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JAZZ LIVES!!! with CurtJazz: Interactive Playlist – 5/4/17

Posted in Charlotte Community Rado, CLTC Playlists, Jazz in Charlotte, JazzLives!, Video Vault, Who's New in Jazz with tags akua dixon, behn gillece, Charlotte Community Radio, china moses, cltc radio, curtjazz radio, jazz in charlotte, jazz lives, jazzlives with curtjazz, jazzmeia horn on June 1, 2017 by curtjazz

The penultimate edition of JAZZ LIVES!!! with CurtJazz on Charlotte Community Radio, featured mostly new releases. There has been a lot of great new music released in 2017 and I wanted to share as much of it as possible before wrapping it up. I had to drop in a Sonny Rollins classic and a few others, like the one from a few years back from my man, Etienne Charles and Chaka with Echoes of an Era ’cause they were totally in my head. But the majority of the love went to the new stuff, such as the sublime debut disc by Ms. Jazzmeia Horn and the striking groove of Nightintales, the latest release from that daughter of jazz royalty, Ms. China Moses.

There’s a link to the entire program below and video clips of a few of the tracks as well. Hope y’all dig it!

TRACK TITLE	ARTIST(S)	ALBUM	LABEL
Sweet Georgia Brown	Ori Dagan	Less Than Three	Self-Release
Karma	Joey DeFrancesco	Project Freedom	Mack Avenue
Disconnected	China Moses	Nightinales	MPS
I Told You I Love You	Giacomo Gates	Centerpiece	Origin
La Cancha	Eddie Palmieri	Sabiduria	Ropeadope
Old Men Sing the Blues	Kevin Mahogany	The Vienna Affair	Cracked Anegg
The Aviator	Bobby Watson	Made in America	Smoke Sessions
Take the Coltrane	Kevin Eubanks	East West Time	Mack Avenue
Spanish Steps	LCJO (feat. Jon Batiste & Wynton Marsalis)	The Music of John Lewis	Blue Engine
Tight	Jazzmeia Horn	A Social Call	Prestige
Armando’s Song	Christian Sands	REACH	Mack Avenue
Tatra	Hermon Mehari	Bleu	Unlabeled
Soy Califa	Allegra Levy	Cities Between Us	SteepleChase
O Pato	Eliane Elias	Dance of Time	Concord
Black Enough	Somi	Petite Afrique	Okeh
Take the A Train	Echoes of an Era	Echoes of an Era	Elektra
Little Sunflower	Ed Cherry	Soul Time	Posi-tone
Haitian Fight Song	Akua Dixon	Akua Dixon	Self-Release
What a Difference a Day Makes	Akiko Tsuruga	Sakura	American Showplace
Straighten Up and Fly Right	Nnenna Freelon & Take 6	Soulcall	Concord
Pandora’s Box	Jeremy Pelt	The Talented Mr. Pelt	HighNote
Cinderella	Poncho Sanchez	Ultimate Latin Dance Party	Concord Picante
Camera Eyes	Behn Gillece	Dare to Be	Posi-tone
Surrey with the Fringe on Top	Sonny Rollins	Newk’s Time	Blue Note
That’s Not Your Donut	Champian Fulton	Speechless	CD Baby
Kitch’s Bebop of Calypso (feat. Lord Superior)	Etienne Charles	Kaiso	Culture Shock
Down By The Riverside	Christian McBride Trio	Live at the Village Vanguard	Mack Avenue
RED!	Josh Lawrence	Color Theory	Posi-tone
Make America Great Again!	Delfeayo Marsalis	Make America Great Again!	Troubador Jass
Breathless	Terence Blanchard	Breathless	Blue Note
Central Line	Art Hirahara	Central Line	Posi-tone

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JAZZ LIVES!!! with CurtJazz: Interactive Playlist 4/27/17

Posted in Charlotte Community Rado, CLTC Playlists, Jazz in Charlotte, JazzLives!, Under The Radar with tags ahmad jamal, curtjazz radio, harvey cummings ii, jazz, jazz radio, jazz video, jazz videos, jazzlives with curtjazz, linda may han oh, mark whitfield on May 28, 2017 by curtjazz

Our show on Thursday, April 27 was our first since learning of the station’s impending demise. No guests that evening; I just spent a lot of the show playing Carolinas based artists and those who had been guests on the show over the last year. A bit sentimental but still some great jazz.

A link to a recording of the entire program is below, as are a couple of terrific video clips from a couple of the tracks on the playlist. Enjoy!

