Herbie Hancock International Jazz Vocals Competition Finals (and Gala Concert) begins shortly. I’m in the third row, notebook in hand. Watch with me!
@natechinen.bsky.socialNate Chinen
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Writing and talking about music. Forever listening. WRTI, NPR, formerly NYT. Author of a Substack newsletter, The Gig, and a book called 'Playing Changes: Jazz For the New Century.'
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@booker-julian.bsky.socialReposted by @natechinen.bsky.socialThe Get Down goes deep tonight incl. a couple free, funky tracks from Ornette’s Prime Time feat. the late Charles Ellerbe. 6-9pm on WRTI
Listen: wrti-live.streamguys1.com/jazz-mp3
Charles Ellerbe obituary: www.wrti.org/arts-desk/20...
@natechinen.bsky.socialHere are the three finalists in the Herbie Hancock International Jazz Vocals Competition: Lucy-Anne Daniels, Malou Cheix, and Georgia Heers
@natechinen.bsky.socialI’m at the Fondation Louis Vuitton getting ready to watch 11 terrific young jazz singers in the Hancock Competition semifinals. Feel free to watch along with me: www.youtube.com/live/h2RuOJ5...
@natechinen.bsky.socialKenny Garrett on The Late Set! 🎷
@natechinen.bsky.socialRounded a corner in Paris, stumbled upon a scrum eagerly awaiting l’emergence de Céline
@natechinen.bsky.socialDid, ah... did she give birth to that owl? (jk, look forward to reading this) 🦉
@natechinen.bsky.socialHow basic am I? The Anne-Carson-in-Iceland anecdote immediately fired up my mental jukebox with this: ~~~ She said, “Don't I know you from the cinematographer's party?” / I said, “Who am I To blow against the wind?”
@natechinen.bsky.socialRIP Charles Ellerbe, an essential live wire in Prime Time. Here is a definitive obituary, by Shaun Brady. (I learned a thing or two editing this, and I bet you'll do the same reading it.) 🎸
@natechinen.bsky.socialJust stealing defeat from the jaws of victory, smh
@natechinen.bsky.socialEarly autumn, and a busy season is getting busier. Good thing I’ve rounded up some of the best new music on the near horizon. Have a look.
@natechinen.bsky.socialDo you think Dolly heard an advance cut of this "Islands in the Stream" by Meshell Ndegeocello and Chaka Khan? I think she would have felt honored and delighted.
From SYNONYM, the crazy-good new Meshell joint, which is a covers album in the way that Notre-Dame is a building youtu.be/Py-wFewGs48?...
@natechinen.bsky.socialReal talk: this concert was unbelievable. Daaaaamn. (I know @brucehodges.bsky.social will corroborate)
@natechinen.bsky.socialMy generation's Roman Empire
@natechinen.bsky.socialTonight I get to see Yannick Nézet-Séguin lead The Philadelphia Orchestra in Mahler’s Fifth. Really looking forward to the side-on podium tackle in the Trauermarsch.
@natechinen.bsky.socialWhat does a viral Top 20 electro-pop hit have in common with a 70+ year-old jazz standard? Well, the title. But wait, there’s more.
@natechinen.bsky.socialDid I write about “Midnight Sun”? Which one? Both? Yes, and yes. 🌞
@natechinen.bsky.socialWRTI, where I work, has been in Immanuel Wilkins’ corner for longer than anybody. He filmed a performance in our studio in 2011, when he was 14 (!!), and we’ve done a number of things with him since. www.wrti.org/arts-desk/20...
@natechinen.bsky.socialImmanuel Wilkins basically blew my mind with a Coltrane tribute on Saturday. All this week he'll be at The Village Vanguard, site of three amazing live albums he dropped this year. (If you can get tix, you should definitely go) villagevanguard.com
@natechinen.bsky.socialCongratulations to Immanuel Wilkins, 2026 MacArthur Fellow! A huge honor, richly deserved.