2021 spring

03 Burn And Fade

Pisca Punga

Little Light

On My Way

Giovanca - On My Way (taken from album Subway Silence)

Save Some Loving from the Legao album (2014)  

Save Some Loving - Erlend Øye

Jealous

05 Circle Round The Sun

De 2015-editie van de Jazzdagsampler, met tracks van  Sarah-Jane, Hermine meets Zapp4, Frank Windemuller Group, Julian Schneemann – Roundabout, Kukushai, Naked Wolf, Okabe Family, Sandro Fazio Band, Sebastiaan van Bavel Trio, Startas Orkester, The Ambush Party, Van Asselt/Vistel Project, TRÆBEN, Rumbatá Beat Band, Ntjam Rosie, Roos Jonker, Pierre Dunker Quartet, Azure Hiptronics, Joyce-Lou & JDMC, Phil's Music Laboratory, Pieter Bast E.S.P. Quintet, GOSTO en Corrie van Binsbergen solo. 

De Jazzdag is op 26 en 27 juni 2015 in LantarenVenster, Hotel New York, Kantine Walhalla en Jazz Museum Rotterdam. Meer info: http://www.jazzdag.nl

Roos Jonker - World Fast Asleep

Oscar & The Grouches debut EP "Marsha Mellow"

05 Care

Leah Dou - May Rain Official MV (Version 2)

Tamalito

Natty Reeves blessing us with some chill on his cover of Nat King Cole.

Follow Natty on SC - @natty-reeves



Natty Reeves - Crazy She Calls Me

Feel Real Good (Christmas)

Feel Real Good (Christmas) ft. HiaGround & Abby Bella May

General Elektriks - 02-Raid the radio

Written, Produced, Mixed, Performed by HUNJIYA

THANK YOU to:
Garrett Fracol - drums
Reed Gaines - bass
Andre Bernier - keys
Minju Kwak - mixing & mastering

Enjoy <3

Spotify

Lavender

Art Laboe's Dedicated to You, Vol. 4

Oh Honey

Written, Produced & Performed by Sean Matsukawa

Maple EP now available on iTunes & Apple Music: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/maple/1330274609

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/1pISlmGdEWolgo50whLLw4

Tidal: http://tidal.com/album/82945161

http://seanmatsukawa.com/

Maple EP

Spiderweb

Stream/Download

Rosinha de Valença - Down (1970)

Modern Desires

Lose Control

From Stephanie Nilles's "I pledge allegiance to the flag - the white flag" (3/5/21)on Sunnyside Records.

Among the many issues that still plague the United States is its seemingly unending betrayal of its Black population. Though the struggle against prejudice in the States continues, the complexion of its fighters continues to change, as broader swathes of the American public begin to pick up the mantle of racial justice and equality for all. 

The voices of African American militants continue to ring in the vanguard’s ears. One such musical example is the late, great bassist/composer Charles Mingus, whose music was vehemently charged with indignation concerning the rights of the downtrodden. His messages, both outright and nuanced, are touchstones for many musicians who choose to address these issues, including singer-songwriter/pianist Stephanie Nilles, who interprets Mingus’s canon on her new recording, I pledge allegiance to the flag – the white flag.

Born six years after Mingus’s death, Nilles comes from a world removed from that of her muse. She is a white woman who grew up in the suburbs of Chicago and studied classical piano and cello. Nilles’s initial introduction to jazz came through her younger brother’s bass study and his involvement with a summer jazz orchestra. It was through her brother that her ears first caught the sounds of Mingus’s “Jump Monk,” igniting a spark that would catch up with her down the line.

Nilles continued her study of music at the Cleveland Institute of Music, where the strict classical environment strengthened her musical chops but left her no closer to jazz. From Cleveland, Nilles moved to New York City where she spent some time away from music, working odd jobs and as a research assistant at Yeshiva University’s Center for Ethics. As many musical friends began to descend upon New York to attend graduate school, Nilles began to get pulled back into music making, beginning to write, improvise and play various shows around the City. An important mentor during Nilles’s reemergence was violinist/activist/educator Christian Howes. He was instrumental in helping her branch out from her rigid classical education toward the improvisational freedom of jazz. 

The music of Mingus began to appear in Nilles’s repertory in 2007, the bassist’s particular blend of intricacy with bombast and humor with anger was intoxicating. Nilles took to the road for a time, playing gigs where she could, until she ended up in New Orleans, where she became involved with the eclectic local music scene, including a quartet with bassist Jesse Morrow, a devout follower of Mingus. Special moments with Mingus’s music ensued, including the mourning of a friend who died from cancer with a cathartic “Goodbye Pork Pie Hat” sendoff. Nilles soon had an entire set of Mingus pieces that she could play solo, an exhausting but exhilarating feat.

In May 2019, Nilles performed a transcription of saxophonist Charles McPherson’s solo on Mingus’s “OP” on a series of solo concerts in Germany. Radio Bremen producer Volker Steppat heard this and was immediately impressed. Steppat asked if Nilles would be interested in recording an entire album of solo performed Mingus material, which she was ecstatic to try. 

The recording was made in December 2019 at the Sendesaal in Bremen, Germany, the same hall that Mingus had performed his first German concert with his classic Sextet of Eric Dolphy, Clifford Jordan, Johnny Coles, Jaki Byard and Dannie Richmond nearly 55 years earlier. Most of the pieces were recorded in first or second takes.

I pledge allegiance to the flag - the white flag

Oh Lord, Don't Let Them Drop That Atomic Bomb On Me

Stephanie Nilles - Oh Lord Don't Let Them Drop That Atomic Bomb On Me

2021 spring

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