"Jazzin' Around"
Weekly 2-hour highly informative & unique jazz magazine program. Covers weekly jazz scene news, music milestones, new album samples/reviews, jazz history-of-the-week, a look at upcoming jazz festivals nationwide/globally, the only show to feature weekly review of latest JazzWeek (album) Chart. Bonus -- a relaxed & fun program to enjoy & better appreciate the music! Hosted by veteran jazz radio host David-J.
"Jazzin' Around"
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Birthday features for beloved Montreal pianist Oliver Jones, Ellington trumpet ace Cat Anderson & Harry Connick Jr. Also this week's JazzWeek Top-50 album chart & a selective isting of upcoming jazz festivals on our watch.
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SPEAKER_15Not only is this Wednesday, the 23rd, the birthday, the 100th birthday of John Colfrank, it's also the birthday of the great Mr. Soul. Mr. Ray Charles here playing the piano leading his band from 1957. The Ray Charles, Ray Charles Robinson, born 1930. On the 23rd of September, it would have been 96 years this coming Wednesday. For the Ray Charles Little Man, the jazz years 1957, little horse silver and doodling. As we marked Ray Charles' birthday this week. Let's do this one here too. How about Les McCann talking about another great pianist who also rose to greater fame based on his vocal prowess? This is the piano work, though, of Les McCann's trio from nineteen sixty-seven. One of his piano albums, strong piano albums, nineteen sixty-seven. Leroy Vinegar on the bass, one of our favorite bassists as well. And all that jazz, of course. Les McCann's birthday this week as well. Keeping it in the organ keyboard, the piano keyboard family. Organist Barbara Dennerlein from Germany. From her 1999 album, Out Hipped. Talk about hip. This is the title piece from that album, her own composition. She was already known as the organ tornado. Wow. Barbara Dennerline. Happy birthday to her this coming Friday. Jeff Watts, by the way, handling that drum rhythm behind her on the album Out Hiped. And one last birthday to celebrate before we get into our Jazz Week chart for this week. Saxophonist, a ranger, composer, band leader on his own. This from his album, The Red and Orange Poems. What a strong band he's got on it, too. Mulgrew Miller, Dave Holland, and Dr. Eddie Anderson all backing him up on that. Happy 86th birthday this Saturday. To the great Gary Bart. David J, you and I jazzing around here as we're jumping into the Jazz Week chart. There's so much activity going on in the chart. This week we've got to jump in quickly. Coming in right here at number 50 this week, it is Brian Lynch. Quite a veteran of this year's Jazz Week chart. Some nineteen weeks from the album The Torch Bearers. Trumpeter Brian Lynch from his album The Torch Bearers at number 50 this week. The former top five album at its peak. Coming in at album number 48, an album that's been on and off the charts quite a bit of the last uh also 19 weeks, I guess. Here celebrate this centennial year of Miles Davis, the Blue Moods Ensemble, and their album of all Miles Davis related material, directions, and expressions. Something else. The Blue Moods band from their Miles Davis themed album, Expressions and Directions. Coming in at number 49. Come and get album forty-four, something new to the Jazz Wig chart for you. Pianist Sullivan Fortner's new album. It's called Leave It There. Just Leave It There's a continually rising star of pianist Sullivan Fortner. It's the K Diabolos from his album Leave It In There. Sullivan Fortner, brand new to the charts at 44, coming in at album 43 this week. One of the many, many, many, many musicians paying tribute to Sonny Rollins. At his celebration of life yesterday, Bobby Broom from his album Notes of Thanks. Meant for Sonny Rollins himself. With his trio, one of those lesser-known Sonny Rollins gems called Strode Road. The Notes of Thanks album 43. Coming in at album number 39 celebrating the 70th birthday year tour and album of Being a Billy Child. The album is called Triumvirate. So nice. Coming at album number thirty-six this week, Hendrik Mirkins. Hendrick Mjorkens is Choro in Casa from the Samba Tanto album with Laura Dreyer's very fine flute work behind it. Number 36 this week. Coming in at number 35 and moving up steadily in its second week on the chart. Music from the Naptown soul album from Indianapolis, of course, Rob Dixon. From Indianapolis. Rob Dixon with Sam Frybush there on the organ. Album 35 this week. Coming at Album 33, it is the Ellington Masterworks, as done by the Smithsonian Masterworks Orchestra. Taking a number of really not well-known Ellington compositions. The Ellington Masterworks of the Smithsonian Masterworks Orchestra there, coming in at 33. Coming at album 32, another new one to the coming to the charts. Zakai Curtis from his new album, Sono Luminescence. Coming in album number 31 this week. It is Carlos Enriquez and his band in the monk conclave album.
SPEAKER_16Trenrilisas lágrimas recuerdo. Al pasar los años. Accomplí. Irrealizar.
