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Live Review

Gunhild Carling at Jazz, TX

Read "Gunhild Carling at Jazz, TX" reviewed by Katchie Cartwright


Gunhild Carling Jazz, TX The New Season 2025/25San Antonio, TX October 23, 2025 Audiences at Jazz TX are accustomed to programming with a dash of camp. The 2025 fall season includes these theme shows: Soul'd Out (featuring Adam Carillo and His Quartet), Villains and Magic (A Disney Halloween), Vintage Vegas Song Night (with Noelle Goforth & Three Swings and a Miss), Jazz TX Breaks a Leg (The Magic of Broadway), The Music of Walt ...

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Album Review

Kenny Drew: Kenny Drew Trio

Read "Kenny Drew Trio" reviewed by C. Andrew Hovan


One of many American jazz musicians who made Europe home beginning in the early 1960s, pianist Kenny Drew is best remembered as the pianist on John Coltrane's seminal Blue Train--when he is remembered at all. Over the course of his career, Drew forged notable associations with Dexter Gordon and Jackie McLean, and recorded nearly 50 albums as a leader, most prominently Undercurrent (Blue Note, 1961) and Dark Beauty (SteepleChase, 1974). Passing away at the relatively young age of sixty-four, one ...

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Album Review

Jerry Weldon: The Summit

Read "The Summit" reviewed by Jack Bowers


"Keep it swinging." That is the concise credo of veteran tenor saxophonist Jerry Weldon who talks the talk and walks the walk on this galvanic concert date recorded in November 2024 at the New Brunswick (New Jersey) Performing Arts Center. The Summit is the name Weldon has bestowed on his able-bodied sextet, which he formed during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020-22. The ensemble is in splendid form here, sprinting breezily through a pair of ...

Radio & Podcasts

Bobby Watson, The Bad Plus, Carrie Jackson, Joe Elefante & Eddie Daniels

Read "Bobby Watson, The Bad Plus, Carrie Jackson, Joe Elefante & Eddie Daniels" reviewed by Joe Dimino


We kick off the 929th episode of Neon Jazz with none other than the legendary Eddie Daniels, paying tribute to a Brazilian icon on his 2025 album To Milton with Love--opening with the gorgeous tune “Catavento." From there, we revisit the brilliance of Kansas City's own Bobby Watson with a re-release of his classic album Perpetual Groove. The journey continues with a wave of new sounds from jazz veterans Enoch Smith, Jr., Anthony Stanco, Andy Nevada, Carrie Jackson, and Joe ...

Radio & Podcasts

Anthony Jackson tribute, part 1, plus new releases

Read "Anthony Jackson tribute, part 1, plus new releases" reviewed by Len Davis


Anthony Jackson: A Tribute to a Bass Master. Anthony Jackson, the legendary bass master, has passed away, and today we honour his extraordinary legacy. Today, we remember Anthony Jackson not only for his technical brilliance but for the soulful spirit and innovation that defined his life's work. Music from Steve Khan, Al Di Meola, Chick Corea, Michel Camilo, Simon Phillips and Michal Urbaniak.Playlist Steve Khan “The Suitcase" from The Suitcase (Tone Centre) 00:00 Al Di Meola “Electric Rendezvous" ...

Radio & Podcasts

Aruán Ortiz: Négritude in the 21st Century

Read "Aruán Ortiz: Négritude in the 21st Century" reviewed by David Bixler


Créole Renaissance is the latest offering from pianist Aruán Ortiz on Intakt Records. This solo piano record draws its inspiration from the Négritude movement that originated in Paris in the early part of the 20th century that was established to counteract the anti-colonialism attitudes that many black artists in Paris faced as they worked in their various disciplines. In this episode of LINER NOTES, Aruán describes the inspiration that he was able to draw from this movement and reflects on ...

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Take Five With...

Take Five with flutist Hanna Kim

Read "Take Five with flutist Hanna Kim" reviewed by AAJ Staff


Meet Hanna Kim Hanna Kim is a talented South Korean flutist, arranger, composer, improviser, songwriter, and a bandleader. After she earned her B.A. in Music and the M.M. degree with a concentration in flute performance and conducting in California. After that, Hanna also graduated from Berklee College of Music with a B.M. in 2016 as a dual major in flute performance and songwriting. During her Berklee years, she concentrated on jazz performance as a scholarship student. In 2019 ...

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Interview

Dickie Landry: From Lafayette to the New York Loft Scene

Read "Dickie Landry: From Lafayette to the New York Loft Scene" reviewed by Thomas Cole


Reknowned in the region for music that reflects its various cultural influences, Dickie Landry is one of the older players still active in Louisiana. Arriving in his home state for the interview, AAJ called Landry to check in. Quickly answering the phone and to the usual greeting of “how are you today," he immediately responded, “Alive!" Not to be taken for granted, life hangs by an ever-tenuous thread at his not so tender age of 86. Early Days ...

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Album Review

McCoy Tyner Quartet: New York Reunion

Read "New York Reunion" reviewed by Jack Kenny


McCoy Tyner's New York Reunion is a fine example of late-period recording, presenting the jazz masters in a quartet setting that draws deeply on tradition while brimming with contemporary energy. Originally released in 1991 on Chesky Records, the album features Tyner at the piano alongside three equally distinguished collaborators: Joe Henderson (tenor saxophone), Ron Carter (bass) and Al Foster (drums). The title itself hints at a reconvening of New York's post-bop elite, each artist bringing decades of innovation to the ...

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Radio & Podcasts

Return of the Muse

Read "Return of the Muse" reviewed by Patrick Burnette


Some indie labels find a happy home in the afterlife--think Prestige, Contemporary, et al who thrived for years under the Fantasy banner and are now sheltered under the wing of Craft Records. Others aren't so lucky. Super-producer and Record Store Day regular Zev Feldman has now made an enterprise of rescuing records from the long-dormant Muse label. What do the boys think of Zev's first three picks for deluxe vinyl reissues? How about the bonus Muse recording they included to ...


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