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Radio & Podcasts

Gregory Porter Returns To The Alley

by Leo Sidran
November 4, 2026

Hearing Gregory Porter sing, it's hard to imagine there was ever a time when he considered doing anything else.He's known for his rich, unmistakable baritone, a voice that draws equally from jazz, gospel, blues, and soul. Today he's a celebrated, Grammy-winning artist who plays for audiences of thousands. He plays four nights in a row at the Royal Albert Hall in London. He is simply a fact of life for those who light up at the sound of ...

In Pictures

Aubrey Johnson Sextet at The Jazz Loft

by Dan Bilawsky
November 4, 2026

What took place at The Jazz Loft in Stony Brook, NY, on the evening of October 30, 2026, was less a concert than a nexus-level event. Vocalist Aubrey Johnson traveled to Long Island with bandmates in tow to celebrate the release of her stunning new sextet album, The Lively Air (Greenleaf, 2026); and she was also present to help announce and unveil the performance venue/museum's Lyle Mays exhibit, a project several years in the making. Niece of the famed keyboardist-composer/Pat ...

Reanimating Conversations Past

Woody Allen: All Stick, No Schtick

by John Ephland
November 3, 2026

When I look back nowadays, the timing of my interview with comedian/filmmaker Woody Allen ("All Stick, No Schtick"), now turning 91, couldn't have been worse. In fact, I felt that way from the beginning, when I pitched this story at DownBeat, published in their October, 1993, issue. But, I had been a fan of his movies for many years, and I wasn't going to let circumstances surrounding his personal life get in the way. (The controversy involving his former wife, ...

Live Review

OJKOS plays the Music of Tuva Halse at the Victoria Nasjonal Jazzscene

by Daniel Mège
November 3, 2026

OJKOS Plays: Tuva HalseVictoria Nasjonal Jazzscene OsloOctober 21, 2026 Mountain Jazz: Identity and RootsIn the steep valley of Eikesdalen, in the Norwegian municipality of Molde, wild hazelnuts fall from the tree in September or October. Every hazelnut is destined to fall once it is ripe, and the same holds true for Panorama, by Tuva Halse, who also comes from Molde. It was only a matter of time: it arrived on October 21, 2026, at 7:00 ...

Album Review

Max Richter: While The Flood Rages

Read "While The Flood Rages" reviewed by Maciej Stasiowski

by Maciej Stasiowski
November 3, 2026

Among contemporary classical composers, Max Richter remains at the helm of those preoccupied with listening habits. These days attention spans are limited. What can music do to remain deeply effective? Exploring this notion made him dabble in the extremes, with an album of ringtones on 24 Postcards in Full Colour (FatCat Records, 2008) on one end of the scale and, on the other, an eight-CD/Blu-ray sonic wallpaper for our dreaming selves--2015's Sleep (Deutsche Grammophon). The two releases are polar opposites ...

Album Review

Ernesto Cervini: Water Pistols at Dawn

Read "Water Pistols at Dawn" reviewed by Pierre Giroux

by Pierre Giroux
November 3, 2026

At some point in every jazz musician's life, the comfort of an established group gives way to the desire to start over. For drummer, composer and bandleader Ernesto Cervini, after more than two decades leading his original quartet, Water Pistols at Dawn marks just such a moment. His new quartet, featuring trumpeter Kae Murphy, guitarist Andrew Marzotto, and bassist Mark Godfrey, makes its recording debut with an album that is exploratory, occasionally mischievous, and, above all, unconcerned with staying in ...

Album Review

Arkady Gotesman: Music For An Imaginary Ballet

Read "Music For An Imaginary Ballet" reviewed by John Sharpe

by John Sharpe
November 3, 2026

On Music For An Imaginary Ballet, Lithuanian drummer Arkady Gotesman assembles a suite of pieces that act as a vibrant career-spanning résumé of his practice. During that time he has collaborated with every major Lithuanian jazz figure, including reedist Petras Vysniauskas with whom he released PetrArka (ITM Records), the first-ever Lithuanian jazz CD, in 1990. In addition, as one of his country's leading improvisers, Gotesman is often matched with visiting luminaries, several of whom appear on selections here.

The Blue Note Portal

Wolf—Future Perfect, 3. Satie

by Blue Note Portal
November 3, 2026

New York 1970 Maya didn't miss a beat. She dropped to one knee beside the wooden crates, her fingers walking rapidly across the album spines until she extracted a slightly worn sleeve. “If Debussy was a painter," Maya said, pulling the black vinyl free, “this next guy was a minimalist with a pencil. Erik Satie. He lived around the same time, but he disliked the grandeur of the concert hall. He wrote music intended to be ambient--he called ...

Radio & Podcasts

Keyboard Special: Thelonious Monk, John Donegan, Tom Schuman and others

by David W. Daniels
November 3, 2026

End of the month keyboard special and the last week of Monktober! In addition to the keyboard players named in the title, we are featuring jazz music ranging from the vocal/piano stylings of Shirley Horn and Freddy Cole to the fusion jams of Weather Report and the Headhunters. Plenty of hard bop, soul jazz, post bop, and straight ahead in between featuring Fender Rhodes, Hammond B3 organ, piano, and synths. Playlist Wajdi Cherif “Saturday Blues" from Explorations (B. ...

Radio & Podcasts

Charles Tolliver, Irène Schweizer, Enrico Rava, Michael Blake & More

by Ludovico Granvassu
November 3, 2026

A playlist weaving together many threads: Halloween vibes, dance-inducing memories of the Bowery, piano solos and large ensembles, stimulating collaborations, and welcome reissues.Happy listening!Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Michael Blake “Anatomy of a Murder" Halloween Tales (Baby Tank) 0:16 Host talks 7:03 Enrico Rava & Fearless Five feat. Joe Lovano “Bowery Dance" Corners (ECM) 8:51 Host talks 13:55 Irène Schweizer “Dancing on the Bowery" Prelude to a Kiss ...