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Felipe Salles - Storytelling

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Listen to this week's show Celebrating interconnectedness this week on Caminhos do Jazz, with  Felipe Salles and his Interconnections Ensemble, from their 2023 release, Home is Here (Tapestry Records, 2023), featuring Paquito d'Rivera , Magos Herrera , Nadje Noorhuis , Chico Pinheiro , Sofia Rei , Jacques Schwarz-Bart , Yosvany Terry and  Melissa Aldana . Click the YouTube for "Storytelling," filmed live in studio ...    Click here for the show archive.   Caminhos do Jazz with Katchie airs live on Saturday mornings at 10 Central.  KRTU 91.7 FM in San Antonio, worldwide at KRTU.org.   New! Read the Caminhos do Jazz column on All About Jazz. Focusing on Brazilian music and musicians in and outside of Brazil, Caminhos do Jazz follows paths that traverse the jazz landscape, conversing with creators and delving into recordings and performances (past and present) along the way...   ...follow us on  Facebook ,  Instagram , and  A...

SATX Live! Barron, Sung, Ranky Tanky, Fischer, Adjuah

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Listen to this week's show This week on Caminhos do Jazz radio it's visiting artists who have recently made our fair city richer: the great NYC pianist Kenny Barron , Houston-born pianist Helen Sung , Gullah-Geechee jazz band Ranky Tanky from Charleston and the amazing Ms. Lisa Fischer , and--today's treat--New Orleans trumpeter Chief Adjuah ... (Photo: Bri Kirkham, TPR) Here's your teaser... Chief Adjuah 's "Shallow Water," his tribute to his uncle, saxophonist Big Chief Donald Harrison , from his 2023 album, Bark Out Thunder, Roar Out Lightning (Ropeadope).   Click the playlist (below) to expand the image.     Click the image (below) to hear the show and enter the archive .   Caminhos do Jazz with Katchie airs live on Saturday mornings at 10 Central.  KRTU 91.7 FM in San Antonio, worldwide at KRTU.org.   New! Read the Caminhos do Jazz column on All About Jazz. Focusing on Brazilian music and musicians in and outside of Brazil, Caminhos do Jazz foll...

Mostly Science and Zumbi...

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Listen to this week's show On this week's edition of Caminhos do Jazz radio, we start off with a bit of futurism from Delia Fischer , Gilberto Gil and Sergio Mendes , then move into the formidable sound space of the late great Chico Science & Nação Zumbi ... And for a teaser... Our first set this week includes composer-singer-pianist Delia Fischer 's intriguing "Your Voice in My Head" (from Beyond Bossa , Origin, 2024), with English lyrics by Allen Morrison. The piece is a reflection on the emotional toll of artificial intelligence and social media. Meanwhile, as a bonus, here is a taste of the original version in Portuguese ("Orgia," from Mínimo , Self Produced, 2019). For more information about the music, check All About Jazz's review here .     Click the playlist (below) to expand the image.   Click the image (below) to hear the show and enter the archive .   Caminhos do Jazz with Katchie airs live on Saturday mornings at 10 Central.  KRT...

Best of 2024, Part 4

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Listen to this week's show 2024 was another great year for jazz on record, and here are a dozen more reasons to think so (part 3). More information on the music is here .  Here's one: "Garra" by Dani Gurgel (voice) and Debora Gurgel (piano, orchestrations) with the DDG19 Big Band , from the ensemble's self-titled debut album, DDG19 (Da Pá Virada).     Playlist for this week's show   Click here for the show archive.   Caminhos do Jazz with Katchie airs live on Saturday mornings at 10 Central.  KRTU 91.7 FM in San Antonio, worldwide at KRTU.org.   New! Read the Caminhos do Jazz column on All About Jazz. Focusing on Brazilian music and musicians in and outside of Brazil, Caminhos do Jazz follows paths that traverse the jazz landscape, conversing with creators and delving into recordings and performances (past and present) along the way...   ...follow us on  Facebook ,  Instagram , and  All About Jazz . W hile you're at it, ...

Best of 2024, Part 3

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Listen to this week's show 2024 was another great year for jazz on record, and here are a dozen more reasons to think so (part 3). More information on the music is here .  Here's one: "Coco Rococo" by Anat Cohen (clarinet) and James Shipp (vibraphone, percussion), featuring Vitor Gonçalves (piano, accordion) and Tal Mashiach (bass, guitar), from Anat Cohen Quartetinho's Bloom (Anzic).      Playlist for this week's show   Click here for the show archive.   Caminhos do Jazz with Katchie airs live on Saturday mornings at 10 Central.  KRTU 91.7 FM in San Antonio, worldwide at KRTU.org.   New! Read the Caminhos do Jazz column on All About Jazz. Focusing on Brazilian music and musicians in and outside of Brazil, Caminhos do Jazz follows paths that traverse the jazz landscape, conversing with creators and delving into recordings and performances (past and present) along the way...   ...follow us on  Facebook ,  Instagram , a...

Best of 2024, Part 2

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  Listen to this week's show 2024 was another great year for jazz on record, and here are a dozen more reasons to think so (part 2). More information on the music is here .  Here's one: "Orange Haze," featuring Layale Chaker (violin), Amino Belyamani (piano), Sam Minaie (bass) & John Hadfield (drums), from guitarist-composer Brad Shepik 's Dream of the Possible (Shifting Paradigm).       Playlist for this week's show   Click here for the show archive.   Caminhos do Jazz with Katchie airs live on Saturday mornings at 10 Central.  KRTU 91.7 FM in San Antonio, worldwide at KRTU.org.   New! Read the Caminhos do Jazz column on All About Jazz. Focusing on Brazilian music and musicians in and outside of Brazil, Caminhos do Jazz follows paths that traverse the jazz landscape, conversing with creators and delving into recordings and performances (past and present) along the way...   ...follow us on  Facebook ,  Instagram...