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Wojtek Mazolewski Quintet: Live Spirit I
by Scott Lichtman
The album Live Spirit I is a compelling listen from the Wojtek Mazolewski Quintet. The music combines the very best of free improvisation with sparse, piercing compositions and ethereal ambience. While the bassist/leader and most of his group live in Poland, this is truly a world-class performance. Wojtek Mazolewski's influence is already significant. His music has surpassed eight million streams on Spotify; he is a staple at jazz, indie and electronic dance festivals, and his albums have been ...
Continue ReadingPatricia Brennan, Eddie Palmieri, Tatum Langley & Eric Alexander
by Joe Dimino
We blast into the 920th episode of Neon Jazz with the powerhouse duo of Eric Alexander & Vincent Herring, featuring music from their brand-new 2025 release Split Decision. From there, the journey takes us deep into the treasure chest of fresh sounds landing in the Neon Jazz mailbox--spotlighting Tatum Langley, Emma Hedrick, Randy Napoleon, Marc Seals, and Mike Pope. On a bittersweet note, we bid farewell to a towering figure who left his mark on jazz and beyond, the legendary ...
Continue ReadingOlivia Trummer Trio at Summertime in jazz 2025
by Danilo Codazzi
A collection of photos from the Olivia Trummer Trio concert at Summertime in jazz in Rivergaro on August 12, 2025 featuring Olivia Trummer, Makar Novikov and Earl Harvin. ...
Continue ReadingOlga Amelchenko: Walking Shadows
by Ludovico Granvassu
Howling Silence is Olga Amelchenko's new album, a project that explores the tension between the urge to speak out and the weight of silence... “howling silence" indeed. That may be the reason why even though her saxophone shimmers throughout the album, it a shimmering that comes with gravitas, as you can hear here in the compelling unfolding of “Walking Shadows." For this recording, the saxophonist leads her Paris-based band--Enzo Carniel on piano, Etienne Renard on bass, and Jesus ...
Continue ReadingTrio and Quintet
by C. Michael Bailey
Pianist and composer Elmo Hope has more in common with Tadd Dameron than most of his other jazz peers. Both men were primarily composers and arrangers who concentrated on their own music rather than standards. Both men spent their professional lives in New York City during the twilight of bebop and the flourishing of hard bop. Neither man boasted large discographies as leaders, but appeared on a significant number of recordings as sidemen. Their careers were both shortened dramatically by ...
Continue ReadingJimmy Herring: Hope
by Mike Jacobs
Some bands' repertoire is so iconic that it rarely gets covered in any meaningful, updated way. Though it falls squarely into this category, Jimmy Herring's expanded 2013 revamp of the Mahavishnu Orchestra's stalwart piece, “Hope" was said to have moved composer John McLaughlin himself and planted the seeds for their subsequent collaborative “Meeting of the Spirits" tour in 2017. ...
Continue ReadingThe Brian Martin Big Band: Old Home/New Home
by Jack Bowers
Brian Martin, who as a working musician wears many hats--trombonist, composer, arranger, educator and band leader among them--has taken those hats from his native Iowa and given them a new mailing address in the Boston, Massachusetts, area. Which is a big deal. Big enough, at least, for Martin to have devoted much of Old Home/New Home, the Brian Martin Big Band's debut recording, to the ins and outs and ups and downs of leaving one's friendly confines to plant new ...
Continue ReadingBillie Davies: Retrospectives (In The Key Of Jazz)
by La-Faithia White
Retrospectives (In The Key of Jazz) showcases a body of work by drummer Billie Davies that was created over a six year period. The musicians answered her call, recording albums and performing on her acoustic or hybrid drum set from 2012 to 2018. These pieces of music have never been released and are all improvisations that happened during rehearsals and/or performances in between or leading up to her album projects in Hollywood and New Orleans. “Hollywood Boulevard From ...
Continue ReadingJazz em Agosto 2025
by Petra Cvelbar
A collection of photos from the Jazz em Agosto, in Lisbon from August 1-10, 2025 featuring William Parker, Cooper-Moore , Hamid Drake, Kris Davis, Robert Hurst, Johnathan Blake, Mariam Rezaei, Julien Desprez, Lukas König, Darius Jones, Chris Lightcap Gerald Cleaver, Luís Vicente Trio, João Próspero--Sopros, MOPCUT, Moor Mother, MC Dälek, Crystal Riley, X-Ray Hex Tet, Pat Thomas, Ahleuchatistas 3, Shane Parish, Trevor Dunn, Danny Piechocki, Thumbscrew, Elias Stemeseder & Christian Lillinger, Patricia Brennan Septet. ...
Continue ReadingAqeel Aadam: Code, Creativity, And Democratization Of Sound
by Lawrence Peryer
Today, the Spotlight shines On musician, software engineer, and plug-in developer Aqeel Aadam.Aqeel's got deep roots in Philadelphia's music scene. His grandfather was a jazz musician who gifted him his first guitar. That foundation led him from Princeton's computer science and music programs to a five-year stint at Google, and eventually to creating his own company, Aqeel Aadam Sound.His plug-ins aim to bring the magic of hardware synthesizers and modular workflows into the digital realm. His ...
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