A line of fans young and old hoping to see a show that had
sold out of advance tickets stretched past a nearby ramen shop...This was a
Jazz show, mind you. In 2012.” From a recent performance review, The
Los Angeles Times simply states the future of Jazz is bright with rising
saxophonist Walter Smith III. Although it may appear Smith is a
young gun on the scene at age 33, he is widely recognized as an adept
performer, accomplished composer, and inspired educator. Smith’s debut
recording as a leader was released in March of 2006 on the Fresh Sound New
Talent label and features many of the brightest young Jazz talents. His
sophomore release, titled Live in France, was released in October 2009 to
critical acclaim. His most recent album, III, was a top 10 best seller on
iTunes. Walter will release his latest project still casual worldwide on
September 9, 2014. In the Jazz tradition, Smith has developed
under the wings of many of the music’s greats. Walter is/has been a member of
several legendary groups (recording and touring) including the Terence
Blanchard Quintet, Eric Harland's Voyager band, Roy Haynes "Fountain of
Youth" band, Jason Moran’s Big Bandwagon, and the Christian McBride
Situation band. Smith has performed all over the world participating in
numerous international festivals as well as famed venues such as Carnegie Hall
and the Kennedy Center. In addition, he has shared the stage and/or appeared on
recordings with many Jazz notables including Roy Haynes, Eric Reed, Mulgrew
Miller, Joe Lovano, Walter Beasley, Terri Lynne Carrington, and a host of
others. To date, Walter has appeared on over 75 recordings that are released
worldwide. With his fresh sound and compelling original
compositions, Smith is consistently called as a sideman in some of Jazz’s
developing and gifted bands including Ambrose Akinmusire's Quintet, Christian
Scott's group, and the Sean Jones Sextet. Originally from Houston,
TX, where he attended Houston’s HSPVA, Smith now resides in the Los Angeles, CA
area. When not on the road, Walter utilizes his Music Education degree from
Berklee College of Music, Master’s degree from Manhattan School of Music, and
Graduate Certificate in Performance from the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz
to enlighten the next generation of Jazz students.
Friday, 23 February 2018
Track Listings for The Crazeology Radio Show 17th February 2018
Below is the track listing for the Boogie
Wonderland Show dated 17th February 2018. A link to the show can be found here:
The Crazeology Radio Show -17/02/2018 | |
Django Bates | The Study of Touch |
John Surman | Autumn Nocturne |
Kit Downes | Kings |
Janne Mark | Pilgrim |
Andreas Schaerer | Dive |
John Surman | Pitangan Pitomba |
Django Bates | Little Petherick |
Kit Downes | Last Leviathan |
Walter Smith III | About 360 |
Walter Smith III Interview | Part 1 |
Walter Smith III | Kaleidoscope |
Walter Smith III Interview | Part 2 |
Walter Smith III | Processional |
Walter Smith III Interview | Part 3 |
Walter Smith III | Something New |
Walter Smith III Interview | Part 4 |
Walter Smith III | Foretold You |
Walter Smith III Interview | Part 5 |
Walter Smith III | Fing Fast |
Jazzmix | 17022018 |
Boney James | On The Prowl |
Track Listings for The Boogie Wonderland Show 15th February 2018
Below is the track listing for the Boogie
Wonderland Show dated 15th February 2018. A link to the show can be found here:
The Boogie Wonderland Show - 15/02/2018 Playlist | |
DALINDEO | ONE MORE DEVIL |
Disco Dub Band | For The Love Of Money |
Don Laka | I Wanna Be Myself |
Imagination ft Leee John | Fantasia Nelio Mmix 1 |
James Day | Who Can Tell the Heart feat Tony Terry (Groove LTD Mix) |
Lyman Woodard Orgnaisation | Saturday Night Special |
McCrei | SHOW ME [Special K MIX) |
Syleena Johnson | I'd Rather Go Blind |
Cloud 1 | Patty Duke |
Advance | Take Me To The Top |
Terry Ronald | What The Child Needs DSG Album [Nigel Lowis FULLY RE |
Walter Smith III | About 360 |
Walter Smith III Interview | Part 1 |
Walter Smith III | Kaleidoscope |
Walter Smith III Interview | Part 2 |
Walter Smith III | Processional |
Walter Smith III Interview | Part 3 |
Walter Smith III | Something New |
Walter Smith III Interview | Part 4 |
Walter Smith III | Foretold You |
Walter Smith III Interview | Part 5 |
Walter Smith III | Fing Fast |
Jazzmix | 17022018 |
Boney James | On The Prowl |
Friday, 16 February 2018
Laila Biali All You Need to Know
Laila Biali would like to reintroduce herself.
The raven-haired musician has won awards (SOCAN Composer of
the Year and Keyboardist of the Year at Canada’s National Jazz Awards) and
played the world’s most prestigious venues (North Sea Jazz Festival, Tokyo’s
Cotton Club, Carnegie Hall). She’s toured with GRAMMY award winners (Chris
Botti, Paula Cole, Suzanne Vega) and recorded with an international icon
(Sting). In short: She’s established herself as one of Canadian jazz’s
brightest young stars. And now, almost two decades into a successful career,
she’s ready for a change.
