiago Monroy – Piano, composiciones (6); Milton Russell – Contrabajo; Cristian Baltazar – BateríaInvitados: Agustín Moya (3,6) y Nicolás Vera (3) BILLY HART QUARTET “JUST” New York, December, 2021Showdown, Layla joy, Aviation, South HamptonMark Turner (ts) Ethan Iverson (p) Ben Street (b) Billy Hart (d) MARIA SCHNEIDER ORCHESTRA:“ALLEGRESSE” “ALLEGRESSE” New York, January 26 & 27, 2000Hang Gliding [solos: Greg Gisbert y Rich Margitza] “DATA LORDS” – Mount Vernon, NY, August 30-September 2, 2019 Stone Song [solo: Steve Wilson saxofón soprano] Continue reading Puro Jazz 10 de abril, 2025 at PuroJazz.

NICOLÁS NAVARRETE “CONTIENDA” 3 y 4 de Noviembre de 2024, Estudio La Bandurria, Santiago de Chile Salvaje (Ft. Agustín Moya, Nicolás Vera) 5. En Camino, 6. Tendida Bajo Las Estrellas (Ft. Agustín Moya)Nicolás Navarrete – Flauta traversa, composiciones (3,5); Santiago Monroy – Piano, composiciones (6); Milton Russell – Contrabajo; Cristian Baltazar – BateríaInvitados: Agustín Moya (3,6) y Nicolás Vera (3) BILLY HART QUARTET “JUST” New York, December, 2021Showdown, Layla joy, Aviation, South HamptonMark Turner (ts) Ethan Iverson (p) Ben Street (b) Billy Hart (d) MARIA SCHNEIDER ORCHESTRA:“ALLEGRESSE” “ALLEGRESSE” New York, January 26 & 27, 2000Hang Gliding [solos: Greg Gisbert y Rich Margitza] “DATA LORDS” – Mount Vernon, NY, August 30-September 2, 2019 Stone Song [solo: Steve Wilson saxofón soprano] Continue reading Puro Jazz 10 de abril, 2025 at PuroJazz.

Born in the Pinar del Río province of Cuba, Steinway Artist, Grammy Nominated, and 2014 Jalc Millennium Swing Award! recipient pianist and composer Elio Villafranca was classically trained in percussion and composition at the Instituto Superior de Arte in Havana, Cuba. Since he arrived in the U.S. in mid-1995, Elio Villafranca has been at the forefront of the latest generation of remarkable pianists, composers, and bandleaders. NYC Jazz Record selected his concert Letters to Mother Africa as Best Concerts in 2016. In 2015, Mr. Villafranca was among the 5 pianists hand-picked by Chick Corea to perform at the first Chick Corea Jazz Festival, curated by Chick himself at JALC. Elio Villafranca's new album Caribbean Tinge (Motema), received a 2014 Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik Nomination by the German Records Critics Award, as well has been selected by JazzTimes and DownBeat magazines for a feature on their very competitive section Editor's Pick. He also received a 2010 Grammy Nomination in the Best Latin Jazz Album of the Year category. In 2008 The Jazz Corner nominated Elio Villafranca as pianist of the year. That year, Mr. Villafranca was also honored by BMI with the BMI Jazz Guaranty Award. He received the first NFA/Heineken Green Ribbon Master Artist Music Grant for the creation of his Concerto for Mariachi, for Afro-Cuban Percussion and Symphony Orchestra. Finally, his first album, Incantations/ Encantaciones, featuring Pat Martino, Terell Stafford, and Dafnis Prieto was ranked amongst the 50 best jazz albums of the year by JazzTimes magazine in 2003. Over the years Elio Villafranca has recorded and performed nationally and internationally as a leader, featuring jazz master artists such as Pat Martino, Terell Stafford, Billy Hart, Paquito D'Rivera, Eric Alexander, Lewis Nash, David Murray, and Wynton Marsalis among others. As a sideman, Elio Villafranca has collaborated with leading jazz and Latin jazz artists including: Chick Corea, Jon Faddis, Billy Harper, Sonny Fortune, Giovanni Hidalgo, Miguel Zenón, and Johnny Pacheco among others. This year, in 2017 Elio Villafranca received The Sunshine Award, founded in 1989 to recognize excellence in the performing arts, education, science and sports of the various Caribbean countries, South America, Central America, and Africa. He is based in New York City and he is a faculty member of Temple University, Philadelphia, The Juilliard School of Music, New York University, and Manhattan School of Music in NYC.

Featuring Brooklyn funk geniuses Breastfist; the continuing introspective growth of brilliant reedsman Shabaka feat. Esperanza Spalding; a talented young group with a clear vision, Saturn Quartet; brilliant stuff from the latest Verve reissue of Ella Fitzgerald's 1967 concert at the Oakland Coliseum; new music from drum master Billy Hart on the ECM label; another ECM release—this time it's outtakes from the vault delving into the brilliant concert of Keith Jarrett and his trio at the Deer Head Inn; and finally the master of the telecaster, Jim Campilongo and his singular style and sound.

