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The Blue Note Portal

Future Perfect—5. Compared to What

by Blue Note Portal
October 30, 2026

Year 2092 The live planetary broadcast opened to the warm applause of a studio audience. The studio was built in a wide crescent around the stage, its transparent rear wall looking out over the blue curve of Earth. Behind the host's chair, a living projection shifted gently through images from the CCE: the Ganges at dusk, the Apollo marquee, Madeira's cliffs, Lake Tahoe under snow-bright mountains, the dark wood and red velvet of the San Francisco opera house.

In Pictures

Spyro Gyra Still going Strong at Yoshi's

by Ronald Davis
October 30, 2026

A collection of photos from the Spyro Gyra concert at Yoshi's in Oakland on September 29, 2026 featuring Jay Beckenstein, Julio Fernandez, Scott Ambush, Chris Fischer and Lionel Cordew. ...

Album Review

Joey van Leeuwen: Stray

by Acacia Grace
October 30, 2026

Brooklyn-based drummer, composer, and global percussionist Joey van Leeuwen is a compelling voice in contemporary jazz, recognized for bridging American jazz with deep world rhythm traditions. A versatile multi-instrumentalist, he commands a unique rhythmic toolkit that includes the drums, ghatam (clay pot), and mridangam, alongside mastery of konakkol (Carnatic vocal percussion). By blending West African polyrhythms and South Indian classical frameworks into modern, improvisational jazz, van Leeuwen operates as a true cultural cartographer, a quality that defines the vivid sonic landscapes ...

Radio & Podcasts

Chapter 12: To be or not? That's the hassle

by Larry Slater
October 30, 2026

Artie Shaw was an enigma. A self-taught, brilliant clarinetist blessed with movie-star good looks, he became one of the defining musicians of the Big Band era. Yet at the height of his fame, he walked away from the music business, leaving behind a legacy as fascinating as it was influential. In the early 1990s, Ted Hallock--a passionate jazz scholar and former Oregon State Senator--spent a week with Shaw recording an extraordinary series of in-depth conversations about music, life ...

Radio & Podcasts

Bobby Selvaggio and Miguel Zenon

by Daniel Peck
October 30, 2026

Grammy Winner, Doris Duke Artist and Guggenheim and MacArthur Fellow Miguel Zenón represents a select group of musicians who have masterfully balanced and blended the often-contradictory poles of innovation and tradition. Widely considered one of the most groundbreaking and influential saxophonists and composers of his generation, he has also developed a unique voice as a conceptualist, concentrating his efforts on perfecting a fine mix between jazz and his many musical influences.Bobby Selvaggio is one of the leading alto ...

Radio & Podcasts

Eliza Salem, The Catholics, Brandon Seabrook, Bill Frisell, Skúli Sverrisson & More

by Ludovico Granvassu
October 30, 2026

A gathering of adventurous musicians who refuse to stay in their lane, from offbeat twists and radical reinventions to restless imagination and understated magic, plus and the much-awaited return of Lloyd Swanton's The Catholics.Happy listening!Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Federico Casagrande “Take Me Away with you" Gentle Riders (SOUNDFEDE) 0:16 Host talks 5:45 Eliza Salem feat. Emmanuel Michael & Jayla Chee “Tricky Song" Haven (Live at Close Up) ...

Interview

Enrico Rava: The Secret Corners of a Master

by Marco Iacoboni
October 29, 2026

Meeting Enrico Rava means stepping into a world of stories, musicians and memories spanning decades of jazz history. We met on the occasion of the release of Corners, the ECM album he recorded with his band, Fearless Five, and a very special guest, Joe Lovano. With so many anecdotes, encounters and digressions to draw on, the challenge was not finding topics to discuss, but deciding where to begin and what to leave out. We settled onto a sofa. ...

Album Review

Miles Pillinger: Belonging

Read "Belonging" reviewed by Neil Duggan

by Neil Duggan
October 29, 2026

Belonging is the debut album from Manchester-born drummer and composer Miles Pillinger. Since graduating from Leeds Conservatoire, Pillinger has rapidly established himself on the UK jazz scene, and this recording introduces a confident musician with a strong rhythmic sensibility and a clear sense of his musical influences. Joining Pillinger to form his core quintet ensemble for this recording are fellow Conservatoire graduate Olivia Cuttill (trumpet), Tom Harris (piano), Benny Sandler (saxophones, flute) and Josh Vadiveloo on bass. There are ...

Album Review

Jon De Lucia: The Brubeck Octet Project Strikes Again!

Read "The Brubeck Octet Project Strikes Again!" reviewed by Pierre Giroux

by Pierre Giroux
October 29, 2026

There is something deeply satisfying about hearing music that has sat quietly in the shadows for decades, finally given a chance to be heard. That is the pleasure offered by alto saxophonist Jon De Lucia's The Brubeck Octet Project Strikes Again!, the second release from his acclaimed octet. More than a nostalgic return to an important period in jazz history, it also explores fresh musical territory. The cool-jazz sensibility and West Coast refinement are certainly present, but they share the ...

The Blue Note Portal

Future Perfect—4. The Invisible Man

by Blue Note Portal
October 29, 2026

Liverpool 1970 Rod Temperton stood just inside the doorway of the rehearsal room watching Future Perfect. He fought the urge to simply slip away unnoticed. He had won a raffle he hadn't even remembered entering--a ticket to the WOOD film premier with a backstage pass to meet Future Perfect. It had been hand-delivered to him along with train tickets. A former drummer and aspiring keyboardist in a semi-amateur band, he could hardly fathom that this was actually happening.