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Radio & Podcasts

Steven Bernstein’s Gumbo Homecoming

by Steven Roby
July 4, 2026

Steven Bernstein, the Berkeley-born trumpeter, composer, and bandleader, joins host Steve Roby for a wide-ranging conversation about three decades of musical exploration and two new companion albums that reimagine the same music through entirely different sonic lenses.What We Talk About * Growing up in Berkeley during the '60s and '70s--how the city's unique musical culture, the Keystone Corner jazz scene, and a school improvisation program shaped Bernstein's musical identity * Why funk--not rock--was the lingua franca of Bay ...

Live Review

Jen Shyu, Luke Stewart, and Konjur Collective at Vision Festival 2026

by Fran Kursztejn
July 3, 2026

Jen Shyu, Luke Stewart, Konjur Collective Abrons Arts Center Vision FestivalNew York, NY June 24, 2026 The inaugural night of Vision Festival, despite the massive variety of musicians and instruments on display, did not feature any vocalists. During night two, vocalists made up a strong majority. Jen Shyu's “Fertile Bodies, Fertile Lands" conducted an ensemble of three string artists, a percussionist, a flautist, and the multi-instrumentalist Shyu herself, all of which double as vocalists. ...

Album Review

Norma Winstone: A Timeless Place

Read "A Timeless Place" reviewed by Neil Duggan

by Neil Duggan
July 3, 2026

This 1990 recording unites the outstanding vocal talents of Norma Winstone MBE with the NDR Radio Orchestra. Now known as NDR RADIOPHILHARMONIE, the distinguished German radio symphony orchestra, invited Winstone to participate in a broadcast session. In turn, she enlisted pianist and arranger Steve Gray, with whom she had previously collaborated on BBC projects. Across a career spanning more than five decades, Winstone has earned international acclaim as both a singer and lyricist. Equally celebrated for her wordless ...

Album Review

Seamus Blake: The Electrifying Seamus Blake Plays The Music Of Eddie Harris EH!

Read "The Electrifying Seamus Blake Plays The Music Of Eddie Harris EH!" reviewed by Pierre Giroux

by Pierre Giroux
July 3, 2026

Some musicians seem incapable of standing still, their curiosity drawing them towards unexplored corners of the music world. Seamus Blake may well be one of them. A formidable tenor saxophonist rooted in the post-bop tradition, Blake has spent much of his career quietly erasing stylistic borders. On The Electrifying Seamus Blake Plays The Music Of Eddie Harris EH!, he finds the perfect muse in Harris, another restless spirit who refused to recognize the fences others built around jazz.

Radio & Podcasts

Miles the Composer Part 3: The second great quintet

by Larry Slater
July 3, 2026

Miles Davis wasn't a prolific composer, and he wrote even less in his later years. There are some classic tunes from the late '50s, and a few written for the second great quartet. Many of these compositions have stood the test of time to become jazz standards..In this hour you'll hear the two tunes written for his wife Frances Davis, “Fran Dance" and “Pfrancing." Other classic Davis tunes you'll hear include “Seven Steps to Heaven," “Teo," “Nardis," “Filles ...

Album Review

Michael Dease Big Band: Return Trajectory

Read "Return Trajectory" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
July 3, 2026

While it is not true that a photo of Michael Dease appears in Webster's dictionary next to the word “versatile," the metaphor does not seem too far-fetched once one considers the many tasks Dease carries out on his latest recording, Return Trajectory. Not only does Dease lead his big band, he wrote three of the album's half-dozen themes, solos on trombone on four, baritone sax on the other two (unaccompanied on his composition “Up South"). Rumor has it that he ...

Radio & Podcasts

A Few of My Favorite 2026 Jazz Things (so far) - Part 1

by Ludovico Granvassu
July 3, 2026

As summer gets underway, Mondo Jazz looks back at some of the music that made the first half of 2026 so memorable.Happy listening!Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Adam O'Farrill “Eleanor's Dance" Elephant (Out Of Your Head) 0:16 Host talks 3:24 Ben Rosenblum Nebula Project “Fool's Gold" The Longest Way Round (One Trick Dog) 4:42 Marco Mezquida “Nobles y sentimentales" Táctil (Self-produced) 11:43 Host talks 14:28 Joel Lyssarides “Anemoia" ...

Radio & Podcasts

Abstract Citizen

by Daniel Peck
July 3, 2026

Aaron Lebos is a 25-year veteran of the Miami jazz scene. He's a guitarist and composer who tours internationally with Nicole Henry and the Nu Deco Ensemble among others. In his quest to grow and expand musically he recruited three younger South Florida musicians to form Abstract Citizen. Appearing here courtesy of a grant from Jazz Roads, and featuring Aaron Lebos on guitar, Marty Quinn on bass, Vania Junco on vocals and Lucas Apostoleris on Drums, and from ...

In Pictures

Half Moon Bay Wine & Jazz Festival 2026

by Walter Atkins
July 3, 2026

A collection of photos from the Half Moon Bay Wine & Jazz Festival in Half Moon Bay CA on May 9, 2026. ...

Live Review

Avishai Cohen at International Festival de Jazz de Montreal

by Kitty Kalriess
July 3, 2026

Avishai Cohen Pub Molson Stage International Festival de Jazz de Montréal Montréal, Quebec June 26, 2026 Avishai Cohen's June 26th performance at the Pub Molson as part of the Festival International de Jazz de Montréal featured an awe-inspiring set list that included his own original contemporary jazz and world music tracks, and a classical arrangement. The phrase “something for everyone" is no exaggeration here; with vivid guitars and two drummers onstage, the performance ...