For much of the summer there have been no live in-person music due to Covid. A lot of artists started posting concerts online, and this week I play some recordings of these concerts.

While the performers have generously made these recordings available to anyone, it’s important to help musicians sustain their art. So I encourage you if you hear anything you really like to either, via their website, pay for a download by that artist, make a donation, or buy cd’s if they happen to be available.

You’ll hear a few performances from the virtual International Jazz Day recorded April 30. They include John McLaughlin, Marcus Miller, Igor Butman and Evgeny Pobozhiy, Youn Sun Nah, and ELEW.

You’ll also hear Bandemic (Scofield, Medeski, Martin, and Murphy), Victoria’s Edia Daponte and Joey M. Smith, The Don Thompson Quartet from Toronto, Oscar Hernandez and Friends, Emmet Cohen Trio, and Prabhu Edouard & Renaud Garcia-Fons (a tabla/double bass duet).

Some great music!