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 fusion + vintage analog, South American beats, South African voices, classic jazz from Oscar Peterson and Samara Joy, original sounds from Jazz Is Dead and inspirational northern lights from Norway!  So many great voices on this episode folks: from Courtney's ears to yours - listen up!!

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0'00 Wasafiri - G’s Bounce (Klearlight EASTWOOD) Max Gerl bs/comp Kwinton Gray, keys Ethan Ditthardt gtr Marcus Jones dr Nick Rothouse perc Shelley Carrol fl/tnr Matthew Babineaux fl/sx Cole Riddle synth Gerl's an alumni of Berklee College of Music in Boston and Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing Arts in Dallas where Roy Hargove, Norah Jones, and Erykah Badu went to high school. In order to get the right vibe, Wasafiri recorded the album at Klearlight Studio in Dallas, Texas – a spot known for its assortment of vintage analog gear. 

6'56  Alex Acuna - Cuncho (Gift LE COQ) Alex Acuna dr Otmaro Ruiz keys Ramón Stagnaro gtr John Peña bs Lorenzo Ferrero sx The incredible journey of Alex Acuña has seen the renowned drummer-percussionist travel from his small rural hometown in Peru to being a first-call session drummer in the country’s capital city, Lima, then touring the United States with mambo king Pérez Prado, gigging in Las Vegas with Elvis Presley and ultimately touring internationally with Weather Report, the premiere fusion band of the mid-1970s. 

12'09 The Brother Moves On - Bayakhala ($/He Who Feeds You…Owns You NATIVE REBEL)
Siyabonga Mthembu vc Zelizwe Mthembu gtr/vc Ayanda Zalekile bs/vc Simphiwe Tshabalala dr/ vc Mthunzi Mvubua sx Muhammad Dawjee sx Malcolm Jiyane tb Bokani Dyer keys The land issue in South Africa is highly contentious with 13% of the population being privileged by the apartheid state to own a majority of the land. Also land is vital in the philosophy of the Bantu lifecycle which is circular and relies on the works of your Ancestors in the afterlife in giving more life to this realm. 

17'08 Oscar Peterson - The Lamp is Low (DeRose/Shefter) (On A Clear Day Live in Zurich 1971 Two Lions Mack Avenue) Oscar Peterson pno Niels Henning Orsted Peterson bs Louis Hayes dr When a totally unheard treasure is discovered, it is a time for rejoicing; and when that treasure is one by a profound master like Oscar Peterson, even more so. 

24'04 Marius Neset - Happy (ACT) with Elliot Galvin, Magnus Hjorth, Connor Chaplin, Anton Eger
 "Norway's Marius Neset is not the future, but the present of European jazz."  You can hear the musicians' pure joy of playing in every note. 

30'40 Samara Joy - Sweet Pumpkin (Linger Awhile VERVE) At just 22 years old, Samara has already garnered critical acclaim for a voice “as rich as custard”  and a delivery that is “disarming [and] unhurried”, just as she has built a devoted following on TikTok and made avowed fans of Regina King, LaKeith Stanfield, and others. 

34'27 Hedvig Mollestad and Strongheim Orchestra - Donna Ovis Peppa (Maternity Beat RUNE GRAMMAFON) hedvig mollestad thomassen gtr vc comp Mai elise solberg ingebjørg loe bjørnstad vc adrian løseth waade vln trine knutsen fl martin myhre olsen sx petter Kraft sx thomas johansson tpt
ståle storløkken keys ellen brekken bs ingvald andré vassbø perc torstein lofthus dr erlend skomsvoll cond Hedvig Mollestad says Maternity Beat is her most ambitious work to date. Recorded with the 12-piece Trondheim Jazz Orchestra (who have previously worked with legends like Chick Corea and Joshua Redman), Maternity Beat is a true career milestone. In addition to encompassing the full evolution of her sound to date, it offers deeply personal meditations on the nature of family and pressing social justice issues. 

42'00 Garrett Saracho - Sabor Del Ritmo (Jazz Is Dead) Today, Garrett’s work has found renewed interest, with a new generation of jazz fans rediscovering “En Medio”, which has been long out-of-print and unavailable on major streaming platforms. His latest adventure finds him in the studio with Adrian Younge and Ali Shaheed Muhammad, recording his first new music in decades for the venerated Jazz Is Dead series. 

45'20 The Greyboy Allstars - Quantico (A Town Called Earth/Knowledge Room Records/Light in the Attic) The Greyboy Allstars—Karl Denson sx Robert Walter keys  Elgin Park (aka Mike Andrews gtr Chris Stillwell bs Zak Najor dr  One of the longest surviving bands to arise on the fledgling acid jazz and jam scenes in the ‘90s.

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