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Recognizing the undeniable impact of Black music on over a century of artistry through popular culture, Rhino Records honors Black Music with a series of high-profile vinyl releases, first-ever digital releases, etc. Tune in to the Homegrown Music Show to win digital downloads of albums by George Benson, Curtis Mayfield, Donny Hathaway and others. More […]
ANTHONY BRAXTON—Relationship—Media Pix SHIRLEY HORN—Basin Street Blues—Media Pix DJANGO REINHARDT—Low Cotton—Media Pix ELIANE ELIAS—Baby Come to Me—Love Stories—Concord Jazz–2019 IAN HENDRICKSON-SMITH—This Love of Mine—Cellar Live Records—2012 SHAI MAESTRO—In a Sentimental Mood—Human—ECM—2021 AARON PARKS—Travelers—Invisible Cinema—Blue Note—2008 CHRISTINA WATSON—Black Coffee—So This Is Love—Right Turn Records—2018 BENNY BENACK III—Irrepressible—A Lot of Livin’ To Do—BB3 Productions–2020 BK TRIO—In That […]
ELIANE ELIAS—Missing You—Media Pix BILLIE HOLIDAY—Yesterdays—Media Pix DJANGO REINHARDT—Saint Louis Blues—Media Pix BILL EVANS—Hey, There—Media Pix WOODY HERMAN—Mo-Lasses—Media Pix OSCAR PETERSON—Time and Again—Media Pix GRANT GREEN—Jan Jan—Media Pix CHARLIE HUNTER—Mystic Relaxation—Media Pix COUNT BASIE—Corner Pocket—Media Pix THELONIOUS MONK–Evidence—Media Pix QUINCY JONES—Sermonette—Media Pix THE KEN PEPLOWSKI BIG BAND—The Eternal Triangle—Sunrise—Arbors Records—2018 3D JAZZ TRIO—Winter Wonderland—Christmas in […]
LOUIS ARMSTRONG & ELLA FITZGERALD—Love Is Here To Stay—Media Pix BOB MINTZER—My Foolish Heart—Media Pix SONNY ROLLINS—Long Ago and Far Way—Media Pix HERBIE HANCOCK—The Watermelon Man—Media Pix CHARLIE PARKER—Nearness—Media Pix BILL STEWART—Happy Walk—Space Squid—Pirouet Records—2015 QUINCY JONES—Stockholm Sweetnin’—Media Pix JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER ORCHESTRA SEPTET WITH WYNTON MARSALIS—Be Present—The Democracy! Suite—Blue Engine Records—2021 THE SETH […]
JOHN COLTRANE—Untitled Original 11386—Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album—Impulse!—2018 STAN GETZ/LIONEL HAMPTON—Gladys (Alternate – Previously Unreleased)—Hamp & Getz—Verve–1995 HOWARD JOHNSON AND GRAVITY—Evolution—Testimony—Tuscarora Records—2017 THE BLUE NOTE 7—Idle Moments—Mosaic—Blue Note—2009 ORRIN EVANS—All The Things You Are—The Evolution of Oneself—Smoke Sessions Records—2015 JARED GOLD—Sweet Sweet Spirit—Reemergence—Strikezone—2018 MARKUS RUTZ—Passion Dance—Blueprints Figure Two: New Designs—OA2 Records—2020 MELISSA ALDANA—Alegria—Back […]
Aloha and Happy New Year! I had a quiet holiday; grateful to make it to 2021. This weekend is the first Homegrown Music Show of the year (SAT & SUN noon-3pm Eastern Time on The LION 90.7fm (WKPS) – Penn State Radio – streamable via www.thelion.fm. Please tune in and feel free to make requests! […]
ANTHONY BRAXTON—Half Nelson—Media Pix FREDDIE HUBBARD—Delphia—Media Pix DJANGO REINHARDT—Georgia on my Mind—Media Pix THELONIOUS MONK—Blue Monk, Live at Palo Alto High School, Palo Alto, CA 1968—Palo Alto—Verve—2020 DAVID FRIESEN—Interaction—Interaction—Origin Records—2019 CHRISTOPHER HOLLYDAY & TELEPATHY—Dialogue—Dialogue—Jazzbeat Productions—2020 ERIC LILLEY TRIO—Twirler—Joie de Vivre—Twin Goat Music—2020 HAL GALPER—Scufflin’—The Zone—Origin Records—2019 CHARLIE PORTER—Immigration Nation—Immigration Nation—OA2 Records—2019 JOSEPHINE BEAVERS—S’Wonderful—Primetime—Grand Songbook Media—2020 […]
CHET BAKER—I Fall in Love Too Easily—Media Pix JOE HENDERSON—The Bead Game—Media Pix SLIDE HAMPTON AND THE WORLD OF TROMBONES—Cherokee—Spirit of the Horn—MCG Jazz—2002 JAMIE CULLUM—The Pianoman at Christmas—Island Records–2020 BRENDA EARLE STOKES—East of the Sun (West of the Moon)—Solo Sessions Volume 1—Brenda Earle Stokes—2019 ALAN ROSENTHAL—Dextrously—Elbow Grease—Street of Stars Records—2019 MARCO ROSSI—Christmas News—Christmas News—Marco […]
CHET BAKER—This is Always—Media Pix ALEX GOODMAN—Empty—Media Pix CLARK TERRY WITH THE CHICAGO JAZZ ORCHESTRA—Gone—Porgy & Bess—A440—2004 KEITH JARRETT—CD 1, Part III—Budapest Concert—ECM—2020 DAVE BRUBECK—Take Five—Time Out Takes—Brubeck Editions—2020 CYRUS CHESTNUT TRIO—Lover—Journeys—Jazz Legacy—2010 JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER ORCHESTRA WITH WYNTON MARSALIS—Cool Yule—Blue Engine Records—2019 TUNETOWN—The Monks of Oka—There From Here—Slammin Media—2019 AMBER WEEKES—Let It Snow—The […]
CHARLIE CHRISTIAN—Royal Garden Blues—Media Pix HERBIE HANCOCK—Vein Melter—Media Pix BILL CHARLAP—Uptown Downtown—Uptown Downtown—Impulse!—2017 WAYNE ALPERN—Penny Lane—Scarab: Beatles Piano—Henri Elken Music—2020 RON MILES—Rainbow Sign—Rainbow Sign—Blue Note—2020 GERALD CLAYTON—Take the Coltrane—Happening: Live at the Village Vanguard—Blue Note—2020 ORRIN EVANS—For Miles—The Evolution of Oneself—Smoke Sessions—2019 ANTHONY WONSEY—Daahoud—Anthonyology—Evidence Music—1996 BEN SIDRAN—The Blues is the Bottom Line—Whos’ The Old Guy […]
