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This is the ninth in a series of special Jazz on the Tube reviews of live stream performances.
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A major jazz keyboardist from Cuba, Roberto Fonseca was a professional musician by the time he was 15 when he debuted at the Havana International Jazz Festival.
He moved to the U.S. around 2001 after having worked with the Buena Vista Social Club and has since collaborated with such notables as Regina Carter, Anat Cohen, Michael Brecker and Wayne Shorter.
Fonseca, who sometimes punctuates his keyboard playing by singing along in unison, led ten CDs during 1999-2019 and shows equal skills on piano and electric keyboards, invigorating modern Afro-Cuban jazz music.
He was scheduled to perform at Joe’s Pub in New York; with the current lockdown, he still had an opportunity to play at the venue for this streamed performance.
Joined by bassist Yandy Martinez and drummer Ruly Hernández, Roberto Fonseca performs a full set of his originals, exploring a variety of moods (with Martinez taking a few outstanding solos including a bowed improvisation) that hold one’s interest throughout the spirited performance.
– Scott Yanow
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March 14, 2020
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This is the one hundred fifty-seventh in a series of special Jazz on the Tube reviews of live stream performances.
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Jacques Lesure has been a longtime fixture in the Los Angeles area, playing straight ahead jazz guitar in a soulful and fresh style that appeals to those listeners who enjoy Wes Montgomery and early George Benson.
Originally from Detroit, he has worked with such notables as Jimmy Smith, Pharoah Sanders, Carmen Lundy, Paula West and James Brown.
On his LiveStream from Nov. 13, 2020, Lesure leads his group MUFO (which means “groove” in Swahili), a quartet that also includes keyboardist Pete Kuzma (who often emulates an organ), drummer Marvin “Smitty” Smith, and Christian Moraga on congas.
Starting with a minor-toned straight ahead blues and continuing with other songs that have the bluesy and soulful flavor of the mid-1960s, Jacques Lesure and MUFO perform high-quality soul jazz that indeed grooves.
– Scott Yanow
Archived streams
November 13, 2020
July 17, 2020
July 10, 2020
July 02, 2020
June 26, 2020
June 19, 2020
June 12, 2020
June 04, 2020
May 26, 2020
May 21, 2020
May 18, 2020
May 12, 2020
May 07, 2020
May 04, 2020
April 28, 2020
April 23, 2020
April 19, 2020
April 14, 2020
April 09, 2020
April 05, 2020
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This is the 241st in a series of special Jazz on the Tube reviews of live stream performances.
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Pianist Emmet Cohen has hosted a long series of weekly LiveStream concerts at “Emmet’s Place.”
Born May 25, 1990, Cohen began piano lessons when he was three, won several piano competitions, and has been quite busy in the jazz world during the past decade.
He has led four volumes in his Masters Legacy Series which featured him teaming up with veterans Jimmy Cobb, Ron Carter, Benny Golson, Tootie Heath and George Coleman.
On this edition of Live From Emmett’s Place from May 3, 2021, the 54th of his LiveStreams, the 30-year old pianist performs with his trio plus guest guitarist Dan Wilson (who starts the program with an exciting and extended solo on an uptempo “If I Should Lose You”) and singer Cyrille Aimée.
Among the other numbers performed are swinging versions of “Byrdlike,” “Moonglow,” “Come Fly With Me,” “You Won’t Be Satisfied,” “I Can’t Help It,” “The Lamp Is Low,” “Oye Como Va,” and “Straight No Chaser.” The good-humored playing (along with the high musicianship) displays the joy of jazz.
-Scott Yanow
Archived streams
May 03, 2021 – With Cyrille Aimée & Dan Wilson
May 10, 2021 – With Camille Thurman
April 26, 2021 – With Warren Vache & Harry Allen
April 19, 2021 – With Patrick Bartley and Bruce Harris
April 12, 2021 – With Jerry Weldon and Joe Magnarelli
April 05, 2021 – With Lucy Yeghiazaryan & Grant Stewart
March 29, 2021 – With Vanisha Gould, Roxy Coss, Mariel Bildsten, & Liya Grigoryan
March 22, 2021 – With Sasha Berliner & Nicole Glover
March 15, 2021
March 08, 2021 – With Houston Person
March 01, 2021 – With Samara Joy
February 22, 2021 – With Frank Lacy & Stacy Dillard
February 15, 2021 – With Lezlie Harrison, Allan Harris, & Bruce Harris
February 08, 2021 – With Veronica Swift & Johnny O’Neal
February 01, 2021
January 25, 2021
January 23, 2021
January 18, 2021
January 11, 2021 – Giveton Gelin & Patrick Bartley
January 04, 2021 – Martina DaSilva & Lucas Pino
December 28, 2020 – Jazzmeia Horn
December 21, 2020 – Vuyo Sotashe, Bruce Harris & Godwin Louis
December 14, 2020 – Tivon Pennicott & Alphonso Horne
December 07, 2020 – Warren Wolf
November 30, 2020 – Cyrille Aimée and Armand Hirsch
November 23, 2020 – Benny Benack III
November 23, 2020 – Veronica Swift
November 09, 2020 – With Vuyo Sotashe
October 26, 2020 – With Mark Whitfield
October 19, 2020
October 14, 2020
October 12, 2020
October 05, 2020
September 28, 2020
September 21, 2020
September 14, 2020
September 07, 2020
August 31, 2020
August 24, 2020
August 17, 2020
August 10, 2020
August 03, 2020
July 27, 2020
July 20, 2020
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July 06, 2020
July 02, 2020
June 29, 2020
June 25, 2020
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June 08, 2020
May 25, 2020
May 18, 2020
May 15, 2020
May 11, 2020
May 04, 2020
April 27, 2020
April 20, 2020
April 13, 2020
April 06, 2020
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March 30, 2020
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