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Mark Turner is so busy as leader, co-leader and special guest on countless new albums, that he--literally--seems to be here, and there, and everywhere (pretty much like Ted Lasso's Roy Kent!). Here is a quick guide to enjoy his ubiquitousness! The playlist features Mark Turner; Billy Hart; The Fury, Lage Lund, Matt Brewer, Tyshawn Sorey; Steve Lehman; M.T.B., Brad Mehldau, Peter Bernstein; Jason Palmer; Benjamin Lackner. Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/20281925/Mondo-Jazz [from "Just" onwards]. Happy listening!

durée : 00:59:57 - Billy Hart Quartet "Just" - par : Nicolas Pommaret - Après vingt ans d'existence, le Billy Hart Quartet – composé de Mark Turner, Ethan Iverson et Ben Street – se distingue principalement par son ouverture stylistique. Parution de "Just" chez ECM.

PATRICK CORNELIUS “BOOK OF SECRETS” November 16-18, 2022, Brooklyn, NYArchetype, If You Can, Puzzle BoxPatrick Cornelius (says,cl,fl) Behn Gillece (vibr) Art Hirahara (p) Peter Slavov (b) Vinnie Sperrazza (dr) Diego Rivera (st) NOAH HAIDU “SLOWLY : SONG FOR KEITH JARRETT” New York, November 21 & 22, 2020Air dancing, Lorca.Noah Haidu (p) Buster Williams (b) Billy Hart (d) BENNIE WALLACE “TWILIGHT TIME” New York, early 1985Is it true what they say about Dixie ?, Sainte fragile (5) Tennessee waltz (4), Trouble in mind (2,3,6) Twilight TimeRay Anderson (tb) Bennie Wallace (ts) Mac “Dr. Continue reading Puro Jazz 17 de febrero, 2025 at PuroJazz.

LOUIS HAYES EXACTLY RIGHT ! New York ?, late 2022Hand in glove, Nefertiti, UgetsuAbraham Burton (ts) Steve Nelson (vib) David Hazeltine (p) Dezron Douglas (b) Louis Hayes (d) JEREMY PELT THE ART OF INTIMACY, VOL. 2 Englewood Ciffs, NJ, September 1 & 2, 2022I can't escape from you (2), There'll be other times, Blues in sophisticationJeremy Pelt (tp,vcl) Victor Gould (p) Chico Pinheiro (g-1) Buster Williams (b) Billy Hart (d) + string ensemble-2, Andrew Griffin, Josh Henderson (vln-2) Nicole Neely (viola-2) Susan Mandel (cello-2,3) David O'Rourke (strings arr,cond-2,3) PEPPER ADAMS PLAYS THE COMPOSITIONS OF CHARLIE MINGUS New York, September 9, 1963 Fables of Faubus (1), Song with orange (4), Carolyn (3)Thad Jones (tp,arr1) Pepper Adams (bar,arr2) Hank Jones (p) Paul Chambers (b) Dannie Richmond (d) Charles Mingus (arr3) Teddy Charles (arr4) New York, September 12, 1963Better get it in your soul, PortraitThad Jones (tp) Benny Powell (tb) Charles McPherson (as) Zoot Sims (ts) Pepper Adams (bar) Hank Jones (p) Bob Cranshaw (b) Dannie Richmond (d) Continue reading Puro Jazz 12 de febrero, 2025 at PuroJazz.

LOUIS HAYES EXACTLY RIGHT ! New York ?, late 2022Hand in glove, Nefertiti, UgetsuAbraham Burton (ts) Steve Nelson (vib) David Hazeltine (p) Dezron Douglas (b) Louis Hayes (d) JEREMY PELT THE ART OF INTIMACY, VOL. 2 Englewood Ciffs, NJ, September 1 & 2, 2022I can't escape from you (2), There'll be other times, Blues in sophisticationJeremy Pelt (tp,vcl) Victor Gould (p) Chico Pinheiro (g-1) Buster Williams (b) Billy Hart (d) + string ensemble-2, Andrew Griffin, Josh Henderson (vln-2) Nicole Neely (viola-2) Susan Mandel (cello-2,3) David O'Rourke (strings arr,cond-2,3) PEPPER ADAMS PLAYS THE COMPOSITIONS OF CHARLIE MINGUS New York, September 9, 1963 Fables of Faubus (1), Song with orange (4), Carolyn (3)Thad Jones (tp,arr1) Pepper Adams (bar,arr2) Hank Jones (p) Paul Chambers (b) Dannie Richmond (d) Charles Mingus (arr3) Teddy Charles (arr4) New York, September 12, 1963Better get it in your soul, PortraitThad Jones (tp) Benny Powell (tb) Charles McPherson (as) Zoot Sims (ts) Pepper Adams (bar) Hank Jones (p) Bob Cranshaw (b) Dannie Richmond (d) Continue reading Puro Jazz 12 de febrero, 2025 at PuroJazz.

Tonight's Jazz Feature celebrates the 92nd Birthday on February 3rd of John Handy one of the great living masters of music and the alto and tenor saxophones on a fine rather obscure album entitled "Excursion in Blue". It was recorded in Menlo Park California in August 9, 10,1988. Handy plays alto on three tracks backed by Jim McNeeley on piano, Rufus Reid on bass and the great Billy Hart on drums. The remaining four tunes Handy switches to tenor saxophone and is backed by the late Buddy Montgomery on piano, Reid on bass and the late Eddie Marshall on drums. This is one fine recording and very representative of John Handy's artistry. Happy 92nd old friend! Enjoy this fine document as our Jazz Feature.

