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Chapter 6: Will the beguine ever end?

by Larry Slater
September 18, 2026

Artie Shaw was an enigma. A self-taught, brilliant clarinetist blessed with movie-star good looks, he became one of the defining musicians of the Big Band era. Yet at the height of his fame, he walked away from the music business, leaving behind a legacy as fascinating as it was influential.In the early 1990s, Ted Hallock--a passionate jazz scholar and former Oregon State Senator--spent a week with Shaw recording an extraordinary series of in-depth conversations about music, life and ...

Remembering Randy Weston on his centennial

by Larry Slater
September 18, 2026

Two legendary artists, Miles Davis and John Coltrane, celebrated their centennial in 2026. Lost in the numerous tributes to these towering figures are several important artists whose centennial has been overlooked.Randy Weston was a pianist and composer whose creativity was inspired by his ancestral African connection. Described as “America's African Musical Ambassador," Weston once said: “What I do I do because it's about teaching and informing everyone about our most natural cultural phenomenon. It's really about Africa and ...

Cassandra Wilson: Iconic Memories - Part 3

by Ludovico Granvassu
September 18, 2026

A musical remembrance of Cassandra Wilson and a voice that made even experimental music sound sensual and tangible, and turned old tunes into something modern, when not futuristic.Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Harriet Tubman, Cassandra Wilson “Bow Legged Man" Black Sun Live at BRIC House (BRIC House--YouTube) 0:16 Host talks 6:29 Cassandra Wilson “Domination Switch" Jump World (JMT) 7:25 Host talks 13:36 Steve Coleman Group “No Good Time Fairies" Motherland ...

Bill Laswell, Kronos Quartet, Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe, And More.

by Lawrence Peryer
September 18, 2026

The first half of our show is a deep dub run: an obscure mid-1990s compilation cut, Harry Mudie's 1976 session with King Tubby, Scientist's early-'80s Channel One sound, Prince Far I, and Bill Laswell, who shows up twice, once under his own name and once as the producer who reassembled Bob Marley's catalog into ambient dub on 1997's Dreams of Freedom. The second half slows all the way down: a new quartet session built around Christer Bothén's donso n'goni, Kronos ...

New Music from Dennis Mitcheltree, Michael Sarian, Kelly Green, And More

by Bob Osborne
September 17, 2026

On this edition we have a selection of new releases from a wide variety of jazz stylings together with a classic live recording of Cecil Taylor from 1962.Playlist Dennis Mitcheltree “911" from Seeing Red (Dengor Music) 00:00 Michael Sarian “The Eyes of Parajanov" from In This Desert (Burning Ambulance Music) 07:09 Kelly Green “Tongue Twister" from Eat Your Greens (Green Soul Studio/La Reserve Records) 20:29 Enzo Favata “Sine Nomine" from Ritomare (ECM Records) 27:02 Nicolas Meier World Group ...

Andy Sheppard, Jonathan Karrant, Eva Cassidy, Wadada Leo Smith

by Cheryl K.
September 17, 2026

During this week's two-hour program of jazz and improvised music--pianists/composers Senri Oe, Kelly Green, and Sullivan Fortner; saxophonists Andy Sheppard and Linda Sikhakhane; vocalists Jonathan Karrant, Eva Cassidy, and Brigitte Fontaine; guitarist Aaron Quinn's Sunchoke; and the duo David / David.Playlist Rare Silk “Storm" from American Eyes (Palo Alto) 5:33 Senri Oe “Pure Scars" from Homework (PND) 5:19 Yelena Eckemoff “Gamla Stan" from Rosendals Garden (L&H Productions) 9:35 Aaron Quinn's Sunchoke “Sunchoke" from To Be Held (Endectomorph ) ...

Jalen Baker, Matt Wilson's Good Trouble, Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Charles Tolliver and more

by Benjamin Boddie
September 17, 2026

Today's Music--Right Now! Fantastic music by Jalen Baker, Matt Wilson's Good Trouble, Mike Catalano, Allan Harris, Dave Bass, Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Yainer Horta, Joey Calveiro, The Las Vegas Boneheads, Douye, Charles Tolliver, Greg Chako, Linda Sikhakhane, Technocats, Geof Bradfield, Myra Melford, Ben Goldberg, Dana Hall, NicoleYvette, Kelly Green, Dwayne Dolphin, Reid Hoyson Project, Visions Jazz Ensemble, Takashi Matsunaga, WDR Big Band, Ulysses Owens Jr. & Generation Y, Elias Haslanger, Helen Sung Big Band, Somi, Carmen Lundy, Henry Threadgill, Vijay Iyer, Dafnis ...

Taking the Temperature of Jazz in 2026

by Patrick Burnette
September 17, 2026

The boys are sticking to recent releases for the foreseeable future and this episode, inasmuch as it has a discernible theme, is about how different jazz musicians are trying to reach audiences in 2026. Feel free to listen, though, if you are against cerning in any form.Playlist Discussion of Tigran Hamasyan's album Manifeste (Naive) 6:37 Discussion of Lakecia Benjamin's album We Dream (Artwork) 21:57 Discussion of Ben Wolfe's album Any Time After Now (Resident Arts) 40:21 Discussion of ...

Sullivan Fortner: The Music Tells You Where to Go

by Leo Sidran
September 16, 2026

It is hard to overstate the exuberance and awe expressed by other musicians when talking about Sullivan Fortner. At under 40 years old, he is one of a small handful of pianists who have moved the instrument and its potential forward. And by doing so, he's demonstrated that innovation can happen from within the tradition of what came before rather than reinventing it outright. To those who know, he is both a living reality and, as a jazz ...

Branford Marsalis Quartet and Dianne Reeves, Ekep Nkwelle, Somi, George Garzone, Caroline Davis and Azar Lawrence

by Hobart Taylor
September 16, 2026

Mick Goodrick and Fred Hersch 1988 recordings unearthed at ECM, Music from Sweden's Goran Kajfeš Subtropic Arkestra with Amanda Werne, and France's LeBeque sisters interpret Bill Evans.Playlist Host Speaks 00:00 Caleb Wheeler Curtis /Jason Moran “ That Which Cannot Be Replaced" from Incantation (Imani) 00:07 Caroline Davis/Grey Mcmurray/Qasim Naqvi “Out of the Way of It" from Trappings of Sleep (Red Hook) 05:04 Host Speaks 09:05 George Garzone “Ripty-Boom" fromThemes for Good Friends(Jojo) 10:02 Nicki Adams/Michael Eaton/ Francisco Mela ...