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The 17th iteration of The Hot Box finds us back in pursuit of jazz piano genius by delving into the files, and this time around we have reached the letter F.
F finds us in rich territory with Cuban maestro Roberto Fonseca, Italian Antonio Farao with top-drawer US bandmates, and the Flanagans, the late Tommy spelled with an “A”, and the young Irish master Scott, spelled with an “I”. The programme concludes with two tracks from 84 year-old Dave Frishberg, swinging pianist, songwriter and vocalist.
On this edition I pay tribute to the extraordinary pianist Geri Allen who sadly died on the 27th of June shortly after her 60th Birthday, her life and music always remembered.
Stella Bass, Cormac Kenevey, The Reunion Project, Ambrose Akinmusire, The Peter Edwards Trio. PREQUEL has Horace Silver, Bobby Vee & Lavern Baker ..........A wide range of jazz covering many ages & genres. Saturdays 5PM on dublincityfm.ie.
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John Coltrane, Ruba Shamshoum, Eleanor McEvoy, Stanley Clarke, Raed Said, Brian Landrus Orchestra, Gregory Porter, Graham J. ..........A wide range of jazz covering many ages & genres. Saturdays 5PM on dublincityfm.ie.
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On this edition you can listen to some musical highlights from the Sligo Jazz Festival 2017 and we have a look at the vibrant Jazz scene in Stavanger / Norway.
Brian Byrne, Diana Krall, Monika Ryan, Dirty Jazz Club, Dave Pike, Sonny Clark, Quintin Nachoff's Ethereal Trio / Mark Helias / Dan Weiss, Colette Henry, Sami Moukaddem. A wide range of jazz covering many ages & genres. Saturdays 5PM on dublincityfm.ie.
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In The Hot Box #16 we take a listen to many of the just-released new albums, and also pay tribute to one of jazz’s most luminous pianists, who died in June from cancer at the age of 60, Geri Allen. Geri featured in Hot Box No.7 when we checked out pianists filed under the letter A!
The new material includes a wide range of singers from the latest wonder voice in America, Jazzmeia Horn, to our own Aoife Doyle from her new, self-penned quartet album “Clouds”. Also included are tracks from Diana Krall’s latest album “Turn Up the Quiet”. The show also makes good an omission from Pianists filed under the letter D from Hot Box 12, where tracks from Irish pianist John Donegan were unavailable. John’s new solo album, Jen’s Progress is duly sampled here!
