On this edition of Jazz After Hours...
we begin our coverage of Jazz In The Valley, a festival in Poughkeepsie NY for which Jazz After Hours is the official radio sponsor. Meet Greer Smith, festival Executive Director, and hear some of the music booked for this years event in August. Of course, we have our usual mix of fresh new jazz to get you through the night..
Miss the show? Listen to the replay.
Hour 1
Louis Hayes – Exactly Right! – Exactly Right! – Savant Records
Javon Jackson – Mr. Parker – With Peter Bradley – Solid Jackson Records
Eddie Palmieri – Mambo Inn – Presents Sonido Solar – Truth Revolution Recording Collective
Terell Stafford – You Taught My Heart To Sing – Between Two Worlds – Le Coq Records
Kris Allen – Circle House – The Hartford Jazz Society presents Straight from the Hart, Vol. 2 – Hartford Jazz Society
Gabriel Espinosa – New Year – Bossas & Boleros – Zoho Music
Tim Ray Trio – Moon in the Sea – Fire & Rain – Whaling City Sound
3D Jazz Trio – Lagrimas Negras – 9 to 5 – Diva Jazz
ARC Trio and the John Daversa Big Band – Red and Gold – ARCeology – Blue Canoe Records
Hour 2
Eric Jacobson – Con Alma – Discover – Origin Records
Dave Bass – If You Could See Me Now – The Trio vol 3 – Tiger Turn
Michael O`Neill Quintet – Traned Bird – Conversations with Birds – Jazzmo Records
Clark Gibson – Tunisia – Counterclock – Cellar Music
Ana Nelson – NelBap Choro – Bridges – Self Released
Julia Hulsmann Quartet – Valdemossa – The Next Door – ECM Records
Joel Goodman – Drifting in Wonder – Exquisite Moment – A64 Records
Eric Alexander – Too Late Now – A New Beginning ~ Alto with Strings – HighNote Records
Orrin Evans – Smoke Rings – The Red Door – Smoke Sessions Records
Hour 3
Gretchen Parlato & Lionel Loueke – Lean In – Lean In – Edition Records
Bobo Stenson Trio – The red flower – Sphere – ECM
Walter Smith III – lamplight – Return to Casual – Blue Note
Benny Benack III – Catching Drift – Third Times The Charm – LA Reserve Records
Luis Bonilla and JM Jazz World Orchestra – Triumph – Jazz Pops Pop Swings – Planet Arts
Wayne Alpern – My Foolish Heart – Saxology – Henri Elkan Music
Greg Chako – Bassa Nova – A Place For Bass ~ Chamber Jazz Duets – Mint 400 Records
Anthony E Nelson Jr – Uno Mas Por Roberto – Swinging Sunset – Musicstand Records
Isaiah J Thompson – The Soul Messenger – The Power Of The Spirit – Blue Engine
Javon Jackson – Mr. Parker – With Peter Bradley – Solid Jackson Records
Hour 4
Terry Gibbs Legacy Band – Those Eyes, Those Lips, That Nose, That Face, That Girl – The Terry Gibbs Songbook – Whaling City Sound
Vicente Archer – Bye Nashville – Short Stories – Cellar Music
Michael Davis – Ladybug – Open City – Hip-Bone Music
Le Boeuf Brothers – Apollo – HUSH – Soundspore Records
Ralph Alessi Quartet – Everything Mirrors Everything – It`s Always Now – ECM
Behn Gillece – Horizons – Between The Bars – Positone
Antonio Adolfo – Marcha Da Quarta-Feira De Cinzas (Ash Wednesday March) – BOSSA 65 – AAM Music
Idle Hands – Tomorrow Blues – Get A Grip – Positone
Dave Stryker – Lanes – As We Are – Strikezone Records