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Tenor saxophonist Walter Smith III makes his Blue Note debut with an excellent cohort, and poise to spare. For WRTI's Album of the Week, here is our review.
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Danish composer Bent Sørensen's St Matthew Passion, made with the Norwegian Soloists' Choir, is more than a fresh take on a sacred tradition — it's one of the most striking large choral works in recent memory.
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Pairing a four-voice choir with a host of exploratory Chicago musicians, Angel Bat Dawid's 'Requiem for Jazz' straddles African-American spirituals and so-called spiritual jazz.
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On Acrobats, singer Jo Lawry is aided solely by the rhythm team of Linda May Han Oh on bass and Allison Miller on drums. Rather than a reduction, the format opens up possibilities.
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From Saint Hildegard de Bingen to Billie Eilish, cellist Rafaela Gromes celebrates works by women on 'Femmes,' a double album performed with Festival Strings Lucerne.
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Beatrice Rana and Yannick Nézet-Séguin foreground the music of Clara Wieck, better known today as Clara Schumann, on an album of piano concertos by her and her celebrated husband. John T.K. Scherch has our Album of the Week review.
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Alto saxophonist and composer Lakecia Benjamin drew inspiration from a harrowing personal experience to create 'Phoenix,' a powerful album that proudly heralds "the era of women."
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Justin Holland was the most prominent American classical guitarist of the 19th century, and a pioneering Black musician in a forbidding era. He has a worthy champion in Christopher Mallett, who performs his solo works and arrangements on an enchanting new album.
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As WRTI's Listener Choice Countdown rolls into Valentine's Day, we're pleased to feature a classic by Miles Davis, your No. 4 pick for Top Jazz Artist, as Album of the Week.
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The Dessoff Choirs has a profound simpatico with Margaret Bonds’ mature compositional style, a glowing synthesis of African American and European concert music — never more stunning than on her late work 'Credo,' the centerpiece of a new album.