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Album Review

Jack Wilson (UK): The Bear And The Wolf

Read "The Bear And The Wolf" reviewed by Neil Duggan

by Neil Duggan
June 23, 2026

Originally from North Yorkshire but now London-based, saxophonist and composer Jack Wilson presents his debut album, The Bear And The Wolf. His style, which mixes jazz with world and folk influences, showcases him as a growing presence throughout the UK and Europe with sell-out shows, tours and appearances at jazz and folk festivals. Wilson, who graduated from London's Guildhall School of Music and Drama in 2021, leads a quartet consisting of Billy Marrows on electric guitar, Max Kahn ...

Live Review

Chucho Valdés Royal Quartet at SFJAZZ Center

by Harry S. Pariser
June 23, 2026

Chucho Valdés Royal Quartet SFJAZZ San Francisco, CA, USA June 13, 2026 Born to a musical family in Quivicán, Cuba in October 1941, Chucho Valdés's given name is Dionisio Jesús Valdés Rodríguez. His father, pianist, composer, and bandleader Ramón Bebo Valdes, introduced him to the piano at age three. Valdés graduated from the Conservatorio Municipal de Música de la Habana at 14 and started his own jazz trio at age 18. His first ...

Album Review

Sam Norris: Wood/Gold - Solo Saxophone Volume 1

Read "Wood/Gold - Solo Saxophone Volume 1" reviewed by Jack Kenny

by Jack Kenny
June 23, 2026

This is music where you need to embrace the journey, not the destination: The music might not have a clear beginning, middle, and end in the traditional sense; enjoying the moment-to-moment unfolding of sounds and ideas is the purpose. Sometimes the act of listening to a saxophone is rewarded because the musician wants to play notes to express some ideas. Rarer is listening to a player because they are in love with the instrument in an almost sensuous ...

Radio & Podcasts

Tribute to Abdullah Ibrahim aka Dollar Brand; RIP Walt Parazaider; New Music From Audrey Ochoa, Chris Potter, and Others

by David W. Daniels
June 23, 2026

In addition to the tribute to Abdullah Ibrahim and music from the artists mentioned in the title, the show includes recently released music from Helen Sung, Dawn Clement, Chris Hazelton, and others. Birthday recognition for Erroll Garner, Tom Harrell, Marcus Miller, and more.Playlist Abdullah Ibrahim and Ekaya “Duke 88" from African River (Enja) 00:00 Abdullah Ibrahim aka Dollar Brand “Mannenberg (Revisited)" from Water From An Ancient Well (Blackhawk) 14:22 Steve Gadd “The Mountain" from Gadditude (BFM Jazz) 20:25 ...

Album Review

Zen Zadravec: New Paradigm

Read "New Paradigm" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
June 23, 2026

While there are few new wrinkles on Canadian-born pianist Zen Zadravec's album, New Paradigm, neither is there anything to mar this well-wrapped post-bop session comprised of eight of his generally bright and pleasing compositions and arrangements. Zadravec leads what is essentially a sextet (three-horn front line and rhythm), mixing things up by adding a guitar on three tracks, wordless vocals on two. Guitarist Tom Bartelmay is especially impressive on “New Paradigm" and “Do or Do Not, There Is ...

Album Review

Rick Vito: Slidemaster

Read "Slidemaster" reviewed by Scott Gudell

by Scott Gudell
June 23, 2026

Rick Vito is truly a top slide guitarist / USA and he has consistently been a top gun for decades. Vito, as with other State side sliders, including Duane Allman and Ry Cooder plus Brits such as Peter Green and Jeff Beck, were awed by domestic blues guitar master's including Elmore James, Robert Johnson and many other blues veterans. Streaks of blues often run through much of Vito's live and recorded work (as well as healthy offerings of rockabilly, occasional ...

Live Review

Brooklyn Guitar Festival 2026

by Max Kutner
June 22, 2026

Brooklyn Guitar FesitvalVarious Artists Brooklyn, NY June 12, 2026 Over the weekend of June 12-13th, the very first Brooklyn Guitar Festival took place and featured appearances from some of the most touted players around today. It was presented by Joel Harrison and Alex Skolnick, two tireless advocates for guitar-related events in the greater New York Area and also highly active performers themselves. The first evening of the festival took place at Warsaw in Greenpoint and was less of ...

Album Review

David Occhipinti: Looking Glass

Read "Looking Glass" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita
June 22, 2026

David Occhipinti delivers a compact yet richly textured statement with Looking Glass, a collection that runs approximately 35 minutes and registers more as a carefully curated EP than a conventional full-length album. The work centers on original compositions for electric guitar and string trio, drawing inspiration from Dadaist artists and the surreal narratives of Lewis Carroll. The result is music that moves fluidly between the familiar and the disorienting, mirroring the reflective quality suggested by its title. The ...

Radio & Podcasts

James Brandon Lewis, Gebhard Ullmann, Ivo Perelman & Paul Dunmall

by Maurice Hogue
June 22, 2026

Does the saxophone rule jazz these days? It could look that way if this episode of One Man's Jazz was submitted as an example. So many great reed players in this one, starting with James Brandon Lewis who continues to cut a wide swath in the fields of improvised music these days. He and his quartet open and close the show with tracks from his new Omni. Cue the positive reviews. Germany's Gebhard Ullmann is a major force in European ...

Radio & Podcasts

Robyn Spangler, Alicia Waller, Nicole Zuraitis, Elsa Nilsson, Seth Kibel & More

by Mary Foster Conklin
June 22, 2026

This broadcast includes new music from Robyn Spangler, Alicia Waller, Nicole Zuraitis, Elsa Nilsson and Seth Kibel, with birthday shoutouts to Hazel Scott, Geri Allen, Beryl Booker, Jocelyn Gould, Jenny Scheinman, Honorable Men Cy Coleman and Kenny Barron, 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 that A Woman's Place is in the Groove. Many thanks for tuning in. ...