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Arkady Gotesman: Music For An Imaginary Ballet
by Ieva Pakalniskyte
Arkady Gotesman occupies a singular position in Lithuanian music scene, having performed across more than fifty international festivals and concerts as a percussionist, composer and interdisciplinary artist whose work spans jazz, contemporary classical repertoire, free improvisation, theatre, literature and film. Over four decades he has collaborated with an exceptional range of musicians--from Vyacheslav Ganelin, Petras Vysniauskas, Liudas Mockūnas, Anthony Coleman and Mats Gustafsson to Nate Wooley, Charles Gayle, Barry Guy and Dave Douglas, among many others--while also premiering works by Anatolijus Šenderovas, Osvaldas Balakauskas, ...
Continue ReadingUnlimited 39
by Luciano Rossetti
A collection of photos from the Unlimited 39 in Wels, Austria from November 7-9, 2025 featuring Maria Portugal, Mats Gustafsson, Carlos Zingaro, Michael Fisher and the Vienna Improvisers Orchestra, Camila Nebbia, Elisabeth Harnik, Jeb Bishop, Akira Sakata, Dave Rempis, Ig Henneman, Ab Baars, Sakina Abdou, Fire and Oren Ambarchi, Ingrid Schmoliner, Terrie Hessels and many others. In addition, the photographer Luciano Rossetti was the subject of a photo exhibition. ...
Continue ReadingAlbany Jazz Big Band: Moonlight Rhapsodies
by Jack Bowers
Even though “road bands" are by and large a relic of the distant past, big bands continue to persevere and perform in cities across the country, from Los Angeles to Chicago, Dallas to Atlanta, and even in Albany, California, a pocket-sized city on the eastern shore of San Francisco Bay whose population is only slightly more than 20,000. The Albany Jazz Big Band, now almost 30 years old, entered a studio in June 2024 to record its first ...
Continue ReadingNed Rothenberg: Solo Improvisation In Bizarre Times
by Lawrence Peryer
Today, The Tonearm's needle lands on composer and improviser Ned Rothenberg. Ned's first solo album in thirteen years, Looms & Legends (Pyroclastic Records), shows why he's been called America's most intimate composer and improviser. Ned's improvisations and compositions showcase his use of extended techniques such as circular breathing and multiphonics, while others tell stories through melody. He calls it music for an imaginary culture, sounds that feel indigenous to a place that doesn't exist yet. Ned ...
Continue ReadingBranford Marsalis, Eric Scott Reed, Artemis, Jeremy Pelt and more
by Benjamin Boddie
Today's Music--Right Now! Fantastic music by Branford Marsalis, Altin Sencalar, Reginald Cyntje, Marianne Solivan, Thomas Marriott, Mitch Towne, Paul Hecht, Lorraine Feather, Eric Scott Reed, Beatle Jazz, John Clayton, Ellie Martin, Jane Ira Bloom, Kandace Springs, Artemis, Posi-Tone Swingtet, Caili O'Doherty, Max Leake, Judy Wexler, Liz Cole, Jeremy Pelt, Darryl Yokley, Mason Razavi, Fred Hersch, Willie Morris, Tom Wakeling, Rick Roe, Jessica Jones, and more. Playlist Branford Marsalis Quartet “Long As You Know You're Living Yours" from Belonging ...
Continue ReadingJazz & Wine Of Peace 2025
by Ziga Koritnik
A collection of photos from the Jazz & Wine Of Peace Festival in Cormons from October 23, 2025 to October 26, 2025 featuring Naïssam Jalal, William Parker Heart Tio, James Brandon Lewis Quartet, The Necks, Nubya Garcia, Tania Giannouli Trio, Silvia Bolognesi Solo, Y-Otis, Knobil and Rosa Brunello. ...
Continue ReadingNeil Duggan's Best Jazz Albums Of 2025
by Neil Duggan
Looking back at 2025, here are some of the year's finest releases, mostly from Europe, encompassing both jazz and music where jazz ventures into other genres Emil BrandqvistPoems For Travellers Skip Records Gabriel LatchinThe Man I Love Alys Jazz Sultan StevensonEl Roi Edition Records ...
Continue ReadingAmaury Faye: A French Jazz Composer Returns To The Source
by Frank Housh
Amaury Faye was a child in Toulouse when he began his unlikely love affair with American jazz. A piano teacher exposed him to ragtime which led to Art Tatum, which led him to Ahmad Jamal and the great jazz trios. He released trio recordings in 2016, 2017, and 2018 and a solo album, Buran (L'Esprit du Piano, 2019) followed by Arise (Suite) (Hypnote Records, 2023). In her review of Amaury Faye: Arise (Suite), Jane Kozhevnikova wrote: “In Arise, ...
Continue ReadingThelonious Monk: Bremen 1965
by Pierre Giroux
The first official release of the Bremen concert, carefully remastered from the original tapes, is more than just an archival curiosity; it is a revelation. Recorded on an evening characterized by generous tempos and a relaxed exchange, Bremen 1965 reaffirms Thelonious Monk and his experienced quartet as they pay their most fundamental tributes: the uneven poetry of his time, the crystalline bite of Charlie Rouse's tenor saxophone, the steady ballast of Larry Gales's bass, and Ben Riley's propulsive subtleties on ...
Continue ReadingKonstantin Rega's Best Jazz Albums Of 2025
by Konstantin N. Rega
Even as the world seems to spin faster and faster, jazz has got your back. With albums responding to the current musical dialogue as well as those looking back to the past, 2025 offered a wonderful assortment of delicious earworms. It was a year of tasteful tunes, imaginative expressionistic freestyling, and generous arrangements of time-favoured oldies. Italia Till Bronner earMUSIC Oh Snap
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