Episode 1: New Music from the US, Japan, Jamaica and UK.

Courtney’s playing refreshingly cool new jazzy vibes for you to work, rest and play to! Jam-packed full of new releases and plenty of fun, including many of the artists introducing their own tracks!  This week: Rachel Therrien's Latin Jazz, 100 yrs of Wes Montgomery & Soweto Kinch goes full Symphony.

1 Mimi Fox - Mr White’s Blues (One for Wes) ORIGIN. As a celebration of the 100th anniversary of Wes Montgomery’s birth, guitarist Mimi Fox chose to dive deep into the iconic Hammond B3 trio sound.

2 Greg Spero - Jam 6.1 (The Chicago Experiment) ROPEADOPE. Following the global success of The Chicago Experiment, the long awaited fourth in The Experiment Series, Greg Spero brings us 8 unreleased tracks from the original sessions.

3 Rosa Passos - Samba Sem Voce (Storyville). Brazilian bossa nova queen Rosa Passos’ highly anticipated album Samba Sem Você recorded at at Copenhagen Jazzhouse on July 7th, 2001

4 Vusi Mahlasela, Norman Zulu & Jive Connection 'Roots' (Face To Face) STRUT South African singer-songwriter Vusi Mahlasela, from Pretoria, was an important voice during the anti-apartheid struggle, singing for freedom but also for reconciliation and a positive future.

5 Soweto Kinch - Curated Chaos (White Juju) London Symphony Orchestra. Recorded live at the Barbican during last year’s London Jazz Festival, White Juju is award-winning British saxophonist and rapper Soweto Kinch’s powerful new work for jazz quartet and symphony orchestra, written in response to lockdown, BLM, British history and the culture wars

6 Michael Feinberg - Blues Variant (Blues Variant) Criss Cross. Bassist Michael Feinberg Releases his Criss Cross Jazz Debut, Blues Variant. Featuring Noah Preminger, Nasheet Waits, Leo Genovese and Dave Liebman.

7 Rachel Therrien - Mojo (Mi Hogar) Outside In. An impressive showcase of the Canadian-born bandleader’s range, Mi Hogar marks the first outing of Therrien’s newly assembled Latin Jazz Project, an ambitious document of her work with expert musicians of the genre from New York City, Canada, Cuba, Puerto Rico and Venezuela.

8 Nadia Washington - Nabi (Hope Resurgence) Self-Release. Powerhouse vocalist Nadia Washington makes her debut statement with Hope Resurgence,

9 Joe Locke - Love for Sale (Makram) Circle 9. Glistening with spirit, ingenuity, musicianship and inquisitiveness, Locke returns to his celebrated quartet on Makram. This lineup includes pianist Jim Ridl, bassist Lorin Cohen and drummer Samvel Sarkisyan.

Hello to all our amazing listeners around the world and what have we got new for you this week???

Welcome to the latest Courtney Pine Global Podcast Bitesize Edition! A coffee break’s worth of cool jazzy vibes to whet your appetite for the full show. Commercial free, and hand-picked by Courtney for a vibrant, and soulful listen!  This week: Nadia Washington sings of perseverance and faith, passionate South African vocals from Vusi Mahlasela and the fantastic Joe Locke.  

1. Joe Locke - Love for Sale (Makram) Circle 9. Glistening with spirit, ingenuity, musicianship and inquisitiveness, Locke returns to his celebrated quartet on Makram. This lineup includes pianist Jim Ridl, bassist Lorin Cohen and drummer Samvel Sarkisyan.

2. Vusi Mahlasela, Norman Zulu & Jive Connection 'Roots' (Face To Face) STRUT South African singer-songwriter Vusi Mahlasela, from Pretoria, was an important voice during the anti-apartheid struggle, singing for freedom but also for reconciliation and a positive future.

3. Nadia Washington - Nabi (Hope Resurgence) Self-Release. Powerhouse vocalist Nadia Washington makes her debut statement with Hope Resurgence,

Next week on CPG: Rachel Therrien's Latin Jazz, 100 yrs of Wes Montgomery & Soweto Kinch goes full Symphony.  Hit subscribe right now so you don't miss that launch!

Courtney’s playing refreshingly cool new jazzy vibes for you to work, rest and play to! Jam-packed full of new releases and plenty of fun, including many of the artists introducing their own tracks!  This week: Colombian Sea Voices, tasty toe tappin from NYC and Binker Golding with what he knows now...

