New Millenium Voices, Part II

Hi everyone!
Happy to be visiting The Burlington Discover Jazz Fest in its Mad Scientists Jazz Lab

This is the playlist of the show I've just presented this morning at WRUV 90.1 FM Burlington the radiostation at The University of Vermont "The GreenMountain State"
The show was almost entirely dedicated to the localtalents, veterans and new comers who are the future ofJazz in America and the world and are giving theirheart and soul in every performance, living for our city without rigid formalities for whoever islistening : Bryan McNamara and Souls' Calling, JoelDavidian Trio, Kate Paradise, The Dan Skea Quartet,Paul Asbell are masterfully embellishing life in theVermont Jazz scene in these 25 years. Their music is apriviledge for me to present it. We also dedicated ourfirst hour from 6 to 8 am to "La Bossa NovaBrasileira" in its anniversary 50 * So 50 years of Brazilian flavor + 25 after the creation of the Burlington Discover Jazz Fest sum up 75 simply filled with music
Hope you all like it!
1) SENSATIONS/ INNOCENT BIRD(themes for presentation)Drummer composer Dafnis Prieto Absolute QuintetCD"Absolute Quintet" Zoho 2006www.dafnisonmusic.com *********************************************************************
2) SONGS FOR THE CALENDAR(by Eduardo Martin)Cuban Guitarist and educator Iliana Matos - domicile in Extremadura, Spain has toured 4 continents spreading her clear and brilliant toneCD"Angels in the street" GSP, 2006"The Solo Guitar Music of Eduardo Martin"www.gspguitar.com
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3) JUST MY IMAGINATIONAmerican singer Dianne Reeves a recognised sensational lead vocalist since the 70'ies CD"When you know"Blue Note Records, 2008"there's more in her voice join us"
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4) WHAT IT'S WORTHVermont pianist composer Joel Davidian and his Trio CD"Silent fire" produced by Joe Davidianfeat. Jamie Ousley (bass)/ Austin Mcmahon (drums)SONIC MIRAGE 2008 www.josephdavidian.comJoe@Josephdavidian.com
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5) ALONE TOGETHER(Howard Dietz/ Arthur Schwartz)Vermont singer Kate Paradise last year opened the show for singer guiatrrist John Pizzarelli in Flynn MainStage presenting her beautiful voice and album "You stepped out of a dream" feat. Joe Davidian (p)/ John Rivers (ab)/ Geza Carr (d)/ Nicholas Cassarino (guitar)/ John McKenna (tenor sax)SONIC MIRAGE 2006www.sonicmirage.net Sound Mirage Media 75 Partridge RunE.Montpelier, VT 05651"a local label with great talents to be discovered, all sound good and are doing even more for reaching international recognition, in these 10 days are putting it all together for The Burlington Discover Jazz Fest'08 " (Anniversary 25, a quarter century)
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6) BRASILEIRA - Naquele Tempo Group fusing the musicof Rio de Janeiro and Havana Written by flutist -bandleader and educator Dominique Gagne another great talent from the Vermont area who hasbeen playing all over the Burlington Discover JazzFestival either piano or flute in hands Naquele Tempo are Rafael Flores (guitars)/ Jeremy Hill (bass)/ BonnieAnderson (perc)CD"Naquele Tempo"Gagne Records, 2008www.dominiquegagne.com/www.myspace.com/naqueletempowww.myspace.com/dominiquegagne"Naquele Tempo" takes its name from a song byBrazilian composer Pixinguinha
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7) CHAMEGO (Betty's Bossa)New York Voices feat. Paquito D'Rivera on clarinetCD"A Day Like This"MCG Jazz, 2007
New York Voices represent the quintaessence of modern vocal groups in America. Together with Manhattan Transfer, Take 6 and The Singers Unlimited they have reached Jazz to the top since their foundation with stunning albums comprising Jazz, Funk, Brazilian and original pieces penned by the members of the band and closer collaborators ******************************************************************
8) WAVE(by Tom Jobim)VERMONT JAZZ ENSEMBLE - enjoying in every show the never-ending legacy of The Big Band Sound either rain or shine CD"25 Years in the moonlight"VJE Records, 2001"The Vermont Jazz Ensemble invites you every Monday ofJune @ Halvorson's Upstreet Cafe @ 7pm
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9) ENCONTROFleurine and Chico PinheiroCD"San Francico" a tribute to the music of BrazilSunnyside 2008artists from Holland, Brazil and the US beating as onefor the amazonic giant spirit
