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2 weeks ago |
knkx.org | Abe Beeson
For nearly a decade, the Seattle jazz fusion trio Duende Libre has been a ubiquitous presence on the Northwest music scene. But in this, their fourth KNKX studio session performance, the trio was celebrating music from their first new album in five years. Joined by bassist Farko Dosumov and drummer/percussionist Jeff Busch, Duende Libre’s pianist Alex Chadsey told the KNKX studio audience that the new album Invocation was born in the isolation of the pandemic.
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3 weeks ago |
knkx.org | Abe Beeson
The art of musical improvisation is most commonly a conversation between artists. During a series of concerts at Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley, pianist Joey Alexander and trumpeter Theo Croker made the most of their meeting on stage and also did some collaborating in the KNKX studios. Both have three Grammy nominations for their recordings as bandleaders. Croker augmented Alexander’s trio on half of the pianist’s 2023 album Continuance, but this live engagement in Seattle was a special occasion.
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3 weeks ago |
knkx.org | Abe Beeson
London producer, DJ and beat maker Footshooter (aka Barney Whittaker) finds organic partners for his new album of electronica. The Oasis brings the life and heat of humanity to the cold precision of digitally created rhythms. Footshooter’s “broken beat” style is rooted in the syncopation that made jazz swing and groove, and many of the guests featured on The Oasis have musical roots and careers in improvisation.
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1 month ago |
knkx.org | Abe Beeson
A senior tenor saxophone player with the Bellarmine Prep jazz band, Sidney Mbugua has a deep love for jazz. He’s also aware of the close connections of jazz and modern music. The first song Mbugua played on the show as this month's KNKX School of Jazz guest DJ is pianist Ahmad Jamal’s “I Love Music.” He explained that he actually first heard the tune sampled in “The World Is Yours” by rapper Nas. “A lot of hip-hop production uses these old jazz pieces, specifically piano," Mbugua shared.
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1 month ago |
knkx.org | Abe Beeson
From England’s most northern city of Newcastle, the young group Knats are bringing a new perspective to London’s celebrated modern jazz scene. Their debut self-titled album incorporates Afrobeat, along with drum and bass dance rhythms, into the hard bop jazz legacy. The drum and bass genre evolved in 1990's England, characterized by fast tempos and heavy bass lines, influencing later electronically driven dance music like house, techno and dubstep.
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