1 Felipe Salles - Toe Tappin’ Tasty (Tiyo's Songs of Life) TAPESTRY. Saxophonist Felipe Salles presents the first-ever recordings of works by late saxophonist / composer / prison activist Tiyo Attallah Salah-El

2 Romain Pilon/Jeff Denson - This Way Cookie (Finding Light). The 2nd album of a trio co-lead with Romain + old friend and great bass player Jeff Denson (Joe Lovano, Ed Simon...) feat legendary Brian Blade on the drums.

3 Binker Golding - With What I Know Now (Gearbox). Multi-award winning saxophonist Binker Golding is a leading musician within UK jazz.

4 Xiomara Torres - Me Quedo Contigo (La Voz del Mar) PATOIS. The recording introduces the stunning vocals of Colombia's Xiomara Torres along with the brilliant arrangements of Bay Area native Dan Neville, and celebrates the rhythms and songs of generations of Afro-Colombians living and making music on Colombia's Pacific coast. 

5 Tim Garland and Jason Rebello - The Missing Ingredient (Life To Life) WHIRLWIND. Life to Life documents the culmination of three decades worth of respectful colleagueship between with two of the UK’s most revered jazz musicians – keyboardist Jason Rebello and multi-reedist Tim Garland.

6 Scott Petito: Dabwala (Many Worlds) PLANET ARTS. Bassist, composer and multi-instrumentalist Scott Petito reimagines the retro jazz universe among all–stars on Many Worlds.

7 Nguyễn Lê Trio - Red City (Silk and Sand) ACT With "Silk and Sand" world-jazz guitar icon Nguyên Lê returns to the trio format which once launched his international career. 

8 Kurt Elling and Charlie Hunter - Baby Hold On (Guilty Pleasures) EDITION. GRAMMY award-winning jazz vocalist Kurt Elling builds up to his second and highly anticipated SuperBlue album in Fall 2023 with this 6-track EP of covers 'Guilty Pleasures,' with guitarist Charlie Hunter and featuring special guest drummer Nate Smith.

9 Delfeayo Marsalis - Big Chief (Uptown on Mardi Gras Day) TROUBADOUR 

Next wk on Courtney Pine Global Bitesize: Nadia Washington sings of perseverance and faith, passionate South African vocals from Vusi Mahlasela and the fantastic Joe Locke.  Hit subscribe where you're listening so you don't miss the launch!

Welcome to the latest Courtney Pine Global Podcast Bitesize Edition! A coffee break’s worth of cool jazzy vibes to whet your appetite for the full show. Commercial free, and hand-picked by Courtney for a vibrant, and soulful listen! This week Kurt Elling's got some guilty pleasures, Scott Petito reimagines the jazz universe + Delfeayo Marsalis bought a new suit!  

1. Scott Petito: Dabwala (Many Worlds) PLANET ARTS. Bassist, composer and multi-instrumentalist Scott Petito reimagines the retro jazz universe among all–stars on Many Worlds.

2. Kurt Elling and Charlie Hunter - Baby Hold On (Guilty Pleasures) EDITION. GRAMMY award-winning jazz vocalist Kurt Elling builds up to his second and highly anticipated SuperBlue album in Fall 2023 with this 6-track EP of covers 'Guilty Pleasures,' with guitarist Charlie Hunter and featuring special guest drummer Nate Smith.

3. Delfeayo Marsalis - Big Chief (Uptown on Mardi Gras Day) TROUBADOUR Trombonist/composer and NEA Jazz Master Delfeayo Marsalis pays tribute to his hometown on his new album feat the Uptown Jazz Orchestra + Branford Marsalis,  Marvin “Smitty” Smith, Glen-David Andrews, Dr. Brice Miller and Tonya Boyd-Cannon. 

Next week on Courtney Pine Global: Colombian Sea Voices, tasty toe tappin from NYC + Binker Golding with what he knows now.  Hit subscribe so you don't miss the launch!

Courtney’s playing refreshingly cool new jazzy vibes for you to work, rest and play to! Jam-packed full of new releases and plenty of fun, including many of the artists introducing their own tracks! This wk Brazilian Frevo, fresh sounds from Ubuntu, classic Dizzy + Visions of Outrage from Planet B: right here and right now this week folks: musical antidotes for the uncertain times we're living in...