Fleurine is a singer from Amsterdam, Holland who grew up between Holland and Portugal where she fell in love with the fado music and also with "la saudade" present in the Brazilian as welol as the Portuguese artists during her childhood. In her new CD"San Francisco" Fleurine renders tribute to the amazonic giant talents of three Franciscos, better known by their artistic nicknames : Chico Buarque de Hollanda, Francis Hime and Chico Pinheiro. She also writes lyrics for several of the selections
Chico Pinheiro was the bridge to this beautiful recording some years ago when he sent Fleurine some of his creations via her husband and notable pianist Brad Mehldau also present in several tracks of the album
Special collaborations come in the likes of Freddy Bryant (guitar), Doug Weiss (acoustic bass), Gilad (perc). "Encontro" is arranged by Chico Pinheiro and producer Robert Sadin
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10) NEM LA NEM CA(by A,Giffoni)Hendrik Meurkens Brazilian New York EnsembleCD"Sambatropolis"Zoho 2008"Hendrik Meurkens is a German vibist and harmonicaplayer with a band grounded in solid Braziliangrooves. He has been a leading vanguard sinmce his early days and spent years in Brazil learning the idioms of this inspiring territory"
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11) DONA MARIA(by Duduka da Fonseca & Herbie Mann - Brazil and US artists)The Craig Russo Latin Jazz ProjectCD"In the middle"Cagoot Records, 2007www.craigrusso.com"a beautiful recording made in Illinois where there'salso "muchisimo sabor" passion and taste for LatinAmerican music, congratulations for Craig Russo -leading percussionist and educator and his great sidemen"
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12) INTRODUCTION BY NORMAN GRANZ/ I REMEMBER YOU/ THELAMP IS LOWThe introduction by one of the fathers of AmericanJazz his energy and vision let us all enjoy theimportance of Jazz at The PhilharmanicSarah Vaugh and her Trio - feat. Billy Mays (p)/ BobMagnuson (ab)/ Jimmy Cobb (d)CD" Sarah Vaughn Live @ The Monterrey Jazz fest -Sept. 19, 1971Monterrey Jazz Records, 2007SARAH VAUGHN The Divine Sassy is among the founders ofThe Burlington Discover Jazz Fest in 1984 - God blessSarah, she's still here these days. Can't you feel her" ********** ****************************************************************************
15) HALLELUJAH I LOVE HER SO(by Ray Charles) MACEO PARKER & THE WDR COLOGNE BIG BAND Live!CD"Roots & Grooves" A Tribute to Ray Charles feat. Dennis Chambers (d)/ Rodney "Skeet" Curtis (eb)& The WDR Big Band conducted by Michael AbeneWDR The Cologne BroadcastsHeads UP, 2008www.maceo.comquien dijo que en Alemania no?
Germany has been the plot and setting for some of the best Jazz, Rock, Funk, Samba or any other kind in the last 40 years, Germans love Jazz and specially Cologne in its cosmopolitan scene is able to preserve the message of millions of citizens and theuir corresponding identities. As my friend and German broadcaster states in her shows "Jazz is The Teacher" and here in Burlington, VT we approve her message
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16) RED SHIFT(by guitarist Gerard Petit)CD"Passing Through" - a recording engineered by ChasEller @ Chas Eller Studios in Charlotte, Vermont in1993"a happy finding in our WRUV shelves in days of glory@ The Burlington Discover Jazz Fest '08 where allthese Maestros are demonstrating what JAZZ means intheir lives through their many moods and chops THE BRUCE SKLAR & DAVE GRIPPO SEXTET a band to rememberBruce Sklar (p/keys)/ Dave Grippo (as) / George Petit(guitar solo/ composer)/ Stacey Starkweather (basses)/Stuart Paton (perc/ congas solo). Jeff Salisbury (d)"yesterday at The Jazz Lab in The Fire House was alsoa happy finding to present this CD today again means adouble pleasure for larger audiences tuning in @ WRUV90.1 FM Burlington. Music is never old, the musicnever ends"
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17) FESTIVAL DEL RITMODave Weckl GroupCD"Master Plan" GRP, 1990A party in itself . Dave Weckl represents one of the leading artists drumers creators in Modern Jazz appearing in the 90s with different projects under his belt and also with The GRP in Session Big Band and multiple collaborations with The Brecker Brothers, Arturo Sandoval, Michel Camilo and other lions.