SPEAKER_15Mi sueño. What an interesting take on Monk's Tune ugly beauty. Carlos Enriquez from his monk conclave album at 31. Coming at album 29 this week. Another new one to the charts, only its second week out. An album we premiered for you over a month ago. Drummer Ulysses Owens Jr. and his Gen Y band. Yeah. Kick it up the heels from the Elder King. Kind of grunge. Oh yeah, kind of grunge. That is Spoonman, Ulysses Owens Jr. and his Gen Y band moving up rapidly all the way up to number 27, only its second week out. Come again at album number 26 this week. Leah Pilzer from her album Keep Hangin' On. Her album Keep Hangin' On. That is called East Coast Andy. I think I might have skipped one for you here. Sorry about that. We skipped number 27 this week, didn't we? How about Denise Donatelli? Her new album taking up slot number 27 this week. Take my breath away.
SPEAKER_04What should I call this happy madness that I feel inside of me? Some kind of wild October gladness that I never thought I'd see. What has become of all my sadness? All my endless lonely sighs. Where are my songs now? What happened to the frown? And is that self-contented clown standing there grinning in the mirror? Really me? I'd like to run through Central Park. Carve your initials in the park of every tree I pass for everyone to see. I feel that I've gone back to childhood and I'm skipping through.
SPEAKER_15Joubine music. Brought back to life here by Denise Donatelli. Happy Madness from the album Take My Breath Away, another relative newcomer to the charts up at 27. Moving on here at 25. We jump over the 26th that we heard. How about Eliana Elias at album 25? Her mighty powerful piano work spotlighted on the piano on the album Ao Vivo! Yeah. Wow, rousing piano work. Her vocals, of course, are just totally, totally captivating and seductive, but her piano work is just mighty ferocious. Ow vivo, the album, up at number twenty-five this week. Have we got album number twenty-three in the duo? The duo, the album is called. Featuring John Clayton and Renee Marie.
SPEAKER_17And the word is man of blue bag. We're the fairly fun example of thinking musically outside of the music outside of the box.
SPEAKER_15John Clayton with son Gerald Clayton lumping out of there. And Renee Marie from 2020 Little Roy Orbison's Blue Bay You. On album number 23. Got a tie in album 21. Let's check on one of them with drummer Jay Sinnet and his band from the Parallel 49 album. Bringing back and swinging jazzy style. Make more today than yesterday. Taking his cue from the Charlie Erland standard there. Actually, the spiral staircase original pop hit. More today than yesterday. Jay Sennon is band from Parallel 49, another relative newcomer to the chart. Rapidly up to 27. Or 21, rather. The other album number 21 in that two-way tie. Let's talk about thinking outside of the box. How about Brias Knowberg? Her new album. Her second album this year is called In the Go. No, no, no, this is not all blues. It is not all blues. I know it sounds like all blues. It is not.
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SPEAKER_15Yeah, talk about outside the box there. Taking two whole completely different concepts together. Brian Skonberg from her indigo album and her take on Mood Indigo. Coming in number 19. From his album Another Kind of Bird. Some pretty different approaches to some Charlie Parker music. Like the little suede shoes. To Charlie Parker's Little Suede shoes. That's Bill there on piano. Vincent Herring doing the flute and alto work. Richie Barata from another kind of bird album. That's been real well for him. Spent a lot of time in the top ten. Currently, number 19 this week. Coming at album number 18 this week. Cecile McLaurin Salvat, her latest with every breath I take.
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SPEAKER_15Backing her up on a very impressive album. A career peak album for her, probably. With every breath I take. Moved up to number number number 18 here. Let's do one more before we take a quick step aside for a couple of jazz festivals on our watch. Original music of hers called Indigo. And special guest on Saxophone, Nicole Glover. Doing in the go from her newest album, Breeze, only its fourth week on another relative newcomer to the chart. Close, close to the top 10. We'll see what happens of that next week. Coming up in a moment, we're going to be checking in with some jazz festivals that are on our watch. All the way up to number one. So just stick around here with us because we got more. So don't you go anywhere, because we've got jazz festivals for you to put on your calendar for this coming fall season and maybe even into the early, early winter season.
