What To Stream This Week

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Reedist Roscoe Mitchell is set to stream a performance Wednesday as part of the Hot House Meets Havana festival.

(Photo: Elvira Faltermeier)

As performers look to replace income from lost gigs and regain a sense of community amid the coronavirus pandemic, a number of musicians are using online streaming services to connect directly with fans. We’ll keep a running tab for the week below.

A fee is associated with some of the material listed here, and several items have been sourced from WBGO. DB

Jan. 18-23: Panama Jazz Festival (Wayne Shorter, Kurt Elling, Danilo Pérez, Rubén Blades)

Jan. 18: Cyrus Chestnut

Jan. 18: Willerm Delisfort Project

Jan. 19: Cooper-Moore Trio

Jan. 18: TJG Online Lockdown Sessions, Vol. 31: Secret Mall, Caroline Davis, Tivon Pennicott, Gilad Hekselman

Jan. 19: Nicki and Patrick Adams

Jan. 19: Frank Lacy Group

Jan. 20: Säje

Jan. 20: Immanuel Wilkins

Jan. 20: Robert Edwards Quintet

Jan. 20: Jim Ridl/Lorin Cohen/Joel Rosenblatt

Jan. 21: Roscoe Mitchell/Harold Lopez-Nussa/Hamid Drake/Michael Zerang/ Bobby Carcasses (Hot House Meets Havana)

Jan. 21: Dave Sewelson Fat Foot R&B Revue

Jan. 21: Andrea Brachfeld And Insight

Jan. 21: Victor Lewis Group

Jan. 21: Aaron Parks Quartet

Jan. 22: Michel Herrera/Ari Brown/Yosef Ben Israel, Charles Heath/Coco Elysses

Jan. 22: Catherine Russell

Jan. 22: Antonio Hart Quartet

Jan. 22: Alex Brown/Victor Provost

Jan. 22: Vinicius Gomes Sextet

Jan. 23: James Sanders/Leandro Varady/Roberto Fonseca/Ben LaMar Gay, Mike Reed/Mayda Del Valle, Orlando “Maraca” Valle/James Sanders (Hot House Meets Havana)

Jan. 23: Jeff Tweedy

Jan. 23: Obasi Akoto’s Oceanic Jazz Orchestra

Jan. 23: Stephane Wrembel

Jan. 23: Ken Fowser Group

Jan. 24: Ruy López Nuss/Tomeka Reid/Junius Paul/Alejandro Falcón (Hot House Meets Havana)

Jan. 24: Harry Appelman/Dave Ballou

Jan. 24: Tres Amigas

Jan. 24: Richie Vitale Quintet



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