For more than 20 Cuban drummers, Dave Weckl produced new sources of inspirations his driving is really steady in any kind of ensemble either acoustic or electric
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18) MISTA CD"Bridges", Blue Note, 1999 (a truly-talented work of art by Dianne Reeves andTerri Lyne Carrington)"Dianne Reeves is a kind of singer to be played andlistened in every day shows all over the US and theworld, I'll always take a chance to present her voiceand her top musical qualities followed by herinseparable Terri Lyne Carrington writing music andplaying the drums, her cousin and keys master-producerGeorge Duke, the great Brazilian Romero Lubambo onguitar, Jimmy Savala on harmonica in a short sweetand beautiful solo, and Munyungo Jackson on percussionThe music of this song takes you far and far to MotherAfrica and gives you a lesson in every word "can't yousee the wonders of the universe? I do, what about y'a" Fell Dianne Reeves spoken words swinging the craddle for new ideas blossoming from her inextinguible roots acquired since her early childhood in Philadelphia where Clark Terry discovered her - Dianne Reeves is still a banner for modern generations of singers
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19) BUSTED (live)MACEO PARKER & THE COLOGNE WDR BIG BANDWith Maceo on vocals - Thinks this tribute to Ray Charles also comprises his years blowing his sax with The Soul Grandfather James Brown. Maceo blows nos for more **************************************************************
20) DANCE WITH MECD"So Many Rivers" Alligator 2003Pianist composer and singer Marcia Ball will be thisafternoon at The Waterfront Park Tent sharing acontagious Louisiana double bill with accordeonistGeno Delafose & French Rockin' Boogie - special showfor the cajun and bluegrass lovers, Marcia goes beyondand expands her frontiers to the BLUES and the boogiepiano, heartfelt ballads and more. I knew her duringthese days before coming to Burlington and I'll really keep her voice in manyother presentations. Her bandmates have also rocked me up!
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21) FREEDOM JAZZ DANCE(by Funky Jazz Saxman Eddie Harris)RAY BARRETO & NEW WORLD SPIRITCD"Ancestral messages" - Concord, 1993soloists: Ray Vega (tp)/ Hector Martignon (p)"Jazz and Funk all leading as one roots with extendedbranches, danceable, contagious, latinized with dates of funky classics with the wise Ray Vegapushing the boundaries, while Colombian-New Yorker pianist Hector Martignon fixes his "tumbaos" making an admirable tapestry for Barretos killer and final solo on congas"
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22) HOW ABOUT ITAlto sax composer and bandleader Bryan McNamara &Souls' Calling - feat. Nicholas Cassarino (g)/ JoelDavidian (keys)/ Geza Carr (d)/ Robinson Morse (bass)CD"Love for all" - love is all we really needBryan Records, 2007"All these musicians are the local headliners to theBurlington Discover Jazz Fest'08 come and meet them"www.discoverjazz.comalso visit burlingtoncityarts.com and click The JazzLab LOGO, you may find them everywhere ********************************************************************
23) NEEDED TIME/ JESUS ON THE MAINLINETwo traditional spirituals in the voice and guitar ofPAUL ASBELL from Kilimanjaro Band fame, The Unknown BluesBand and more - educator @ The Univ of Vermont, Asbell willbe closing the Fest this Sunday afternoon with one of his favorite alumni NicholasCassarino in their Acouctic Explorations Guitar Duet Also pianist James Harvey in a solo flight the unchallenged father of the Burlington jazz scene @ FlynnSpace CD"ROOTS & BRANCHES"Busy Hands Records, 2005really busy these days **********************************************************************
24) COWBOY(by Canadian saxwoman Christine Jensen)CD"Flurry" ArtistShare, 2006Nordic Connect is a working band made by Scandinavianoffsprings born in the US and Canada, I really lovethis album and also 2 or 3 former recordings of Ingridand Christine Jensen two sisters the Burlington audience had thepriviledge to meet in person and feel delighted withtheir music last year at The BDJFest in Flynn SpaceThis piece is arguably my favorite among other 9 whichare also really attractive and played with wisdom andunequal progressive harmonic taste ********************************************************************
