Podcast appearances and mentions of Joel Ross

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NETA RAANAN “UNFORESEEN BLOSSOM” Bar Bayeux, en Brooklyn, ca 2023Blue Jay, Late Fire ColorsNeta Raanan (st) Joel Ross (vib) Simón Willson (b) Kayvon Gordon (dr) AVISHAI COHEN “ASHES TO GOLD” Pernes-les-Fontaines, France, November, 2023Ashes to gold parts II – III IV, The seventhAvishai Cohen (tp,flhrn,fl) Yonathan Avishai (p) Barak Mori (b) Ziv Ravitz (d) SEBASTIAN JORDAN QUINTETO “PATAGONIA” Lugar y fecha no especificadosPatagonia, La Arena, Sarah, Reina del FiordoSebastián Jordán (t) Sergio Olivares (sax/fl) Sebastián Castro (p/tcl) Milton Russell (b)Carlos Cortés (dr)” Continue reading Puro Jazz 02 de abril, 2025 at PuroJazz.

NETA RAANAN “UNFORESEEN BLOSSOM” Bar Bayeux, en Brooklyn, ca 2023Blue Jay, Late Fire ColorsNeta Raanan (st) Joel Ross (vib) Simón Willson (b) Kayvon Gordon (dr) AVISHAI COHEN “ASHES TO GOLD” Pernes-les-Fontaines, France, November, 2023Ashes to gold parts II – III IV, The seventhAvishai Cohen (tp,flhrn,fl) Yonathan Avishai (p) Barak Mori (b) Ziv Ravitz (d) SEBASTIAN JORDAN QUINTETO “PATAGONIA” Lugar y fecha no especificadosPatagonia, La Arena, Sarah, Reina del FiordoSebastián Jordán (t) Sergio Olivares (sax/fl) Sebastián Castro (p/tcl) Milton Russell (b)Carlos Cortés (dr)” Continue reading Puro Jazz 02 de abril, 2025 at PuroJazz.

JOEL ROSS “NUBLUES” c. 2023Evidence, Central Park West, What am I waiting for ?, ChantGabrielle Garo (fl) Immanuel Wilkins (as) Joel Ross (vib) Jeremy Corren (p) Kanoa Mendenhall (b) Jeremy Dutton (d) PATRICIA BARBER “VERSE” Chicago, IL, February 10-14, 2002Clues (1,2), I could eat your words (2), Dansons la gigue (2)Patricia Barber (vcl,p,el-p) acc by Dave Douglas (tp) Neal Alger (g) unidentified (strings-1), Michael Arnopol (b) Joey Baron (d-2) ADAM SCHROEDER & MARK MASTERS “CELEBRATE CLARK TERRY !” c. Continue reading Puro Jazz 06 de marzo, 2025 at PuroJazz.

JOEL ROSS “NUBLUES” c. 2023Evidence, Central Park West, What am I waiting for ?, ChantGabrielle Garo (fl) Immanuel Wilkins (as) Joel Ross (vib) Jeremy Corren (p) Kanoa Mendenhall (b) Jeremy Dutton (d) PATRICIA BARBER “VERSE” Chicago, IL, February 10-14, 2002Clues (1,2), I could eat your words (2), Dansons la gigue (2)Patricia Barber (vcl,p,el-p) acc by Dave Douglas (tp) Neal Alger (g) unidentified (strings-1), Michael Arnopol (b) Joey Baron (d-2) ADAM SCHROEDER & MARK MASTERS “CELEBRATE CLARK TERRY !” c. Continue reading Puro Jazz 06 de marzo, 2025 at PuroJazz.

Cincinnati native and New York based Andrew Haug has a  compositional style best described by fellow musicians as “honest and thoughtful, beautiful yet energetic, with a hint of mysteriousness and darkness.” Bassist Ben Tiberio has spent his twenties lending a crucial voice to the upper echelons of New York City's vibrant jazz scene. Ben's bass playing has been a fixture in the bands of his generation's biggest torchbearers: Joel Ross, María Grand, Veronica Swift, and Immanuel Wilkins to name a few. Along with Vibraphonist Josh Strange and Drummer Charlie Schefft, the quartet toured in support of their respective 2023 releases, coming together to expand upon each other's work. From a September 23rd, 2023 performance, it's the Andrew Haug Quartet - Live at the Bop Stop.