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Tonight's Jazz Feature is an aptly named album by the great tenor saxophonist Stan Getz. Getz has had a long career marked by the ups and downs of changing styles and musical tastes but he always managed to prevail and remain at the top of the list of great saxophone players. This album finds Getz in inspired form bolstered by a stellar rhythm section. Getz performs here with the late Albert Dailey on piano, virtuoso bassist Clint Houston and the still living Billy Hart on drums. It was recorded in New York for Columbia Records on October 1, 1975. Four long tunes make up this fine date and it's title "The Master" is well deserved. Stan the Man is tonight's Jazz Feature.....enjoy!

MAL WALDRON & STEVE LACY “THE MIGHTY WARRIORS” Live In Antwerp, September 30, 1995Epistrophy, Monk's DreamSteve Lacy (ss) Mal Waldron (p) Reggie Workman (b) Andrew Cyrille (dr) VANISHA GOULD “SHE'S NOT SHINY, SHE'S NOT SMOOTH” Vancouver, BC, Canada, February 19, 2024Demure, Now that you're here, DonovanVanisha Gould (voice,comp) Chris McCarthy (p) John Sims (b) Jongkuk Kim (d) ANGÉLICA SÁNCHEZ TRÍO “SPARKLE BEINGS” Englewood Cliffs, NJ, December 10, 2021A fungus amungus, With (Exit), Phantasmic friend, Preludio a un preludioAngelica Sanchez (p) Michael Formanek (b) Billy Hart (d) Continue reading Puro Jazz 17 de enero, 2025 at PuroJazz.

MAL WALDRON & STEVE LACY “THE MIGHTY WARRIORS” Live In Antwerp, September 30, 1995Epistrophy, Monk's DreamSteve Lacy (ss) Mal Waldron (p) Reggie Workman (b) Andrew Cyrille (dr) VANISHA GOULD “SHE'S NOT SHINY, SHE'S NOT SMOOTH” Vancouver, BC, Canada, February 19, 2024Demure, Now that you're here, DonovanVanisha Gould (voice,comp) Chris McCarthy (p) John Sims (b) Jongkuk Kim (d) ANGÉLICA SÁNCHEZ TRÍO “SPARKLE BEINGS” Englewood Cliffs, NJ, December 10, 2021A fungus amungus, With (Exit), Phantasmic friend, Preludio a un preludioAngelica Sanchez (p) Michael Formanek (b) Billy Hart (d) Continue reading Puro Jazz 17 de enero, 2025 at PuroJazz.

Tributes to Thelonious Monk, Dutch novelist A.F.Th. van der Heijden, the Portuguese city of Guimarães, and much more in this intriguing playlist. The playlist features Funkwrench Blues, Grant Green Jr., Hamid Drake; Jamie Saft [pictured], Brad Jones; Xhosa Cole; Leiba Trio; Quispel Quintet; Randy Ingram, Drew Gress, Billy Hart. Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/19891908/Mondo-Jazz (from "Indelicate Balance" to "Guimarães"). Happy listening! Photo credit: Ziga Koritnik 

GERRY MULLIGAN SEXTET “MAINSTREAM OF JAZZ” New York, January 25, 1956 MainstreamJon Eardley (tp) Bob Brookmeyer (v-tb) Zoot Sims (ts) Gerry Mulligan (bar) Bill Crow (b) New York, September 26, 1956 Elevation, Root blues [Blues at the roots]Don Ferrara (tp) Bob Brookmeyer (v-tb,p) Zoot Sims (ts) Gerry Mulligan (bar,p) Bill Crow (b) Dave Bailey (d) BRIAN LANDRUS “PLAYS ELLINGTON & STRAYHORN” Brooklyn, NY, August 6 & 7, 2023A flower is a lovesome thing, Come Sunday, The telecasters, Lotus blossom, Sophisticated lady Brian Landrus (bar,bassax,b-cl,contra-alto-cl,pic,fl,alto-fl,bass-fl)Dave Stryker (g,el-g) Jay Anderson (b) Billy Hart (d) STAN LEVEY “THIS TIME THE DRUM'S ON ME” Los Angeles, September 27 & 28, 1955Diggin' for Diz, La chaloupee (from “Tales of Hoffman”), This time the drums on me [Max is making wax]Conte Candoli (tp) Frank Rosolino (tb) Dexter Gordon (ts) Lou Levy (p) Leroy Vinnegar (b) Stan Levey (d) Continue reading Puro Jazz 20 de septiembre, 2024 at PuroJazz.

