Putting together these new shows each week is generally fun, but with the steady stream of worthy new releases it would be just as easy to become a little perplexed at all the riches: how can I possibly play them all????? This week’s a good example – there’s so much Continue Reading
October 5, 2023 #1328
The late trumpeter Tomasz Stanko was extremely popular, not only with music fans but fellow musicians as well. Canadian saxophonist Francois Carrier was so entranced by one of Stanko’s recordings that he made a point of having the great artist from Poland play at one of his series in Montreal. Continue Reading
September 28, 2023 #1327
The cupboard is full this week with some sparkling new releases. Two very important women in today’s jazz world have new albums – Canadian saxophonist Anna Webber and Italian bassist Silvia Bolognesi – that are very impressive. The highly innovative saxophonist composer Steve Lehman hooked up with the Orchestre National Continue Reading