All About Jazz: What's New for October 8, 2026

We have some important improvements to share, plenty of new stories, and a look back at one of All About Jazz's earliest ad campaigns.

Making It Easier to Work with All About Jazz

Every so often, we like to circle the wagons at All About Jazz and take a closer look at what could work better. The difference these days is that the circle has gotten much larger.

We've recently launched a new shopping cart and integrated payment system, completely rebuilt our Rates & Options page, and rewritten the descriptions for nearly every promotional service we offer. We've also been updating individual information pages with clearer language and new graphics, while introducing Record Label Spotlight, a more focused way for labels to promote their artists and releases across AAJ.

That review has extended beyond the things you see on the website. We've been going through the automated messages we send when someone joins AAJ, creates or updates a musician page, submits an event or news announcement, purchases a service, supports our fund drive, or interacts with the platform in other ways. Some of those messages were more than five years old—a pretty good indication of just how large that circle has become.

There's more to review, but the goal throughout is simple: make AAJ and JNY easier to understand, easier to use and, when you're purchasing a service, easier to work with from start to finish.

A final thought on our Dave Holland tribute

Things happen fast at All About Jazz. We're no sooner done with one project than we're on to the next. We don't look in the rear-view mirror often, and I often think, "That's so last week." But this week, I want to reflect one last time on our tribute to Dave Holland.

The lead-up was exciting; we somehow managed to convince nearly 200 jazz people not to spill the beans, and Dave was genuinely surprised and touched by the result. So much so that he sent me a very nice thank-you note, which made the entire effort worth it.

I had the pleasure of meeting Dave once—briefly, over breakfast at a hotel in the Algarve (Portugal), while he was touring with Herbie Hancock. It wasn't much more than a passing encounter, but he left an impression that has stayed with me all these years. As I read through nearly 200 tributes describing not only the musician but the person, I found myself nodding in agreement. The Dave Holland they described was the same man I'd met over breakfast all those years ago.

AAJ Ad Campaign circa 1998

As long as we're looking back, why not look way back? While searching an old hard drive for HTML articles spanning 1995—2003 to add to the database, I stumbled across our late-'90s "spread the word" ad campaign. We paired retro images with some decidedly low-tech encouragement for readers to tell their friends about All About Jazz. Nearly 30 years later, some things never change. :-)

Album Reviews

The album reviews below represent our most popular from the past week. View more recent reviews.

Salt Catchers Andy Sheppard	Constellations and Hemispheres Wadada Leo Smith	Soho Elegy Rachael Calladine Quintet	Keeping It In Context Daniel Carter / Sabir Mateen / William Parker / Lou Grassi
Adventures of the Wildflower Yelena Eckemoff	Freedom Call Dave Holland	Solitary Moon Tommy Muellner	Creative Inspirations David Virelles

Looking for an album review?

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Isaiah Collier Plays Coltrane: Live at Jazz Alley in Seattle

The final wave of Coltrane 100 performances are rolling in, after the year-long blitz of celebrating his genius and legacy. Chicago-born tenor master Isaiah Collier landed at Seattle's renowned Jazz Alley this week, his first two-nighter there after a few years of attempting to do just that. His patience and our waiting proved to be worth the trouble on opening night-with the foursome delivering a scorching two-hour-plus set that closed to a vibrant standing ovation. With a sizable crowd in the spacious 400-seat room, Collier's appearance seemed long overdue, he having last appeared in Seattle in April, 2025 at the Black and Tan Hall in Hillman City courtesy of Earshot Jazz Festival. Continue reading...

Introducing Trumpeter Myles Ellington Twitty

The Greenwich was a popular jazz club in the Walnut Hills section of Cincinnati for many years. It closed in 2019, but 26-year-old trumpeter Myles Ellington Twitty remembers going there several times with his father, trombonist/educator Terry Twitty.  "The first time I went there with my dad, we heard the William Mennefield piano trio. When I heard them play live, I said to myself, 'I don't know what they're doing, but I want to do that.' One of my earliest mentors, after my dad, was a trumpet player named Mike Wade. I remember seeing him play there a handful of times. He was really a big influence on my sound. He really ushered me onto the scene." Twitty is currently earning his Jazz Studies Master of Music in Performance degree at Montclair State University's John J. Cali School of Music. Continue reading...

Miles Ahead, Part 1: Before the First Mile

This winter, I'm taking the long way. Not the fastest route. Not the most efficient one. I'm driving across the country with melody in my ears and silence in the passenger seat—following back roads, open skies, and the spaces between cities, until the road finally meets the ocean for a jazz cruise. I'm calling this journey "Miles Ahead: A Jazz Road Trip," inspired by the emotional landscape of Miles Ahead (Columbia Records, 1958)—the way it moves forward without urgency, and lets space do some of the speaking. It's not a tour. It's not a rollout. It's a listening practice. Continue reading...

John Scofield: Meant To Be

When John Scofield and I met, in his Vancouver hotel room in June, 1990 on the occasion of the fifth annual du Maurier Ltd., International Jazz Festival, the conversation started with talk of his then-current band and his Blue Note debut, Time On My Hands (Blue Note Records, 1990). By this point, Sco had been covered by DownBeat extensively, my interview adding to the burgeoning crop. To recap: In the '70s Sco had left Berklee to play with Chet Baker and Gerry Mulligan, followed by stints with the Billy Cobham/George Duke band, Charles Mingus, and eventually replacing Pat Metheny in Gary Burton's group. Continue reading...

Songs of the Week

Three deeply expressive performances where individual voices emerge from—and ultimately serve—the collective sound. Enjoy all three.

Top Songs

The songs below represent the most heard in the past four weeks. View the Song of the Day archive.