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SPEAKER_15Might not be the peak of jazz festival season, but there are still some good ones on our list to check out. Wrapping up this weekend, today, here in Pittsburgh in the streets of downtown, the latest Pittsburgh International Jazz Festival, right in the streets here in downtown. More information there, go to Pittsburgh Jazzfestival.org. Coming up in a couple more weeks, though, um, of course, the big one, one the legacy Monterey Jazz Festival out on the West Coast in San Francisco Bay Area, September 25th, 26th, and 27th. This year. Featuring Miles Davis retrospective with Herbie Hancock and uh Ron Carter. Also, a Charles Lloyd 60th anniversary. Celebration of the Florida Flower album. 60th anniversary. How about that? Also, Cecile McLaurin's Salvant, Robbie Coltrane, Joey Alexander, Alexa Tarantino, Melissa Aldana, and so many more. For info there, go to moderatz.org. It'll be two weekends in a row for this year's Catalina Island Jazz. Jazz Tracks Festival out of the West Coast. October 8th through 11th. And then again 15 through 18th. For information there, go to LoveCatalina.lovecatalina.com. Also October 15 through 18th, the Clearwater Jazz Holiday in Florida. Chris Bowdy, Gila E, Tim Waters, a Chick Korea tribute, Scotty Wright and Tony Castellano, and much more. More info there go to their website. October 25 will be the second annual Chattanooga Jazz Festival in Tennessee. Steven Powers, John Crumble, the UTC, Jazz Band, Dexter Bell, and a lot more. For info there, go to THA as in Chad or Cha C A JazzFest.com. Looking for something international? How about the 2026 London Jazz Festival in Merry Old London, England? November 13 through 22. Featuring a cold trade at 100 salute with Joe Lovano. Also, Martin Taylor, Melbourne Gardot with the London Philharmonics. Liz Wright, and a lot more there. For more details, go to London Jazz Festival.org.uk. No, maybe not the peak of festival season, but some good ones there. Put on your jazz itinerary. Alrighty. Coming up, what's left of the top 40 on the Jazz Week chart all the way up to number one in just a moment.
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SPEAKER_15Album number 16 on the Jazz Week chart this week, a turbo sund of all. Sungu is the album title. Former number one album earlier. Coming at album number 12 this week, the Reed Hoyson Project. The album title is Home. Dan Wilson, Keith Bishop, and the Reed Hyson project from the home album. Former top ten slipped out of the top ten at number 12. 12 though this week. And speaking of the top ten, we have a tie right at number 10 this week, fluteist Allie Ryerson with her latest quartet album. Nada como terra. Really appreciate her fine, fine flute work and tone. Allie Ryerson. Nada Komotea more. From the quartet album of hers, still in the top ten. Right at number 10. In fact, the other number 10 tied with it this week. Viberphonist Stephon Harris and his blackout ensemble. From the album Legacy Dances. Only its third week on the chart. This is called Elves Googie. Stefan Harris and the Blackout Ensemble from the Legacy Dances album up number 10 this week. Coming at album number eight, it is the honoring Pat Martino Volume 2 collection of the alternative guitar summit. These two guitars played by Cheryl Bailey and Veteran Ed Cherry. Album eight this week. Moving into Lucky 7 this week, it is Rick Braun playing music of Chuck Mad Joe. And of course, in the live tour going around. Give it all you got. His taste on that from the Chuck Man Joan tribute album, coming in at Lucky Seven. Moving slightly downward to number six this week. After two months in the top five, pianist Helen sung and her big band. From the Oracle's album, this is called Wayne's World. Dedicated to Wayne Shorter, called Wayne's World. From the Oracle's album at number six this week, slipped out of the top five for the first time in two months. Coming in at album number five this week. Staying in the top five for about at least the last month or so. I think you know this one. This is Chick's Tune Spain. Of course, Spain from the Latin side of Chick Korea, album four still this week. Holding steady at number three this week. More than two months of the top five for saxophonist Lakisia Benjamin and her album, We Dream. On the album We Dream, still number three this week, holding it number two, its second week in a row now. Pianist Joey Alexander on electric piano on this Celestial Keeper album, number two this week. No longer a precocious phenom, but a much more mature and still compelling artist. That's called Deep Calls to Deep from the Celestial Keeper album holding at number two this week. But still, holding steady at number one for its eighth week in a row, two full months at number one. The enthusiastic, evervescent, vivacious piano of Emmett Cohen and Company on his Universal Truth album. Irresistible, lively, upbeat. Emmett Cohen music. Wow. He is just right in your face with it. He is just so exciting. Emmett Cohen doing, of course, the monk piece, well you needn't, from the album, and titled Universal Truth, number one again for the eighth week in a row. See how long that streak keeps up, right? David J here, been jazzing around with it. It has been our pleasure to jazz around with you all this couple of hours. Hope you bring a friend again next time. We'll be having enough provisions for them and an extra seat laid out for both you and them. In the meantime, have yourself a good week, a safe week, a healthy week. And if you can, try to keep on smiling. If you can, but definitely keep on going, please. Thanks to our longtime partner at Bradio Stations, WNGRWSBR, KWLT Boston Free Radio and WWFM, Jazz On 2. Program Podcast available on Buzz Sprout and also on Live 255. Let your friends know where to pick it up. And we'll keep on trying to that as well as the weeks go along.