The New Jazz Listener Podcast

In this episode, we talk to Constanze Schliebs all the way from Germany. She's an Artist manager, tour booker, and festival founder, who manages pianist Aki Takase (one of our former guests) among many other awesome Jazz artists. --Songs played in this episode (by title, artist & album):Moanin' Low (with Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra) - Billie Holiday - Lady Day: The Complete Billie Holiday On Columbia (1933-1944)Eding - VERB - SymbioseDanza Sin Fin - Quique Sinesi - Danza Sin Fin (Colección Guitarras del Mundo Nº15)Bach Factory - Aki Takase - Hokusai Piano SoloThe Creator Has a Master Plan B (feat. Billy Hart) - Johannes Enders - The Creator Has a Masterplan B (A Tribute to Pharoah Sanders) [feat. Billy Hart]The Free Slave (Live At The Left Bank Jazz Society, Baltimore, MD / April 26, 1970) - Roy Brooks - The Free Slave (Live At The Left Bank Jazz Society, Baltimore, MD / April 26, 1970)

This episode from the NJL Archive features a younger member of our community, performing arts and social justice theater student Alston Georges, son of a former guest. He shared some of his favorite jazz records with us.--Songs played in this episode (by title, artist & album): Under a Blanket of Blue - Coleman Hawkins - The Hawk Relaxes (Remastered)Sing a Song of Song - Kenny Garrett - SongbookThe Kid From Red Bank (1994 Remaster) - Count Basie and His Orchestra - The Complete Atomic BasieYes or No - Wayne Shorter - JuJuSwallow - Casiopea - CasiopeaTow Yard Trouble - Part 1 & 2 - Jordan Seigel - The Baltimorons (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

In this episode, we talk to ELEW, the great pianist, composer, and DJ known for pioneering Rockjazz.--Songs played in this episode (by title, artist & album):What's Goin' On (feat. Valerie Simpson) - Quincy Jones - Smackwater JackSister Annie (feat. Bill Frisell, Burniss Travis, Nate Smith, Rane Moore, Zekkereya El-Magharbel & Sara Caswell) - Alive With Ghosts Today (feat. Bill Frisell, Burniss Travis, Nate Smith, Rane Moore, Zekkereya El-Magharbel & Sara Caswell)Fortress Around Your Heart (feat. Sting) - ELEW - Fortress Around Your Heart (feat. Sting) - SingleSpartacus - Branford Marsalis Quartet - Crazy People MusicOne Finger Snap - Herbie Hancock - Empyrean Isles (Expanded Edition) Gratitude - The Great Big Joy Machine - The Great Big Joy Machine

This episode from the NJL Archive was in collaboration with the Embassy of Barbados in the US during the weekend celebrating the country's 57th year of independence in Dec 2023, and our guest was the amazing Bajan singer Ch'An.--Songs played in this episode (by title, artist & album):Simple Things (Hinterlude I) - Ch'An - Lost.Song of the New Moon - Chuck Mangione - Chase the Clouds AwayPerdido - Sarah Vaughan - Orchestral Jazz ClassicsFive Pound Box Of Money - Pearl Bailey - Jingle Bells Cha Cha Cha - SingleLet's Call the Whole Thing Off - Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong - 20th Century Masters / The Millennium Collection: The Best of Ella Fitzgerald and Louis ArmstrongParanoid Android I - Brad Mehldau - Mon chien Stupide (Bande originale du film)

In this episode, we talk to a bona fide jazz aficionado from France, the president of the Hot Club of Lyon Jazz club, and a member of the French "Académie du Jazz", Mr. Ludwig Laisné.--Songs played in this episode (by title, artist & album):Stronger Than You Think - René Marie - Sound of RedRude Crude Lude - Chassol - Rude Crude Lude - SingleKlamath - Christophe Lincontang Trio - KlamathMichel Graillier - Keep on Kicking - Dream DropsJoel Forrester - Patience - *Private Recording from Ludwig's Own Studio*My Flaming Heart (1992 Remaster) - Nat "King" Cole - At the Movies

In this episode, we talk to the award winning author, critic, and poet, Carole Boston Weatherford. --Songs played in this episode (by title, artist & album):Circus (Live at the Bern Jazz Festival 2000) - Roy Hargrove - Circus (Live at the Bern Jazz Festival 2000) - SingleDanse des horloges sans aiguilles - Ryan Keberle, Frank Woeste & Vincent Courtois - Reverso - Between Two SilencesPrayer To the Saint of the Brokenhearted - Somi - If The Rains Come FirstMister Magic - Grover Washington, Jr. - Mister MagicSpreadin' Rhythm Around - Billie Holiday - Lady Day: The Complete Billie Holiday on Columbia 1933-1944, Vol. 1Dilo - Cochemea - Dilo - Single