25/26) AND THE RAIN KEEPS FALLIN'/ FIVE CHINESEELEPHANTSCD"Carpenter Road" Kenya Sands Music, 2007 - recorded in The Chas Eller Studios in Charlotte,Vermont by pianist bandleader Dan Skea from Waterbury

I'm glad to have received the music of this veteran ofthe fusion. His story is really very interesting andthose who haven't got in touch with Dan Skea yet,must take a chance to follow his music and appreciate longtime dedication to his beloved instrument, the piano, arranging for his own QUARTETand also for The Pine Street Jazz Band - two jazz institutions in The Green Mountain StateWhile in Vegas, Dan Skea played with Walfredo de losReyes, Sr. and our unforgettable Israel Lopez "Cachao" pushing the boundaries of Cuban and Latin Jazz with American stomp The Dan Skea Quartet members are Dan Skea (p) / Chris Peterman (saxophones)/ JohnRivers (ab)/ GezaCarr (d) all involved in these 25years celebration in Burlington, VT
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27) SEVEN STEPS TO HEAVEN(Miles Davis & Victor Feldman)CD"Sketches of Spain Y MAS"The Latin Side of Miles Davis - Trombonist ConradHerwig feat. David Lynch, Paquito D'Rivera and DaveValentin plus other notable Miles' alumni - Live @ The Blue Note , NYC, March 6-8, 2007Half Note, 2006
Conrad Herwig and Brian Lynch visited The BDJFest last year with The Eddie Palmieri Caribbean Septet opening for a Flynn MainStage packed first night hall
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28) INDIA The Dan Skea Quartet CD "Carpenter Road" Kenya Sands Music, 2007 "lovely bass lines by John Rivers. From the firstlistening to this piece the entire album expanded my musicalhorizons making me look inside even more to thegrowing Vermont Jazz scene"
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29) CALLE LOCACD"Siempre Salsa" Emilyn Music, 2006 www.jazzismo.com Trombonist educator Rick Davies & his band JazzismoRick Davies is a New York milestone recording artistwho has brought his wisdom on trombone and writing abilities toThe Vermont Jazz scene. Rick has also become a prolificwriter editing a book entitled TROMPETA thru which heexpresses his fascination for the leading trumpetersof Cuban tresero Arsenio Rodriguez and El SeptetoHabanero - root bands in the early marriage of American andCuban codes in the 20'iesSince year 2003, I've been following the music andlegacy of Rick Davies after his visit to Havana, Cubawhere I began spinning his music in my radio transmissions.There, he let me know about his career as a musicianand educator - playing with all Old Havana streetperformers without rigid formalities just fun and"Siempre Salsa" for better cooking his riffs whileblowing sabrosos havanese montunosTogether with Alex Stewart and Ray Vega, Davies took over forthe educative event PAQUITO VISIONARY OF LAS AMERICAS last Sunday inFlynnSpace, also sat at The Burlington Discover JazzFestival Big Band concert with Paquito's Funk TangoQuintetBravo Maestro Rick. Three solid hits in a row!
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30) SUGAR ( AZUCAR DE AMOR) (by Stanley Turrentine & Ted Daryll/ Spanish lyrics bysinger Kat Parra)Nothing better for closing our Global Warming radioshow @ WRUV than this Mambo/ Salsa cooked with a little bit ofSongo in a brass string section feat. flutist JohnCalloway, violinist Anthony Blea, trumpeter Ray Vegaand arranger producer Dr. Wayne Wallace all renowned soloists of the San Francisco scene
CD"AZUCAR DE AMOR"Patois Records, 2008www.katparra.comwww.walacomusic.com
Lot of beautiful tracks provoking versions to Pan-American classics like "Night in Tunisia", "Misty", "Pedacito de mi vida" and "Cancion con todos" *****************************************************************
Hope you have enjoyed it the same as I!
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Blessings Toni Basanta
WRUV 90.1 FM Burlington
Global Warming Radio Show
Thurs. 6 to 9 am
Univ of Vermont station
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