In this episode: Listen to conversation between your host Vivienne Aerts and Australian drummer Jodie Michael, as they talk about the Berklee Global Jazz Institue, Arabic music, gender equality and community About Jodie Michael Jodie Michael started her music career in high school, she attended the Wollongong Conservatorium Of Music (WCOM) until 2007, where she was able to gain valuable experience playing in different ensembles including a big band. Jodie Michael is an accomplished drummer and student of music. She has had the privilege of playing with the following world-class Australian musicians: James Muller, James Morrison, Dale Barlow, Bobby Gebert, Katie Noonan, Carl Dewhurst, Craig Scott, Sandy Evans, Matt McMahon, Mimi Jones (USA), Camille Thurman (USA), Ingrid Jensen, Will Vinson (USA) and more. Jodie has obtained a Bachelor of Music (Jazz Perf.) from the Sydney Conservatorium Of Music. In 2011, she traveled to New York, to study with world-class international drummers, including Michael Carvin. Jodie was the recipient of the 2013 Jann Rutherford Memorial Award. The Award is named in honour of the late jazz pianist Jann Rutherford.Jodie continues to further her career in Australia and overseas, predominantly in New York, where she has stayed for stints of varying lengths, in 2013, 2014 and 2017 to accumulate performance experience and continue her study and with Carvin, as well as, Greg Hutchinson, Billy Hart and Bernard Purdie. In Fall 2018, Jodie was accepted into Berklee College of Music's Global Jazz Masters program, class of 2019, mentored by Danilo Pérez and Marco Pignataro. In October 2018, with Perez and a group selected from the Global Jazz Institute, she was invited to partake in a tour of New Orleans, and later on, during stints at the 2019 Panama Jazz Festival and as part of the inaugural collaborative GAIA ensemble in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, March 2019. Jodie moved to New York City from Boston in September 2019, continuing to work as an active improvising musician, bandleader and educator before returning to Sydney, Australia in March 2020 (where she currently resides). ⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠ / ⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠ / ⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠ About ViviTalks - Interviews with the Women Behind Typuhthâng. Introducing ViviTalks, a podcast hosted by Dutch New York-based musician Vivienne Aerts. Join us as we celebrate 100 talented female musicians from Vivienne's latest album "Typuhthâng," with a mission to empower female cacao farmers in the Virunga State Park of Congo and contribute to rainforest restoration. We delve into the musical journeys, creative processes, and unique perspectives of these talented women, seeking to bring greater balance to the music industry. It's a safe space for honest and authentic conversations with artists and trailblazers. Let's amplify the voices of remarkable women in music and stay tuned for inspiring stories and meaningful dialogues on ViviTalks. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ Stream⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ the Album or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Buy it on Bandcamp⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and get the chocolate! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠More about Vivienne here.

LUX QUARTET “TOMORROWLAND” New York, February 2 & 3, 2023Intricate drift, 23 Januarys, Congratulations and condolencesDayna Stephens (as,ts,sop) Myra Melford (p) Scott Colley (b) Allison Miller (d) CHICO FREEMAN “SPIRIT SENSITIVE” New York, September, 1979A child is born (2,3), Lonnie's lamentChico Freeman (ts) John Hicks (p-2) Jay Hoggard (vib-4) Cecil McBee (b) Billy Hart (d-3) Famoudou Don Moye (d-1) GERALD CANNON “THE MUSIC OF ELVIN & MCCOY” Dizzy's Club, New York, June 3 & 4, 2022Search for peace, 3 card MollyEddie Henderson (tp) Steve Turre (tb) Sherman Irby (as) Joe Lovano (ts) David Kikoski (p) Gerald Cannon (b) Lenny White (d) Continue reading Puro Jazz 23 de agosto, 2024 at PuroJazz.

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THIS WEEK's BIRDS: Egyptian vocalist Maryam Saleh w. Tamer Abu Ghazaleh, Maurice Louca; Pakistani vocalist  Aroof Aftab w. Vijay Iyer & Shahzad Ismaily; rembetika (past and present) from Pasatempo w. Christos Govetas & Marcos Vamvakaris; bop from Sonny Clark; from the archives: John Tchicai, Garrison Fewell, Charlie Kohlhase, Cecil McBee, Billy Hart; new Les Amazones d'Africa; newly re-released Rail Band; l'Ensemble Instrumental Du Mali (feat. Nantenedie Kamissoko); Congolese soukous from Les Wanyika; new LA jazz from Billy Mohler;  Sathima Bea Benjamin; Algerian raï from the greats: Cheb Hasni & Cheb Nasro; music from Greece, Mali, Congo/Zaïre, Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq and, of course, much, much more!!!!  Catch the BIRDS live on Friday nights, 9:00pm-MIDNIGHT (EST), in Central New York on WRFI, 88.1 FM Ithaca/ 88.5 FM Odessa;. and WORLDWIDE online via our MUSIC PLAYER at WRFI.ORG. 24/7 via PODBEAN: https://conferenceofthebirds.podbean.com/ via iTUNES: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/conference-of-the-birds-podcast/id478688580 Also available at podomatic, Internet Archive, podtail, iheart Radio, and elsewhere. Always FREE of charge to listen to the radio program and free also to stream, download, and subscribe to the podcast online: PLAYLIST at SPINITRON: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/18788839/Conference-of-the-Birds and via the Conference of the Birds page at www.WRFI.ORG https://www.wrfi.org/wrfiprograms/conferenceofthebirds/  Join us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/conferenceofthebirds/?ref=bookmarks FIND WRFI on Radio Garden: http://radio.garden/visit/ithaca-ny/aqh8OGBR Contact: confbirds@gmail.com  

Being Guided By The Light  is the fifth album by pianist/ composer  Mamiko Watanabe, featuring heralded bassist Santi Debriano and legendary drummer Billy Hart.  Born in Fukuoka, Japan, Watanabe began playing the piano at the age of four under instruction at the Yamaha School of Music. Her inspiration was Tashiko Akiyoshi, the boundary-smashing Japanese-American pianist, composer, arranger, and bandleader noted for wide-ranging powerful, complex compositions. Mamiko received a scholarship to attend the Berklee College of Music where she received several awards for Jazz piano and Composition. She was also a semi-finalist at the prestigious Montreux Jazz Festival Solo Piano Competition both in 2002 and 2003. She has toured Germany, Italy and Japan and has performed with jazz greats such as Joe Lovano, Kevin Mahogany and Bobby McFerrin while in college. After moving to New York, Mamiko performed at notable venues including Blue Note, Dizzy's Club at the Lincoln Center, The Kennedy Center, Jazz at the Kitano and more. The story of Mamiko unfolds in this episode as we discuss and sample music from her latest release. This album is her premiere with JoJo Records - created by jazz musician Simon Belelty - with an emphasis on high quality audio and vinyl.

