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Most Viewed In Pictures articles: 2025
by Michael Ricci
Photographers report on jazz happenings from around the world, and we present them on All About Jazz as In Pictures articles. We also track the frequency these articles are viewed, and the articles listed below represent our most popular in .2025. SFJAZZ Spring Concerts In Pictures August 28, 2025 Views: 26,671 Laufey and the Virginia Symphony at the Chartway Arena In Pictures August 17, 2025
Continue ReadingSigurd Hole Trio: Encounters
by Tyran Grillo
Encounters unfolds as a single, patiently breathed arc rather than a sequence of events. From the outset, the trio situates itself firmly in the world, not observing it from a distance but moving within it, attentive to texture, ritual, and change. Sigurd Hole's compositional voice is quietly astonishing in this regard and finds life-giving partnership in violinist Hakon Aase (also playing kantele) and drummer Jarle Vespestad. He writes music that feels discovered rather than imposed, as though these forms were ...
Continue ReadingPaolo Peviani's Favorite Jazz Albums of 2025
by Paolo Peviani
When looking at today's jazz recording industry, it is hard not to feel that something essential has gone missing: real selection at the source--producers willing to take responsibility, to filter, to choose. This is not a new phenomenon, but one that now seems to be reaching a breaking point. In the overwhelming flood of releases, identifying recordings of genuine artistic value has become increasingly difficult. Fortunately, at least for now, AI has yet to make inroads into the ...
Continue ReadingMargherita Fava: Murrina
by Geannine Reid
The hum of modern jazz is strong from the first notes of Murrina. Margherita Fava emerges as a creative force at the piano with her crystalline single notes and cascade of piano chords that shimmer with the microcosms of the modern jazz piano tradition. Recorded in the autumn of 2025, the album captures a trio that performs as one organism, each instrument sculpting space with deliberate intent. Produced by Fava, the session benefits from the keen ears of engineer Eric Sills, ...
Continue ReadingCelebrate Another Timbre's two hundred and fiftieth release
by John Eyles
The two Another Timbre albums below have been carefully selected from the latest batch of the label's releases, for several reasons. Firstly, the Jürg Frey album Je laisse a la nuit son poids d'ombre ("I leave to the night its weight of shadow" in English) and the Jakob Ullman album Solo I / Solo IVare Another Timbre's two-hundred-and-forty-ninth and two-hundred-and-fiftieth releases respectively, so they mark a landmark for the label. Secondly, the Frey album is his thirteenth for the label, ...
Continue ReadingGregory Groover Jr.: Old Knew
by Pierre Giroux
With Old Knew, tenor saxophonist Gregory Groover Jr. offers a mature and deeply rooted statement that gracefully balances reverence for tradition with openness to spontaneous expression. Recorded without rehearsal and driven by a diverse group of top-tier collaborators, including Joel Ross on vibraphone, Paul Cornish on piano, Harish Raghavan on bass, and Kendrick Scott on drums, this 11-track set reveals a leader eager to let the music flow, communicate, and develop in the moment. The result is a highly interactive ...
Continue ReadingGeorge Wallington, Oscar Peterson, Yazz Ahmed, Harry Connick, Jr.& Gordon Goodwin
by Joe Dimino
We open one of the final episodes of 2025 by tipping our hat to a true jazz giant we recently lost--Los Angeles-based big band titan Gordon Goodwin. Taken from us by complications from cancer, he leaves behind a deep and dazzling legacy of swing, fire, and fearless creativity. As a tribute, we drop the needle on “Hunting Rabbits 2" from his 2006 album The Phat Pack, a fitting salute to a master who reshaped the modern big band sound. From ...
Continue ReadingMichal Urbaniak, Mingus, Rova, Randy Weston, Satoko Fujii and more!
by Jon Greenbaum
Host Rick Petrie selects a wonderfully diverse assortment of jazz compositions and free improv drawn from the last few decades. Playlist Charles Mingus “Pithecanthropus Erectus" from Pithecanthropus Erectus (Atlantic Records) 00:00 Michal Urbaniak Group “Sound Pieces" from The Beginning (Catalyst Records) 12:39 David Sanford Big Band “Full Immersion" from A Prayer For Lester Bowie (Greenleaf Music) 28:38 Soft Machine “At Sixes" from Live In France (Cuneiform Records / One Way Records) 42:13 Randy Weston And His African Rhythms ...
Continue ReadingLudovico Granvassu's Garden Of Jazzy Delights 2025
by Ludovico Granvassu
Capturing the breathtaking beauty, range, and diversity of jazz released in 2025 through a list of “10 best albums" feels as challenging, vain--and ultimately disappointing--as trying to photograph the Grand Canyon at sunset by placing a pinhole in front of a rudimentary digital camera's lens. Sure, a picture will be taken. It might even prove you were there, at that time, when the shutter clicked--provided that those who look at the photograph can tell there was a canyon, and a ...
Continue ReadingKatchie Cartwright's Best Jazz Albums Of 2025
by Katchie Cartwright
These are a few of my favorite things from 2025: songs of water and womb; music of light, shadow and illusion; strange and familiar tongues; beginnings and golden days; suns, moons and mysterious particles; liminality and light; equipoise, gratitude and pure aesthetic pleasure. Many thanks to the dedicated musicians who offered deep and joyful music in a year that was not always merry and bright. May 2026 be peaceful and productive. Click the links for reviews and interviews with the ...
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