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durée : 00:59:12 - Out of/Into (Joel Ross, Gerald Clayton, Kendrick Scott, Matt Brewer, Immanuel Wilkins) "Motion I" - par : Nicolas Pommaret - Formé par cinq des musiciens les plus passionnants du jazz d'aujourd'hui - le pianiste Gerald Clayton, le vibraphoniste Joel Ross, le saxophoniste Immanuel Wilkins, le batteur Kendrick Scott et le bassiste Matt Brewer - Out Of/Into incarne à lui seul l'esprit du label Blue Note.

THIS WEEK's BIRDS: new/recent creative/improvised music from Henry Taylor; Kim Cass; Matt Mitchell w. Kate Gentile; Joel Ross;;  Linda Sikhaklhane; as well as Joy Guidry; vintage music from Michael Cosmic, Phil. Musra, World's Experience Orchestra; vintage samba from Paulinho da Viola; Elton Medeiros; Aliade Costa; Moroccan melhûn (sung poetry) from Cheikh Mwijo; new Arabic song from SHIRAN (w/ El Khat); raga (vocal) Fateh Ali Khan; new music from Chad Fowler, George Cartwright, Kelley Hurt, Christopher Parker, Luke Stewart, Steve Hirsch, Zoh Ambah; oud solo from Iran (Mohammadreza Ebrahimi);  Tuti Island Band (from Sudan); and of course, so 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/20027606/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

En esta edición de La Montaña Rusa, hemos escuchado a Joel Ross; Rachel Eckroth; Oscar Peterson Quartet; John McLaughlin & 4th Dimension; Recuerdo a Jordi Bonell; Jean-Michel Pilc; Noah Haidu. Seguir leyendo La Montaña Rusa. Episodio 48.2024. en La Montaña Rusa Radio Jazz.

Halloween's in the rear view mirror but the boys still have a mixed bag of treats on offer, including an album whose cover boasts the best costumes of the year.  A piano playing Duke makes his appearance on the 'cast for the first time in roughly 300 episodes and we dig deep into a percussionist's tricky second album from 2006.  Like a trick or treater, this episode is short and sweet.  Joel Ross – NUBLUES; Duke Pearson – HONEYBUNS; Dafnis Prieto  - ABSOLUTE QUINTET; Melinda Sullivan and Larry Goldings– BIG FOOT.

MARQUIS HILL “NEW GOSPEL REVISITED” Chicago, IL, December 8, 2019Law & order, Walter speaks, Lullaby, New paths, PerpetuaMarquis Hill (tp,comp) Walter Smith, III (ts) Joel Ross (vib) James Francies (p) Harish Raghavan (b) Kendrick Scott (d) CHICK COREA “CIRCLING IN” New York, August 13, 1970Chimes IAnthony Braxton (as,sop,cl,contrabass-cl,fl) Chick Corea (p,cel,perc) Dave Holland (b,g,cello,perc) DANIEL CARTER et al “SHINE HEAR VOL. Continue reading Puro Jazz 04 de octubre, 2024 at PuroJazz.

MARQUIS HILL “NEW GOSPEL REVISITED” Chicago, IL, December 8, 2019Law & order, Walter speaks, Lullaby, New paths, PerpetuaMarquis Hill (tp,comp) Walter Smith, III (ts) Joel Ross (vib) James Francies (p) Harish Raghavan (b) Kendrick Scott (d) CHICK COREA “CIRCLING IN” New York, August 13, 1970Chimes IAnthony Braxton (as,sop,cl,contrabass-cl,fl) Chick Corea (p,cel,perc) Dave Holland (b,g,cello,perc) DANIEL CARTER et al “SHINE HEAR VOL. Continue reading Puro Jazz 04 de octubre, 2024 at PuroJazz.

