Wednesday, April 25, 2018

Thelonious Monk Jazz Competition (part 3) (Toppyjazz 526)

We continue our Thelonious Monk Jazz Competition with the years 2005-2015.
The winners were :
2005 Lage Lund, guitar (Skein, Norway 39 years)
2006 Tigran Hamasyan , piano (Armenia, 30 years)
2007 Ambrose Akinmusire, trompet (Californie, 35 years)
2008 Jon Ibragon , sax (Illinois,1979)
2009 Ben Williams, bass (Washington, 1984)
2010 Cécile McLorin Salvant, singer (Miami,1989) (Toppyjazz 505)
2011 Kris Bowers, piano (Los Angeles,1989)
2012 Jamison Ross, drums (Florida,1987)
2013 Melissa Idana, sax (Chili,1988)
2014 Marquis Hill trompet (Illinois, 1987)
2015 Jazzmeia Horn , singer (Dallas-Texas,1991)
Playlist :
01 - Come Rain Or Come Shine - Lage Lund (album Idlewind)
02 - Erishta - Tigran Hamasyan (album Shadow Theater)
03 - Response - Ambrose Akinmusire (album A Rift In Decorum)
04 - Foxy - Jon Irabagon (album Foxy)
05 - Moonlight In Vermont -Ben Williams (album State Of Art)
06 - Wonderlove - Kris Bowers (album Heroes + Misfits)
07 - Deep Down In Florida - Jamison Ross (album Jamison Ross)
08 - First Cycle - Melissa Aldana (album Second Cycle)
09 - Maiden Voyage - Marquis Hill (album The Way We Play)
10 - Lift Every Voice And Sing/Moanin' - Jazzmeia Horn
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Wednesday, April 11, 2018

New on Toppyjazz April 2018 (part 1)(Toppyjazz 524)

We take you back to our program about Carl Vanwelden and her Shakespeare albums.
In 1986 there were Mike & Kate Westbrook with their beautiful projects also about Shakespeare and Rossini.
They visited the Amsterdam Bimhuis. But what an evening. The Dutch refused to listen to this Rossine project from Mike & Kate Westbrook.
We show the couple and loved it! But there were only 20 people in the Bimhuis!!
We give you sample of the music this week.
Further we have Gregory Poster at the Philharmony in Berlin.
We close with the beautiful music of Stephanie Lottermoser (Wolfratshausen, Germany-1983)

Playlist :
01 - WilliamTell Overture II- Mike & Kate Westbrook  - (album Zurich live 1986)
02 - On My Way To Harlem /What's Going On - Gregory Porter - (album Live In Berlin)
03 - 1960 What? - Gregory Porter  - (album Live In Berlin)
04 - The Sun Will Rise Again - Vincent Herring (album Hard Times)
05 - Codetta - Dave Douglas (album Little Giant Still Life)
06 - A French Touch - Richard Galliano (album New Jazz Musette)
07 - Azul Tango - Richard Galliano (album New Jazz Musette)
08 - This Time - Stephanie Lottermoser (album This Time)
09 - Hemis - Michael Reissler & Stephanie Lottermoser) (album Big Circle)
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AWAY WE GO ! (deel 1) (Toppyjazz 229)

Onder de titel AWAY WE GO! gaan we een paar maal per jaar dwars door jazz en popland.  Aanleiding was de indrukwekkende BEAR FAMILY box over...