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Take Five with Guitarist Joey Stuckey

by AAJ Staff
November 5, 2026

Editor's Note: Guitarist, producer, and educator Joey Stuckey completed this Take Five interview shortly before his passing in October 2026. We're grateful that he took the time to share his experiences, musical philosophy, and reflections with All About Jazz. An inspirational, award-winning artist, producer, and podcast host, Joey Stuckey blazed a trail for three decades before his untimely passing last month. Blind since age two, Stuckey made sound his calling card with Alan Parsons dubbing him, ...

Radio & Podcasts

Pete Roth Trio, J.Michael Harris, Ray Russell, And A Feature On The Lipstick Record Label

by Len Davis
November 2, 2026

Coming up, the Pete Roth Trio featuring Bill Bruford, guitarist Torsten Goods, and saxophonist Jamie Michael Harris with Jimmy Haslip. Plus Sweden's The Effect, Ray Russell from Britain, Japan's Polyplus, and Hungarian guitarist Mike Gotthard. In the second half, we explore the catalogue of German label Lipstick Records, featuring international artists including Adam Holzman, The Jazz Pistols , guitarist Jeff Richman, and Metro with the late Chuck Loeb. Also, Petite Blonde with saxophonist Bill Evans and drummer Dennis Chambers, Simon ...

Live Review

Ruthie Foster at The Tin Pan

by Konstantin N. Rega
October 26, 2026

Ruthie Foster The Tin Pan Richmond, VA October 20, 2026 It's usually a bad thing when people are talking during a live show. However, if it's blues singer and guitarist Ruthie Foster, that's just fine. Her solo set at the Tin Pan in Richmond, Virginia, was a memorable night of songs and stories. Switching between older material, covers, as well as tracks from her recent release, Just Say Yes (Sun Records, 2026), Foster ...

Interview

Bill Bruford And Pete Roth: A One-Of-A-Kind Juxtaposition

by Mike Jacobs
October 19, 2026

When a drumming legend in the rock or jazz community retires, it's fairly big news. Such was the case in 2009 when Bill Bruford announced he was hanging up his sticks. Much celebrated for his integral and stylized drum contributions to progressive rock bands such as Yes, King Crimson, U.K., and Genesis, as well as for leading his own jazz/rock and jazz ensembles, Bruford and Earthworks, Bruford seemed to have brought an impressive 41-year career to something of ...

Radio & Podcasts

Dida Pelled, Zuri Alexander, Myra Melford, Tara Davidson, Gaia Wilmer & More

by Mary Foster Conklin
October 12, 2026

This broadcast includes new music from Dida Pelled, Zuri Alexander, Myra Melford, Tara Davidson, Gaia Wilmer plus singles from Amy London and Jenny Scheinman, with birthday shoutouts to Koko Taylor, Nancy Harrow, Patrice Rushen, Susaye Greene, Hyuna Park, Melissa Stylianou, Lauren White, Carolina Calvache, among others. Happy listening and please support the artists you hear--see them live, buy their music so they can continue to comfort, distract, provoke and remind the world that A Woman's Place is in the Groove. ...

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Ruthie Foster, Gretchen Parlato, Alden Hellmuth, Brothers/Nevala/Aucoin, Enoch Smith Jr., Brittany Anjou & More

by Mary Foster Conklin
September 7, 2026

This broadcast includes new music from Ruthie Foster, Gretchen Parlato, Alden Hellmuth, Michael Brothers / Andy Nevala/Tim Aucoin, Enoch Smith, Jr. plus a single from Bi Tyrant & Brittany Anjou, with birthday shoutouts to Dinah Washington, Alice Coltrane, Vicki Burns, Mimi Fox, Imani Rouselle, Linda May Han Oh, Patricia Brennan, Honorable Men Mark Winkler, Michael Dease among others. Happy listening and please support the artists you hear--see them live, buy their music so they can continue to comfort, distract, provoke ...

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Joey Alexander, Terri Lyne Carrington, Leigh Pilzer, Emilie-Claire Barlow, Claudia Acuna, Anna Pauline Andersson & More

by Mary Foster Conklin
July 27, 2026

This broadcast includes new music from Anna Pauline Andersson, Joey Alexander, Terri Lyne Carrington, Leigh Pilzer, Emilie-Claire Barlow, Claudia Acuna, plus birthday shoutouts to Mary Osborne, Dorothy Fields, Phoebe Snow, Betty Davis, Julia Hulsmann, Nicole Glover, Akua Dixon, Lauren Sevian, Carmen Bradford, Lauren Lee and Honorable Man Ruben Blades, among others. Happy listening and please support the artists you hear--see them live, buy their music so they can continue to comfort, distract, provoke and remind the world that A Woman's ...

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Mal Waldron, Bria Skonberg, and James Blood Ulmer (RIP)

by Jerome Wilson
June 24, 2026

This episode features a tribute to the late guitarist James Blood Ulmer. It also contains music from Mal Waldron, Bria Skonberg, Leigh Pilzer and others. Due to technical difficulties, the recording begins in the middle of the first selection.Playlist Andrew Hill “Cantarnos" from Black Fire (Blue Note) 00:00 Paul Hecht “Wayne" from Pyrography II (ears&eyes) 4:54 Host Speaks 13:14 Benji Kaplan “Bryant Park" from Chorando Sete Cores (Big Apple Batucuda) 14:32 Sarah Wilson “Incandescence" from Incandescence (Brass tonic) ...

Profile

In From the Beginning: New Orleans Music History with Deacon John Moore

by Thomas Cole
June 17, 2026

Well, you know, growing up I was the golden boy of the family, because I could sing. I recall my mother singing arias from operas to herself while doing housework and playing classical and popular music on the piano in our home while taking care of the kids--13 of us all together. Her background was classical piano and church music too. She was the salutatorian at Xavier University. Aside from classical music and opera, my mother liked popular ...

Big Band in the Sky

Remembering James Blood Ulmer: The Incognito Bluesman

by Ian Patterson
June 15, 2026

James Blood Ulmer, the pioneering electric guitarist and singer who first came to prominence in New York in the early '70s, has died at the age of 86. His extraordinarily visceral guitar style--ragged, choppy, spluttering yet deeply emotive--was instantly recognizable. Post-Jimi Hendrix, Ulmer was one of just a handful of guitarists to alter the language of the electric guitar in jazz, blues and funk. Nobody, however, sounded remotely like James Blood Ulmer, whose gravelly vocals were also as distinctive as ...