MELISSA ALDANA ECHOES OF THE INNER PROPHET New York, c. 2023Melissa Aldana (ts,comp) Fabian Almazan (p) Lage Lund (g) Pablo Menares (b) Kush Abadey (d) JOANNE BRACKEEN SNOOZE Sea Cliff, NY, March 16, 1975Six ate, Circle, NefertitiJoanne Brackeen (p) Cecil McBee (b) Billy Hart (d) ELIJAH SHIFFER CITY OF BIRDS, VOLUME 1 Englewood Cliffs, NJ, February 18 & 19, 2023A dove in the morning, Walking, running, open wing, Slide mountainElijah Shiffer (as) Kevin Sun (ts) Dmitry Ishenko (b) Colin Hinton (d) Continue reading Puro Jazz 17 abril 2024 at PuroJazz.

SONNY FORTUNE AWAKENING New York, August 28, 1975Triple threat (2,aa out) Nommo (3)Charles Sullivan (tp,flhrn-1) Sonny Fortune (as,fl,perc) Kenny Barron (p,el-p) Wayne Dockery (b-2) Reggie Workman (b-3) Billy Hart (d) Angel Allende (perc) DON RANDI TRIO WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE ? Los Angeles, January 31 & February 1, 1962Autumn leaves, T.J.'s bluesDon Randi (p) Leroy Vinnegar (b) Mel Lewis (d) KENNY DORHAM UNA MAS Englewood Cliffs, NJ, April 1, 1963Una mas, Sao PauloKenny Dorham (tp) Joe Henderson (ts) Herbie Hancock (p) Butch Warren (b) Tony Williams (d) Continue reading Puro Jazz 25 marzo 2024 at PuroJazz.

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The Cookers — made up of veteran musicians Eddie Henderson, David Weiss, Donald Harrison, Craig Handy, George Cables, Cecil McBee and Billy Hart — keep pushing the music forward.

All music used with permission by Eli Naragon. Nah, Man - Naragon She Meant - Naragon If That's True - Spalding Walking Away - Naragon Peter's Sons - Naragon View From Webster - Naragon Hold The Line - Naragon Sister Cheryl - Naragon   Pittsburgh based bassist Eli Naragon has toured and worked with some of the biggest names in jazz including Eddie Henderson, Billy Hart and Roger Humphries. He pays tribute to all of them on his 2022 debut album Homage, and he graced our stage on tour in support of that album in this December 28th, 2022 performance.   Backed by some of Northeast Ohio's best musicians including Chris Coles on saxophone, Tommy Lehman on trumpet, Zaire Darden on drums and Theron Brown on piano, it's Eli Naragon – Live at the Bop Stop.   Live at the Bop Stop is made possible by The Music Settlement – serving Northeast Ohio by offering music instruction, music therapy, and early childhood education since 1912. The Music Settlement's mission is to welcome all to our music and arts community to learn, create, inspire, and heal.   This program is recorded at the Robert Conrad Studios at the Bop Stop in Cleveland, Ohio, and the studios of WBWC FM on the campus of Baldwin-Wallace University in Berea, Ohio. Additional production at the Bop Stop is provided by Graham Rosen. Technical editing for the program is provided by Dr. Pete Naegele, Shawn Gilbert, and Darren Thompson through Gilazar Media.   The executive producer and writer is Daniel Peck, with additional consulting production on behalf of The Music Settlement by Bryan Kennard.   For extended versions of all of our shows, our Live at the Bop Stop podcast can be found on your favorite podcast app or visit our website at www.themusicsettlement.org and click the Bop Stop link.   To reach out directly, email liveatthebopstop@gmail.com. I'm Daniel Peck. Join me again next time... Live at the Bop Stop. Want to Support The Bop Stop?  Donate here!   Contact us here

