Week of 08/07/16
On this week’s episode of The Jazz Hole with Linus, it’s time for a brand new track from Greg Murphy’s album Summer Breeze, as well as some music by Myriad3, Leo Genovese (featuring Esperanza Spalding, the Swiss band Compulsion, Canadian trombonist Mike Fahie, Portuguese singer Sofia Ribeiro, NYC-based pianist Helen Sung and the clarinet/piano duo Santilli Alderighi.
ARTIST LINKS:
Myriad3
Leo Genovese
Esperanza Spalding
Compulsion
Mike Fahie
Greg Murphy
Sofia Ribeiro
Helen Sung
Santilli Alderighi
Myriad3 – “The Where” & “Undertow”
Album: The Where
Chris Donnelly (p, composer “Undertow”), Daniel Fortin (b, composer “The Where”) and Ernesto Cervini (d)
Leo Genovese (featuring Esperanza Spalding)
Album: Seeds
Leo Genovese (p, fender rhodes, hammond org, farfisa org, melodica, melodian), Esperanza Spalding (voc), Sergio Miranda, Thomas Six (prog), Daniel Blake (sax), John Lockwood (b) and Bob Gullotti (d)
Compulsion – Dahaana
Album: Dahaana
Adam Taubitz (violin, composer), Marc Ullrich (tp, flh), Simone Bollini (p), Dominik Schürmann (b) and Christoph Mohler (d)
Mike Fahie – June with John
Album: Anima
Mike Fahie (tb), Bill McHenry (ts), Ben Monder (g), Ben Street (b) and Billy Hart (d)
Greg Murphy – Suspended Time
Album: Summer Breeze
Greg Murphy (p, kbds), Eric Wheeler (b, e-b), Kush Abadey (d), Josh Evans (tp) and Raphael Cruz (perc)
Sofia Ribeiro – Última dança
Album: Mar sonoro
Sofia Ribeiro (voc), Juan Andrés Ospina (p, arr), Petros Klampanis (b) and Marcelo Woloski (perc)
Helen Sung – Going Express
Album: Going Express
Helen Sung (p), Seamus Blake (ts, ss), Lonnie Plaxico (b) and Eric Harland (d)
Santilli Alderighi – Il Tanghero Va
Album: Godiva Soleva
Marco Santilli (cl, b-cl) and Paolo Alderighi (p)
Leo Genovese, Seeds
Myriad3, The Where
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