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Vienna Breakdown: The Recordings 1971-1976

Vienna Breakdown: The Recordings 1971-1976

Back Door
2025-08-06
4
Necessary Fictions

Necessary Fictions

GoGo Penguin
2025-06-24
13
An Incomplete Encyclopedia of Gentle Emotions

An Incomplete Encyclopedia of Gentle Emotions

The Counterfictionals
2025-06-18
4
Heartstrings

Heartstrings

Snowpoet (Lauren Kinsella & Chris Hyson)
2025-05-28
5
Movements of Air

Movements of Air

Daniel Herskedal
2025-04-18
7
Figures and Shapes

Figures and Shapes

Ronny Wiesauer
2025-04-03
4
Doo-Bop-A-Lu-Wah: The Musical!

Doo-Bop-A-Lu-Wah: The Musical!

Miles Davis
2025-04-01
1
The 1968 Tapes

The 1968 Tapes

Jazz Sabbath
2024-12-17
18
returning, dream

returning, dream

Paradise Cinema
2024-09-21
4
Silver Shadow

Silver Shadow

Slowly Rolling Camera
2024-07-28
7
Baritone Gold

Baritone Gold

Chance Hayden
2024-07-06
7
A Single Sunbeam

A Single Sunbeam

Daniel Herskedal
2024-03-13
6
Bright Sparkling Light

Bright Sparkling Light

Matthew Halsall
2024-03-11
6
Two Moons

Two Moons

Michelle Lordi
2024-03-01
9
Timeless

Timeless

Hu Vibrational
2023-12-18
8
Eine Quartett des Grauens

Eine Quartett des Grauens

Dylan Jack Quartet
2023-11-02
5
Dahab Days

Dahab Days

Rob Luft
2023-10-23
15
September

September

Ronny Wiesauer
2023-10-02
19
An Ever Changing View

An Ever Changing View

Matthew Halsall
2023-09-16
9
The Gori Project II

The Gori Project II

Torben Westergaard
2023-09-07
5
T1-Contact Information

T1-Contact Information

Tu-Ner
2023-08-08
5
Flow

Flow

Slowly Rolling Camera
2023-08-04
4
Sounds of 3 Edition 3

Sounds of 3 Edition 3

Per Mathisen
2023-07-24
2
This Moment

This Moment

Shakti
2023-07-07
8
Lean In

Lean In

Gretchen Parlato and Lionel Loueke
2023-05-27
8
Grateful Deadication 2

Grateful Deadication 2

Dave McMurray
2023-05-12
3
Essays on Jazz

Essays on Jazz

Maria Baptist
2023-04-29
5
Everything Is Going to Be OK

Everything Is Going to Be OK

GoGo Penguin
2023-04-19
11
Jazz Brazil

Jazz Brazil

Torben Westergaard
2023-04-06
3
Epistrophal Astronomy: The Hidden Code of Thelonious Monk

Epistrophal Astronomy: The Hidden Code of Thelonious Monk

Marvin Blague
2023-04-01
10
HOME.S.

HOME.S.

Esbjorn Svensson
2022-11-21
12
Mysterium Lunae

Mysterium Lunae

Lorenzo De Finti Quartet
2022-08-31
8
Odonata

Odonata

Klas Jervfors Turner
2022-07-28
8
Plasma

Plasma

Ikarus
2022-06-05
7
'Flicted

'Flicted

Bruce Hornsby
2022-05-20
7
Shag Bag

Shag Bag

Chance Hayden
2022-05-06
4
Vol. 2

Vol. 2

Jazz Sabbath
2022-05-01
14
Dream Band

Dream Band

Alex Hitchcock
2022-03-14
9
Hikikomori

Hikikomori

Ni!
2022-02-22
6
Natten

Natten

Bremer/McCoy
2022-01-26
11
Then/Now

Then/Now

Torben Westergaard
2021-12-03
3
Mountain Melody

Mountain Melody

Mulo Francel
2021-11-25
6
Nostalgia Machine

Nostalgia Machine

Mikael Máni
2021-10-03
2
Something from Before

Something from Before

Zac Carson
2021-07-26
8
Where the Streets Lead

Where the Streets Lead

Slowly Rolling Camera
2021-07-21
5
Liberation Time

Liberation Time

John McLaughlin
2021-07-17
15
Last year, the next day

Last year, the next day

Massimo Discepoli
2021-07-16
11
Sounds Good

Sounds Good

Fryderyk HD
2021-07-09
15
Modern Love

Modern Love

Various Artists
2021-07-04
2
Wax///Wane

Wax///Wane

Lucien Johnson
2021-07-03
4

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Read "Pat Metheny & Brad Mehldau: Summer Day"