“It’s been a long time coming,” Laila says of her upcoming
self-titled album. “I’ve been playing music professionally for years but this
album feels, in a way, like a new beginning.”
Led by the funky single, “Got to Love,” LAILA BIALI is the
culmination of everything the acclaimed singer-songwriter has achieved thus
far. “Writing this album, I felt like a kid in a candy store, wanting to try
everything,” Laila explains. “It took some time for me to find my voice as a
songwriter, and I didn’t want to pigeonhole myself into any one particular
genre.”
The end result is an eclectic-but-focused album that Laila
describes as “fully representative.” “There are elements of improvisation, so
the jazz is there,” she says. “There’s also an edgier songwriting persona that
I think has always been there but took some time to hone in on.”
Catchy, sophisticated, and unlike anything currently on the
radio, it’s pop music, but not the kind that can be neatly tagged by an
algorithm. Melodies take thrilling left turns and pre-choruses give way to
instrumental interludes. One minute Biali is soaring over a bluesy storm of
handclaps and hard-charging keyboard riffs (“Got to Love”), the next she is
pouring out her soul on an impassioned, slow-burning plea for empathy
(“Refugee.”) It’s pop music, but the experimental, distinctly human variety
popularized by Regina Spektor, Rachael Yamagata, and Sara Bareilles.
Balancing the competing impulses was a challenge, but the
final outcome was worth it. “I’m more excited about this record than any other
project of mine to date,” Laila declares. Fans should be too.
Track Listings for The Crazeology Radio Show 10th February 2018
Below is the track listing for the Boogie
Wonderland Show dated 10th February 2018. A link to the show can be found here:
The Crazeology Radio Show -17/02/2018 | |
Django Bates | The Study of Touch |
John Surman | Autumn Nocturne |
Kit Downes | Kings |
Janne Mark | Pilgrim |
Andreas Schaerer | Dive |
John Surman | Pitangan Pitomba |
Django Bates | Little Petherick |
Kit Downes | Last Leviathan |
Walter Smith III | About 360 |
Walter Smith III Interview | Part 1 |
Walter Smith III | Kaleidoscope |
Walter Smith III Interview | Part 2 |
Walter Smith III | Processional |
Walter Smith III Interview | Part 3 |
Walter Smith III | Something New |
Walter Smith III Interview | Part 4 |
Walter Smith III | Foretold You |
Walter Smith III Interview | Part 5 |
Walter Smith III | Fing Fast |
Jazzmix | 17022018 |
Boney James | On The Prowl |
Track Listings for The Boogie Wonderland Show 8th February 2018
Below is the track listing for the Boogie Wonderland
Show dated 8th February 2018. A link to the show
can be found here:
The Boogie Wonderland Show - 15/02/2018 Playlist | |
DALINDEO | ONE MORE DEVIL |
Disco Dub Band | For The Love Of Money |
Don Laka | I Wanna Be Myself |
Imagination ft Leee John | Fantasia Nelio Mmix 1 |
James Day | Who Can Tell the Heart feat Tony Terry (Groove LTD Mix) |
Lyman Woodard Orgnaisation | Saturday Night Special |
McCrei | SHOW ME [Special K MIX) |
Syleena Johnson | I'd Rather Go Blind |
Cloud 1 | Patty Duke |
Advance | Take Me To The Top |
Terry Ronald | What The Child Needs DSG Album [Nigel Lowis FULLY RE |
Walter Smith III | About 360 |
Walter Smith III Interview | Part 1 |
Walter Smith III | Kaleidoscope |
Walter Smith III Interview | Part 2 |
Walter Smith III | Processional |
Walter Smith III Interview | Part 3 |
Walter Smith III | Something New |
Walter Smith III Interview | Part 4 |
Walter Smith III | Foretold You |
Walter Smith III Interview | Part 5 |
Walter Smith III | Fing Fast |
Jazzmix | 17022018 |
Boney James | On The Prowl |
Friday, 9 February 2018
Aki Rissanen All You Need To Know
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Pianist Aki Rissanen has been quickly rising among the few
top forces of Finnish jazz. Over the last years, he has also made a name for
himself in the international jazz scene especially as a leader of his own trio.
Although originally classically trained, he has always had a heart for
improvised music and jazz.
His debut album Amorandom (Edition Records, 2016) with Aki
Rissanen Trio was critically acclaimed all around the world and he gained a
fast growing reputation on the European scene. The album received praises at
home and abroad on prestigious newspapers like the Guardian and jazz magazines
like Jazzwise. Finnish main newspaper Helsingin Sanomat selected the album as
“The Best Jazz Album of the Year”. The album also won the Finnish Grammy, the
Emma Award for the Best Jazz Album in 2016.
Aki Rissanen Trio released their second album Another North
in November 2017 on Edition Records. It is an ambitious and rhythmically
intense album that raises Aki Rissanen Trio undeniably into the front of the
whole European jazz field.
