Jun 7, 2021 11:16 AM
Lee Morgan’s Complete Lighthouse of Love
There aren’t many artists in the history of jazz who could turn a three-night engagement into 12 albums (eight CDs)…
Cha Wa performs at the Creole Tomato Fest on June 30.
(Photo: Courtesy of Cha Wa)Happy Independence Week to all. Streaming highlights for the week feature Mardi Gras Indian band Cha Wa from the Creole Tomato Fest in New Orleans; Dee Dee Bridgewater from the Jazz & Heritage Center in New Orleans; a Mi Xiao-Fen album release performance from The Orange Peel in North Carolina, Percolateur’s gypsy jazz from The Sanctuary in Chicago; Bixler, Boccato, Cowherd & Sturm from The Soapbox Gallery in Brooklyn and more. As always, a fee is associated with some of the material listed, and some items have been sourced from WBGO, WDCB and WWOZ. Please support jazz radio. DB
June 29: Peter Evans, Being & Becoming — Emanations (New York)
June 30: Min Xiao-Fen White Lotus album release performance from The Orange Peel (Asheville, North Carolina)
June 30: Joe Martin Quartet at Bar Bayeux (Brooklyn)
June 30: Joe Clark & Friends performing the music from Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory (Chicago)
June 30: Michael Harrison, Seven Sacred Names album release event
June 30: Cha Wa at the Creole Tomato Fest (New Orleans)
June 30: Tribal Gold at The Funky Uncle (New Orleans)
July 1: Mike Alfieri and Walsh Kunkel at An die Music Live! (Baltimore)
July 1: lePercolateur — Gypsy Jazz at The Sanctuary (Chicago)
July 1: Illville Vanguard at Fulton Street Collective (Chicago)
July 1: The Night Crawlers at the Creole Tomato Fest (New Orleans)
July 2: Bixler, Boccato, Cowherd and Sturm at the Soapbox Gallery (Brooklyn)
July 2: Cameron Dupruy at the Creole Tomato Fest (New Orleans)
July 2: Angelika “Jelly” Joseph at the Jazz & Heritage Center (New Orleans)
July 3: Jaime Branch: Fly or Die at Constellation (Chicago)
July 3: Dee Dee Bridgewater Live at the Jazz & Heritage Center (New Orleans)
July 3: TKQ —Ted Baker, Kris Funn, Quincy Phillips at An die Musik Live!
July 3: Jared Rabin at The Sanctuary (Chicago)
July 4: Anaïs St. John & Harry Mayronne at the Popup Porch Fest (New Orleans)
Lee Morgan (1938–’72)
Jun 7, 2021 11:16 AM
There aren’t many artists in the history of jazz who could turn a three-night engagement into 12 albums (eight CDs)…
Carla Bley, the critics’ choice for the DownBeat Hall of Fame
Jul 13, 2021 7:00 AM
The 69th Annual DownBeat International Critics Poll delivered a warm blanket to a jazz community shivering through the…
New, impactful live recordings of the late pianist Bill Evans continue to emerge on vinyl.
Jul 20, 2021 4:10 PM
Bill Evans’ discography is immense, beginning with his first recordings as a sideman in 1953 and running through…
John Pizzarelli hit the woodshed, literally, to develop material for his new recording Better Days Ahead: Solo Guitar Takes On Pat Metheny.
Jul 27, 2021 10:30 AM
It was in his darkest hour, during the early stages of the 2020 lockdown, that guitarist-vocalist John Pizzarelli…
Rhiannon Giddens and Francesco Turrisi
Jun 22, 2021 10:47 AM
Rhiannon Giddens is homesick. That’s the partial theme of her new album, They’re Calling Me Home (Nonesuch…
