Several new recordings this episode for you, and all very notable. Three of the biggest names in jazz have been performing all over the world for almost the last two years: Dave Holland, Chris Potter and Zakir Hussain, under the name Crosscurrents Trio. Holland and Potter had been part of Continue Reading
May 2019 Playlists
May 30 #1103 Buried deep in my stacks of vinyl is a 1964 recording by English singer Cleo Laine with her exploration of the works of William Shakespeare, but Duke Ellington’s “Such Sweet Thunder” preceded that and remains one of the most popular works with old Willie and jazz. (There’s Continue Reading
April 2019 Playlists
April 25 #1098 There’s a heavy European flavour to this episode as we mine the current scene in eleven different countries. Two albums on the Hungarian BMC label introduce BMC’s latest round of releases: pianist Aki Takase(Germany) & her band, Japanic, and saxophonist Istvan Grensco & his Collective Special 5 Continue Reading