KAFM Music Blog

First week of November! Here's what the new month brings us:

Jazz

A few familiar names - but John Pizzarelli keeps climbing! Can't break Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, though:



1    JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER ORCHESTRA WITH WYNTON MARSALIS    Live In Cuba    Blue Engine
2    JOHN PIZZARELLI    Midnight McCartney    Concord
3    WESTERN STANDARD TIME    A Big Band Tribute To The Skatalites, Vol. 2    Vintage Vault
4    BOB MCCHESNEY    Chez Sez    MoCo
5    ARTURO SANDOVAL    Live At Yoshi's    ALFI
6    JEFF LORBER FUSION    Step It Up    Concord
7    JOANN FUNK AND JEFF BRUESKE    Jazz In The Lobby Bar    Self-Released
8    LUCIANA SOUZA    Speaking In Tongues    Sunnyside
9    LIZZ WRIGHT   Quick read more or view full article  Freedom And Surrender    Concord
10    ANTONIO ADOLFO    Tema    AAM

World

SoulJazz Orchestra, still dominating this week!



1    SOULJAZZ ORCHESTRA    Resistance    Strut
2    VIEUX FARKA TOURE AND JULIA EASTERLIN    Touristes    Six Degrees
3    EMPRESARIOS    The Vibes    Self-Released
4    BOOGAT    Neo-Reconquista    Maisonette
5    GRUPO FANTASMA    Problemas    Blue Corn
6    NATION BEAT    Carnival Caravan    Self-Released
7    BALLAKE SISSOKO AND VINCENT SEGAL    Musique De Nuit    Six Degrees
8    CEU    Live    Six Degrees
9    TRIBECASTAN    Goddess Polka Dottess    Evergreene Music
10    GABRIEL ALEGRIA AFRO-PERUVIAN SEXTET    10    Zoho

College

Is anyone surprised Lucero is still king? But Drive-By is inching closer and closer...



1    LUCERO    All A Man Should Do    ATO
2    DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS    It's Great To Be Alive!    ATO
3    NATHANIEL RATELIFF AND THE NIGHT SWEATS    Nathaniel Rateliff And The Night Sweats    Stax
4    BLITZEN TRAPPER    All Across This Land    Vagrant
5    JASON ISBELL    Something More Than Free    Southeastern
6    WIDESPREAD PANIC    Street Dogs    
7    GARY CLARK JR.    The Story Of Sonny Boy Slim    Warner Bros.
8    DECEMBERISTS    Florasongs [EP]    Capitol
9    DARLINGSIDE    Birds Say    Self-Released
10    CIRCA WAVES    Young Chasers    Virgin

Roots

There's some movement here as well - a lot of debuts!



1    EDDIE COTTON    One at a Time
2    JAMES COTTON    Might Long Time
3    TOMMY CASTRO AND THE PAIN KILLERS    Method to My Madness
4    MICK ROTHMAN    Place, Loss, Love & Life: The Songs of Mick Rothman
5    LANCE CANALES    The Blessing and the Curse
6    HEATHER CROSSE    Groovin' at the Crosse Roads
7    WARREN HAYNES    Ashes & Dust
8    PINETOP PERKINS    Pinetop's Boogie Woogie
9    JUDY COLLINS    Strangers Again
10   TUMBLEWEED WANDERERS    Realize

A lot of movement this week, keep it tuned to see what we've got next Friday!!
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