Jazz Articles

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Virginia MacDonald: In Search Of A New Clarinet Renaissance

by John Chacona
June 8, 2026

The clarinet occupies an unusual space in jazz in the 2020s. Once a lead instrument with advocates who graced the covers of fanzines for music and popular culture, the clarinet now stands 20 Feet From Stardom as the title of the 2013 documentary film about background singers described. It's a common enough double for reed players, but seldom a star. That might be changing, thanks to a new generation of players who are respectful of the clarinet's lineage ...

Play This!

Chris Potter: Osawatomie Brown

by Ludovico Granvassu
June 8, 2026

Telling you that Chris Potter is one of the most spellbinding saxophonists on today's scene feels a bit like explaining the virtues of pizza to a Neapolitan. Yet, it is when his formidable instrumental command is framed by equally strong compositions and imaginative arrangements that his artistry shines brightest. Alive with Ghosts Today (Edition Records) delivers the full Chris Potter trifecta: intense playing, compelling writing and sophisticated orchestration, elevating this record well beyond other albums that feature “just" ...

Live Review

The Hot Sardines at Birdland

by Mark Edelman
June 8, 2026

The Hot Sardines Birdland New York, NY April 14, 2026 A noodle shop near Times Square may have marked their beginning, but the 9:30 show down the street at Birdland was the spot for pianist Evan Palazzo and vocalist Elizabeth Bougerol to serve up some classic American jazz. Their septet, The Hot Sardines, enthralled a packed house at the 44th Street temple of jazz. Joined intermittently by hoofer John Manzari, the combo brought back some great ...

Album Review

Ted Chubb: Live at The Statuary

Read "Live at The Statuary" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
June 8, 2026

Trumpeter, composer and educator Ted Chubb leads a blue-chip quintet on Live at The Statuary, recorded during four concert sessions in March 2025 at the historic Jersey City, New Jersey, site that Chubb co-owns with his wife, Rachel Ryll. This is wall-to-wall hard bop jazz wherein Chubb and his front-line partner, alto saxophonist Bruce Williams, tread an undeviating straight-ahead path, one that their audience seems to appreciate. These concerts, however, are far more sedate than exciting, and represent ...

Album Review

Emie R. Roussel: TERR

by Hrayr Attarian
June 8, 2026

Over a career spanning a bit more than a decade, award-winning Canadian pianist Emie R. Roussel has developed a unique style. It draws on both the Western classical tradition and jazz. Furthermore, her captivating music is a deft mix of exciting spontaneity and a poetic undercurrent. Her fourth release as a leader with her working trio is the wistful and cinematic Terr. It consists of seven of Roussel's originals that, in their thematic unity, reflect on humanity's collective experience ...

Radio & Podcasts

Hannah Marks, Helen Sung, Eva Cortés, Lakecia Benjamin & More

by Mary Foster Conklin
June 8, 2026

This broadcast closes out the month with new music from Hannah Marks, Helen Sung, Eva Cortés and Lakecia Benjamin, with birthday shoutouts to Peggy Lee, Miles Davis (100!), Dee Dee Bridgewater, Alexa Tarantino, Samantha Boshnack, Theo Bleckmann, Yissy Garcia, Mala Waldron, Cathy Segal-Garcia, Ann Hampton Callaway and Lynne Arriale, 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 ...

Album Review

Owen Chen: Eternal Wind

Read "Eternal Wind" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
June 8, 2026

Every song on guitarist Owen Chen's album Eternal Wind was written or co-written as part of a film score by Joe Hishaishi of Japan's animation company, Studio Ghibli. “The music, stories and emotions we encounter as children stay with us," Chen writes. “Eternal Wind aims to bring forth melodies that live in our past, with our modern-day musical voices and the rich history of jazz." To help breathe fresh life into Hishaishi's music, Chen teams with a second ...

Radio & Podcasts

Jolene! Matt White, Ndlovu Youth Choir, Congo Cowboys, Cowboy Carter, Dolly Parton

by Katchie Cartwright
June 8, 2026

We begin with some great takes on Dolly Parton's “Jolene," one of the “500 Greatest Songs of All Time" (Rolling Stone). First up is trumpeter Matt White's crackling jazz arrangement, from his 2026 release, Matt White's Dolly (Adhyâropa Records), followed by dazzling renditions by the South African Ndlovu Youth Choir, the Congo Cowboys, Beyoncé's Cowboy Carter (Columbia, 2024) and Parton's original single (RCA Victor, 1974), which still sizzles. These lead us back into White's most unusual disk. Read All About ...

Radio & Podcasts

Bobby Previte, These Things Happen & Hannah Marks

by Maurice Hogue
June 8, 2026

The new releases sampled in this episode of One Man's Jazz feature music created by smaller groups, like drummer Bobby Previte with his first full band recording in a few years, the US-Netherlands quartet, These Things Happen (Keefe Jackson, Oscar Jan Hoogland, Jason Roebke, & Mikel Patrick Avery), The Klezmatics with guests William Parker & James Brandon Lewis, saxophonist Michael Foster supported by the premier European rhythm section of bassist Christian Weber & drummer Michael Griener, another European trio of ...

Album Review

Kenny Barron: So Many Lovely Things: Live in Brecon

Read "So Many Lovely Things: Live in Brecon" reviewed by Andrew Schinder

by Andrew Schinder
June 8, 2026

By the mid-1990's, piano icon and NEA Jazz Master Kenny Barron had completed his transition from being a dependable, workhorse pianist-for-hire that elevated any group that had the good sense to engage him, to one of the most revered musicians in the business, and a living bridge between hard bop tradition and 21st century jazz modernity. It was at this point when Barron, along with his cohorts during this period--dearly-departed accompanists Ray Drummond (bass) and Ben Riley (drums), who had all being ...