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While I am at the Monterey Jazz Festival, I've queued up another episode originally published in March of this year. The episode begins with new music from guitarist Andrew Renfroe and vibraphonist Joel Ross. We then work our way back to the 1950's with classic Brubeck, Wes and Trane.   Playlist Artist ~ Track ~ Album Andrew Renfroe ~ BIG COUNTRY ~ Big Country EP Joel Ross ~ nublues ~ nublues Dezron Douglas & Brandee Younger ~ This Woman's Work ~ Force Majeure Samara Joy ~ Misty ~ Linger Awhile Shelly Manne and His Men ~ Our Delight ~ Shelly Manne & His Men At the Blackhawk, Vol. 1 The Dave Brubeck Quartet ~ The Duke ~ Jazz: Red, Hot and Cool Wes Montgomery ~ Four On Six ~ The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery John Coltrane ~ Moment's Notice ~ Blue Train

Candice Hoyes, Joel Ross, Lauren Henderson, Catherine Russell & Sean Mason, Mahogany L. Browne & Sean Mason, Joy Guidry, Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, Stephanie Urquhart Jazz Orchestra, Christine Jensen, Winnipeg Jazz Orchestra, Jon Gordon, Walter Smith III, Bryn Roberts and Sahil ChughPlaylist: Candice Hoyes - In the Upper Room (for Mary Winnifred)Joel Ross - earlyLauren Henderson, featuring Joe Dyson, Joel Ross, Jonathan Michel & Sean Mason - TormentoCatherine Russell, Sean Mason - The Best Things Happen While You're DancingMahogany L. Browne, Sean Mason, featuring Ekep Nkwelle - Redbone DancesJoy Guidry - Members Don't Get WearyJazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra & Wynton Marsalis, featuring Shenel Johns - Freedom DayStephanie Urquhart Jazz Orchestra - Talk Over MeChristine Jensen Jazz Orchestra, featuring Ingrid Jensen - SurgeWinnipeg Jazz Orchestra, featuring Christine Jensen - Crossing LachineJon Gordon - Here, There and EverywhereWalter Smith III - CezanneBryn Roberts - Let's Agree (That You Agree With Me)Sahil Chugh - Clarity, Pt. 1Sahil Chugh - Clarity, Pt. 2

The Academy of Lifelong Learning is hosting the “Arts for ALL” series which are free, public presentations that feature the beauty and uniqueness of all people through the arts. On Oct. 2, Dorothy Paige Turner and Joel Ross will perform at the Trutter Center on the Lincoln Land Community College Springfield campus. Turner spoke to Community Voices about the performance which will explain the roots of jazz among enslaved Africans. She also talked about her love of the Great American Songbook and how she used music to reach students.For more information on Arts for ALL visit: https://www.llcc.edu/news/llcc-arts-for-all

JOHNATHAN BLAKE “PASSAGE” c. 2022 Passage, A slight tasteImmanuel Wilkins (as) Joel Ross (vib) David Virelles (p) Dezron Douglas (b) Johnathan Blake (d,comp). ERIK FRIEDLANDER “DIRTY BOXING” Lanzamiento 28 junio, 2024Sprawl; Foot Stomp; Shrimping (Mod 9); Ground And Pound (Mod 1)Erik Friedlander, chelo; Uri Caine, piano; Mark Helias, bass; Ches Smith, drums. MARK GUILIANA “MARK” Los Angeles & Brooklyn, NY, c. Continue reading Puro Jazz 30 de agosto, 2024 at PuroJazz.

In a detailed recap episode, Beave and Len preview the NBA FInals, while Beave provides the Dallas Mavericks and Luks Doncic tons of motivation. Len challenges the Cubs to use the Sox series at Wrigley Field to launch themselves back into playoff contention. Len finally sees "Alien", with Sigourney Weaver, and recommends the movie enthusiastically. Beave re-reviews all the new albums he has listened to this year, and ranks them again. Beave and Len discuss the Chennedy Carter/Caitlin Clark incident in Indianapolis. Tune in!

GREGORY GROOVER, JR. LOVABYE New York, August 16, 2023Bygone towers (1), Joy, AmbivalenceGregory Groover, Jr. (ts,comp) Joel Ross (vib) Aaron Parks (p) Matthew Stevens (g-1) Vicente Archer (b) Marcus Gilmore (d) MARC JOHNSON BASS DESIRES New York, May, 1985Samurai hee-haw, Black is the color of my true love's hair, Bass desiresBill Frisell (g,g-synt) John Scofield (g) Marc Johnson (b) Peter Erskine (d) PETER PRIMUS FROSCH PRIME TIME St. Continue reading Puro Jazz 08 Mayo 2024 at PuroJazz.

