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This is the ninety third in a series of special Jazz on the Tube reviews of live stream performances.
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Guitarist Juanma Trujillo was born and raised in Caracas, Venezuela, worked with local musicians, moved to Los Angeles in 2005 and has been part of the jazz and improvised music scene in New York since 2014, developing his own sound and approach to playing avant-garde music.
Violinist Leonor Falcón was classically trained in her native Venezuela But, while she performed in chamber music groups as a teenager, she became very interested in improvisation, working with jazz, pop, rock and Latin groups.
After studying in Switzerland during 2007-10, Falçon moved to New York and continued her studies in addition to working with a wide assortment of musicians including Willie Colon, Akua Dixon, Arturo O’Farrill’s Latin Jazz Orchestra and Karl Berger.
On their LiveStream of June 10, 2020, the duo of Falcón and Trujillo performs three pieces from the guitarist’s Folklore CD (“Crónica,” “Espacio,” and “Rumia”) plus “Interludio,” the latter has the pair singing a folk melody together before briefly playing it.
Otherwise, the explorative music is somber yet explosive, thoughtful yet sometimes quite dense with the violinist’s lyrical lead being joined by electronic sounds from Trujillo.
The duo explores several moods, follows each other’s directions, and creates haunting and atmospheric music.
– Scott Yanow
Archived streams
June 10, 2020
April 12, 2020
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This is the Hundredth and thirty-first in a series of special Jazz on the Tube reviews of live stream performances.
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The Bodoma Garifuna Culture Band, which was formed in 2002, celebrates African culture through its vocal and percussion music.
The Garifuna was an African group that was originally from the Caribbean, was exiled to Honduras, and settled in Belize.
While the Garifuna Collective is sometimes as large as nine pieces, the version seen and heard in their LiveStream from May 29, 2020 consists of two singers, two percussionists and a guitarist, three of whom also dance.
This LiveStream is a sampling of what the group offers in what must be stirring live performances.
– Scott Yanow
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May 29, 2020 – Bodoma
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This is the fifty eighth in a series of special Jazz on the Tube reviews of live stream performances.
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Acute Inflections is the duo of singer Elasea Douglas and bassist Sadiki Pierre.
Ms. Douglas was classically trained, involved in dance and theatre (performing on Broadway) and became interested in singing jazz as a teenager.
Sadiki Pierre is also classically trained, focused on classical music for a time but chose jazz which he since mastered.
Acute Inflections performs jazz standards along with r&b, top 40, rock and reggae selections during their engagements, but all of their music has the adventure and improvising of jazz.
On their LiveStream from May 22, 2020, Acute Inflections performs “Blue Skies,” a soul ballad, a sensuous version of “Besame Mucho,” “Summertime,” some Stevie Wonder and a few other fine songs, all of which they swing.
Throughout this fine set, Elasea Douglas’ beautiful voice and Sadiki Pierre’s attentive and impressive bass playing make for a perfect team.
-Scott Yanow
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May 22, 2020
January 24, 2021
January 17, 2021
January 10, 2021
January 03, 2021
December 27, 2020
December 20, 2020
December 06, 2020
November 29, 2020
November 22, 2020
November 15, 2020
November 08, 2020
November 01, 2020
October 25, 2020
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September 27, 2020
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June 07, 2020
May 31, 2020
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May 17, 2020
May 10, 2020
May 03, 2020
April 26, 2020
April 19, 2020
April 12, 2020
April 04, 2020
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