Pat Metheny & Brad Mehldau: Summer Day

Play This! | 2025-08-28
3
Read "Trey Anastasio: The 5th Round"

Trey Anastasio: The 5th Round

Play This! | 2025-06-21
2
Read "Thelonious Monk: Monk's Mood"

Thelonious Monk: Monk's Mood

Play This! | 2025-05-03
1
Read "Three Short Trips with Torben Westergaard"

Three Short Trips with Torben Westergaard

Multiple Reviews | 2025-04-30
1
Read "The Wee Trio with Fabian Almazán: Climb"

The Wee Trio with Fabian Almazán: Climb

Play This! | 2025-04-17
4
Read "Tom Teasley's Duo of Duos"

Tom Teasley's Duo of Duos

Multiple Reviews | 2025-04-07
3
Read "Steve Morse: Highland Wedding"

Steve Morse: Highland Wedding

Play This! | 2025-04-05
2
Read "Yosef Gutman Levitt's Joy in Collaboration"

Yosef Gutman Levitt's Joy in Collaboration

Multiple Reviews | 2025-03-18
3
Read "Bela Fleck & the Flecktones: Blu-Bop"

Bela Fleck & the Flecktones: Blu-Bop

Play This! | 2025-02-11
3
Read "John Paul Jones: Hoediddle"

John Paul Jones: Hoediddle

Play This! | 2025-01-04
4
Read "Geno Thackara's Favorite Jazz Albums of 2024"

Geno Thackara's Favorite Jazz Albums of 2024

Year in Review | 2024-12-27
15
Read "Tabla Beat Science: Sacred Channel"

Tabla Beat Science: Sacred Channel

Play This! | 2024-12-19
4
Read "Melody Gardot: Who Will Comfort Me"

Melody Gardot: Who Will Comfort Me

Play This! | 2024-12-14
3
Read "Rob Martino: One Cloud"

Rob Martino: One Cloud

Play This! | 2024-10-04
4
Read "Solo Piano: Emotions and Drama"

Solo Piano: Emotions and Drama

Multiple Reviews | 2024-09-20
4
Read "Jon Hassell: Maarifa Street"

Jon Hassell: Maarifa Street

Play This! | 2024-09-07
8
Read "Anat Cohen Tentet: Happy Song"

Anat Cohen Tentet: Happy Song

Play This! | 2024-07-30
1
Read "Angelique Kidjo: Crosseyed and Painless"

Angelique Kidjo: Crosseyed and Painless

Play This! | 2024-06-08
5
Read "Inspired by Water"

Inspired by Water

Multiple Reviews | 2024-05-05
5
Read "Afro-Celt Sound System: Colossus"

Afro-Celt Sound System: Colossus

Play This! | 2024-04-07
2
Read "Gleb Kolyadin: Voyager"

Gleb Kolyadin: Voyager

Play This! | 2024-03-19
6
Read "Tom Griesgraber & Bert Lams: Don't Look Back"

Tom Griesgraber & Bert Lams: Don't Look Back

Play This! | 2024-01-13
5
Read "Ralph Towner: Winter Solstice"

Ralph Towner: Winter Solstice

Play This! | 2023-12-21
7
Read "Geno Thackara's Favorites of 2023"

Geno Thackara's Favorites of 2023

Year in Review | 2023-12-14
13
Read "LRK Trio: Plyasovaya"

LRK Trio: Plyasovaya

Play This! | 2023-12-09
4
Read "Siril Malmedal Hauge and Jacob Young: Little Wing"

Siril Malmedal Hauge and Jacob Young: Little Wing

Play This! | 2023-12-04
6
Read "Fred Hersch: After You've Gone"

Fred Hersch: After You've Gone

Play This! | 2023-11-20
7
Read "Cameron Mizell and Charlie Rauh: Local Folklore"

Cameron Mizell and Charlie Rauh: Local Folklore

Play This! | 2023-11-04
6
Read "Hania Rani: Hello"

Hania Rani: Hello

Play This! | 2023-10-27
2
Read "Grant Green: Idle Moments"

Grant Green: Idle Moments

Play This! | 2023-10-08
8
Read "Gavin Harrison: Hatesong / Halo"

Gavin Harrison: Hatesong / Halo

Play This! | 2023-09-25
12
Read "Jeff Beck: People Get Ready"

Jeff Beck: People Get Ready

Play This! | 2023-09-13
6
Read "Leléka: Ruzha"

Leléka: Ruzha

Play This! | 2023-08-29
5
Read "Luke Sellick and Andrew Renfroe: Wichita Lineman"

