Week of 04/30/17
Check out this week’s episode of The Jazz Hole with Linus featuring tracks from pianist and composer Alessandro d’Episcopo’s brand new album That’s all, another track by the Kirk MacDonald Jazz Orchestra (KMJO) from their new album Common Ground, plus music from Michael Dease, Arooj Aftab, Tim Mayer and Sofia Rei.
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Michael Dease – “Solid Gold” & “All Heath”
Album: Solid Gold
Michael Dease (tb), Steve Wilson (as), Renee Rosnes (p), Christian McBride (b) and Ulysses Owens, Jr. (d)
Arooj Aftab – aey na balam
Album: Bird Under Water
Arooj Aftab (voc, comp), Magda Giannikou (acc), Rakae Jamil (sitar), Bhrigu Sahni (g, e-g, comp), Mario Carrillo (b) and Jörn Bielfeldt (d, perc)
Alessandro d’ Episcopo – “Lunita”, “A Japanese Tree” & “Seconds”
Album: That’s all
Alessandro d’Episcopo (p)
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Who Knew? – Tim Mayer
Album: Resilience
Tim Mayer (ts), George Cables (p), Dezron Douglas (b), Willie Jones III (d) and Mark Whitfield (g) Kirk MacDonald Jazz Orchestra,
KMJO – Common Ground
Album: Common Ground
Kirk MacDonald (ts, director, ts solo), P.J. Perry (as, fl), Luis Deniz (as), Pat LaBarbera (ts, ss, fl, a-fl), Perry White (bs, b-cl), Jason Logue, Brian O’Kane, Kevin Turcotte, Joe Sullivan (tp, flh), Rob Smith (tp, flh, tp solo), Alastair Kay, Terry Promane, Kelsley Grant (tb), Peter Hysen (btb tuba), Lorne Lofsky (g), Nancy Walker (p), Neil Swainson (b) and Barry Romberg (d)
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Sofia Rei – La Gallera
Album: De Tierra y Oro
Sofia Rei (lead voc, bck voc, loops), Eric Kurimski (g), Jean-Christoph Maillard (e-g), Jorge Roeder (b), Samuel Torres (congas, alegre drum & guache), Morris Cañate (tambora) and Nestor Gomez (maracas)
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