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JOEL ROSS NUBLUES c. 2023Evidence, Central Park West, What am I waiting for ?, ChantGabrielle Garo (fl) Immanuel Wilkins (as) Joel Ross (vib) Jeremy Corren (p) Kanoa Mendenhall (b) Jeremy Dutton (d) PATRICIA BARBER VERSE Chicago, IL, February 10-14, 2002Lost In This Love, Clues (1,2), I could eat your words (2), Dansons la gigue (2)Patricia Barber (vcl,p,el-p) acc by Dave Douglas (tp) Neal Alger (g) unidentified (strings-1), Michael Arnopol (b) Joey Baron (d-2) ADAM SCHROEDER MARK MASTERS – CT ! Continue reading Puro Jazz 13 marzo 2024 at PuroJazz.

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Billy Valentine's new single, three albums that will end up on our best of the year list, and more, make it for a thoroughly enjoyable ride! The playlist features Laurent de Wilde; Billy Valentine; Larry Goldings, John Sneider; Simona Severini, Daniele Richiedei, Giulio Corini, Peo Alfonsi, Fulvio Sigurtà; Joel Ross [pictured]; and Lorenzo Di Maio. Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/18648961/Mondo-Jazz (up to "Buenos Aires"). Happy listening!

This episode begins with new music from guitarist Andrew Renfro and vibraphonist Joel Ross. We then work our way back to the 1950's with classic Brubeck, Wes and Trane. Playlist Artist ~ Track ~ Album Andrew Renfroe ~ BIG COUNTRY ~ Big Country EP Joel Ross ~ nublues ~ nublues Dezron Douglas & Brandee Younger ~ This Woman's Work ~ Force Majeure Samara Joy ~ Misty ~ Linger Awhile Shelly Manne and His Men ~ Our Delight ~ Shelly Manne & His Men At the Blackhawk, Vol. 1 The Dave Brubeck Quartet ~ The Duke ~ Jazz: Red, Hot and Cool Wes Montgomery ~ Four On Six ~ The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery John Coltrane ~ Moment's Notice ~ Blue Train

Tonight's edition features new music from Joel Ross, Ian Hawgood + David Cordero, Little North, SVLBRD, Joel Shearer and lots more!

Ann Powers and Sheldon Pearce listen to the new albums out on Feb. 9 — including Brittany Howard's What Now — and find themselves wondering about the cultural value of virtuosity in 2024.Featured albums:1. Brittany Howard, What Now2. Joel Ross, nublues3. Boldy James & Nicholas Craven, Penalty of Leadership (released Jan. 12)4. Kali Malone, All Life Long5. Sonic Youth, Walls Have Ears6. Usher, Coming HomeOther notable albums out Feb. 9:• Helado Negro, PHASOR• Chelsea Wolfe, She Reaches Out To She Reaches Out To She• Madi Diaz, Weird Faith• Declan McKenna, What Happened To The Beach?• Little Simz, Drop 7 EP• Shygirl, Club Shy EP• Kelela, RAVE:N, The Remixes • Mk.gee, Two Star & The Dream Police• Ducks Ltd., Harm's Way• David Nance & Mowed Sound, David Nance & Mowed Sound• Split System, Vol. 2• The Telescopes, Growing Eyes Become String

