Jazz Articles

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Radio & Podcasts

Six new releases from Michael Pagan Big Band, Ron Vincent, Jon DeLucia, Azar Lawrence, Emmaline and Clay Giberson

by George Graham
November 3, 2026

In an extended show, George Graham spotlights six new releases from Michael Pagán, Ron Vincent, Jon De Lucia, Emmaline and Clay Giberson. Playlist Michael Pagan Big Band “Hustlin'" from Burn It Forward (Capri) 07:11 Michael Pagan Big Band “I Contrafact on You'" from Burn It Forward (Capri) 06:42 Ron Vincent “Angelica" from Ray's Hat Trick (Origin) 06:38 Ron Vincent “Dear Old Stockholm" from Ray's Hat Trick (Origin) 07:21 Jon De Lucia"Goodnight Eileen" from The Brubeck Octet Project Strikes ...

Inside AAJ

Jazz Near You: Building a Better Way to Discover Live Jazz

by Michael Ricci
November 2, 2026

Finding live jazz should be easy. Whether you're looking for a show in your hometown, planning a night out in New York City, or traveling abroad and hoping to discover the local jazz scene, you should be able to find out who's playing, where, and when without visiting a dozen websites. That's the idea behind Jazz Near You. Launched in 2011 as an extension of All About Jazz, Jazz Near You has grown into a global ...

Album Review

Tuomo Uusitalo: Homecoming

Read "Homecoming" reviewed by Tyran Grillo

by Tyran Grillo
November 2, 2026

Tuomo Uusitalo has spent much of his musical life discovering how far a piano can travel without forfeiting its center of gravity. Born in Tampere and trained in Graz, he made New York's jazz clubs his artistic home for years, developing an improvisational language whose eloquence owes as much to restraint as to technical command. In Love Song (Fresh Sound New Talent, 2016), one could hear virtuosity being tempered in the furnace of life. That process deepened through Stories from ...

The Blue Note Portal

Wolf—Future Perfect, 2. Debussy

by Blue Note Portal
November 2, 2026

1970--New York The laughter in the West 26th Street rehearsal loft gradually subsided. Maya was still holding her Les Paul against her hip, staring at the slight figure sitting on the piano bench. Chloe set her Telecaster gently into its stand, wiping her palms on her jeans, her expression caught somewhere between utter bewilderment and radiant amusement. “So," Chloe said, crossing her arms and leaning against the edge of the mixing riser with a broad smile, “you're clearly ...

In Pictures

XY Quartet at Milestone jazz Club in Piacenza, Italy

by Danilo Codazzi
November 2, 2026

A collection of photos from the XY Quartet concert at Milestone Jazz Club in Piacenza on October 25, 2026 featuring Alessandro Fedrigo, Luca Colussi, Nicola Fazzini and Saverio Tasca. ...

Album Review

Stephen Byth: Growth in Stasis

Read "Growth in Stasis" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita
November 2, 2026

Stephen Byth brings a composer's imagination and a saxophonist's instincts to Growth in Stasis, an impressive debut that establishes his emerging voice in contemporary jazz. Raised in Australia and now based in New York City, he draws on modern jazz traditions while developing a language distinguished by memorable melodies, sparkling arrangements and inventive ensemble interplay. The music is sophisticated without sacrificing accessibility. Primarily a tenor saxophonist, Byth proves equally adept at shaping compositions that give his musicians room ...

Radio & Podcasts

Pete Roth Trio, J.Michael Harris, Ray Russell, And A Feature On The Lipstick Record Label

by Len Davis
November 2, 2026

Coming up, the Pete Roth Trio featuring Bill Bruford, guitarist Torsten Goods, and saxophonist Jamie Michael Harris with Jimmy Haslip. Plus Sweden's The Effect, Ray Russell from Britain, Japan's Polyplus, and Hungarian guitarist Mike Gotthard. In the second half, we explore the catalogue of German label Lipstick Records, featuring international artists including Adam Holzman, The Jazz Pistols , guitarist Jeff Richman, and Metro with the late Chuck Loeb. Also, Petite Blonde with saxophonist Bill Evans and drummer Dennis Chambers, Simon ...

Radio & Podcasts

Branford Marsalis and Dianne Reeves, Michael Blake, Greg Adams, Margaret Slovak, Christian McBride & Ursa Major, Dida Pelled, Stew Cutler, Lauren Henderson & More

by Mary Foster Conklin
November 2, 2026

This broadcast includes new music from Branford Marsalis with Dianne Reeves, Michael Blake, Greg Adams, Margaret Slovak, Christian McBride & Ursa Major, Dida Pelled, Stew Cutler, Lauren Henderson with birthday shoutouts to Fran Landesman (Spring Can Really Hang You Up), Dianne Reeves, Virginia MacDonald, Lakecia Benjamin, Jenna Mammina, Jane Bunnett, Jodi Proznick, among others. Happy listening and please support the artists you hear--see them live, buy their music so they can continue to comfort, distract, provoke and remind the world ...

Radio & Podcasts

Allen Lowe, ROVA, John Dikeman & Jeff Cosgrove

by Maurice Hogue
November 2, 2026

Saxophonist & music historian Allen Lowe has a new three-CD release that's extremely interesting. I Should Have Stayed Dead contains the music that is part of a new documentary film about Lowe's music and battle with cancer. With post-production problems delaying the release of the film, a decision was made to release the music. Guests like Matthew Shipp & Wadada Leo Smith augment Lowe's own bands, and Lowe includes great liner notes. Once known as the Rova Saxophone Quartet, ROVA, ...

Radio & Podcasts

Putter Smith & Jeff Colella: Monk, Mr. Kidd, and Sixteen Years With Lou Rawls

by Mike Jones
November 2, 2026

Bassist Putter Smith once passed on a month with Thelonious Monk for a better-paying tour with John Mayall, and he still wishes he hadn't. He and pianist Jeff Colella join Mike Jones for the show's first two-guest conversation, built around Between Friends, their new duo record on Capri Records and their first together since Lotus Blossom in 2014. Putter tells how his big brother Carson's half-size bass started everything, how a polite answer to a stranger at Shelly's ...