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Ravi Coltrane & Coltraxx At Miner Auditorium
by Steven Roby
Ravi Coltrane & Coltraxx Miner Auditorium San Francisco, CA July 24, 2025 When Ravi Coltrane 's acoustic quartet, Coltraxx, took the stage at San Francisco's Miner Auditorium, it wove a tapestry of sound that honored jazz's lineage while boldly pushing its boundaries. The quartet--Coltrane on saxophones, David Virelles on piano, Dezron Douglas on bass, and Johnathan Blake on drums--opened the evening with Coltrane coaxing a single, crystalline saxophone note into the hushed room. That tone ...
Continue ReadingBarry Guy, Jaleel Shaw, Linda May Han Oh & Zoh Amba
by Maurice Hogue
English avant-garde bassist Barry Guy is considered one of the finest in any musical genre and his compositional work is equally regarded. One of his signature pieces is “Harmos," and you will hear that as performed by the London Jazz Composers Orchestra recorded live in Krakow Poland. Saxophonist Jaleel Shaw's new Painter Of The Invisible provides a powerful tribute to Tamir Rice, the 12-year-old African American boy who was shot and killed by a Cleveland police officer in November 2014 ...
Continue ReadingElijah Jamal Asani: ,,, as long as i long to memorise your sky ,,,
by Glenn Astarita
Portland-based multi-instrumentalist Elijah Jamal Asani creates meditative ambient music rooted in his connection to the natural world. As Long As I Long To Memorise Your Sky captures his 2022 Grand Canyon artist residency through field recordings and asymmetrical, intricate compositions that serve as an audio journal of the canyon's dialogue between river and desert. Asani's anti-disciplinary approach blends intuition with intention across seven tracks that function as a sonic love letter between the Colorado River and the Arizona ...
Continue ReadingGunhild Carling: Jazz Is My Lifestyle
by Richard J Salvucci
Sometimes there is a tendency to take a performance less than seriously, especially if an artist uses a bit of self-satire as part of the act. Pianist Victor Borge had this problem--"comic virtuoso" he was called--and even trumpet player Jack Sheldon, to a degree, had to blow the roof off sometimes to remind the audience of what he could do. One senses that Gunhild Carling may get the less-than-serious treatment That is a pity, because she can play. And so ...
Continue ReadingMoon Songs, New Releases By Nicole Zuraitis, Nicole Glover, Samara Joy, Sarah Wilson & More
by Mary Foster Conklin
This broadcast celebrates the 56th anniversary of the moon landing with celestial songs and new releases from Nicole Zuraitis, Nicole Glover, Samara Joy and Sarah Wilson||, plus birthday shoutouts to lyricist Dorothy Fields, {{m: Akua Dixon, Jimmy Scott, Mary Osborne, Luciana Souza, Cynthia Scott, Lauren Sevian, Carmen Bradford, Julia Hulsmann and Phoebe Snow, 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 ...
Continue ReadingSarah Vaughan, G. Thomas Allen, Cecile McLorin Salvant, Billy Eckstine and More!
by Jua Howard
Greetings Music Family! It's time for another episode of the “First Instrument Jazz Show!" I've got new music from The DIVA Jazz Orchestra with Ann Hampton Callaway, Nnenna Freelon, Benny Benack III, Emma Smith and Kieran Brown, and more timeless music from Sarah Vaughan, Billy Eckstine, Cecile McLorin Salvant, G. Thomas Allen, Kate McGarry, Take 6 and many more. Come get lost in the music with me! Playlist Intro 00:00 Lambert, Hendricks and Bavan “Feed Me" from Recorded ...
Continue ReadingLarry Stabbins & Mark Sanders: Cup & Ring
by John Sharpe
Inspired by the 5000 year old Neolithic rock carvings pictured on the sleeve, Cup & Ring opens and closes with brooding, ritualistic pieces in which Larry Stabbins' breathy flute drifts like mist over Mark Sanders' deliberate, processional percussion. These atmospheric bookends, along with similarly spare interludes throughout, frame a set grounded more deeply in the language of free jazz--a realm both musicians know intimately. Stabbins, returning to performance after a lengthy hiatus, brings a layered backstory to this ...
Continue ReadingOrnette Coleman's and Horace Silver's "Lonely Woman" — A Disambiguation
by Artur Moral
Reality is filled with confusion and misunderstandings; some are suggestive or creative, while others are disappointing or, worse, malicious. The jazz world is no stranger to the first type: specific compositions are often confused or misidentified as if they were the same. Usually, this happens because of similar melodies or titles that are sometimes identical. This last case applies to the two themes discussed here, which are homonymous but musically quite different. The first, desolate and raw, is by Ornette ...
Continue ReadingGrateful Dead: The Music May Never Stop
by Doug Collette
The keepers of the Grateful Dead vault, overseen by chief archivist David Lemieux, must have been hard pressed to adequately commemorate the sixtieth anniversary of the iconic band's formation. After all, the recognition of the half-century milestone a decade ago found the curators homing right in on the most distinctive aspects of the group's thirty-year history with 30 Trips Around the Sun (Rhino, 2015). In a reflection of the psychedelic warriors' own often inscrutable sense of logic, Lemieux ...
Continue ReadingJacob Chung: Live At Frankie's Jazz Club
by Pierre Giroux
Tenor saxophonist Jacob Chung's Live At Frankie's Jazz Club captures fresh performances of music that feel like a snapshot of deep friendship filtered through the lens of timeless jazz language. Recorded live at Vancouver, BC's iconic venue, Chung is joined by pianist Tyler Henderson, bassist Caleb Tobocman, and drummer Hank Allen-Barfield. These three equally talented musicians do not just accompany but actively engage in lively musical conversation. The program, a mix of jazz and popular standards, along with a few ...
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