Grand Pianoramax plays "Showdown" live at WBGO Studios 3.3.08.
Featuring Leo Tardin on piano and keys, Adam Deitch on drums, and Celena Glenn on vocals.
"Showdown" is from Grand Pianoramax's 2008 release, THE BIGGEST PIANO IN TOWN (ObliqSound).
Steven Berstein's Meillennial Territory Orchestra plays Berstein's original music to Laurel and Hardy's "Sugar Daddies."
From the Theatre Jean-Duceppe at the Festival International de Jazz de Montreal, July 3, 2008.
WBGO Studio Session with the New Jazz Composers Octet. They play "The Turning Gate," the title song from the band's newest release on Motema Records. Recorded December 11, 2008 at WBGO-FM Studios in Newark, NJ.
Producer Josh Jackson. Music mix by David Tallacksen, assisted by Josh Webb.
Evan Christopher and the Danza Quartet rehearse "Auld Lang Syne" with a Professor Longhair Rumba rhythm. Captured by WBGO's Josh Jackson in New Orleans December 30th 2008, prior to the band's performance on NPR's Toast of the Nation.
Zenph Studios has made it possible to create 're-performances'. At IAJE 2008 they presented their work towards recording a re-performance of Art Tatum's Piano Starts Here album.
Evan Christopher and the Danza Quartet rehearse "When My Dreamboat Comes Home," featuring Shannon Powell on tambourine. Captured in New Orleans by WBGO's Josh Jackson December 30th 2008, prior to the band's performance on NPR's Toast of the Nation.
Jazz legend James Moody, one of Newark, New Jersey's finest, turned 83 yesterday. Last year, WBGO celebrated Moody's contribution to music at our annual gala, and presented this video vignette for the award presentation.
Evan Christopher and the Danza Quartet rehearse the closing number for NPR's Toast of the Nation segment in New Orleans, "Don't Touch Me." Captured by WBGO's Josh Jackson in New Orleans December 30th 2008, prior to the band's performance on New Year's Eve.
The JD Allen trio plays "Son House" from J&R Music World. Recorded live for broadcast by WBGO, 5/24/08.
JD Allen - tenor
Gregg August - bass
Rudy Royston - drums
Evan Christopher and the Danza Quartet rehearse "Casa Denise," a song from the band's Toast of the Nation segment in New Orleans. Captured by WBGO's Josh Jackson in New Orleans December 30th 2008, prior to the band's performance on NPR's New Year's Eve celebration.