TRACK TITLE	ARTIST(S)	ALBUM	LABEL
I’m Old Fashioned	Elli Fordyce	Songs Spun of Gold	Self-Release
Moanin’	Tony Allen	A Tribute to Art Blakey	Blue Note
It’s Only A Paper Moon	Denise Jannah	A Heart Full of Music	Timeless
Here to Help	Chris Greene Quartet	Boundary Issues	Single Malt
Lucid Lullaby	Linda May Han Oh	Walk Against Wind	Biophilia
Little Pigs	Amos Hoffman	Back to The City	Self-Release
Phryzzinian Man	Wynton Marsalis	Black Codes from the Underground	Columbia
The Coaster	Kevin Mahogany	Songs and Moments	Enja
Epitaph III – J. Mac	Chad Eby	Broken Shadows	Cellar Live
Absolute-Lee	Brandon Lee	Absolute Lee	CD Baby
Johnny Come Lately	Don Braden / Mark Rapp	The Strayhorn Project	Premium Music
Crazy Baby	Nicci Canada	Twenty Twelve	Self-Release
Screwball	Mike Hackett	New Point of View	Summit
Think Tank	Will Campbell	Think Tank	Origin
Chicken Day	Harvey Cummings	Chicken Day	Self-Release
West End Blues	John Michael Bradford	Something Old Something New	CD Baby
Thelonious	Ali Jackson	Amalgamations	Sunnyside
Black Coffee	Tenya Coleman	Tenya	Self-Release
Clapper Dapper	Geoff Clapp	Bend in the River	CD Baby
Unit 7	Ellis Marsalis Sextet	Live at Jazz Fest 2014	Self-Release
Afro Samurai	Mark Whitfield	Grace	Self-Release
It Could Happen to You	Eric Nemeyer	Blessing in Disguise	Self-Release
Speak No Evil	Wayne Shorter	Speak No Evil	Blue Note
On the Red Clay	Royal Bopsters Project	Royal Bopsters Project	Motema
Butterfly	Gretchen Parlato	In a Dream	ObliqSound
Red, Black and Green	Roy Ayers	Red, Black and Green	Polydor
Sweet Georgia Brown	Anat Cohen	Clarinetwork – Live	Anzic
Benny’s Bounce	Michael Dease	All These Hands	Posi-tone
Lady Bird	Adia Ledbetter	Take 2: Rendezvous with Yesterdays	CD Baby
Boio Moio	Brent Rusinow	Old Guy Time	CD Baby
Gypsy	Ahmad Jamal	Blue Moon	Jazz Village

JAZZ LIVES!!! May 18th: My Final LIVE CLTC Radio Broadcast

Posted in Charlotte Community Rado, Jazz in Charlotte, JazzLives!, The Jazz Continues..., Under The Radar, Unsung Women of Jazz with tags amos hoffman, Charlotte Community Radio, charlotte jazz, cltc radio, curtjazz radio, jazz, jazz in charlotte, jazz radio, jazzlives with curtjazz, michael hackett, nicci canada on May 15, 2017 by curtjazz

Well, it’s been fun…

CurtJazz Studio 225 With Charlotte Community Radio going off air this month, the last LIVE edition of JAZZ LIVES!!! with CurtJazz, will air Thursday, May 18th from 6:00pm to 9:00pmEst.

When Bridget asked me last spring if I would be interested in having a program on Charlotte Community Radio (CLTCRadio), it was exciting, a bit scary albeit perfectly timed. I worked in AM-FM radio in New York City through most of the 90’s, ran a web-based jazz radio station from 2004 to 2016, but I had been away from live radio since 2000. So I was somewhat out of practice on May 12, 2016 when I first opened the mic, but my trepidation quickly dissipated and the joy returned.

With trumpet master Mike Hackett

So I want to say “Thank You”; first, to Bridget B. Sullivan and Melvin Nix, co-founders of CLTCRadio, for the chance to knock some rust off these old pipes and remind me that this is “what I do”.

With vocalist Nicci Canada

And a huge thanks to my guests. The incredible, world-class musicians who call the Carolinas home and who took time out of their incredibly busy schedules to spend some time with us: Dawn Anthony; Lovell Bradford; Will Campbell; Nicci Canada; Tenya Coleman; Harvey Cummings; Lonnie Davis; Ocie Davis; Buff Dillard; Mike Hackett; Amos Hoffman, and Tim Scott, Jr.; I am forever in your debt.

Guitarist Amos Hoffman – Live in the CLTC Studios

My biggest appreciation goes out to all of you who listened and hopefully, enjoyed the music, as I shared my passion for jazz and for the artistry of living musicians. Some of you were friends from long ago that I reunited with. Some are a more recent part of my life. You were all a huge part of rekindling an old dream and I will always be grateful to you for that.

I’m on Twitter and Instagram as @curtjazz, and on Facebook as CurtJazzRadio. My website is curtjazz.com. Let’s keep in touch.

God Bless You and Goodnight.

JAZZ LIVES!!! with CurtJazz – Thursday, 12/1: JazzMas Begins with Buff Dillard

Posted in Charlotte Community Rado, Holiday Jazz, Jazz in Charlotte, JazzLives! with tags buff dillard, Charlotte Community Radio, christmas jazz, cltc radio, Curt's Cafe, curtjazz radio, holiday jazz, jazz, jazz in charlotte, jazz lives, jazzlives with curtjazz, jazzmas on November 27, 2016 by curtjazz

Buff Dillard

In the same way that we used to on Live365’s Curt’s Cafe Noir, we will celebrate the Holidays throughout December on JAZZ LIVES with CurtJazz on Charlotte Community Radio. And we will kick off our “JazzMas” celebration in fine style, during our show on Thursday, December 1, with our special guest, trombonist Buff Dillard, who will join me from 7pm – 8 pm (ET).

