Episode 30: Ep30 Bitesize Edition: Black Girl Magic - Italian led beats - All Star Blues

Courtney Pine Global Jazz

Welcome to the latest Courtney Pine Global Podcast Bitesize Edition! A coffee break’s worth of cool jazzy vibes to wet your appetite for the full show. Commercial free, and hand-picked by Courtney for a vibrant, and soulful listen! This week: lush vocals from Nabaté Isles + friends, Italian-led beats featuring Soweto Kinch on sax and vocals, and foot-tappin blues from legend guitarist Grant Greissman - 3 tracks and artists you NEED to know folks - check em out and go find their albums!
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[0'00] Nabaté Isles - Black Girl Magic (Isles/Singleton/Youseef) En Motion ROPEADOPE 4'32 Nabaté Isles tpt David Gilmore gtr Rachel Eckroth pno James Francies keys Kaveh Rastegar bs Eric Harland dr
Grammy-winning Trumpeter, Composer, and Producer Nabaté Isles follows up his acclaimed 2018 release Eclectic Excursions with his second album - En Motion. Referencing the origins of Jazz as dance music, Isles seeks to bring that bounce that brings joy and movement back to the forefront.
[4'35] Gianluca Petrella & Cosmic Renaissance - Universal Language (Schema) 5'21
Gianluca tb comp Mirco Rubegni tpt Riccardo Di Vinci bs Simone Padovani perc and Federico Scettri dr Soweto Kinch tnr vc comp

Gianluca Petrella is one of the most internationally renowned Italian musician, composer and producer, winner of the Down Beat Critics Poll in the “Rising Stars” category for two years in a row

[9'40] Grant Greissman - Rage Cage (Blooz FUTURISM/MESA/BLUEMOON) 4'12 GEISSMAN gtr/comp JIM COX Hammond TREY HENRY bs RAY BRINKER dr

Veteran guitarist and composer GRANT GEISSMAN: “The album is called BLOOZ because it’s my take on the blues. It’s a fairly wide interpretation, and not always traditional,” said Geissman. “It’s the album I always wanted to make.”

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