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Den Andre Festivalen #9
by Daniel Mège
Den Andre Festivalen Oslo, Norway September 4-5, 2026 The Other Festival, The Other Collective, The Other Ensemble, Other Records: a unique binational initiative L'Autre Festival/Den Andre Festivalen (in French and Norwegian; The Other Festival) is a unique jazz festival that grew out of a master's project at the Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo. In 2019, five students from the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique (CNSM) in Paris founded L'Autre Collectif/Det Andre Kollektivet (The Other Collective). ...
Continue ReadingNew Reissue Series Offers A First-Class Ticket To Moodsville
by Joshua Weiner
With the rise of consumer culture in the 1950s and 1960s, hi-fi systems on which to play newly available stereo records became de rigueur for those who aspired to sophisticated leisure time. A wide variety of “mood music" albums, from classical to exotica to jazz, promised the perfect soundtrack for any emotional state or social gathering. Sometimes following the formula of “Music To _____By," these records offered listeners auditory wallpaper of varying degrees of kitsch, taste, and quality. Into this ...
Continue ReadingEmil Ingmar: Polaroids
by Neil Duggan
This is the third album from Swedish pianist and composer Emil Ingmar and continues the melodic instrumental style that has defined his work. The album has more of a stripped-back feel than its predecessors, built around duo and trio performances with longtime collaborators Calle Rasmusson (drums) and Fredrik Jonsson (bass). Taking its inspiration from snapshots of everyday family life that Ingmar captured on an old Polaroid SX-70 instant camera, the album features 12 of his compositions. Ingmar's gift ...
Continue ReadingPaul Yonemura: First Flight Home
by Jack Bowers
For a recording that almost did not happen, drummer Paul Yonemura's First Flight Home is a welcome intruder and an undeniable pleasure to hear. As Yonemura tells it, four of his compositions were recorded on a demo tape in 1984, which is as far as they were intended to go. After listening to them, however, saxophonist Larry Honda added a pair of his original compositions and pianist Rick Helzer one, and what was once a demo tape started ...
Continue ReadingFour new releases from Mike Dana, Miki Yamanaka, Janis Siegel and Monty Alexander
by George Graham
George Graham spotlights four new album releases from the Mike Dana Jazz Orchestra, Miki Yamanaka, Janis Siegel , and Monty Alexander.Playlist Mike Dana Jazz Orchestra “Mi Requesta" from Farther (Still) (Origin) 07:18 Mike Dana Jazz Orchestra “It's Just a Phase" from Farther (Still) (Origin) 06:30 Miki Yamanaka “Indigo" from Breathe (Cellar) 07:09 Miki Yamanaka “James Williams" from Breathe (Record Label) 07:04 Janis Siegel “Back to Barbados" from The Art of Vocalese (Origin) 05:06 Janis Siegel “In the Presence ...
Continue ReadingLas instancias: Las Instancias
by Hrayr Attarian
The collaborative Argentinian trio, Las Instancias, demonstrate inventiveness and creative maturity on its eponymous debut. Nominally under bassist Fermin Suarez's leadership, the group performs in a truly democratic fashion. The individual musicians maintain their own voices while becoming an integral part of the collective. The music is mainly spontaneous and free and sometimes flirts with delightful dissonance, yet it remains sublimely lyrical. For instance, the up-tempo, swinging “Pegao" opens with Suárez bowing out the intro with elegance and panache. Then clarinetist ...
Continue ReadingPreview of John Coltrane special; Birthday recognition for Jon Hendricks, Oliver Lake, and others
by David W. Daniels
In addition to previewing next week's John Coltrane special and the named birthday recognitions, this episode of Exploration includes classics from Bobby Hutcherson, Harold Land, and others. New music from Terje Gewalt, Branford Marsalis with Dianne Reeves, and Ross Valory are also included. Playlist John Coltrane “A Love Supreme Pt. 1: Acknowledgement" from A Love Supreme (Impulse!) 00:00 Abbey Lincoln “Africa" from People In Me (Philips) 10:38 Eric Alexander “Wise One" from Chicago To New York (Cellar Music) ...
Continue ReadingMyra Melford, Threadgill/Iyer/Prieto & Jonathan Delazer
by Maurice Hogue
Two of the creative scene's most heralded artists are back with exciting new music: pianist Myra Melford's Fire & Water Quintet have released their third album Sure Grand Out with Mary Halvorson, Ingrid Laubrock, Tomeka Reid & Lesley Mok and the master, Henry Threadgill's parallel release to Cut Your Where You Was--Fifteen--which celebrates the fifteenth year of existence of the trio with Threadgill, Vijay Iyer & Dafnis Prieto. Swiss drummer Jonathan Delazer's Gottliche Skizzen, Argentinean guitarist Gon Muruaga and the ...
Continue ReadingLinda May Han Oh, Melissa Aldana, Cindy Blackman Santana, Bernd Lhotzky & More
by Ludovico Granvassu
A collection of newly released gems in which jazz goes rock and baroque, modern and traditional, political and existential.Happy listening!Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Cindy Blackman Santana “Blue Whale" Coherence (Mack Avenue) 0:16 Host talks 7:15 Jacques Schwarz-Bart “Sarah" Resistance (Quai Son) 8:56 Host talks 14:07 Tuva Halse “Reconnection" Reconnection (Jazzland) 15:40 Bernd Lhotzky “Ciacona--La Roue Du Hamster" Jazz at Berlin Philharmonic XVIII: Jazz Goes Baroque (ACT) 20:09 ...
Continue ReadingBy Jazz Fans, For Jazz Fans: How All About Jazz Works
by Michael Ricci
When All About Jazz launched in 1995, one of our earliest taglines was simple: “By jazz fans, for jazz fans." At the time, those six words pretty much said it all. We were people who loved jazz, writing about jazz for other people who loved jazz. There wasn't much need to explain the organizational philosophy behind it because there wasn't much of an organization yet. More than thirty years later, All About Jazz has ...
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