By Matt Silver, WRTI July 20, 2020. Turns out Winnipeg, the capital and largest city of the Canadian province of Manitoba, is more than just a cold, forbidding outpost that … Read More
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JAZZ ALBUM OF THE WEEK: Lakecia Benjamin Pursuance: The Coltranes – WRTI 90.1
By Matt Silver, WRTI 90.1 uly 6, 2020. Trained in jazz and forged in funk, alto saxophonist Lakecia Benjamin grew up hooked on Coltrane—Alice Coltrane. A friend introduced her to … Read More
INTERVIEW: Ralph Peterson: How Music Responds on WRTI 90.1
By Bob Perkins, WRTI Listen to this entire interview here.
JAZZ ALBUM OF THE WEEK: WRTI Chooses LISTEN UP by Ralph Peterson and the GenNext Big Band
by Matt Silver, WRTI Art Blakey pased away nearly 30 years, but his old Jazz Messengers are still busy, perhaps none more so than drummer and Pleasantville, NJ native Ralph … Read More
ALBUM OF THE WEEK: “Across the Sea” by Chiara Izzi and Kevin Hays Featured by WRTI
by Matt Silver, WRTI An album of vocal duets isn’t the most common thing in jazz, and perhaps with good reason. The jazz sensibility tends to eschew the gimmicky, the … Read More
WRTI Picks Guillermo Nojechowicz & El Eco’s “Puerto de Buenos Aires 1933” as Jazz Album of the Week
Maureen Malloy, WRTI Jazz Album of the Week: A Latin Jazz-Infused Picture of Life in Buenos Aires in 1933 Week of February 26, 2018. Puerto de Buenos Aires 1933: El Eco With … Read More