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Steven Bernstein Sexmob at Keltika, Cerkno
by Petra Cvelbar
A collection of photos from the Steven Bernstein Sexmob concert at Keltika in Cerkno, Slovenia on July 11, 2025 featuring Steven Bernstein, Briggan Krauss, Tony Scherr and Kenny Wollesen. ...
Continue ReadingA Few of My Favorite 2025 Jazz Things (So Far), Part 1
by Ludovico Granvassu
It seems like we were just ringing in the New Year a few days ago, and now it's already July. So let's start looking back at the songs that we have loved the most in the first six months of the year. Here's the first batch.Happy listening!Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Etienne Charles “Gullypso" Gullah Roots (Culture Shock) 0:16 Host talks 4:01 John Sturino “Year of the Globe" ...
Continue ReadingTake Five with Trumpeter Gregory Haubrich of Butter And The Genre
by AAJ Staff
Meet Gregory “Butter" Haubrich Gregory “Butter" Haubrich is a lifelong musician, songwriter and arranger whose sound bridges the soulful roots of jazz with accessible melodies and spontaneous storytelling. A trumpet player with a deep emotional range and a background that includes keys, harmonica and vocals, Butter brings both grit and grace to every performance. From rural Minnesota to the U.S. Navy School of Music, his journey has always revolved around creating music that moves people, whether on stage or through ...
Continue ReadingThe DIVA Jazz Orchestra: Tappin' Thru Life
by Jack Bowers
Tappin' Thru Life is more than the title of a jazz album; it is a philosophy, one that guided Maurice Hines through most of his 80 years and all of his epic career as an acclaimed tap dancer and entertainer. The album is based on Hines' autobiographical stage show of that name whose music director, drummer par excellence Sherrie Maricle, is also a co-founder and leader of The DIVA Jazz Orchestra, a renowned all-woman ensemble. After Hines' ...
Continue ReadingAlba Jazz 2025 Festival, Part 2
by Antonio Baiano
A collection of photos from the Alba Jazz 2025 Festival in Alba, Italy from July 3, 2025 to July 6, 2025 featuring Lakecia Benjamin, Mohini Dey, Elias Bailey, Aymée Nuviola, Tullio De Piscopo, Dado Moroni and Rosario Bonaccorso. ...
Continue ReadingDawn Clement: Delight
by Paul Rauch
Pianist / vocalist / composer Dawn Clement has appeared on plenty of recordings, both as a sideperson and leader, but she has perhaps never quite accomplished what she has here with Delight, on the Origin Records label. There are balances achieved with this record that fans of the long-time Seattle, now Denver-based Clement can eagerly wrap their collective arms around. Her intrepid curiosity and virtuosity have been a given in the jazz world for many years, playing with ...
Continue ReadingFrancesca Tandoi & Eleonora Strino Jazz On the Road 2025
by Danilo Codazzi
A collection of photos from the Francesca Tandoi and Eleonora Strino concert at Jazz On the Road festival in Gussago on July 13, 2025. ...
Continue ReadingWild Iris Brass Band, Maria Muldaur, Kieran Brown, Dawn Clement, Peter Lin, Anna Laura Quinn, Allan Harris & More
by Mary Foster Conklin
This broadcast includes new releases from Wild Iris Brass Band, Maria Muldaur, Kieran Brown, Dawn Clement, Peter Lin, Anna Laura Quinn and Allan Harris, with birthday shoutouts to Mavis Staples, Carol Morgan, Carolyn Leonhart, Suzanne Pittson, Marina Albero, Iris Ornig and Honorable Man Billy Eckstine, 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 ...
Continue ReadingRakalam Bob Moses/Gaia Wilmer, Karl Evangelista & Fareed Haque
by Maurice Hogue
Music from new albums sampled this time around comes from the master drummer Rakalam Bob Moses & Brazilian saxophonist Gaia Wilmer, guitarist Karl Evangelista & Apura with another master drummer Andrew Cyrille, bassist Manolo Cabras from Belgium, drummer Eric McPherson with a double bassist quartet & pianist David Virelles, guitarist Fareed Haque paying tribute to Pat Martino's “Joyous Lake" album, the brilliant pianist Fred Hersch, the Jonathan Moritz Trio Secret Tempo, and a preview of Norwegian bassist Ingebrigt Haker-Flaten & ...
Continue ReadingThe Los Angeles Jazz Scene of the 1950’s from Robert Gordon’s “Jazz West Coast”
by Steven Cerra
Originally published in London in 1986 by Quartet Books LTD, Bob Gordon's seminal work on the jazz styles and groups that developed primarily in Los Angeles in the 1950s has long been out-of-print and copies of it are difficult to obtain. In order to rectify this lack of availability, Bob Gordon has given me permission to represent this work as part of the ongoing Jazz West Coast column. At the outset, it is important to note ...
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