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Jeff Goldblum announced new jazz album and a TV show.
Jeff Goldblum is famous for his starring roles in films such as Jurassic Park, The Big Chill, and The Fly but now also as a jazz pianist and phenomenal stage persona. Goldblum has been playing jazz piano for over 50 years and has played with the Mildred Snitzer Orchestra for the last 30 years. Last year (9 November 2018), the actor released his debut album with the orchestra at the age of 66. The album, The Capitol Studios Sessions, went to No. 1 in the UK and US. The jazz album was produced by Larry Klein and features Till Brönner, Imelda May, Haley Reinhart, and Sarah Silverman. The album contains songs from the repertoire…
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The Wicked Sound weekly playlist week 4
Wicked Sound presents the fourth selection of wicked tunes. Wicked Sound Weekly week 4 is full of great songs across the genres familiar to this website: everything is starting with brand new John Coltrane’s song!, then newcomers and Grammy winners, from hip hop legends collaborating with nu-soul master to vintage disco – funk, jazz from Israel, hip hop from Ghana, soul & funk from Los Angeles, alternative R&B from London, hard-bop with afrobeat feel from Brighton UK. Please listen, share and enjoy! Comments are also really welcome. The Wicked Sound week 4 tracklist: 01. John Coltrane – Blue World 02. A. Billi Free, Tensei – Bold Heart 03. Mark Kavuma…
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Miles Davis ‘Kind Of Blue’ – bestselling jazz record of all time – turns 60
Miles Davis’ Kind of Blue was released on August 17, 1959, exactly 60 years ago. The album is called a masterpiece of modern music. It is the bestselling jazz record of all time, having sold nearly 5 million copies and been certified quadruple platinum. It was No 1 on the BBC’s 50 greatest jazz albums poll, No 12 on Rolling Stone magazine’s list of the 50 greatest albums of all time and even, featured in VH1’s “100 Greatest Rock ‘n’ Roll Albums”. Kind of Blue features John Coltrane on tenor saxophone, Julian “Cannonball” Adderley on alto saxophone, drummer Jimmy Cobb, bassist Paul Chambers and pianist Bill Evans (replacing regular Wynton…
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Jacob Collier visited NPR Tiny Desk Studio
Jacob Collier is an English singer, arranger, composer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist based in London, England. In 2012, his homemade split-screen video covers of popular songs, such as Stevie Wonder’s “Don’t You Worry ’bout a Thing”, began to go viral on YouTube. He recently visited my favorite concert venue – NPR Tiny Desk Studio, to promote his latest album ‘Djesse vol.2’. “It just feels like such a tremendous, ridiculous honor to sit behind this hallowed desk,” he said. [embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPBirt1YhuM[/embedyt] Collier’s style fuses elements of jazz, a cappella, groove, folk, electronic music, classical music, gospel, soul and improvisation, and often features extreme use of reharmonization. In 2014, Collier signed to Quincy…
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Polish Jazz London Series present Marcin Masecki Jazz Trio live tonight
Marcin Masecki Jazz Trio was inspired by the pulse, stride, breath and heart throbbing during a morning jog. Expect to be surprised! About this Event Marcin Masecki is a winner of many awards, he performs extensively on all keyboard instruments, composes for film and theatre, produces festivals, records and curates musical events. He was music arranger, composer and consultant in Paweł Pawlikowski‘s Cold War (Best Director at Cannes Film Festival 2018). [embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilS5Tjaaqwo[/embedyt] His projects span a wide range of styles and his virtuosic fusion of different genres as well as the blurring of the line between high art and entertainment have become his hallmarks. Marcin Masecki’s Jazz Trio is…
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Gilles Peterson present first edition of We Out Here Festival
If you have no plans for the weekend, I have one for you. The best festival line up this summer, with wicked sound, fresh and popping live bands and DJs, mixing everything this website ate for dinner: jazz, soul, funk, reggae, afrobeat, electronic, bass, etc Tomorrow, Gilles Peterson, Worldwide FM, and Brownswood Recordings present their first ever UK festival: We Out Here, a Worldwide Family Gathering. For the first edition of their brand new festival, Gilles Peterson curates an absolutely stellar lineup. Spanning jazz, soul, house, disco, funk and much more, it features a mix of talented DJs and refreshing live acts sure to blend beautifully with the dreamy Cambridgeshire…
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The Wicked Sound weekly playlist week 3
Another week, another The Wicked Sound playlist with a selection of wicked tunes. This time I have for you some hang and tabla, disco and funk, emerging London’s songwriters and creme de la creme of Japanese jazz, hip-hop and boogie, fusion and trance, soul-jazz and electronic music, Puerto Rican sounds and Indian political jazz. Please listen, share and enjoy! Comments are also really welcome. The Wicked Sound week 3 tracklist: 01. Michael Kiwanuka – Money (feat. Tom Misch) 02. Reginald Omas Mamode IV – In Search of Balance 03. Bryony Jarman-Pinto – All About Life 04. Binker Golding – You, That Place, That Time 05. Ashley Henry – Between the…
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Joe Armon-Jones feat. Georgia Anne Muldrow in ‘Yellow Dandelion’ from Armon-Jones upcoming album
Armon-Jones is set to release his eagerly anticipated second album ‘Turn To Clear View’ on September 20th via Brownswood Recordings. Album is promoted with a new single ‘Yellow Dandelion’. Los Angeles vocalist and producer Georgia Anne Muldrow added neo-soul feel to this jazzy funky jam. [embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1Li_bri66k[/embedyt] Joe Armon Jones is one of the busiest musicians in London’s jazz and contemporary music scene. Away from his solo project, he’s a co-founder of Ezra Collective, regularly plays with London peers like Nubya Garcia, and has toured with the likes of Ata Kak, and Pharoah Monch. He won Session of the Year at Gilles Peterson’s Worldwide Awards and was nominated for the…
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The Wicked Sound weekly playlist week 2
It’s the second week of my blog and the second playlist with a selection of wicked tunes. A little bit of jazz, soul, funk, hip hop, Japanese boogaloo, Arabic funk, and even opera. Please listen, share and enjoy! Comments are also really welcome. Tracklist: 01. Ethnic Heritage Ensemble – Pharoah 02. Andreya Triana – Beautiful People 03. Nas, Al Jarreau, Keyon Harrold – Jarreau Of Rap (Skatt Attack) 04. DJ Yoda, Nubya Garcia, Henry Wu, Theon Cross – Abbey Road 05. Minyo Crusaders – Tanko Bushi – Boogaloo 06. Attarazat Addahabia, Faradjallah – Al Hadaoui 07 – Quantic, Sly5thAve – Orquídea 08. Beverly Glenn-Copeland – La Vita 09. Joe Armon-Jones,…
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Norah Jones and Tank and the Bangas’s singer recorded a new song together
Norah Jones collaborated with Tarriona “Tank” Ball from the New Orleans group Tank and the Bangas on her latest single “Take It Away”. It’s Norah’s first new music since her seven-track album Begin Again which came out in April. “Take It Away” was co-produced by Jones and Thomas Bartlett, who also plays keyboards on the track. [embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zk_gJ-gGDy0[/embedyt] “I saw Tank and the Bangas play in New Orleans in 2016 and was blown away,” said Norah of the vocal collaboration. “I got in touch with Tarriona shortly after and we became friends. This was a really fun opportunity to be creative together in the studio. She’s got one of my…
