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Fergus McCreadie Solo: Brahms And Beyond At Islay Jazz Festival
by Mark McKergow
Fergus McCreadie Caol Ila Islay Jazz Festival Islay, Scotland September 12, 2026 Piano virtuoso Fergus McCreadie stepped into new territory with this extraordinary solo performance, pairing Brahms' piano music with his own improvisation. The idea proved irresistible, drawing the largest ticket sales in the festival's history. The music will stay with everyone lucky enough to hear it. McCreadie is a leading figure in the new wave of Scottish jazz. His award-winning albums Cairn (Edition ...
Continue ReadingEddie Parker's Airborn With Rob Luft: Airborn
by Neil Duggan
Trying to pin Eddie Parker's music to a specific genre is a thankless task. For over 40 years, this acclaimed flautist and keyboard player has explored a variety of musical territory including rock (Eschersteps), classical and world music (The Debussy Mirrored Ensemble), South African Jazz (Bheki Mseleku) and Ibiza (A Man Called Adam). He is also a regular member of the Will Gregory Moog Ensemble and a former member of the acclaimed big band Loose Tubes. His focus ...
Continue ReadingLuca Benedetti: Slow Down For Turtles
by Doug Collette
Guitarist/composer Luca Benedetti is emerging from the same hallowed Brooklyn community that has nurtured the alchemy of Medeski Martin & Wood as well as the chameleonic likes of his fretboard peer Will Bernard. The winsomely titled Slow Down For Turtles, Benedetti's third album with bassist Tony Scherr and drummer Tony Mason, is an object lesson in the concept of “less is more;" its music in deceptively stark contrast to its intricate cover images, photographs by Benedetti's father of ...
Continue ReadingNew Music from Dennis Mitcheltree, Michael Sarian, Kelly Green, And More
by Bob Osborne
On this edition we have a selection of new releases from a wide variety of jazz stylings together with a classic live recording of Cecil Taylor from 1962.Playlist Dennis Mitcheltree “911" from Seeing Red (Dengor Music) 00:00 Michael Sarian “The Eyes of Parajanov" from In This Desert (Burning Ambulance Music) 07:09 Kelly Green “Tongue Twister" from Eat Your Greens (Green Soul Studio/La Reserve Records) 20:29 Enzo Favata “Sine Nomine" from Ritomare (ECM Records) 27:02 Nicolas Meier World Group ...
Continue ReadingAndres Thor: Relocate
by Glenn Astarita
Icelandic guitarist Andres Thor has spent the better part of two decades quietly building a catalog that swings between Nordic chamber-jazz and something closer to countrified twang, and on Relocate the splits the difference again, this time with a jazz trio featuring French bassist Nico Moreaux and Icelandic drummer Magnús Trygvason Eliassen. The record follows the trio's 2022 debut, Hereby on Losen Records. Nine tracks, forty minutes, not a wasted motion--this is a band that has clearly done its homework ...
Continue ReadingAndy Sheppard, Jonathan Karrant, Eva Cassidy, Wadada Leo Smith
by Cheryl K.
During this week's two-hour program of jazz and improvised music--pianists/composers Senri Oe, Kelly Green, and Sullivan Fortner; saxophonists Andy Sheppard and Linda Sikhakhane; vocalists Jonathan Karrant, Eva Cassidy, and Brigitte Fontaine; guitarist Aaron Quinn's Sunchoke; and the duo David / David.Playlist Rare Silk “Storm" from American Eyes (Palo Alto) 5:33 Senri Oe “Pure Scars" from Homework (PND) 5:19 Yelena Eckemoff “Gamla Stan" from Rosendals Garden (L&H Productions) 9:35 Aaron Quinn's Sunchoke “Sunchoke" from To Be Held (Endectomorph ) ...
Continue ReadingJalen Baker, Matt Wilson's Good Trouble, Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Charles Tolliver and more
by Benjamin Boddie
Today's Music--Right Now! Fantastic music by Jalen Baker, Matt Wilson's Good Trouble, Mike Catalano, Allan Harris, Dave Bass, Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Yainer Horta, Joey Calveiro, The Las Vegas Boneheads, Douye, Charles Tolliver, Greg Chako, Linda Sikhakhane, Technocats, Geof Bradfield, Myra Melford, Ben Goldberg, Dana Hall, NicoleYvette, Kelly Green, Dwayne Dolphin, Reid Hoyson Project, Visions Jazz Ensemble, Takashi Matsunaga, WDR Big Band, Ulysses Owens Jr. & Generation Y, Elias Haslanger, Helen Sung Big Band, Somi, Carmen Lundy, Henry Threadgill, Vijay Iyer, Dafnis ...
Continue ReadingTaking the Temperature of Jazz in 2026
by Patrick Burnette
The boys are sticking to recent releases for the foreseeable future and this episode, inasmuch as it has a discernible theme, is about how different jazz musicians are trying to reach audiences in 2026. Feel free to listen, though, if you are against cerning in any form.Playlist Discussion of Tigran Hamasyan's album Manifeste (Naive) 6:37 Discussion of Lakecia Benjamin's album We Dream (Artwork) 21:57 Discussion of Ben Wolfe's album Any Time After Now (Resident Arts) 40:21 Discussion of ...
Continue ReadingNew York City Jazz Performance Preview: Fall 2026
by Paul Reynolds
New York season includes the first fall programs from two recently opened midtown clubs--The Pocket and Jazzcultural and higher-profile shows for fine emerging performers such as singer Ekep Nkwelle and pianist/arranger Joe Block. The preeminent departure is that of Wynton Marsalis who, after 30 years in the job, will lead his last season as the artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center. Consequently, 2026-27 sees The House That Jazz Built programming an even bigger dose of Marsalisiana than ...
Continue ReadingLaura Macdonald Quartet at Caol Ila Islay Jazz Festival
by Mark McKergow
Laura Macdonald QuartetCaol Ila Islay Jazz Festival Islay, Scotland September 12, 2026 Ayrshire-born and Berklee-educated saxophonist, composer and educator Laura Macdonald has been a central figure in Scottish jazz for a quarter century. She first performed at the Islay festival in 2000, has released four albums and was named Best Scottish Jazz Performer in 2021. In 2022, she became the first female saxophone lecturer at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and later stepped into the role ...
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