“The Jazz Score” 9/27/10 – Jelly Roll Morton
For this weeks episode of “The Jazz Score” I focused on one of my all-time favorites, and certainly one of the most important figures in the history of jazz composition (and jazz in general, really), the great Jelly Roll Morton. The RIAA of course forbids playing more than three songs per artist per hour, which [...]
New Kora Band Album – Release Friday @ Jimmy Maks!
Tuesday the 21st was the official release date for my latest album, “Cascades” by the Kora Band. This is a project I’ve been working on ever since I went to West African with Devin Phillips in 2007 and returned with a desire to integrate the kora with jazz. Thanks to Seattle-based kora virtuoso Kane Mathis [...]
“The Jazz Score” 9/20/10 – Portland Composers
For yesterday’s “Jazz Score” I decided to focus on the many great jazz composers we have right here in Portland, both past and present. It was a fun show and I hope that I was able to show the variety of music that came and continues to come out of our fine city. Here’s the [...]
“The Jazz Score” 9/13/10 – Wayne Shorter
Sorry for the delay in posting this playlist, I just returned from tour with the Kora Band and it was quite hectic! Last week on “The Jazz Score” on KMHD, I featured the music of Wayne Shorter, one of the most enigmatic and fascinating of jazz composer/performers to appear on the scene in the past [...]
“The Jazz Score” 9/6/10 – Irving Berlin and Harold Arlen
This week on “The Jazz Score” on KMHD I featured the compositions of two great American songwriters from the “Great American Songbook” whose tunes have become classics and jazz standards. It’s been interesting to check out some composers who weren’t jazz musicians themselves but have contributed to the standard repertory. After playing standards for many [...]