Sonny's Birthday

This week marks the 82nd birthday of legendary jazz saxophonist Sonny Rollins, and we pay tribute to him with one of his most celebrated albums "The Bridge". While we love to honor our Jazz masters, what is most notable on this podcast are the great young players that are creating such wonderful jazz music today. In this show, we feature young artists like Jared Sims and The New Stablemates, Linda Oh, Noah Preminger, Marcus Roberts (with Bela Fleck) and Craig Hartley. Jane Ira Bloom has been composing and playing jazz for a long time, yet you may not have heard her. Her new album Wingwalker is amazing. Wayne Shorter, another jazz legend keeps writing music as if he were a new modern artist. They are all represented here in this podcast.

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Track ~ Artist ~ Album
Dive ~ The New Stablemates ~ The New Stablemates
Creatures of Habit ~ The New Stablemates ~ The New Stablemates
The Bridge ~ Sonny Rollins ~ The Bridge
God Bless the Child ~ Sonny Rollins ~ The Bridge
Freud's Convertible ~ Jane Ira Bloom ~ Wingwalker
Rooftops Speak Dreams ~ Jan ira Bllom ~ Wingwalker
Until the Real Thing Comes Along ~ Noah Preminger ~ Before the Rain
12th Century Carol ~ Wayne Shorter ~ Alegria
Somethings Coming/Les Cinq Dougts ~ Linda Oh ~ Initial Here
Dial 411 ~ Craig Hartley ~ Books on Tape Vol. 1
The Sunshine and the Moonlight ~ Bela Fleck ~ Across the Imaginary Divide