Aki Rissanen studied classical piano for 12 years in Finland
and jazz and improvised music at the Conservatoire National Superieur de
Musique in Paris, France. He took private lessons in New York, USA and Cologne,
Germany in 2005-2008. In 2009, he graduated with a Master’s degree from the
Sibelius Academy Jazz Department in Finland after studing jazz piano and
composition for 7 years.
His teachers have included Jarmo Savolainen, Jukkis Uotila,
Kirmo Lintinen, John Taylor, Jim Beard, Anders Jormin, Hervé Sellin, Markku
Hyvärinen, Jouni Kuronen, Seppo Kantonen and Frank Carlberg, to name a few.
In addition to his high merits in the Solo Piano Competition
at the Montreux Jazz Festival and La Defense competition in France, Rissanen
has been best known for his works with saxophonist Dave Liebman on German
Ozella Music and trumpeter Verneri Pohjola on British Edition Records and on
ACT Music in Germany.
He has shared the stage with UMO Jazz Orchestra, The Finnish
Radio Symphony Orchestra, Lahti Symphony Orchestra, Dave Liebman, Rick
Margitza, Randy Brecker, Sten Sandell, Tim Hagans, Emil Strandberg and Robert
Ikiz among others. He has performed in most of the European countries, USA,
Japan, China and North Africa.
Besides his trio, he leads a quartet entitled Sininen Syksy
featuring classical soprano Mari Palo, guitarist Teemu Viinikainen and drummer
Joonas Riippa which performs the music of the Finnish composer Leevi Madetoja.
He co-leads the trio entitled Aleatoric with Robin Verheyen (sax) and Markku
Ounaskari (drums) and the quartet featuring the sax legend Dave Liebman. Other
groups include Verneri Pohjola Quartet, Mikko Hassinen Elektro GT and Lauri
Porra Flyover. He has released 10 albums as a leader or co-leader in UK, USA,
France, Sweden and Finland.
Track Listings for The Crazeology Radio Show 3rd February 2018
Below is the track listing for the Crazeology
Radio show dated 3rd February 2018. A link to the show
can be found here:
The Crazeology Radio Show -
03/02/2018
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Gordon Grdina Quartet
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Casper
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Mammal Hands
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Black Sails
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Jimmy Chamberlin Complex
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Horus And The Pharaoh
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Kid Kasino
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Mink Schmink
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Squirrel Nut Zippers
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Put a Lid On It
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Swing Republic
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Dont You Make Me High
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Swingrowers
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Via Con Me
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Tom Rainey Obbligato
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There is no Greater Love
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Benny Bailey and his Orchestra
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Hassan Effendi
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Charles Rumback
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Ash Wednesday
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Noya Rao
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Azimuth
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Aki Rissanen
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Etude 5 Arc en ciel Reimagined
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Aki Rissanen Interview
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Part 1
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Aki Rissanen
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John's Sons
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Aki Rissanen
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Before The Aftermath
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Aki Rissanen Interview
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Part 2
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Aki Rissanen
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New Life And Other Beginnings
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Aki Rissanen Interview
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Part 3
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Aki Rissanen
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Blind Desert
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Aki Rissanen Interview
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Part 4
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Aki Rissanen
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Nature Of The Beast
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Jazzmix
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10218
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Walter Beasley
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Come On Over
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Track Listings for The Boogie Wonderland Show 1st February 2018
Below is the track listing for the Boogie
Wonderland Show dated 1st February 2018. A link to the show can be found here:
The Boogie Wonderland Show -
01/02/2018 Playlist
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T J Fowler
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Tastie – Part 1
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The Amranim
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Shedemati
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The Flying Stars of Brookly NY
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My God Has A Telephone Master
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The Jones Girls
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My Own Special Way
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TNT
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Whip Your Loving On Me
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Tsvia Abarbanel
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Im Nin'Alu
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Yehezkel Matari
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Halachti Layam
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David Dor
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Sapri Tama
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Wilson Pickett & The Falcons
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I Don't Want No Part Time Love
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Fork in the Road
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I Cant Turn Around
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Martha High
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Mama's Got a Bag of Her Own
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Ed Robinson
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Hey Black Man
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EmKayBe Ft. Ann Nesby
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Jam
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Louise Golbey
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Love It Or Leave It I Have Never
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Mathew Bennett
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If Your Love Is Real
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Louie Vega ft Josh Milan
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The World Is A Family (Louie
Vega Roots Nyc Mix)
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Aki Rissanen
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Etude 5 Arc en ciel Reimagined
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Aki Rissanen Interview
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Part 1
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Aki Rissanen
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John's Sons
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Aki Rissanen
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Before The Aftermath
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Aki Rissanen Interview
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Part 2
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Aki Rissanen
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New Life And Other Beginnings
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Aki Rissanen Interview
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Part 3
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Aki Rissanen
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Blind Desert
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Aki Rissanen Interview
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Part 4
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Aki Rissanen
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Nature Of The Beast
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Jazzmix
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10218
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Walter Beasley
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Come On Over
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