Trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith was a founding member of the AACM and he brings that sense of jazz freedom and possibilities to bear in a live performance at Philadelphia’s Clef Club with his Golden Quartet.
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Wadada Leo Smith Live
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Weekend, May 30 & 31, 2015-Echoes Program 1521A
The ambient chamber music ensemble Bing & Ruth comes in to play their haunting, slow flowing ambient classical jazz live.
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Another Fine Day in Echoes Podcast
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Another Fine Day has a new CD called A Good Place to Be. It’s a seductive album of ambient jazz explorations.
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Tuesday, May 26th, 2015-Echoes Program 1521B
Another Fine Day is the performance moniker of Tom Green, an English musician who came to renown playing early morning sets at the Big Chill Festival for most of its 18 year run.
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Monday, May 25th, 2015-Echoes Program 1521A
The ambient chamber music ensemble Bing & Ruth comes in to play their haunting, slow flowing ambient classical jazz live.
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Friday, May 22nd, 2015-Echoes Program 1520E
It’s another Slow Flow Friday with music from Jeff Oster, Another Fine Day and Steve Roach.
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Jeff Oster in Echoes Podcast
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Trumpeter Jeff Oster creates and ambient jazz sound on his new album, Next, joined by veteran session musicians like Nile Rodgers and Bernard Purdie.
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Thursday, May 21st, 2015-Echoes Program 1520D
Coming up on Echoes we’ll hear music from the band called The Weather Station and Keith Jarrett’s new album of solo piano music, Creation.
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Nels Cline in Echoes Podcast
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Nels Cline is best known as the guitarist with Wilco, but long before he joined that band he had a burgeoning solo career as a an outside jazz guitarist. He reflects on his music, which embraces the contemplative and the chaotic.
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Friday, May 15th, 2015-Echoes Program 1519E
It’s a slow Flow Friday with new music from Jeff Oster’s Next, Three Fields’ Home and David Franklin’s Playing with Shadows. Get ready for an all instrumental soundscape.