Nicholas Payton - A Different Kind of "Blue"

April 24, 2008. Posted by Joshua Jackson.

Add new comment | Filed under: club coca cola, coca cola, debut, Listening Post, music, nicholas payton quintet, nonesuch records, studio session, Studio Sessions, wbgo

In October 2007, WBGO recorded a studio session with the Nicholas Payton Quintet. The band had just finished a week-long run at Dizzy's Club Coca Cola, and they had just recorded the music for Payton's debut on Nonesuch Records, Into the Blue. The record hit stores this week. Check out the studio session on NPR Music. It posted earlier today. Funny how that works....Timing is everything.
-Josh

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Great Live Moments - Max Roach

April 24, 2008. Posted by Joshua Jackson.

Add new comment | Filed under: Listening Post, Live Music, Studio Sessions

Max Roach christened WBGO's music studio. Thanks to our den mother, Dorthaan Kirk, Max came to our performance space in 1987 with two different ensembles. It was a Sunday afternoon, and Max wore a grey silk suit. Those performances with then-WBGO host James Browne marked the beginning of many ambitions for a fledgling jazz station. Now, we have music performances all the time (seven bands booked in this month alone). But the first session with Max Roach is one that many at WBGO will never forget.

Listen to "Lonesome Lover," from the WBGO Archives.

If you're feeling ambitious, check out the JazzSet Max Roach Memorial. It includes more music from this WBGO studio session.
And it you're even more ambitious, and you love to pay nothing for a show (like most jazz people I know), head to Brooklyn for a three-day tribute to Max Roach.
Fri 4/25 - Max Roach Tribute - music by Randy Weston African Rhythms & an ensemble featuring Lewis Nash, Concord Baptist Church of Christ, 833 Gardner C. Taylor Blvd, 718.756.9407,12-5PM
Sat 4/26 - Max Roach Tribute - music by M' Boom, Jeff King Band & Cecil Bridgewater, Boys n Girls High School, 1700 Fulton St.,718.756.9407, 3-8PM
Sun 4/27- Max Roach Tribute- panel discussion moderated by Gil Noble, interview with T.S. Monk, jazz celebrity jam session, Medgar Evers College, 1650 Bedford Ave, 718.756.9407, 3-7PM
-Josh

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Kurt Rosenwinkel WBGO Studio Session - On NPR Music

April 1, 2008. Posted by Joshua Jackson.

Add new comment | Filed under: artistshare, guitar, Interviews, Jazz Alive, jazz blog, josh jackson, kurt rosenwinkel, Listening Post, living with music, npr, studio session, Studio Sessions, the remedy, Video, wbgo

Check out my studio session with Kurt Rosenwinkel.
-Josh

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