On this edition of Jazz After Hours...
we feature Storybook, the newest release by Chicago trumpeter, composer and bandleader Markus Rutz. Markus guides us through the concept album that spotlights his musical beginnings and inspiration, his jazz education, and his life in 2023 as one of the Second City's leading lights and voices in jazz. As always, enjoy the latest from today's emerging jazz artists and living jazz greats, still making music in 2023.
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Hour 1
Markus Rutz – Something`s Blowing In – Storybook – JMARQ Records
Hilario Duran and David Virelles – Challenge – Front Street Duets – ALMA Records
Nadje Noordhuis – Hudson – Full Circle – Newvelle Records
Roni Ben-Hur – Ligia – Wondering – Dot Time Records
Conrad Herwig – Song For My Father – Latin Side of Horace Silver – HighNote Records
Julian Lage – Word for Word – View With A Room – Blue Note
Camille-Alban Spreng – Souvenir – Dear Uncle Lennie – Yolk Records
Markus Rutz – Third Coasting – Storybook – JMARQ Records
Mr Chair – Uncanny Valley – Better Days – Self Released
Sinne Eeg & Thomas Fonnesbaek – Just One Of Those Things – Staying in Touch – Stunt Records
Hour 2
Markus Rutz – Short Story – Storybook – JMARQ Records
Scenes – When Jasper Grows Up – Variable Clouds – Origin Records
Jesse Davis – Love For Sale – Live at Smalls Jazz Club – Cellar Music
Joe Locke – Shifting Moon – Makram – Circle 9
Markus Rutz – Buffalo – Storybook – JMARQ Records
Al Strong – Lift Every Voice And Sing – Stronger Love – Lightyear Entertainment
Marshall Gilkes – Part VIII Musings – Cyclic Journey – Alternate Side Records
Hour 3
Markus Rutz – Mr. E – Storybook – JMARQ Records
Kirk Lightsey – In Your Own Sweet Way – Live at Smalls Club – Cellar Music
Conrad Herwig – The Gods of the Yoruba – Latin Side of Horace Silver – HighNote Records
Bobby Watson – Bon Voyage – Back Home in Kansas City – Smoke Sessions Records
Markus Rutz – Just for a Thrill – Storybook – JMARQ Records
Ben Patterson – Anniversary Patio – The Way of the Groove – Origin Records
Plinio Fernandes – Gracias A La Vida – Saudade – Decca Gold
Ana Nelson – NelBap Choro – Bridges – Self Released
Hour 4
Markus Rutz – Soul Eyes – Storybook – JMARQ Records
Kevin Fort – Lucky to Be Me – Perspectives – JeruJazz Records
Todd Herbert Quartet – Blue Visions – May Waltz – TH Productions 1000
Chris Cortez – Melody Makes It Happen – Live at Blue Bamboo – Blue Bamboo Music
Ernesto Cervini – Three Pines – Joy – TPR Records
Manzanita Quintet – Silence – Osmosis – Origin Records
Markus Rutz – The Everyday Escapades of M&M – Storybook – JMARQ Records
Brad Goode – The Windmills Of Your Mind – The Unknown – Origin Records
Tom Collier – Five Reflections on Wood- II. a Sister`s Radiant Painting – The Color of Wood – Summit Records