Jazz Articles

Our daily articles are carefully curated by the All About Jazz staff. You can find more articles by searching our website, see what's trending on our popular articles page or read articles ahead of their published dates on our Coming Soon page. Read our daily album reviews.

Interview

Jamile and Vinicius Gomes: Acoustic Thrills With Brazilian Twist

by R.J. DeLuke
May 23, 2026

The music of Brazil made its way into the jazz lexicon in the late 1950s and early 1960s when the bossa nova style emerged and caught on in the U.S., its chords and harmonies ripe for combining with the sensuous side of jazz. It's been a popular style ever since, with people in North America discovering artists like Antonio Carlos Jobim, Joao Gilberto, Sergio Mendes and many others. Over the years, the music of South America and Cuba ...

Album Review

Sue Cahill: Evanstonia

Read "Evanstonia" reviewed by Mike Jurkovic

by Mike Jurkovic
May 23, 2026

Double bassist/composer Sue Cahill's Evanstonia kicks off with one of those olde-tyme a-ratta-tat-tat and a-ratta-tat-tat courtesy of drummer Dru Heller (Don Byron, Greg Osby) that can sweep a listener off into one of those musical moments that lock in at the moment, escort attention elsewhere for a while, then return one safely to the moody environs and everyday routine.Evanstonia is a mellow bit of magic. It is never truly meant to challenge, but it is hardly derivative and ...

In Pictures

Lars Danielsson Liberetto at Bielska Zadymka Jazzowa

by Marek J. Śmietański
May 23, 2026

A collection of photos from the Lars Danielsson Liberetto concert at Cavatina Hall in Bielsko-Biała on March 21, 2026 featuring Lars Danielsson, Magnus Ostrom, Grégory Privat and John Paricelli. The quartet's performance marked the concert premiere of their album Echomyr, released on April 17, 2026. Other photo reports from the same festival: Francesca Tandoi Trio at Bielska Zadymka Jazzowa, Dave Holland & Lionel Loueke at Bielska Zadymka Jazzowa, Aaron Parks Trio & Kurt Rosenwinkel at Bielska Zadymka Jazzowa, Steve Coleman and ...

Album Review

Louis Stewart: Joyce Notes

Read "Joyce Notes" reviewed by Ian Patterson

by Ian Patterson
May 23, 2026

Few books have provoked such acclaim and disdain as Ulysses (1922), James Joyce's dense and dazzling opus. Banned in the UK, subject to an obscenity trial in the USA, scrutinized, vilified and glorified, it has inspired and baffled in equal measure. Its experimental stream-of-consciousness style--liberally laced with puns and mordant humor--has proven a literary Everest for many, an indigestible slog for others. Even Joyce's wife allegedly observed: “Why don't you write books people can read?" With ...

Radio & Podcasts

Angelika Niescier, Vuyo Sotashe, Chris Pattishall, čnaq̓ǐy̓m̓i & More

by Ludovico Granvassu
May 23, 2026

Here is a playlist featuring artists working outside the spotlight, often ahead of the curve, across continents, across scenes.Happy listening!Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Peter Erskine “Gumbo Time" Peregrine (Hard Wag) 0:16 Host talks 7:33 Christoph Irniger, Marc Perrenoud “Luce Oscura" New Lines (u n i t) 8:40 Host talks 13:51 Dave Douglas Gifts Quintet “Come Sunday" Transcend (Greenleaf) 15:55 Angelika Niescier “Samo (Bsqt)" Chicago Tapes (Intakt) 22:48 ...

Album Review

Kate Williams: On The Wing Of A Dragonfly

Read "On The Wing Of A Dragonfly" reviewed by Neil Duggan

by Neil Duggan
May 23, 2026

One of the many pleasures of a piano trio is that the pianist is freed from the need to complement or integrate with other harmonic voices, breathing more expansively, leaving gaps in the texture or venturing into unexpected tonal areas. The bass also benefits from this openness: it steps into sharper relief, freed from a reinforcing role to reveal its melodic character and tonal weight. Composer and pianist Kate Williams has a playing style ideally suited to take ...

Radio & Podcasts

Nick Fraser: Still Screaming Into The Snare Drum

by Lawrence Peryer
May 23, 2026

Today, The Tonearm's needle lands on Toronto drummer and composer Nick Fraser.Nick Fraser is one of the most distinctive voices in Canadian improvised music. He has played with Anthony Braxton, Roscoe Mitchell, and William Parker, and has led projects that range from raw free jazz to something much harder to name.His latest record, Areas, just dropped on Elastic Recordings. It's a trio date with saxophonist Tony Malaby and pianist Kris Davis. Electroacoustic interludes by composer John ...

Album Review

Faye Carrol: Forever Dynamic

Read "Forever Dynamic" reviewed by Pierre Giroux

by Pierre Giroux
May 23, 2026

Faye Carol has never been a singer who tiptoes into a song. On Forever Dynamic, she strides straight into the centre of each tune, claims it, and leaves her fingerprints all over it. Twenty tracks across 2 CDs might seem like a lot on paper, but in Carol's hands, it plays like one long set, with the band locked in and nobody watching the clock. Those hardy collaborators along for the ride include pianist and musical director Joe Warner, bassist ...

Radio & Podcasts

Alexia Gardner, Chris Coull, Courtney Pine, And More

by Colin Muirhead
May 23, 2026

Vocalist Alexia Gardner talks about her music, ahead of her quintet's gig at the inaugural Hexham Jazz Weekender. With tracks by Alexia Gardner, Chris Coull, Abbie Finn, Modern Vikings, Courtney Pine, and more. Playlist Chris Coull Quartet with Imogen Ryall “ It Ain't Necessarily So" from Songs from Porgy and Bess (Rubicon Jazz) 0:00 Alexia Gardner “Interview, part 1" from () 07:31 Alexia Gardner & offbeat Trio “Chasing Hope" from Chasing Hope (Self Released) 11:55 Alexia Gardner “Interview, ...

Radio & Podcasts

Jenny Scheinman: Rural Roots Join Eclectic Creativity

by Stephen Braunginn
May 23, 2026

Violinist and composer Jenny Scheinman joins Strictly Jazz Sounds to discuss All Species Parade, her 2024 release on Royal Potato Family. Inspired by her return to Humboldt County, California, the album reflects her deep connection to landscape, ecology, community, and collective listening. Scheinman talks about growing up off-grid, shaping a musical voice rooted in lyricism rather than virtuosity, and writing for collaborators including Bill Frisell, Julian Lage, and Nels Cline. The episode explores how jazz can model trust, individuality, and ...