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Radio & Podcasts

Stevie Wonder's Songs in the Key of Jazz - Part 2

by Ludovico Granvassu
September 27, 2026

Stevie Wonder's cult classic may not be a jazz album, but its jazz connections run deep--from Herbie Hancock, Dorothy Ashby, George Benson, Glenn Ferris, and Bobbi Humphrey involved in its recording to Alice Coltrane, Chick Corea, Quincy Jones, David Sanborn, and Lenny White among the influences acknowledged in the liner notes. No wonder its songs have inspired hundreds of jazz renditions--and here's the second part of our playlist featuring some of the best, following the sequence of the original record. ...

Album Review

Martin Iaies, featuring Klaus Gesing: People, Places

Read "People, Places" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
September 27, 2026

As though being a spendid jazz guitarist, composer and arranger were not enough, Argentina-born, Austria-based bass guitarist Martin Iaies was savvy enough to invite renowned woodwind artist Klaus Gesing to sit in on three numbers on Iaies' 2026 recording, People, Places. Iaies ushers an 11-member ensemble--not quite a big band, but fairly close--through its paces on eight of his engaging and lyrical compositions, neatly tailored to suit a group of that size and makeup. Gesing plays alto sax ...

Radio & Podcasts

September Songs

by Katchie Cartwright
September 27, 2026

September songs mark the end of a long summer season and the beginning of one that promises to be shorter and cooler. Familiar compositions by the likes of Weill, Lins and Strayhorn stand with newer musings, performed by the composers and others. That's the long and short of it here in San Antonio, Texas, where the autumnal equinox brings swimming weather and Hermeto Pascoal's 366-piece song cycle, Calendário do Som (Itau Cultural/Editora Senac, 1996/1997), provides a whimsical throughline.

Album Review

Sarah D'Angelo: You Are There

Read "You Are There" reviewed by Acacia Grace

by Acacia Grace
September 27, 2026

There are albums that reveal themselves immediately, and this is one of those albums. Sarah D'Angelo's You Are There is an intimate collection of jazz performances built around restraint, storytelling, and the kind of vocal delivery that feels more at home on a small stage than in a crowded room. D'Angelo has the instincts of a jazz balladeer, approaching each lyric with the theatricality of a stage storyteller while maintaining the intimacy and nuance of a seasoned jazz ...

Radio & Podcasts

The Olds Have it

by Patrick Burnette
September 27, 2026

Hewing to our promise made in oaths of blood and tears, the bastards talk about four more releases from this banner year of 2026. The bag, my friends, as you may well have guessed, is mixed. Mike and Pat have the same favorite from the episode (hint--the artist has been eligible for Social Security for decades) but after that, the feelings are as mixed as the bags. Playlist Discussion of Stefon Harris' album Legacy Dances (Motema) 2:43 Discussion ...

Radio & Podcasts

Highlighting Brand X, Usein Bekirov, Kick The Cat, Pat Metheny, Andy Summers, Chick Corea

by Len Davis
September 27, 2026

A highlight on today's show is Brand X with music recorded in1977 North American Tour and and taken from reel to reel tapes from Robin Lumley archive, restored by Percy Jones. New music from Usein Bekirov and Italian bassist Federico Malaman, along with a long-awaited new track from Kick The Cat and Hungarian guitarist Mike Gotthard with Live sessions. We head to Spain with music from Juan Antonio Suárez and Madrid-based Aurora Clara. Then we delve into some jazz and ...

Late Night Thoughts on Jazz

Revolutionary Aesthetics: Exploring Warne Marsh's Overthrow of Sweet Georgia Brown

by Daniel Casares
September 26, 2026

Saxophonist Warne Marsh was a revolutionary and somewhat obscure figure in the development of jazz in the 20th century. He was, along with Lee Konitz, one of the most influential saxophonists to emerge from pianist Lennie Tristano's “school" of jazz improvisation, although Marsh never achieved the commercial success and recognition that Konitz amassed over the years. “Tristanoites" developed, in the late 1940s and early 1950s, a distinct approach to jazz performance and composition based on thoroughly memorizing solos by artists ...

Live Review

Adam O'Farrill's ELEPHANT at BOP STOP

by John Chacona
September 26, 2026

Adam O'Farrill's ELEPHANT BOP STOP at the Music Settlement Cleveland, OH September 9, 2026 What might have been on the minds of listeners who considered attending a concert by Adam O'Farrill's ELEPHANT, but who didn't know quite what to expect? Since the band had a name and not a generic description (it could have been called the Adam O'Farrill Quartet), would it play rock-inspired music? A little research into the leader's distinguished lineage ...

Album Review

Ulysses Owens, Jr. and Generation Y: Kind of Grunge

Read "Kind of Grunge" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
September 26, 2026

New York-based master drummer Ulysses Owens Jr. is back, Generation Y in tow, with another generous helping of so-called “grunge jazz" deftly transformed to straight-ahead patterns in a style similar to that of the legendary Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers. This is not, however, precisely the same Generation Y that recorded the well-received album, Around the World with U, for the Cellar Music Group earlier in 2026. The lone holdover besides Owens is the versatile pianist Tyler ...

Album Review

Jason Kruk: Beyond the Veil

Read "Beyond the Veil" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita
September 26, 2026

Veteran New York City-based drummer and composer Jason Kruk leverages decades of technical precision and international touring into a major leap forward on Sun Goose Records. Rather than a standard rhythm showcase, his latest release is an ambitious, collaborative suite bridging structured composition and open improvisation. The album unfolds as a deeply conceptual journey through tracks named after natural elements and archetypes. Kruk anchors complex polyrhythms with a muscular yet nuanced touch, swinging seamlessly between aggressive fusion workouts ...