Share

cover art for The New Jazz Listener Podcast

The New Jazz Listener Podcast

A show where we introduce jazz to anyone who is curious about it or who thinks of jazz as boring or too serious.


Recommended episode

  • 5. Episode 5 - Diana Purim

    01:14:42||Season 1, Ep. 5
    In this episode, we talk to Brazilian singer, daughter of Brazilian Jazz pioneers singer Flora Purim and percussionist Airto Moreira.--Songs played in this episode (by title, artist & album):I Want to Be Evil - Eartha Kitt & Henri René - Heavenly EarthaTheme From The Cool World - Dizzy Gillespie - Talkin' VerveI Don't Care Who Knows It - Duke Pearson - I Don't Care Who Knows ItThe Magicians (Bruxos) - Airto Moreira - IdentityÉ Tudo De Bom - Eyedentity - País Da Maravilha (Wonderland)Sicily' Box (feat. Marco Bernardis & Rocco Palladino) - Venna & Yussef Dayes - Sicily' Box (feat. Marco Bernardis & Rocco Palladino) - Single

More episodes

View all episodes

  • 4. Episode 4 - VERB

    01:15:37||Season 1, Ep. 4
    In this episode, we talk to french Jazz trio VERB, at the eve of the release of their acclaimed first album: SYMBIOSE.VERB is made up of Noam, Garcia, and Charles. The band won the 2023 Rezzo Contest at the JAZZ A VIENNE festival.--Songs played in this episode (by title, artist & album):Willow Weep for Me (Live at Mister Kelley’s, Chicago 1957) - Sarah Vaughan - Sarah Vaughan at Mister Kelley’sZigaboogaloo - Nicholas Payton - Payton’s PlaceFreedom Jazz Dance - Alain Caron - Le BandMuntulo Moto - Richard Bona - HeritageSong for My Brother - Avishai Cohen - UnityLush Life - Billy Strayhorn - The Peaceful Side of Jazz

  • 3. Episode 3 - Ron Carter

    01:09:45||Season 1, Ep. 3
    In celebration of Jazz Appreciation Month in 2023, The New Jazz Listener room hosted an epic guest: 'Maestro' Ron Carter. Listen to what he thought of the music played that day. --Songs played in this episode (by title, artist & album):Dichte - Windisch Quartet - MeanderWednesday Night Prayer Meeting (Alternate Take) [Bonus Track] - Charles Mingus - Blues & RootsHigh Hat Trumpet and Rhythm (feat. The Six Swingers) - Valaida Snow - Swing is the ThingPunk Jazz - Jaco Pastorius Big Band & Richard Bona - Word of Mouth RevisitedSeven Steps to Heaven - Miles Davis - Seven Steps to HeavenMarvin - Laurent Bardainne & Tigre d'Eau Douce - Marvin - EP

  • 2. Episode 2 - Nasar Abadey

    01:10:22||Season 1, Ep. 2
    In this episode, we talk to Jazz drummer, composer and educator Nasar Abadey.He is a professor of Jazz Percussion in the Jazz Studies Department at the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, MD.--Songs played in this episode (by title, artist & album):Peel Me a Grape - Angie Wells & Raphaël Lemonnier - Love and MischiefUnrest II - Brandee Younger - Unrest - SingleEternal Surrender - Nasar Abadey And Supernova - Diamond in the RoughTwelve More Bars to Go - Wayne Shorter - JujuAll the Things You Are - Andy Bey - Ain't Necessarily SoCherokee - Deelee Dube - Cherokee - Single

  • 1. Episode 1 - Gina Belafonte

    01:05:51||Season 1, Ep. 1
    In this episode, we talk to "Artivist" Gina Belafonte, Creative Director of Sankofa.org. She's also the daughter of American singer, actor, and civil rights activist Harry Belafonte and American dancer, actress and costume designer Julie Robinson Belafonte. And she brings some amazing records and equally great stories to go with them. --Songs played in this episode (by title, artist & album):Red Top - Betty Carter - Betty Carter At Her BestIgbesi Aiye (Song of Praise to God) - Solomon Ilori - African High LifeSmoke Gets In Your Eyes - Harry Belafonte - The Classic YearsConcierto de Aranjuez (Adagio) - Miles Davis - Sketches of Spain Erroll Garner - LIVE in 64'Tis Autumn (1993 Digital Remaster) - The Nat "King" Cole Trio - The Complete Capitol Recordings of the Nat King Cole Trio (Remastered)