Welcome back to the Burning Ambulance Podcast! To find out about upcoming episodes, as well as all things Burning Ambulance, sign up for our free weekly newsletter.It's been a long time since I've done one of these. In fact, the last episode was released in December of 2022. I talked then to film critic Walter Chaw about his book on the work of director Walter Hill. Since then, a lot's been going on. Most notably, I wrote a book of my own, In The Brewing Luminous: The Life And Music Of Cecil Taylor, which will be released this year. It's the first full-length biography and critical analysis of Taylor, who is not only a hugely important jazz musician – along with Ornette Coleman, Albert Ayler and others, he was one of the pioneers of free jazz and really pushed the music forward in undeniable ways – but is also, I believe and argue in the book, a brilliant and under-recognized American composer whose work spans a much broader range than many people realize.Ethan Iverson is also a really interesting American composer. You could be reductive about it and call him a synthesist of old and new pop and jazz styles, but he has a strong and recognizable voice that becomes easy to hear the more of his music you listen to. There are chords and types of melodies that he favors that set him apart from his peers, and he's got a real attraction to big hooks, which manifested in the Bad Plus's work in a number of ways and shows up in his solo work too. The Bad Plus developed a reputation for piano trio covers of pop songs that people often seemed to think were ironic, but were in fact performed from a perspective of real love for compositional form. A great tune is a great tune. And it's worth remembering that they also recorded Igor Stravinsky's Rite of Spring, which is an avant-garde landmark but also has some really kick-ass and highly memorable melodies. After all, it was originally written for dancers.Ethan's new album, Technically Acceptable, is his second record for Blue Note and he's doing some things on it that he's never done before. First of all, he's playing with two different rhythm sections that are made up of musicians more or less his own age, even younger than himself. Until now, he's tended to record with older players, legends like Jack DeJohnette, Albert "Tootie" Heath, Billy Hart, Paul Motian, Ron Carter, etc. This is his first time post-Bad Plus making an album entirely with musicians of his own generation. Also, it includes a solo piano sonata – three movements, fifteen minutes, a through composed classical piece that still manages to fit under the umbrella of jazz in a George Gershwin meets Fats Waller kind of way. This album is a real showcase for him as a composer.Ethan and I talk about Cecil Taylor in the interview you're about to hear. We also talk about his work and how it's evolved over the years, the economics of surviving as a jazz musician in the 21st century, and we talk about other piano players of his generation like Jason Moran, Aaron Diehl, Aaron Parks, Jeb Patton, and Sullivan Fortner. We talk about diving into the music's history, and about how there's as much to learn and draw from in the music of the 1920s and 1930s as in the music of the 1960s and afterward, and about the increasing movement toward composition in current jazz. This is his second time on the podcast – a couple of years ago, I interviewed him alongside Mark Turner, because they'd made a duo album together. But this time it's a one on one conversation, and I hope you'll find it as interesting as I did.

The 20th season of NYC Winter Jazzfest is underway, with shows across New York City slated over the next week. This weekend, the festival will put on two events dedicated to the historic Brooklyn Black cultural center, The East. On Saturday, a panel will discuss The East's musical legacy. On Sunday, the Crown Hill Theatre will host "A Night at the East," a concert featuring veteran musicians like Gary Bartz and Billy Hart, as well as later generation musicians like Shabaka, Moor Mother, and Luke Stewart. Stewart and his Irreversible Entanglements bandmates Aquiles Navarro and Tcheser Holmes joined us for a preview on January 10, and they stuck around to record one more song. Ahead of their shows this weekend, here's "Pueblo."

NYC Winter Jazzfest kicks of its 20th season today, with shows across New York City slated over the next week. This weekend, the festival will put on two events dedicated to the historic Brooklyn Black cultural center, The East. On Saturday, a panel will discuss The East's musical legacy. On Sunday, the Crown Hill Theatre will host "A Night at the East," a concert featuring veteran musicians like Gary Bartz and Billy Hart, as well as later generation musicians like Shabaka, Moor Mother, and Luke Stewart. We discuss the events with Basir Mchawi, a former magazine editor for The East, and Marcus Moore, who co-curated the concert with Jazzfest founder Brice Rosenbloom. Stewart and his Irreversible Entanglements bandmates Aquiles Navarro and Tcheser Holmes also join to perform live in the studio.

Composer, pianist, educator Angelica Sanchez in commentary alongside excerpts from performances with bassist Michael Formanek, drummers Billy Hart and Hamid Drake, composer/percussionist Susie Ibarra with violinist Jennifer Choi, and a solo at the tribute to jaimie branch. Sanchez returns to Roulette in a new trio with guitarist Brandon Ross and drummer Chad Taylor on 16 January 2024. https://roulette.org/ 

Composer, pianist, educator Angelica Sanchez in commentary alongside excerpts from performances with bassist Michael Formanek, drummers Billy Hart and Hamid Drake, composer/percussionist Susie Ibarra with violinist Jennifer Choi, and a solo at the tribute to jaimie branch. Sanchez returns to Roulette in a new trio with guitarist Brandon Ross and drummer Chad Taylor on 16 January 2024.

Born in Fairborn, Ohio and raised in California Josiah Woodson started his musical journey under the tutelage of his mentor Khalil Shaheed in Oakland Ca at the age of 14. Beginning in Shaheed's own Oaktown Jazz Workshop among the now prominent musicians like Ambrose Akinmusire, Dayna Stevens, Jonathan Finlayson, and Geoffrey Countrymen, Josiah later went on to complete his undergraduate degree at the prestigious Oberlin Conservatory of Music. The late founder and director Wendell Logan alongside Marcus Belgrave, Billy Hart, and Donald Byrd among other mentors helped prepare Woodson for the masters program at New England Conservatory where he graduated with academic honors under the continued instruction of John McNeil, Cecil McBee, Jerry Bergonzi, and Danilo Perez.Since graduating, Josiah has gone on to pursue his career in New York, performing with such greats as Branford Marsalis, the late Mulgrew Miller, Ben Williams, and the late Clarence Clemons as well as recording with rappers Yasin Bey (formerly Mos Def) and Curren$y as well as recording on the grammy winning album “4” with Beyoné Knowles .Woodson's career has flourished after moving overseas to Paris, France where he has worked with musicians such as Mario Canonge, Gregory Privat, Arnold Doleman, Swaele Mbappe, Logan Richardson, Hermon Mahori, China Moses, and Blitz the Ambassador (Samuel Bazawulé).Notable performances include a season-opening performance of Woodson's own “Suite Elemental” (written, arranged, and scored for symphony orchestra by Josiah) with the Oakland Symphony, winning the 2019 Sibiu Jazz Competition, tours in Lebanon and Niger with Woodson's own projects, the unveiling of Moncer's fashion line with Pharrell Williams and Tobé Nwingwe in Milan, and the Scoring of Samuel Bazawule's first film “The Burial of Kojo” which went on to international success.Discography:Josiah Woodson “Suite Elemental”Beyoncé “4” (grammy winning)Mario Canonge “Zouk Out”Andy Narell “Like a Child”Olivier Robin title tbd release 2024David Garlitz - Cobra Fantastic title tbd release 2024Curren$y - “Pilot Talk”Mario Canonge/Michel Zenino “Quint'up”Mario Canonge/Michel Zenino “Quint'up II”David Levy's Out to Lunch “Melvin's Rockpile”David Levy's Out to Lunch “Excuse me while I do the Boogaloo”David Levy's Out to Lunch  “Uptown 6”David Levy's Out to Lunch  “Out to Lunch presents Etson”Sarah Thorpe title tbd release 2024Netflix's “The Eddy” series soundtrack “Falling” + appearance in ep #1https://www.facebook.com/josiah.woodson/Support the show