Maree Latenti From the album Equilibri Precari By Diego Allieri	Elysian Shore From the album Farther (still) By Mike Dana	Intégration From the album Mezzanine By Greenhouse Ensemble	Montrose to Mahe From the album DNA By Terence Collie
Left Behind From the album Congregation By Robert Jukic	Toast Of The Town From the album SGC3 By Warren Keller	Si Par Hasard From the album Clouds (Special Edition) By Marie-Paule Franke	Cautious Romanticism From the album Clarinet, Without a Net By Seth Kibel

Choice Content

Point, Geckos, and Scalefulness (read); The Majesty of Chicago Jazz: Twenty-Five Visionaries Who Define the City's Sound (read); Hyphen Dash At Satory-Saal (read); Miles Ahead, Part 2: The Wallet (read); Miles Ahead, Part 3: Trust, Again (read); Nao Yoshioka Brings Neo-Soul and Old-School Soul to Bizz'Art (read); Hania Derej Trio at the 19th Summer Jazz Academy (view photos); Welcome The Morning With Ahmad Jamal's The Awakening (listen); Peter Bernstein with the Jimmy Masters Trio at The Sandler Center (view photos); Espen Berg Trio: Rue Saint-Michel (listen); Joshua Redman at the Hyde Park Jazz Festival in Chicago (view photos); Future Perfect—Afro Chill (read); Boney James: A Simple Man And A Lifetime Study (read); Points of View: Celebrating Dave Holland (read); Steve Coleman on Dave Holland (read); A Language of His Own: Bill Frisell on Dave Holland (read); Dave Holland: Freedom Call (read); A Dave Holland Primer (listen); Dave Holland: Pictures from the Vaults (view photos); Dave Holland: Through the Years by Roberto Cifarelli (view photos); Dave Holland: Through the Years by Luciano Rossetti (view photos).

Radio & Podcasts

Tune into our extensive collection of quality programs every week.

The Outer View: Gretchen Parlato, Kevin Sun, and Eberhard Weber (listen); Ben Boddie On Jazz: Bobby Watson, Monty Alexander, JD Allen, Zuri Alexander and more (listen); Allston Boylston: Latest from Sylvie Courvoisier, Houston Person, Jeff Parker, and Reedsmiths Old and New, Coleman Hawkins and Isaiah Collier (listen); World of Jazz: Roberto Magris Celebrates Twenty Years With JMood Plus New Releases (listen); Exploration: Classics from John Coltrane, Horace Silver, Others; New Music from Christine Tobin, Bobby Watson, Carmen Lundy and More (listen); Mondo Jazz: Larry Goldings, Peter Bernstein, Bill Stewart, Argot Lunaire & More (listen); The Third Story: The Iconic Harry Connick, Jr. (listen); Neon Jazz: Mei Inoue, Osamu Koike, Atsushi Ikeda, Issei Igarashi and Yoshio "Chin" Suzuki (listen); A Broad Spectrum: Peggy Lee, Kris Davis, Monty Alexander, Andy Sheppard, Liana Flores, Lisa B, Julian Davis Reid, Doug Webb & More (listen); One Man's Jazz: Camila Nebbia, Satoko Fujii & Cassandra Wilson (listen); The Stereo Image: Quentin Walston: Teaching Jazz, Retro Future, and Reviving 1920s Stride (listen); The Jazz Disturbance: Monty Alexander, Catherine Russell, Christine Tobin, Tara Davidson (listen); The Tonearm: Mark Isham: Analog Machines And A Jazzman'S Breath (listen); Jazz On The Tyne: Jonny Mansfield, Nisha Ramayya, Jonathan Crossley, And More (listen); Jazz Connections: Remembering Ray Brown and Lou Donaldson on their centennial (listen); The Mystery Of Artie Shaw: Chapter 8: Bombed in Guadalcanal, but big in Auckland (listen); World of Jazz: New Music From Sylvie Courvoisier, FROTAE, Michael Dease & More (listen); Rotations: The Art Ensemble Of Chicago, Mark Isham, John Coltrane And Others (listen); Mondo Jazz: Jumpin' In: Inside the World of Dave Holland, Part 1 (listen); Mondo Jazz: Jumpin' In: Inside the World of Dave Holland, Part 2 (listen); Mondo Jazz: Jumpin' In: Inside the World of Dave Holland—Part 3 (listen); Ben Boddie On Jazz: Josh Lawrence, Doug Webb, Janis Siegel, Branford Marsalis Quartet with Dianne Reeves and more (listen).

News Announcements

Timely announcements covering new album releases, tours, special events and more. View all recent announcements.

All About Jazz Modernizes Its Promotional Services from Discovery to Checkout (read); Rochester International Jazz Festival (RIJF) Innovation Jazz Series Launched (read); JazzWeek Radio Chart: October 5, 2026 (read); Jazz Trumpet Star John 'Scrapper' Sneider Announces Stunning New Album 'The Action Is The Juice' (read); MTNLLY Returns With "Clara," Exploring Grief, Memory And Loss (read); Blue Bottle Coffee Debuts Notes In Repose, A Limited-edition Vinyl Celebrating Coffee, Jazz And The Art Of Composition (read); Annapolis Jazz & Roots Festival 2026 Schedule Announced (read); What Happened To The American Dream? (read); Us3 Serves Up The Snap, Crackle & Bop! In A Refreshingly Tasty New Treat (read); Energy Center—A History Of Studio Rivbea By Ed Hazell (read); Jelly Roll Morton—'New Orleans Joys: The Earliest Recordings, 1923-1926' Out November 6th (read); Erwann Gauthier: 'Miles Davis, La Nuit Aussi Est Un Soleil," Talk & Musical Reading (read); How Can Album Notes Compete For A Grammy Nomination? (read); All About Jazz Top 10 Songs: September 2026 (read).

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