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In Pictures

BEAT at Tener-a-mente Festival del Vittoriale

by Gabriele Guala
July 11, 2026

A collection of photos from BEAT concert at Tener-a-mente Festival del Vittoriale in Gardone Riviera on June 30, 2026 featuring Adrian Belew, Tony Levin, Steve Vai and Danny Carey. An evening of outstanding musical intensity, where technical mastery, passion and energy came together to deliver a performance that left a lasting impression on the audience.Special thanks to Serena Federici. ...

Album Review

Ella & The Bossa Beat: Amare

Read "Amare" reviewed by Katchie Cartwright

by Katchie Cartwright
July 11, 2026

Need an escape from the gloom and doom of global politics? How about a hit of Brazilian world-jazz of the “sal, sol, sul" variety? Ella & The Bossa Beat's Amare might be the ticket. For an idea of the ethos, consider a few of the titles: “Mais que um Verão" (More than a Summer), “Areia" (Sand), “Amanhecer" (Dawning), “Summer Rain," “Amare." Salt, sun, south, and of course, love...On their fourth project together, the father-daughter songwriting team of Orlando-based ...

Radio & Podcasts

A Few of My Favorite 2026 Jazz Things (so far) - Part 5

by Ludovico Granvassu
July 11, 2026

As we continue this mid-year retrospective, we keep focusing on the tunes that somehow refused to stay confined to the week they were released.Happy listening!Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Chris Potter “Osawatomie Brown" Alive With Ghosts Today (Edition) 0:16 Host talks 7:43 Jasper Høiby “Alight with Fire" 3Elements: Conversations of Hope (Edition) 8:28 Host talks 12:05 The Breaks “Goldilocks" The Breaks (Color Red) 12:48 Dida Pelled “Rosa Mae" ...

Album Review

Philippe Crettien: Healthy Trail

Read "Healthy Trail" reviewed by Sue Yang

by Sue Yang
July 11, 2026

Philippe Crettien's Healthy Trail is a chordless trio album built around implication. Written for saxophone, bass and drums, it removes piano and guitar from the ensemble and makes that open space the source of the music's tension, clarity and risk. Harmony emerges through motion: Barry Smith's bass establishing temporary ground, Crettien's saxophone placing shifting triadic colors above it, and Mike Connors' drums adjusting the pressure before any single center becomes too settled. The record asks the listener to hear harmony ...

Radio & Podcasts

Kris Davis: Grammy Winner And Musical Explorer

by Doug Hall
July 11, 2026

Our guest is Kris Davis, Grammy Award-winning jazz pianist, composer and bandleader, who released the acclaimed recording Run the Gauntlet in 2024, with her superb trio featuring bassist Robert Hurst and drummer Johnathan Blake. Davis has released 26 recordings as a leader or co-leader and collaborated with artists such as Terri Lyne Carrington, Dave Holland, John Zorn, Craig Taborn, Ingrid Laubrock, Tyshawn Sorey and Esperanza Spalding. She was named a 2021 Doris Duke Artist, alongside Wayne Shorter and Danilo Perez, ...

Radio & Podcasts

Alden Hellmuth: Saxophone Tethered To A Galaxy Of Bass

by Lawrence Peryer
July 11, 2026

This week, we're putting The Tonearm's needle on saxophonist and composer Alden Hellmuth.Alden grew up in Hartford, studying in the Jackie McLean tradition, and now works out of New York City. Her new album is called Tether (Leiter, 2026), and it features a band centered on two bass players, rounded out by drums, piano, and trumpet. Alden wrote music for the ensemble that keeps them all tied together, no matter how loud or free it gets.We ...

Live Review

Jazz Aspen Snowmass June Experience 2026

by Geoff Anderson
July 10, 2026

Jazz Aspen Snowmass June Experience 2026 Aspen, Colorado June 26-27, 2026 When nourishing the soul, it is important to consume a balanced diet. Failure to draw from a wide array of musical genres can lead to ennui, shallow breathing and excessive television watching. A properly tuned soul can be an ephemeral thing, but the appropriate application of music originating in different times, different places and different astral planes can keep the soul sated and fully charged. ...

Album Review

Steven Bernstein: ResoNation Trio/Ultra Resonance

Read "ResoNation Trio/Ultra Resonance" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita
July 10, 2026

Steven Bernstein has never been a musician content to remain in one room for long. The co-founder of Sexmob and architect of the Millennial Territory Orchestra has spent three decades proving that the trumpet is capable of almost anything, including, it seems, taking a vacation from the slide. ResoNation Trio marks a rare occasion where Bernstein sets aside his signature slide trumpet and performs exclusively on the valve instrument, reminding listeners that he had a first language before inventing a ...

Live Review

Brandee Younger at the Music Center at Strathmore

by Mark Edelman
July 10, 2026

Brandee Younger Music Center at Strathmore North Bethesda, MD June 11, 2026 Cecil McLorin Salvant's return to this North Bethesda citadel of great music was a much-anticipated DC jazz event, especially since the demise of the Kennedy Center's esteemed program. It turns out the most memorable part of the gig for jazz lovers was not the acclaimed chanteuse's set--more on that below--but the well- crafted forty or so minutes delivered by jazz harpist Brandee Younger. ...

Album Review

James Wengrow: Emissary

by Max Kutner
July 10, 2026

On Emissary, his debut as a bandleader, guitarist and composer James Wengrow unleashes a collection of angular micro-symphonies that inhabit an abstract space while remaining meticulously detailed. Joined by a pair of brilliantly adept and aesthetically flexible musicians in bassist Mathias Højgaard Jensen and drummer James Paul Nadien, Crypsis trio can thoroughly explore, develop and present Wengrow's labyrinthine ideas in a fascinating and complex joyride of a set. The trio thrives on razor-sharp detours and constant pivots without sacrificing continuity. Even at their ...