Image from Inga Scholes Herbie Hancock, ft. Luciana Souza : Amelia [ purchase ] Dianne Reeves : River [ purchase ] Cassandra Wilson : For The Roses [ purchase ] Call this entry Jazz Does Joni, Part Two; The Vocalists. On my last post I focused on tunes that ripped [...]
Filed under: All About Jazz Christmas music is as much a part of the holiday season for many of us as the decorations, trees and presents. It comes in two forms for the most part: the stuff that is played every year at home, and the stuff that provides forced ambiance of cheer that can seem way too ubiquitous from Halloween to New Year's. Of course, tastes vary, and one family's classic can be another's atrocity. Jazz is rife with Christmas music of both varieties. A stone cold classic for [...]
Filed under: Around the World What a playlist! Some African folk songs mixed with the African-American R&B of Otis Redding , Aretha Franklin and James Brown . Sidney Bechet and Bollywood. Santana's 'Samba Pa Ti' and a South African lullaby. And it all works together perfectly. It would be tough to find a better mix on any hour of even the most eclectic radio or club DJ set. But it's on 'Oyo,' the upcoming album from Angélique Kidjo -- due for release [...]
In the midst of our winter is an excellent time to visit Brazil. Don't you agree? For short-hand purposes, Antonio Carlos Jobim might be likened to George Gershwin as the major writer of popular Brazilian music. He composed a veritable dictionary of classic Bossa Nova songs and this week's feature, "Once I Love," is a particular favorite of jazz musicians. What is interesting to me is the wide range of interpretations given this song, really, really wide. Some passionately swinging almost completely eschewing a Brazilian lilt, others wispy and ethereal just oozing starry [...]
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