'Days of Wine and Roses,' JJA Jazz Awards, Brad Mehldau, Black Keys, Molly Tuttle, John Adams News and More
'Days of Wine and Roses' on CD * JJA Jazz Awards * Brad Mehldau's Nonesuch Selects * The Black Keys on BBC Radio 6 Music * Molly Tuttle at MerleFest * John Adams on BBC Radio 4 * and more
New This Week
Adam Guettel: Days of Wine and Roses [CD]
The original cast album of Adam Guettel's Broadway musical Days of Wine and Roses, with a book by Craig Lucas, starring Kelli O'Hara and Brian d'Arcy James, is now available on CD, following its earlier digital release. "Repeated listenings compound the amazement," the New York Times says of Guettel's work, which "has always offered that kind of challenge—initially leaving a feeling of: Beautiful, but wait, I need to hear it again—and those up for it have a way of coming away shining like Moses down from the Mount. The new score has the same effect." Guettel, O'Hara, and d'Arcy James—all of whom have been nominated for Tony Awards for Days of Wine and Roses—will sign copies of the CD at the Drama Book Shop in NYC this Wednesday afternoon.
News from the Nonesuch Journal
JJA Jazz Awards
Congratulations to Cécile McLorin Salvant, Darcy James Argue, Mary Halvorson, and Ambrose Akinmusire, who have all won the Jazz Journalists Association's 2024 JJA Jazz Awards: Salvant for Female Vocalist of the Year, Argue for Arranger of the Year, Halvorson for Guitarist of the Year, and Akinmusire for Trumpeter of the Year.
Watch: Brad Mehldau Shares Nonesuch Selects
Brad Mehldau stopped by for the Nonesuch Selects video series, in which artists visit the Nonesuch office, pick some of their favorite albums from the music library, and share a few words on their choices. He chose recordings by Richard Goode, Dawn Upshaw, Adam Guettel, Kronos Quartet, and Darcy James Argue's Secret Society.
Listen: The Black Keys on BBC Radio 6 Music
The Black Keys were on BBC Radio 6 Music for a takeover on Lauren Laverne's show. They talk about their new album, Ohio Players, and the band's early days in Akron, Ohio, more than two decades ago, and share a playlist of songs they were listening to then, by The Strokes, Spoon, Beck, The Dirtbombs, and more.
Watch: Molly Tuttle Performs for Paste from MerleFest
Molly Tuttle performed two tracks from her and her band Golden Highway's album City of Gold and a cover of Jefferson Airplane's "White Rabbit," for Paste at MerleFest 2024.
Listen: John Adams on BBC Radio 4's This Cultural Life
"The winner of five Grammy Awards and the Pulitzer Prize for Music, John Adams is one of America's greatest and most performed living composers," BBC Radio 4's This Cultural Life host John Wilson says of his guest. They talk about Adams' life, work, and the influence of Leonard Bernstein, Duke Ellington, Steve Reich, Charles Dickens, the state of California, and more.
Listen: Caroline Shaw, So Percussion on NPR’s All Songs Considered
"There's so much that's so amazing and works so well in this song that it’s easy to miss all the really wild things that are happening in it," NPR's All Songs Considered host Robin Hilton says of Caroline Shaw & So Percussion's "To Music," from their upcoming album, Rectangles and Circumstance. "It just works so perfectly. The restraint in this song is just breathtaking ... I love it.”
Listen: MESTIZX, Ronroco, Carnabailito on New Sounds
"There is a dreamy, hard-to-place quality to the sound of MESTIZX," New Sounds' John Schaefer says of Ibelisse Guardia Ferragutti and Frank Rosaly's new album, which sets the tone for the latest episode of the show, focused on songs from the Caribbean and South America that "mix cultures and styles and instruments." There are tracks from MESTIZX; Gustavo Santaolalla's acclaimed 1998 album Ronroco, recently released on vinyl for the first time; and Gaby Kerpel's 2003 Santaolalla-produced album, Carnabailito; and more.
Nonesuch Events for the Weekend
Brad Mehldau is in Germany, both with Bochum Symphony Orchestra and solo. Hurray for the Riff Raff is in London and Paris. John Adams' El Niño concludes at the Met with Julia Bullock and Davóne Tines. Sam Amidon tours Ireland. Jeremy Denk joins New Jersey Symphony. Kronos Quartet is in Zurich. Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway are at FreshGrass Bentonville and start a five-city Texas tour. Yasmin Williams is in Raleigh.
Mandy Patinkin's Experiment at 30
It was 30 years ago this week: Mandy Patinkin's Nonesuch debut album, Experiment, was released, with songs by Stephen Sondheim, Leonard Bernstein, Irving Berlin, Rodgers & Hart, Johnny Mercer, Jerome Kern, Harry Chapin, and others.