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Monday Jazzsession Mixtape #40

“Don’t Call Me Wally” – Orrin Evans
“High” – Elizabeth Shepherd
“Who Is It?” – Travis Sullivan’s Bjorkestra
“The Chant” – Fareed Haque
“Another Brick in The Wall” – Montana Skies
“Alone Together with Hank Jones” – Christian McBride
“Invitation” – Rochelle House
“I Can’t Remember” – Kyle Eastwood
“Witch Doctor” – Garaj Mahal
“Locking Doors” – Chris Thile
“A Typical Affair” – Gwilym Simcock

Single of the day: Bembe Segue “Sense of Humor”

Okay, this song has all the right elements of the songs I love: syncopated jazz piano and a fun vocal. I’m familiar with Bembe Segue vocal from several electronic projects with 4Hero, Mark de Clive-Lowe, and Sleepwalker. It’s my first introduction to the music of David Sancious, so it’s time to hunt the [...]

Monday Jazzsession Mixtape #39

“Big Shake Up” – Dave O’Higgins
“Sense of Humor” – Bembe Seque
“Estrella Del Mar” – Adonis Rose
“Dona Maria” – Rufus Reid
“InA Place” – Ramudah
“Syntheology” – Lewis McCallum
“Modest Confession” – Megan Livingston
“Beauty On a Grey Day” – Mike Lindup
“Fortuna” – Roni Ben-Hur
“Somehow” – Geoffrey Williams
“Orbital Echoes” – John Nau

Monday Jazzsession Mixtape #38 – Interview with Sandra Kaye

Today’s show features an interview with Generativity Records artist, Sandra Kaye. Since 1986, Sandra has thrilled audiences around the world and she shares with me how her music career got off the ground via a now defunct cabaret show in Dallas’ West End. The interview was recorded in her Dallas home. Songs featured from her [...]

Monday Jazzsession Mixtape #37

“I Love Being Here with You” – Mary Stallings
“Bail Out” – Terje Lie
“Dona Maria” – Rufus Reid
“Lazy Afternoon” – Paul Myers Quartet featuring Frank Wess W/Andy Bey
“Simply Natural” – Carla Cook
“Wallflower Blues” – Somi
“Numerico” – Manuel Valera
“Growin Up” – David Binney, Alan Ferber
“Soaring” – Amanda Tosoff
“I Just Want To Be Close To You” – [...]

Musician, Jennie Laws, supports NOH8

From my interview of R&B, jazz artist, Jennie Laws in May of ‘08, I thought she was not only a talented vocalist and musician, but a cool person to get to know, period. Then, Freddie Beat of popolio tipped me off to her NOH8 photo on her MySpace pages. Very cool! (In case [...]

Monday Jazzsession Mixtape #36

“Never The Same” – Charles Langley
“Making Love” – Erik Rico
“Coat Of Many Colors” – James Vincent
“Crossing Streets” – Evan Marien
“A Night in Tunisa” – Quintessence Saxophone Quintet
“Ponta De Ariea” – Esperanza Spaulding
“So Easy” – Dozens
“Naturally” – Hal Galper
“Coat Of Many Colors” – James Vincent
“Teenies World” – George Kontrafouris
“The Music Goes On” – Jeb Patton

Music Review: Sade – Soldier of Love

Sade continues to be an artist who blends melancholy and longing into a intoxicating musical cocktail. Her latest work, Solider of Love, will give hardcore fans reason to rejoice in that the formula still works.
Beginning with the passionate, “The Moon and The Sky”, the mood is set for most of the CD, [...]