Luke Sellick and Andrew Renfroe: Wichita Lineman

Play This! | 2023-07-24
3
Read "Monty Alexander: No Woman No Cry"

Monty Alexander: No Woman No Cry

Play This! | 2023-07-11
3
Read "Michael Hedges: Aerial Boundaries"

Michael Hedges: Aerial Boundaries

Play This! | 2023-06-22
5
Read "Tinariwen - Then and Now"

Tinariwen - Then and Now

Multiple Reviews | 2023-06-14
4
Read "Glenn Zaleski: Summer Song"

Glenn Zaleski: Summer Song

Play This! | 2023-06-05
3
Read "John Coltrane: After the Rain"

John Coltrane: After the Rain

Play This! | 2023-05-15
5
Read "Jon Stickley Trio: Point to Point"

Jon Stickley Trio: Point to Point

Play This! | 2023-05-04
9
Read "3x3: Piano Trios: May 2023"

3x3: Piano Trios: May 2023

Multiple Reviews | 2023-05-02
12
Read "Haeun Joo: We Will Find"

Haeun Joo: We Will Find

Play This! | 2023-04-15
6
Read "Playing the Beatles (Again)"

Playing the Beatles (Again)

Multiple Reviews | 2023-03-29
10
Read "Derek Brown: Whatever the Case May Be"

Derek Brown: Whatever the Case May Be

Play This! | 2023-03-22
13
Read "Kevin Hays & Lionel Loueke: Feuilles-O"

Kevin Hays & Lionel Loueke: Feuilles-O

Play This! | 2023-03-10
6
Read "Geno Thackara's Favorites of 2022"

Geno Thackara's Favorites of 2022

Year in Review | 2022-12-16
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Read "Revisiting and Reinventing: Lionel Loueke and Portico Quartet"

Revisiting and Reinventing: Lionel Loueke and Portico Quartet

Multiple Reviews | 2022-11-09
6
Read "3x3: Piano Trios: September 2022"

3x3: Piano Trios: September 2022

Multiple Reviews | 2022-09-29
15
Read "Electric Fusions: Worldly and Wild"

Electric Fusions: Worldly and Wild

Multiple Reviews | 2022-09-12
51
Read "3x3: Piano Trios: July 2022"

3x3: Piano Trios: July 2022

Multiple Reviews | 2022-08-03
15


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Read "Nik Bärtsch: Possibility in Paradox"

Nik Bärtsch: Possibility in Paradox

Interview | 2018-04-24
9
Read "Brad Mehldau Trio / GoGo Penguin at World Cafe Live"

Brad Mehldau Trio / GoGo Penguin at World Cafe Live

Live From Philadelphia | 2016-04-29
7
Read "Tord Gustavsen with Simin Tander and Jarle Vespestad at Fringe Arts"

Tord Gustavsen with Simin Tander and Jarle Vespestad at Fringe Arts

Live From Philadelphia | 2016-06-24
9
Read "Center City Jazz Fest: Five Years Strong"

Center City Jazz Fest: Five Years Strong

Live From Philadelphia | 2016-05-06
6
Read "Romaria"

Andy Sheppard Quartet: Romaria

Album Review | 2018-02-18
7
Read "Katie Thiroux Trio at South Jazz Parlor"

Katie Thiroux Trio at South Jazz Parlor

Live From Philadelphia | 2018-02-28
10
Read "Monty Alexander: Still Rolling"

Monty Alexander: Still Rolling

Interview | 2019-07-19
9
Read "The Art of the Duo: Keys and Reeds"

The Art of the Duo: Keys and Reeds

Multiple Reviews | 2018-03-11
3
Read "Live at Ronnie Scott's"

John McLaughlin and the 4th Dimension: Live at Ronnie Scott's

Album Review | 2017-09-10
10
Read "Blues and Ballads"

Brad Mehldau Trio: Blues and Ballads

Album Review | 2016-06-02
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Read "Kurt Rosenwinkel: Caipirinhas and Constellations"

Kurt Rosenwinkel: Caipirinhas and Constellations

Catching Up With | 2017-05-30
1
Read "e.s.t. live in london"

Esbjorn Svensson Trio: e.s.t. live in london

Album Review | 2018-05-04
8
Read "Happy Song"

Anat Cohen Tentet: Happy Song

Album Review | 2017-10-05
7
Read "Adrian Belew Power Trio at Ardmore Music Hall"

Adrian Belew Power Trio at Ardmore Music Hall

Live Review | 2017-05-10
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Read "Kurt Rosenwinkel Trio at Germantown Settlement School"