Born into a musical family, Buff exhibited an interest for singing, drums and playing brass instruments at an early age. By the age of twelve, the trombone had become his passion and he decided to focus on mastering the slide. As a student of Martin Luther King High School in Philadelphia PA, his gift allowed him to attend the Philadelphia All-City Jazz Academy. While there, he performed with the Philadelphia All-City Jazz Band, Pieces of a Dream, and the legendary Count Basie Band. He was also able to attend jazz workshops instructed by the celebrated jazz trumpeter Wynton Marsalis.

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As a solo artist, Mr. Dillard has released a total of 8 independent projects, including his latest album, Mr. Bonejazz and his Holiday themed EP Christmas Moments. Buff is endorsed by Conn/Selmer/King Instruments and continues his career as a trombonist, performer, independent international recording artist and CEO of Buff Dillard Music LLC.

During JAZZ LIVES!!! on December 1, Buff Dillard will join me during the 7 pm hour of the show. We will talk about his music, his influences, his current projects and we will play a few tracks from Christmas Moments that will help to get us all in the mood for the Holiday Season.

Be sure to join Buff Dillard and me as we prove that there’s nothing better than “Bone for the Holidays’, on JAZZ LIVES!!! with CurtJazz, Thursday, December 1; from 6 pm – 9 pm (EDT); on CLTCRadio.

JAZZ LIVES!!! with CurtJazz, airing LIVE every Thursday from 6:00pm to 9:00pm via CharlotteCommunityRadio.org, CLTCRadio.org OR use the Mixlr app where you can listen and chat with our hosts and guests alike.

Website: http://www.buffdillardmusic.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/buffdillard/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/BuffDillard1

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/buffdillardmusic/

Right Back Where We Started

Posted in Jazz in Charlotte, JazzLives!, The Jazz Continues... with tags Camille Thurman, Charlotte Community Radio, charlotte jazz, curtjazz radio, dave holland, eleazar shafer, Esperanza Spalding, harvey cummings ii, hot tone music, jazz arts initiative, jazz in charlotte, jazzlives with curtjazz, kamasi washington, kenny barron, lonnie davis, Mimi Jones, ocie davis, phillip whack, Robert Glasper, sean mason piano, Shirazette Tinnin, sonny rollins, tim scott jr, tim singh, troy conn, veronica leahy sax on April 30, 2016 by curtjazz

Before writing reviews, before the “Browsing the Bins” column, before Live365 and Curt’s Cafe Noir and before this blog, there was live jazz radio… The mid-90’s as a jazz DJ on what was t Curtis with Bird hen WPBX, on the East End of Long Island, was the best gig of my life, of any kind, one I reluctantly gave up, when I moved south almost sixteen years ago. As I signed off in October 2000, I always knew that I would be back one day. I just didn’t think that my son, who was less than a month old when I left, would be ready to start driving when that day came!

THE DATE IS SET!!!

Thursday, May 12; 6 pm – 9 pm (EDT). The premiere of my new radio show “JAZZ LIVES!!! with CurtJazz” on Charlotte Community Radio. The show will be a continuation of the passion that developed in me during the twelve years of Curt’s Cafe Noir – jazz by active musicians.

We will play jazz from across the spectrum, from modern to bop to swing to avant-garde. So, what will all of the artists have in common? They are all still living and playing great jazz.

I’ve said it before and I will keep saying it – For jazz to survive in the 21st century, we have got to open our ears to some of the great young musicians who are bringing some fresh ideas from their own 21st century experiences. This means that on JAZZ LIVES!!!, we will play Sonny Rollins AND Kamasi Washington. We will play Kenny Barron AND Robert Glasper. We will play Dave Holland AND Esperanza Spalding. And you will definitely hear from Mimi Jones and the marvelous ladies of Hot Tone Music.

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(l to r) Camille Thurman; Mimi Jones and Shirazette Tinnin

And, thanks to the tireless efforts of people like my friends Ocie and Lonnie Davis and the Jazz Arts Initiative, Charlotte is gaining a national reputation for producing some terrific young jazz players. So expect to also learn more about some of the QC’s contributions to jazz’s future, like Eleazar Shafer, Phillip Whack, Harvey Cummings II, Tim Singh; Troy Conn and Tim Scott, Jr. And a few amazing talents even younger than those I just mentioned, such as Sean Mason and Veronica Leahy.

Tim Scott, Jr.

We are also blessed to have a studio that will be big enough for interviews and live performances and we plan to take advantage of that space for chats and mini concert sets with some of the greats and soon to be greats who live in or visit the Charlotte area.

All we ask from you is to give us a listen. And let us know what you think – on Facebook (CurtJazz Radio); on Twitter (@curtjazz); or on Instagram (curtjazz).

To hear JAZZ LIVES!!! with CurtJazz and all of the great programming that Charlotte Community Radio has to offer, just click this link http://charlottecommunityradio.org/
We will also be available via Mixlr (http://mixlr.com/)

More to come over the days leading up to our premiere. Watch this space!!!

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