1. Yotam Silberstein - Brooklyn Frevo (Universos, YOTAM MUSIC) Originating in Northeast Brazil, and the State of Pernambuco in particular, the frevo rhythm – which Silberstein says he is addicted to, inspired the Brooklyn-based guitarist for this composition, which features Itai Kriss’ dancing flute and Valerio Filho on the pandeiro.

2. Dave Sears - Reservoir Retreat (I Always Thought My Thoughts Were Me UBUNTU) I Always Thought My Thoughts Were Me, trombonist and composer Dave Sear’s debut album, features original music as well as new arrangements of ‘In Your Own Sweet Way’ by Dave Brubeck and ‘Inner Urge’ by Joe Henderson. 

3. Jon Irabagon - Bebop (Rising Sun IRRABAGAST) Irabagon evolved his arrangement of Gillespie’s “Bebop” during a months-long period of solitary practice at Falling Rock, a breathtaking canyon in the South Dakota wilderness not far from in-laws in Rapid City. 

4. Alexia Bomtempo - Chameleon Lovers (Doce Carnaval ROPEADOPE) Born to an American mother and a concert-promoter Brazilian father, Bomtempo was raised in the beach culture of Rio de Janeiro, while traveling to America frequently over the years. She grew up listening to Brazilian popular music and Bossa Nova, as well as rock, folk and jazz.  

5. Jasper Hoiby/Planet B - Visions of Outrage (What It Means To Be Human EDITION) "Planet B is a reminder that united we can all share the power to control our collective destiny. Let’s suspend limiting concepts of what’s possible and create a new normality that works for us all. Come and join the ride".

6. Sean Gibbs Big Band - Gibb it Some More (Confluence UBUNTU) Confluence is trumpeter Sean Gibbs’ new release on Ubuntu Music and his biggest project to date. The title refers to different aspects of his musical and personal life that came together at the right time to make the album possible, as well as the joyous gathering of seventeen exceptional musicians.

7. Rebecca Vasmant - Procrastination (Dance Yourself Free TRU THOUGHTS)

10. Wolfert Brederode - March (Ruins and Remains ECM) WOLFERT BREDERODE’S RUINS AND REMAINS, A SUITE FOR PIANO, STRING QUARTET AND PERCUSSION, FEATURES THE MATANGI QUARTET AND JOOST LIIBAART.  ORIGINALLY COMPOSED BY BREDERODE TO MARK THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE END OF WORLD WAR I, THE SUITE HAS COME TO EMBODY MEANINGS BROADER AND MORE PERSONAL VIA ECM RECORDS

Want to know what's in Courtney Pine Global Bitesize next wk? Kurt Elling's got some guilty pleasures, Scott Petito reimagines the jazz universe + Delfeayo Marsalis bought a new suit! Hit subscribe right now and don't miss that launch!

Hello to all our amazing listeners around the world and what have we got new for you this week???

Welcome to the latest Courtney Pine Global Podcast Bitesize Edition! A coffee break’s worth of cool jazzy vibes to wet your appetite for the full show. Commercial free, and hand-picked by Courtney for a vibrant, and soulful listen!  This week: Big Band grooves, Brazilian Chameleons & Gnawa Electronica galaxies from Morocco! 

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1. Sean Gibbs Big Band - Gibb it Some More (Confluence UBUNTU) Confluence is trumpeter Sean Gibbs’ new release on Ubuntu Music and his biggest project to date. The title refers to different aspects of his musical and personal life that came together at the right time to make the album possible, as well as the joyous gathering of seventeen exceptional musicians.

2. Alexia Bomtempo - Chameleon Lovers (Doce Carnaval ROPEADOPE) Born to an American mother and a concert-promoter Brazilian father, Bomtempo was raised in the beach culture of Rio de Janeiro, while traveling to America frequently over the years. She grew up listening to Brazilian popular music and Bossa Nova, as well as rock, folk and jazz.  

3. Rabii and V.B Kuhl - Quazar (GNAWA ELECTRIC LAUNE II TRU THOUGHTS) the new album from the majestic duo of Moroccan Gnawa-master (maâlem) Rabii Harnoune and Frankfurt electronic producer V.B.Kühl - check the influence of dark bass music and the use of a vocoder seeping in...

Next wk on Courtney Pine Global: Brazilian Frevo, fresh sounds from Ubuntu, classic Dizzy + Visions of Outrage from Planet B...Hit subscribe right now and don't miss that launch!