Kurt Rosenwinkel Trio at Germantown Settlement School

Live From Philadelphia | 2016-12-30
3
Read "Jon Catler: Sacred and Profane"

Jon Catler: Sacred and Profane

Multiple Reviews | 2018-03-03
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Read "Minimalist Guitar: Clouds and Dreams"

Minimalist Guitar: Clouds and Dreams

Multiple Reviews | 2018-03-23
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Read "Sittin' In with the Odean Pope Trio at the Kimmel Center"

Sittin' In with the Odean Pope Trio at the Kimmel Center

Live From Philadelphia | 2017-04-16
7
Read "Gleb Kolyadin"

Gleb Kolyadin: Gleb Kolyadin

Album Review | 2018-02-22
8
Read "Plight & Premonition / Flux & Mutability"

David Sylvian and Holger Czukay: Plight & Premonition / Flux & Mutability

Album Review | 2018-07-10
5
Read "The Quest"

Andreas Varady: The Quest

Album Review | 2018-04-15
3
Read "Hiromi: The Trio Project at the Annenberg Center Live"

Hiromi: The Trio Project at the Annenberg Center Live

Live From Philadelphia | 2016-04-04
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Read "Steven Wilson at the Keswick Theater"

Steven Wilson at the Keswick Theater

Live Review | 2018-04-29
1
Read "Ernest Stuart: One Step Ahead"

Ernest Stuart: One Step Ahead

Catching Up With | 2017-04-26
11
Read "Bluer Than Velvet: The Prysock Project"

E. J. Decker: Bluer Than Velvet: The Prysock Project

Album Review | 2018-04-29
3
Read "Nik Bärtsch's Ronin at World Cafe Live"

Nik Bärtsch's Ronin at World Cafe Live

Live From Philadelphia | 2018-05-11
4
Read "Glenn Zaleski Trio at Chris' Jazz Cafe"

Glenn Zaleski Trio at Chris' Jazz Cafe

Live From Philadelphia | 2017-05-08
1
Read "Another Time: The Hilversum Concert"

Bill Evans: Another Time: The Hilversum Concert

Album Review | 2017-06-03
10
Read "Rehab Reunion"

Bruce Hornsby and the Noisemakers: Rehab Reunion

Album Review | 2016-06-11
5
Read "Two Sides of John Wetton"

Two Sides of John Wetton

Multiple Reviews | 2017-10-20
3
Read "The Wee Trio: Full of Surprises"

The Wee Trio: Full of Surprises

Interview | 2017-01-27
6
Read "We Are All"

Phronesis: We Are All

Album Review | 2018-09-10
13
Read "Silent Light"

Dominic Miller: Silent Light

Album Review | 2017-04-03
8
Read "A Humdrum Star"

GoGo Penguin: A Humdrum Star

Album Review | 2018-02-09
8
Read "ECM Records Announces Change in Name, Direction"

ECM Records Announces Change in Name, Direction

Just For Fun | 2019-04-01
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Read "Art in the Age of Automation"

Portico Quartet: Art in the Age of Automation

Album Review | 2017-08-21
9
Read "Piano Trios: 3x3"

Piano Trios: 3x3

Multiple Reviews | 2018-09-20
3
Read "Streams"

Jakob Bro: Streams

Album Review | 2016-09-17
7
Read "Sign of the Crow"

David Cross Band: Sign of the Crow

Album Review | 2016-07-30
4
Read "Geno Thackara's Best Releases of 2018"

Geno Thackara's Best Releases of 2018

Year in Review | 2018-12-13
7
Read "The Speed of Dark"

Justin Almquist: The Speed of Dark

Album Review | 2018-02-21
6
Read "Absolute Zero"

Bruce Hornsby: Absolute Zero

Album Review | 2019-04-06
2
Read "Moksha"

Ivo Neame: Moksha

Album Review | 2018-03-28
4
Read "A Sense of Place"

A Sense of Place

Multiple Reviews | 2017-10-12
5
Read "Cross Purposes"

Cross Purposes

Multiple Reviews | 2018-07-25
4
Read "Aaron Goldberg Trio at @exuberance"

Aaron Goldberg Trio at @exuberance

Live From Philadelphia | 2018-11-28
3
Read "Jersey"

Mark Guiliana: Jersey

Album Review | 2017-09-22
8
Read "Provenance"

Bjorn Meyer: Provenance

Album Review | 2017-11-11
10
Read "In Paris: The Definitive ORTF Recording"

Wes Montgomery: In Paris: The Definitive ORTF Recording

Album Review | 2018-01-11
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Read "Orion Tango at Kung Fu Necktie"

Orion Tango at Kung Fu Necktie

Live From Philadelphia | 2017-06-09
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