By Matt Micucci, JAZZIZ Looking for some Monday motivation? We’ve got you covered! From an invitation to never stop dreaming to a new arrangement of a little-known Antonio Carlos Jobim … Read More
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NEW MUSIC MONDAY: Sissy Castrogiovanni, “‘Nsonna” [Video Premiere] JAZZIZ
By Matt Micucci, JAZZIZ Looking for some Monday motivation? We’ve got you covered! From an invitation to never stop dreaming to a new arrangement of a little-known Antonio Carlos Jobim … Read More
PREMIERE: Dave Liebman Featured On Mehmet Sanikol’s “A Vicious Murder” – Downbeat
By Downbeat Commissioned by reedist Dave Liebman and supported through grants from the New England Conservatory, The Aaron Copland Fund for Music, and The American Turkish Society, Mehmet Sanlikol’s The … Read More
EXCLUSIVE PREMIERE: Jesse Fischer ” The Wanderer (Feat. Grégoire Maret) – Music Is My Sanctuary
By MIMS, Music Is My Sanctuary We are excited to present a wonderful new piece from Brooklyn based pianist, composer and songwriter Jesse Fischer, a composition taken from his latest … Read More
PREMIERE: Watch a Video For the Mike Fahie Jazz Orchestra’s Rendition of Puccini’s ‘Nessun Dorma’ – Downbeat
By Downbeat Urban(e), a new recording from the Mike Fahie Jazz Orchestra due out Aug. 28 on Greenleaf Music, grew out of a singular notion: the marriage of the classical … Read More
NEW MUSIC MONDAY: John Minnock & Mike Fahie on JAZZIZ
By Matt Micucci, JAZZIZ Looking for some Monday motivation? We’ve got you covered. From a reflection on colonialism to a jazz arrangement of Chopin, here are five new songs that … Read More
VIDEO OF THE DAY: Jesse Fischer – Resilience (feat. Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah) – Jazzwise
By Editors, Jazzwise Pianist and producer Jesse Fischer’s new album, Resilience, will be released on August 7, and we are pleased to present the premiere of the eponymous opening track … Read More
PREMIERE: “You Reap Just What You Sow” By Catherine Russell – JazzTimes
By JazzTimes JazzTimes is honored to premiere a previously unreleased track by singer Catherine Russell, “You Reap Just What You Sow.” The song, written and first performed by the great … Read More
PREMIERE: Michael Olatuja & Angélique Kidjo Cook Some “Lagos Pepper Soup” – PopMatters
By Adriane Pontecorvo, PopMatters Bassist Michael Olatuja opens “Lagos Pepper Soup”, the title track of his upcoming album, with a flurry of plucked, playful notes, scattered over the track’s polyrhythmic … Read More
PREMIERE: Michael Olatuja “Soki” – Afropop Worldwide
By Ben Richmond, Afropop Worldwide Afrobeat already takes a huge ensemble—you can find footage of Fela conducting Africa 70 into a lather before picking up his saxophone—and it fills such … Read More