Join Rain on LaunchLeft today as they welcome Oscar-nominated Son Lux to kick off Qasim Naqvi's launch. Tune in for an engaging conversation with Ryan, Ian, Rafiq, and Qasim Naqvi as they discuss their unique experiences and creative processes in music-making. This versatile group excels as a live band, studio recording artists, and composers, embracing various aspects of the art they cherish. As a special treat, you'll have the privilege of hearing Qasim Naqvi's captivating performance of "The Curve" at the end of the episode. -----------------  LAUNCHLEFT OFFICIAL WEBSITEhttps://www.launchleft.com  LAUNCHLEFT PATREON https://www.patreon.com/LaunchLeft  TWITTER https://twitter.com/LaunchLeft  INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/launchleft/  FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/LaunchLeft  --------------------- LaunchLeft Podcast hosted by Rain Phoenix is an intentional space for Art and Activism where famed creatives launch new artists. LaunchLeft is an alliance of left-of-center artists, a curated ecosystem that includes a podcast, label and NFT gallery. --------------------- IN THIS EPISODE: [02:23] Ryan tells how he and Rafiq came to collaborate.  [08:25] Ian explains how they became composers for Everything, Everywhere, All At Once.  [10:26] Rafiq shares what they have been working on recently.  [12:39] Ryan comments on the reward versus the work and how the work won out.  [17:42] Qasim Naqvi reveals how he met the members of Son Lux, and they all reflect on their times together.  [25:02] Ryan talks about how their music is visual, and Qasim Naquiv discusses the modular synthesis while they land on making music with what they have.  [40:03] Listen to “The Curve” by Qasim Naqvi.    KEY TAKEAWAYS:  The difference between performing on stage and recording in a studio is night-and-day. When you find like-minded artists who appreciate each other's talents, you have a winning combination. Sometimes it’s the accident that makes the music. It’s called working with what you have.   BIOGRAPHIES::  SON LUX BIO: From the start, Son Lux has operated as something akin to a sonic test kitchen. The Academy Award® and BAFTA-nominated band strives to question deeply held assumptions about how music is made and reconstruct it from a molecular level. What began as a solo project for founder Ryan Lott expanded in 2014, thanks to a kinship with Ian Chang and Rafiq Bhatia too strong to ignore. The trio strengthened their chemistry and honed their collective intuition while creating, releasing, and touring six recordings, including Brighter Wounds (2018) and the triple album Tomorrows (2021). The result is a carefully cultivated musical language rooted in curiosity and balancing opposites that largely eschews genre and structural conventions. And yet, the band remains audibly indebted to iconoclastic artists in soul, hip-hop, and experimental improvisation who themselves carved new paths forward. Distilling these varied influences, Son Lux searches for an equilibrium of raw emotional intimacy and meticulous electronic constructions. Son Lux has most recently scored the new Daniels film for A24, Everything Everywhere All at Once (March 2022). The full score album features new collaborations with Mitski, David Byrne, Randy Newman, and Moses Sumney, among others. Based in New York, Rafiq Bhatia is the first-generation American son of Muslim immigrant parents who trace their ancestry to India through East Africa. Early influences such as Jimi Hendrix, John Coltrane, and Madlib—as well as mentors and collaborators including Vijay Iyer and Billy Hart—prompted him to see music as a way to actively shape and represent his own identity, not limited by anyone else’s prescribed perspective. When Ian Chang describes his creative process, the phrase "third culture” keeps coming up. Born in the colony of Hong Kong in 1988, Chang has lived a nomadic life. Stationed out of New York for ten years and since relocated to Dallas, Texas, he built an impressive roster of progressive pop collaborators such as Moses Sumney, Joan As Policewoman, and Matthew Dear, among others, all while performing internationally and recording as a member of Son Lux and Landlady. Ryan Lott makes his home in Los Angeles but grew up all over the United States. Music was the one constant in his formative years spent at the piano. In addition to an extensive career writing music for dance, he has become a sought-after composer for advertising, television, and film. Lott’s feature film credits include The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby (2014), Paper Towns (2015), and Mean Dreams (2017). He has co-produced and co-written music for and with Woodkid, Sufjan Stevens, and Lorde.   BIOGRAPHY: QASIM NAQVI  Qasim Naqvi is a drummer and founding member of Dawn of Midi. Outside of his role in D.O.M., Qasim works on various projects, from electronic music to composing for orchestras, chamber groups, dance and film.  His concert music has been performed/commissioned by The BBC Concert Orchestra, Jennifer Koh, The London Contemporary Orchestra, Stargaze, Bang on a Can All-Stars, Crash Ensemble, The Now Ensemble, The Erebus Ensemble, yMusic, The Helsinki Chamber Choir, Alexander Whitley, Cikada, The Chicago Symphony Orchestra(MusicNOW Season) and others. He has been a featured composer at the Musica Nova Festival in Helsinki, the Spitalfields Festival in London, Ultima Festival, Southbank Centre and the Rest is Noise Festival in Holland.   Qasim's soundtracks for the film have appeared on HBO, NBC, PBS, Showtime, New York Times Op-Docs, VICE Media, at The Tribeca, Sundance, Toronto, Rotterdam and London Film Festivals, at dOCUMENTA 13 and 14, The Guggenheim Museum, The Tate Britain (Turner Prize 2018), MOMA P.S. 1, IDFA, Berlinale and others. He has worked with such notable filmmakers as Laura Poitras, Mariam Ghani, Marc Levin, Naeem Mohaiemen, Smriti Keshari, Prashant Bhargava and Erin Heidenreich. Acoustic trio Dawn of Midi has released two albums. Their most recent Dysnomia was acclaimed by Pitchfork, Rolling Stone, Spin, The Guardian and the New Yorker. Radiohead personally picked Dawn of Midi as their support band for two sold-out concerts at New York's Madison Square Garden for their Moon Shaped Pool tour.    Qasim earned his B.F.A in performance from the New School Jazz and Contemporary Music program and his M.F.A in composition and performance from California Institute of the Arts. He studied drums and performance with Andrew Cyrille, Joe Chambers, Reggie Workman, Buster Williams, Ralph Peterson Jr., Charlie Haden and Rashied Ali and composition with Wolfgang von Schweinitz, James Tenney, Morton Subotnick, Marc Sabat, Wadada Leo Smith, Michael Jon Fink and Anne LeBaron. He is a 2016 N.Y.F.A Fellow in Music and Sound and has received other fellowships and awards from Chamber Music America, The Foundation for Contemporary Arts, Mid-Atlantic Arts Council, Harvest Works, The Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, S.T.E.I.M. and Art OMI. Presently, Qasim lives in Brooklyn, New York and works on various projects as a freelance composer and drummer. He is represented by Erased Tapes Publishing.   RESOURCE LINKS Podcast - LaunchLeft   SON LUX LINKS: Son Lux Music - Website Son Lux - Instagram Son Lux - Twitter Son Lux - Facebook Son Lux - YouTube Son Lux - Soundcloud   QASIM NAQVI LINKS: Qasim Naqvi - Website Qasim Naqvi - Instagram Qasim Naqvi - Twitter Qasim Naqvi - Bandcamp  