Celebrating Black History Month (episode 1)! Sullivan Fortner, Ledisi & Metropole Orkest, Jesse Ryan, Joe Sealy, Melanie Scholtz, Kaia Kater, Cécile McLorin Salvant, Joel Ross, Cecilia Smith, Dominique Fils-Aimé, Larnell Lewis, Nite Bjuti, Meshell Ndegeocello, Kokoroko, Chelsea Carmichael, and Ulysses Owens Jr & Generation Y.Playlist: Sullivan Fortner - CuteLedisi & Metropole Orkest - Work SongJesse Ryan - SeedsJoe Sealy - Duke's In TownMelanie Scholtz - Tea for TwoKaia Kater - The InternetCécile McLorin Salvant - The World Is MeanJoel Ross - central park westCecilia Smith - Miss D.D. (version 2)Dominique Fils-Aimé - To Walk A WayLarnell Lewis - No Access?Nite Bjuti - SoursopMeshell Ndegeocello, featuring Thandiswa, Joel Ross - VumaKokoroko - We Give ThanksChelsea Carmichael - There Is You And YouUlysses Owens Jr and Generation Y - Better Days

durée : 00:58:23 - Joel Ross - par : Alex Dutilh - Le jeune et très en vue vibraphoniste Joel Ross publie un remarquable quatrième album pour Blue Note, “nublues”. Avec des minuscules, pour une musique majuscule.

durée : 00:58:23 - Joel Ross - par : Alex Dutilh - Le jeune et très en vue vibraphoniste Joel Ross publie un remarquable quatrième album pour Blue Note, “nublues”. Avec des minuscules, pour une musique majuscule.

JACK WILSON – EASTERLY WINDS Englewood Cliffs, N.J., September 22, 1967Do it, On children, A time for love (p,b,d only)Lee Morgan (tp) Garnett Brown (tb) Jackie McLean (as) Jack Wilson (p) Bob Cranshaw (b) Billy Higgins (d) JOEL ROSS – THE PARABLE OF THE POET Mount Vernon, NY, c. 2021Prayer, WailMarquis Hill (tp) Kalia Vandever (tb) Gabrielle Garo (fl) Immanuel Wilkins (as) Maria Grand (ts) Joel Ross (vib) Sean Mason (p) Rick Rosato (b) Craig Weinrib (d) ADAM BIRNBAUM – TRAVELS New York, June 8, 2008Jackhammer, House party starting, UrgencyAdam Birnbaum (p) Joe Sanders (b) Rodney Green (d) Continue reading Puro Jazz 18 enero 2024 at PuroJazz.

MARQUIS HILL- MODERN FLOWS VOL. 2 c. 2018Modern flows II intro (baw vcl), Twin flame, Ego vs. spirit Marquis Hill (tp,comp) Josh Johnson (as) Joel Ross (vib) Junius Paul (b) Jonathan Pinson (d) Brandon Alexander Williams, Braxton Cook, King Legend, M'Reid Green, Rachel Robinson, Slot A (vcl) Black Unlimited Music Group HOUSTON PERSON – REMINISCING AT RUDY'S Englewood Cliffs, NJ, July 19, 2022Again, Please send me someone to love, Reminiscing at Rudy's Houston Person (ts) Larry Fuller (p) Russell Malone (g) Matthew Parrish (b) Lewis Nash (d,vcl) TINA BROOKS – TRUE BLUE Englewood Cliffs, NJ, June 25, 1960Up tight's creek, Theme for Doris, Miss Hazel, True blue Freddie Hubbard (tp) Tina Brooks (ts) Duke Jordan (p) Sam Jones (b) Art Taylor (d) Continue reading Puro Jazz 15 enero 2024 at PuroJazz.