1. Josean Jacobo - Dos Locos feat. Miguel Zenon (Herencia Criolla SELF RELEASE)This exciting album is an exploration of the Dominican pianist's Latin American and Caribbean musical influences that specifically explores Dominican jazz. Through an anthropological presentation, Jacobo guides listeners through the cultural inspiration behind each of his compositions and arrangements. Herencia Criolla features Daroll Méndez on bass and Otoniel Nicolás on drums, with special guest alto saxophonist Miguel Zenon.

2. Jorge Louis Pacheco - La Conga (The Lockdown Album, Ropeadope) Hailing from Havana, Cuba, Jorge Luis Pacheco is one of the leading pianists and musicians of the new generation of jazz in Cuba. Winner of the Montreux Jazz Piano Solo Competition in Switzerland, Pacheco is a fiery young pianist with “flying hands.”

3. Tawanda - Smile (Smile, Resonance Records) Exciting Jazz-Vocal Discovery Tawanda, Winner of the 2020 Sarah Vaughan Competition

4 Chris Cochrane / John Thacker - Bayard (Excavation ASTRAL SPIRITS) The debut duo release Excavation from the Brooklyn duo of Chris Cochrane & John Thayer. A mind-bending album featuring a multi-generational cast of NYC legends and up-and-coming performers including Zeena Parkins, Kato Kideki, Graham Haynes, Stuart Popejoy, Gelsey Bell, Sarah Bernstein & Stan Zenkov.

5. Yessaï Karapetian - her (the unknown) (Yessai, Kyudo Records) YESSAÏ is the sweeping debut album from Armenian-French pianist and composer Yessaï Karapetian. The bandleader arrives in full force, after strong showings on Guillaume Perret’s “A Certain Trip” (for which he won a Downbeat Student Music Award for Best Soloist)

6. Sarah Elizabeth Charles - Out Loud (Blank Canvas, Ropeadope) VOCALIST-COMPOSER SARAH ELIZABETH CHARLES LOOKS TOWARD NEW BEGINNINGS ON BLANK CANVAS, THE LATEST FROM HER ACCLAIMED BAND SCOPE

7. Sean Keegan - The Banshee /The Reel of Rio (A Bird Never Flew On One Wing SSK Records) In July 2022 Seán released his debut solo album of Traditional Irish Music on Mandolin, Tenor Banjo and Fiddle. Featuring John Blake on Guitar, Piano and Bouzouki and Simone Keegan on Fiddle, the album was formally launched by Seán Potts at Scoil Samhraidh Willie Clancy 2022 to widespread critical acclaim.

8. Lauren Henderson - Perfidia (La Bruja, Brontosaurus Records) Versatile vocalist Lauren Henderson expands her sound on her new album La Bruja. Merging mystical themes with familiar melodies, La Bruja is an embrace of Black American Music, highlighting the Afro-Latinx experience and the resilience of women through a spellbinding, 11-track collection of deftly-composed originals and carefully curated Latin jazz standards. 

9. Helena Recalde - Alli Wayra Alli Mar (Karishina, SELF RELEASE) Lulled by the rhythms of the Pacific coast and the Andean melodies, Helena RECALDE bassist, double bassist and Ecuadorian singer composes and writes a music loaded with emotion, her experience and stories from her home country. 

10. Anthony Joseph - Kamau (The Rich are Only Defeated When Running for Their Lives, Heavenly Sweetness) British Trinidadian poet/musician/author AnthonyJoseph’s latest album contains multitudes. Operating as a dedication to poetic ancestors and a coming together of musical generations, The Rich are Only Defeated When Running for their Lives is also an almighty jam. 

11. Michael Blake - Henry’s Boogaloo (Combobulate, Newvelle Records) Combobulate is a celebratory exploration of Blake originals and arrangements featuring a brass section of unparalleled excellence. Blake is seen here on tenor and soprano saxophones and flute alongside Steven Bernstein on trumpet, Clark Gayton on trombone, Bob Stewart on tuba, Marcus Rojas on tuba and Allan Mednard on drums. 

Next wk on Courtney Pine Global:  Big Band grooves, Brazilian Chameleons & Gnawa Electronica galaxies from Morocco! Hit subscribe right now and don't miss that launch!

Greetings Jazz Lovers and beyond this is Courtney Pine with news on MY selection of internationally flavoured, inspirational music on CPG !!spoiler alert!! - this episode contains a SHED load of jazz!