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savannahmusicfestival · Savannah Music Festival LIVE 1525 – Emmet Cohen Trio / Samara Joy & the Pasquale Grasso Trio On this episode we listen to performances by two exceptional young jazz musicians recorded at our 2022 festival: pianist Emmet Cohen with his trio and vocalist Samara Joy with the Pasquale Grasso Trio.

savannahmusicfestival · Savannah Music Festival LIVE 1524 – Mr. Sun / Allison de Groot & Tatiana Hargreaves On this episode we’ll listen to two exceptional acoustic music projects: one fiddle and banjo duo that explores and enlivens the old-time tradition, and the other that turns the stringband ensemble format on its head, incorporating elements of…

savannahmusicfestival · Savannah Music Festival LIVE 1523 – Delebration / Balsam Range On this episode, we’ll listen to the a 2019 performance given by the Del McCoury Band, on an evening that we dubbed Del’s 80th birthday “Delebration.” In the second half, we’ll keep the bluegrass going with a segment of a 2015 concert given…

savannahmusicfestival · Savannah Music Festival LIVE 1520 – Sean Jones Quartet / Kittel & Co. On this two-part episode we’ll hear excerpts from trumpeter Sean Jones and his quartet, along with a segment of a performance by fiddle player and composer Jeremy Kittel’s ensemble Kittel & Co., all recorded live at the 2022 Savannah Music…

savannahmusicfestival · SMF Live 1517 – Kenny Barron / Cecile McLorin Salvant Part Two On this episode we hear segments of performances by the great jazz pianist Kenny Barron along with more from the 2016 Cecile Mclorin Salvant concert.

savannahmusicfestival · SMF Live 1515 – Cecile McLorin Salvant Part One / Julian Lage Listen back to festival sets given by two jazz luminaries, singer Cecile Mclorin Salvant and guitarist Julian Lage.

savannahmusicfestival · SMF Live 1512 – Charlie Hunter & Scott Amendola / Charles McPherson On this episode, we go back in time to our 2013 festival for a two-part show. In the first half, we’ll hear seven string guitarist Charlie Hunter and drummer Scott Amendola from a concert they gave that season. And after the…

savannahmusicfestival · Savannah Music Festival LIVE 1511 – Brahms & Béla On this episode we listen to excerpts from two concerts given at our 2022 festival: one from the Philip Dukes & Friends chamber music series, followed by two songs from Béla Fleck’s My Bluegrass Heart. We begin with a performance of Brahms’ Piano Quintet…

savannahmusicfestival · Savannah Music Festival LIVE 1510 – Celebrating Ray Brown II feat. Dee Dee Bridgewater In a prior episode, we listened to highlights from the first half of a concert entitled Celebrating Ray Brown, which featured a trio consisting of Christian McBride on bass, Eric Reed on piano and Jeff Hamilton on drums. Today…

savannahmusicfestival · Savannah Music Festival LIVE 1509 – Celebrating Ray Brown / David Finckel & Wu Han In this episode, we begin with highlights from a show celebrating the inimitable bassist, composer and bandleader Ray Brown. The trio consisted of Eric Reed on piano, Christian McBride on bass, and Jeff Hamilton on drums. In the…

savannahmusicfestival · Savannah Music Festival LIVE 1507 – Sullivan Fortner / Chris Pattishall In this episode, we listen to portions of two wonderful solo piano performances given at the 2018 Savannah Music Festival. We start with a selection of works played by New Orleans native Sullivan Fortner, followed by a handful of tunes by Willie…

savannahmusicfestival · Savannah Music Festival LIVE 1506 – Titans of the B-3 The use of the organ in jazz was shuffled to the side of the stage beginning in the late 1960s when lightweight electric keyboards and synthesizers became standard operating equipment. In this episode we listen to Savannah performances given by two titans of…

savannahmusicfestival · Savannah Music Festival LIVE 1505 – Lee Fields / William Bell In this episode we listen to the old school soul of Lee Fields & the Expressions and Stax Records pioneer William Bell, recorded live in Savannah in April of 2018 and November of 2019.

savannahmusicfestival · Savannah Music Festival LIVE 1504 – Hallelujah Train / The Spanish Tinge In this episode, we go back in the archives to hear segments of two powerful performances: The Hallelujah Train feat. Pastor Brady Blade, Sr. and Shreveport’s Zion Baptist Mass Choir under the direction of Sereca Henderson with a band including drummers…

savannahmusicfestival · Savannah Music Festival LIVE 1503 – Vijay Iyer Trio / Cedric Burnside In this episode, we’ll get a window into the worlds of two very different artists: jazz pianist Vijay Iyer and Mississippi hill country bluesman Cedric Burnside. Iyer brought his trio featuring bassist Linda May Han Oh and drummer Jeremy Dutton to…

savannahmusicfestival · Savannah Music Festival LIVE 1502 – Schumann & Beethoven In this episode, we listen to Robert Schumann’s great Piano Quintet in E-flat Major, Opus 44, performed during the Philip Dukes & Friends chamber music series. It will be followed by the lesser known sonatinas for mandolin, composed by Beethoven and performed here by…

savannahmusicfestival · Savannah Music Festival LIVE 1501 – Béla Fleck My Bluegrass Heart / Lúnasa This and future episodes of Savannah Music Festival LIVE will attempt to recreate the festival experience through its multi-hued lens, with the idea that we each have something to discover through every new interaction with music. This episode begins with…

savannahmusicfestival · Savannah Music Festival LIVE 1448 – Escher String Quartet 2021 In October of 2021, the Escher String Quartet appeared in four concerts over three nights in Savannah, performing Mozart viola quintets with Savannah Music Festival Associate Artistic Director Philip Dukes, and on a program featuring musicians from the Savannah Philharmonic under maestro Keitaro…

savannahmusicfestival · SMF Live 1419 – Dr. Lonnie Smith 2018 September 28, 2021 saw the passing of 79-year old jazz organist Dr. Lonnie Smith, NEA Jazz Master and one of the most revered and soulful musicians to ever sit behind a Hammond B3. On this episode of Savannah Music Festival LIVE, we’ll listen to highlights…

savannahmusicfestival · SMFLive1416_HopeandDukes2014 From 2004-2019, violinist Daniel Hope assembled a group of American and European musicians and programmed our annual chamber music series. Now that Associate Artistic Director chair is held by British violist Philip Dukes, a longtime series participant, and friend and collaborator of Hope’s. Philip Dukes is recognized as one of the world’s…

savannahmusicfestival · SMF Live 1404 – Joey DeFrancesco & the People The use of the organ in jazz was shuffled to the side of the stage beginning in the late 1960s when lightweight electric keyboards and synthesizers became standard operating equipment. Joey DeFrancesco saw this development as an unfair disengagement. By advocating for a reevaluation…

savannahmusicfestival · SMF Live 1402 – Crawford, Doyle, Vallely, Wickel In early April of 2014, an assembly of some of the finest traditional musicians in Scottish and Irish music took up residence at the Charles H Morris Center during the Savannah Music Festival. The Irish side of that equation was made up of Kevin Crawford,…