Author: KUCI
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Film School has been on the air, how long now? I have lost track of exactly when Film School started, but it is at least 12 years. Since KUCI does not always have enough hosts/DJs during the summer semester, Nathan and I agreed to co-host a summer show. During the first year or so was […]
Adison Evans – Meridian – (AdiTone Music) Baritone sax is implicitly gendered because of its lower register. It also is used more frequently in harmony than as a lead instrument. Well Adison Evans gleefully destroys stereotypes in this funk driven mainstream romp which periodically zig zags across genres from baroque to the blues. With tenor […]
Joe Lovano/Marilyn Crispell/Carmen Castaldi Trio – Tapestry – (ECM) Lovano is among the most revered saxophonists in jazz. Thirty years with Paul Motian after starting with Woody Herman and Mel Lewis, collaborations with maybe jazz’s finest pianist, Hank Jones, master arranger and dean of third stream music (jazz/classical admixture), Gunther Schuller, and avant garde master […]
Marmar Tha Midboss of KUCI’s LAG Radio interviews Cody Matthew Johnson — a multi-media composer, music producer, sound designer, and multi-instrumentalist whose irreverent, unapologetic, and fresh perspective on music blurs the boundaries of conventional media music. Through fusing traditional musical styles and electronics with hard-hitting modern production, Cody has pushed his way to the forefront […]
by Hobart Taylor, host of The Crystal Egg Dave Liebman and Friends – On the Corner Live!: The Music of Miles Davis – (Ear Up Records) Miles Davis was always a moving target. He was the bridge between Charlie Parker and the distant future. During the late 60’s to mid 70’s he shattered the walls […]
AACM Great Black Music Ensemble – Live @ The Currency Exchange Cafe Volume 1 – (AACM) The Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians, founded in Chicago over 50 years ago, has sought to offer folks who seek to elude genre traps the opportunity to collaborate and support each other. By replacing the marketing sobriquet […]