This week's guest is Noah Hecht - a Brooklyn-based drummer / instructor who proudly studied under Billy Hart at Oberlin Conservatory of Music and College. He's worked with Purr, Yeasayer, Eleanor Friedberger, Man Forever, Porches, Cassandra Jenkins and many more. If I were to state a through line for this chat, it's that Noah is obsessed with placement and its relationship with time. You'll see what I mean 

In this episode, the Spotlight shines On internationally-renowned bass player and composer Bruno Råberg.Since coming to the US from his native Sweden in 1981, Bruno has made many recordings as both a leader and sideman — and has performed with an incredible number of world-class artists - including Terri Lyne Carrington, Sam Rivers, Donny McCaslin, Billy Hart, Matt Wilson, and countless others. He currently leads several incarnations of his own Bruno Råberg Trio and the Triloka Ensemble. Bruno has been a professor at Berklee College of Music in Boston since 1986 and teaches in the prestigious Berklee Global Jazz Institute.Bruno joins us to talk about Look Inside, his debut album for solo bass which came out on May 19. If you're curious about what took him so long to embark on such a project, your questions will be answered here.Enjoy. ------------------References:Bruno Råberg online: www.brunoraberg.comListen to Bruno Råberg's Look Inside on Bandcamp or streaming platformsFollow Bruno Råberg on Instagram and FacebookWild Bill Davis & Johnny Hodges – Con-Soul And Sax (features the songs Bruno mentions from Hammond A GoGo)Giant Steps | John Coltrane's Groundbreaking AlbumWhat is the nyckelharpa?The Heathens (Hedningarna)50 Years of ECM RecordsECM/Free Jazz - BerkleeAn introduction to Wayne Shorter in 10 recordsAnti-Jazz Revisited, 50 Years Later (about the Downbeat article Lawrence mentions)Ghatam drumsPianist Kris Davis------------------• Did you enjoy this episode? Rate Spotlight On ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ and leave a review on Apple Podcasts.• Subscribe! Be the first to check out each new episode of Spotlight On in your podcast app of choice.• Looking for more? Visit spotlightonpodcast.com for bonus content, web-only interviews + features, and the Spotlight On email newsletter. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.