Olivia Chindamo 11/14-20
Olivia Chindamo’s love for jazz inspired her move to America and in 2021 she became The Juilliard School’s first jazz voice graduate student. She flies around the world singing, posts inspiring and witty content, draws, paints and for our conversation, brought her second CD with pianist Matthew Sheens, Putting it Together, which has everything from Sondheim and works by Australian composers to Matthew and Olivia’s originals and American standards.
Ira Liss and Dan Radlauer 11/21-27
Like many creative artists during the pandemic, saxophonist/band leader Ira Liss and multi-instrumentalist/composer Dan Radlauer were inspired by their unexpected gift of time. They had collaborated previously on several projects but with this CD, they did something unusual. Dan and Ira invited musicians not usually associated with jazz to perform with Ira’s big band with arrangements by Dan.
Artists as diverse as Country Music’s Vince Gill and jazz recorder virtuoso Tali Rubinstein—and everyone in between—jumped at this unique opportunity to play or sing with a big band with original compositions by Dan or songs of their choosing. The result is the CD, Unexpected Guests.