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In jazz, two legendary harp musicians come to mind. Dorothy Ashby and Alice Coltrane. Now, there is a third musician whose image immediately erupts into focus. For harp artist, educator, and Grammy nominated musician Brandee Younger, both Ashby and Coltrane made a tremendous impact on her. And with her latest recording, Brand New Life, on Impulse Records, Brandee Younger embraces Ashby and her impact on the harp. I caught up with Grammy nominated harpist Brandee Younger at the Spoleto Jazz Festival in Charleston, North Carolina. This was a major opportunity for me to learn how the harp, this extraordinarily large instrument, can be used in improvisational jazz. I am unfamiliar with how to play the harp so talking with Brandee Younger was a good time to learn how she does it. And learning about her major influence, Dorothy Ashby was an extra for me. Brandee's latest recording, Brand New Life, finds her embracing Ashby's compositions and styles as she crosses genres on this album. Chicago producer, drummer and bandleader Mikaya McCraven produced this album, infusing hip-hop and R&B influences in this recording. Some of the artists include Mumu Fresh (Maimouna Yousef), rapper, bassist and singer-songwriter Meshell Ndegeocello and Blue Note recording artist and vibraphonist and bandleader Joel Ross. She was nominated for a Grammy in 2022 for Best Instrumental Composition for “Beautiful is Black” from her 2021 Recording Somewhere Different becoming the first black woman to do so. That same year she was also nominated for an NAACP Image Award and named winner of the DownBeat Critics Poll in the category of "Rising Star" Miscellaneous Instrument. In 2023 Brandee Younger won in Jazz Journalists Association annual recognition awards in the category Rare Instrument. Brandee's discography includes Somewhere Different (Impulse, 2021)-composition Grammy nominated; Force Majeure (International Anthem Recording Co.) 2021; Soul Awakening (Self-Released) 2019; Wax & Wane (Disk Union) 2016; Prelude (Self-released) 2011. Brandee Younger is currently on the teaching artist faculty at New York University and The New School College of Performing Arts. She also serves as Symphonic and Jazz Harp Artist in Residence at the Cicely L. Tyson Community School of Performing and Fine Arts. The photo of Brandee Younger is by Erin O'Brien.

Stolen Moments. Ahmad Jamal Trío Easy To Love. Ahmad Jamal Cómo Fue.Miguel Zenón y Luis Perdomo Respected Destroyer +  Throw It Away Terri Lyne Carrington Dimu+  Deep within Mountains. Mammal Hands Fly Me To The Moon+  The Healer. Avishai Cohen y Abraham Rodríguez Jr. Vuma (Thandiswa, Joel Ross). Meshell Ndegeocello Escuchar audio

The sonically innovative harpist, Brandee Younger, is revolutionizing the harp for the digital era. Over the past fifteen years, she has worked relentlessly to stretch boundaries and limitations for harpists.  In 2022, she made history by becoming the first black woman to be nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition. That same year, she was also nominated for an NAACP Image Award. Ever-expanding as an artist, she has worked with cultural icons including Common, Lauryn Hill, John Legend, and Moses Sumney.   Her current album, Brand New Life, builds on her already rich oeuvre and cements the harp's place in pop culture.  As the title of the album suggests, Brand New Life is about forging new paths–artistic, personal, political, and spiritual. On this album, Younger salutes her musical foremother, the trailblazing harpist Dorothy Ashby, while also speaking to the sentiments of more recent generations. “We're bringing new life to Dorothy Ashby's popular and previously unreleased compositions. We're creating new life…for the instrument,” Younger said. Brand New Life is an album about living fully, in neon bright color. In March of 2022, Younger flew to Chicago and began recording Brand New Life in the home studio of her long-time collaborator and friend, Makaya McCraven, who produced and played drums on the album. In the Windy City, Younger hoped to harness some of Ashby's funky energy from a recording she did there nearly five decades before. Younger gathered artists who have had a sense of kinship with Ashby; from the internationally-lauded neo-soul bassist/vocalist/rapper Meshell Ndegeocello to her long-time bassist Rashaan Carter, plus the legendary rapper and producer Pete Rock and the talented contemporary producer 9th Wonder. The latter producers introduced hip-hop and R&B listeners to Ashby in the 1990s and early 2000s via slick samples. Pete Rock and CL Smooth's 1992 release, “For Pete's Sake,” samples Ashby's 1968 hit “Come Live With Me.” 9th Wonder's remix of singer Amerie's 2003 R&B classic “Why Don't We Fall in Love,” also includes a Dorothy Ashby sample from “Come Live With Me.” With Younger's solo rendition of this heavily sampled song on Brand New Life, she builds a sonic bridge between generations. “I wanted everyone on the record to have a special connection to Dorothy [Ashby]," she said.  For the project, Younger also recorded a number of Ashby's compositions that were never recorded before, alongside Ashby fan favorites and Younger originals.  The emotional complexity of the album is stunningly captured in the title track, “Brand New Life,” an original co-written by Younger and singer, Mumu Fresh. “This love is so deep, time and space couldn't keep you away from me,” Mumu Fresh sings. Younger's playing paints lush details over Mumu Fresh's smooth vocals leaving nothing to be sonically desired. Against the backdrop of current social issues–climate change, racism, health disparities, and women's rights–the song speaks to a desire that many people have for change, for something new in the world. “Brand New Life'' reaches listeners at the level of the human. Love is a subtle but insistent thread throughout the album. The opening track, “You're a Girl For One Man Only,” is a previously unrecorded Dorothy Ashby composition. Sonically, it is tender and evocative of a first kiss or the early seasons of a new romance. Younger recalls the original song's lyrics' more traditional message of romantic longing that we still hear in popular music today. Boy chases girl. Girl succumbs. In Younger's version, there is a sense of agency and exploration. Younger creates a mesmerizing atmosphere. In the second half of the track, we are met with a delicate dance between Joel Ross on vibraphone and Younger on harp, the two instruments pining through the melody.  Brand New Life is part of her steadfast efforts to amplify the contributions of black women harpists and to keep their legacies alive.  Her care for and attention to Dorothy Ashby as a musical ancestor has been consistent throughout her career. Akin to the popular hashtag, #CiteBlackWomen, which demands consumers credit and recognizes black women for their intellectual labor, Younger urges us to recognize Ashby's contribution to the American songbook. The album is part of a larger project of recognizing not only the history of innovators of the distinguished harp – a history that places Ashby and Younger together on a continuum – but also the presence of everyday black women.  “Running Game” was an obscure seven-inch single release originally entitled “Double Talkin'” and featured Ashby on piano. In the song's intro, we hear what sounds like a casual conversation at a black women's beauty salon or at a social gathering of sorts where women freely share advice and observations on life with one another. The voices in the intro are of Younger's mother and aunt. Younger set up listeners by reading the lyrics from Ashby's original. “Every man I meet is double talkin'. "Where did the good men go?” The women candidly respond to the song lyrics. One says, “As far as the game, men have been running game since day one.” The track leads into, “Running Game,” a ballad with inflections of Negro spirituals and the blues.  Here, Younger's expressivity on her instrument is incomparable. As the strings (arranged by DeSean Jones) hum behind her, the “double-talking” gold-digging man comes into full view. “Running Game” ends on a note of optimism, of marching forward despite life's struggles.  Younger was born and raised in Hempstead, New York. As a teen in the early 1990s, she bopped to the beats of artists like LL Cool J, Queen Latifah, and Busta Rhymes. Among these hip-hop greats, she discovered Ashby's music by way of hip-hop legend Pete Rock. She began playing harp at the age of eleven and eventually enrolled at the Hartt School of Music at the University of Hartford in Connecticut where she studied classical music. It was through the encouragement of legendary saxophonist Jackie McLean that she made her first foray into jazz with the harp.  Hearing Ashby for the first time made her envision new possibilities for herself as a harpist. “She was covering all of these popular tunes and soundtracks [of the time] and I wanted to do that. She's playing pop, jazz, and everyone's sampling her–DJ Premier, Pete Rock, J. Dilla. Hearing, then seeing her as a Black Woman, while I'm this random little isolated black girl playing the harp by myself was everything to me.” Younger forged her way with a small but mighty group of black women harpists as examples—Sarah Lawrence from her hometown, Ann Hobson-Pilot, Dorothy Ashby, and Alice Coltrane—who were consistent sources of inspiration. In 2006, after graduating from Hartt School, Younger went on to develop a name for herself on the jazz and commercial recording scene in New York City. To date, her performance roster is fierce. As a side-woman, she has played alongside jazz icons such as Pharoah Sanders, Ravi Coltrane, Jack DeJohnette, and Reggie Workman. Younger's commitment to carrying the torch can also be seen through her work as a performer and educator. In 2008, she earned a Master of Music from New York University's Steinhardt School. During this time, she began to work seriously as an educator. She has been a guest faculty and lecturer at numerous universities including but not limited to Berklee College of Music, Princeton University, Howard University, and Tulane University. Currently, she serves as a teaching artist faculty at New York University and The New School.    In 2020, Younger was named winner of the DownBeat Critics Poll in the category of "Rising Star" harpist. Her work as a side woman is evidence of Younger's undeniable presence in the sound of contemporary jazz today. In recent years, she has appeared on albums by Lakecia Benjamin, Robert Glasper, Jeremy Pelt, The Baylor Project, and Makaya McCraven, just to name a few. In addition to her contributions as a side-woman, Younger's commitment to honoring the legacy of black women harpists can be seen through her curatorial work. She has curated a number of performances dedicated to honoring the work of Dorothy Ashby and Alice Coltrane. This work speaks to her dedication as a purveyor of black music and history. In this episode, Brandee shares her background, education, and musical journey. If you enjoyed this episode please make sure to subscribe, follow, rate, and/or review this podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcast, Google Podcast, ect. Connect with us on all social media platforms and at www.improvexchange.com

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Harpist, collaborator, bandleader, educator, and improviser, Brandee Younger, has mastered the language of Debussy, Ravel, Alice Coltrane, R&B, hip hop, mid 20th century pop, funk, reggae, the blues, and hymns, to name merely a few genres. In her work, she weaves in ALL the sounds of the day- and is not locked into any one genre, just like the great pioneering harpist Dorothy Ashby – who was “way ahead of her time”. Younger's latest effort, Brand New Life, covers and re-imagines some of Dorothy Ashby's unreleased music, recruiting players like bassist/vocalist Meshell Ndegeocello, singer/songwriter/MC Mumu Fresh, guitarist Jeff Parker, drummer Makaya McCraven, vibraphonist Joel Ross, and the great hip hop producer Pete Rock. Brandee Younger brings the killer bass lines, hang time, wide expressive range, and the delicate chords, trills, and sweeps - and demonstrates  different extended harp techniques (pedal slide, prepared harp, playing near the board) - playing solo, in-studio. - Caryn Havlik Set list: “Lift Every Voice and Sing”, “Essence of Ruby”, “Unrest I” Watch "Lift Every Voice and Sing": Watch "Essence of Ruby": Watch "Unrest I":

An eclectic set of music starting with Hartford based guitarist Frank Varela. Next is a new release from Terri Lyne Carrington celebrating women jazz composers. LP and the Vinyl cover a pop tune and drummer from Charlie Brown Christmas classic covers Charles Mingus. More from Joe Farrell, Charles McPherson, Ethan Iverson and young vibraphonist Joel Ross round out the set. Playlist Artist ~ Name ~ Album Frank Varela ~ Ganja Groove ~ Grandma's Revenge Terri Lyne Carrington ~ Respected Destroyer ~ New Standards, Vol. 1 LP and the Vinyl ~ Everybody Wants to Rule the World ~ Heard and Seen Jerry Granelli ~ Boogie Stop Shuffle ~ Dance Hall Joe Farrell ~ Sonic Text ~ Sonic Text Charles McPherson ~ Karen ~ First Flight Out Ethan Iverson ~ Confirmation ~ The Purity of the Turf Joel Ross ~ WAIL ~ The Parable Of The Poet

We begin by paying tribute to the late great Burt Bacharach with a cover of one of his great tunes Walk On By from Denise Donatelli. Next, a San Diego set from Matt Hall, Chris Hollyday and Gilbert Castellanos. The second half of the show features vibraphone. Young new players Joel Ross and Chien Chien Lu are featured first, then master vibraphonists Bobby Hutcherson (with McCoy Tyner) and Gary Burton (with Chick Corea). Playlist Artist ~ Name ~ Album Denise Donatelli ~ Walk on By ~ Whistling in the Dark - The Music of Burt Bacharach Matt Hall ~ Biscuits & Gravy ~ I Hope to My Never Christopher Hollyday ~ Hallucinations ~ Telepathy Gilbert Castellanos ~ Will You Still Be Mine ~ Espérame En El Cielo Joel Ross ~ Benediction ~ The Parable Of The Poet Richie Goods/Chien Chien Lu ~ Dull Ice Flower ~ Connected Richie Goods/Chien Chien Lu ~ Someday We'll all be Free ~ Connected McCoy Tyner ~ Sama Layuca ~ Sama Layuca Chick Corea And Gary Burton ~ No Mystery ~ Native Sense - The New Duets