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Joanna Duda Trio at Jazzonalia
by Marek J. Śmietański
A collection of photos from the Joanna Duda Trio concert at CKiS Oskard in Konin on May 16, 2025 featuring Joanna Duda, Max Mucha and Michał Bryndal. ...
Continue ReadingRavita Jazz: Alice Blue
by Raul d'Gama Rose
In the 1939-40 academic year at Harvard University, Igor Stravinsky delivered a series of six lectures in French entitled Poétique musicale sous forme de six leçons. Stravinsky analysed the role of the critic, the requirements of the interpreter and the state of Russian music. He believed that a composer's freedom to create rose from a platform of structures which incorporated the rules of music--a process that ultimately frees the spirit. Stravinsky understood his own vocation as that of ...
Continue ReadingMary Halvorson: About Ghosts
by Mike Jurkovic
It has become more than an urban legend that Brooklyn's genius-in-residence Mary Halvorson is supernaturally up to something. Some new route around something else. On her second resiliency test of the year--her first, the fiery Bone Bells (Pyroclastic, 2025) alongside hot-house pianist Sylvie Courvoisier still rattles the playlist--Halvorson's About Ghosts tells of wide open spaces with a wide open lens. Its intricate inner architecture is so comfortably ethereal that you sway freely within its charm and frenzy. About ...
Continue ReadingThe Session Man: Nicky Hopkins
by Doug Collette
Nicky Hopkins The Session Man Alan Fergurson2025 The very title of Mike Treen's film The Session Man: Nicky Hopkins understates the singular stature of the documentary's subject. Nicky Hopkins was a British keyboardist/composer who played on over two-hundred vintage era recordings by genuinely iconic musical figures of contemporary rock like the Beatles, Rolling Stones and the Who. In fact, Hopkins' prestige is such that the name of the documentary ends up sounding more ...
Continue ReadingSean Imboden: Communal Heart
by Dean Nardi
Sean Imboden's Large Ensemble Has a Communal Heart Sean Imboden was bitten by the big band bug early on. It is understandable. Both his parents were musicians, and his father taught him to play clarinet when he was in sixth grade. As a teenager, besides playing in middle school and high school bands, he sometimes sat in on gigs with his father's ensemble. After college, he moved to New York City and became involved with the touring Broadway show circuit, ...
Continue ReadingMiles Davis, Ben Sidran, Max Roach & Isaiah J. Thompson
by Joe Dimino
Episode 909 of Neon Jazz ignites with brilliance--and it starts with a rising star lighting up the modern jazz sky: Isaiah J. Thompson. We dive into fresh, soul-stirring tracks from his powerful 2025 release, The Book of Isaiah--Modern Jazz Ministry, where faith, groove, and virtuosity collide. From there, it's a rich journey through the past and present of jazz. We revisit the legends--Gerry Mulligan, Miles Davis, Ben Webster, Max Roach, and Charles Mingus--through stunning remastered recordings that breathe new life ...
Continue ReadingVilnius Mama Jazz 2025
by John Eyles
Vilnius Mama Jazz ran from Thursday May 22nd until Sunday May 25th 2025, featuring twenty different performances at the impressive Lithuanian National Drama Theatre, in the centre of Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania. Nine of the twenty were designated as “festival concerts" the other eleven as “showcase stage concerts"; the distinction between them seems to be that “festival concerts" acts are better known and/or more experienced. This festival has taken place every year since 1988, making this one the thirty-eighth. ...
Continue ReadingScheen Jazzorkester & Fredrik Ljungkvist: Framat!
by Mark Corroto
Scandinavian large ensembles have much to teach their more conservative American counterparts about reinventing the jazz orchestra for the 21st century. Framåt! by Scheen Jazzorkester is a powerful affirmation of this idea. This Norwegian ensemble has consistently pushed the boundaries of large ensemble jazz, and Framåti--their tenth release since forming in 2010--is another compelling addition to their adventurous discography. Preceding this album were two Thomas Johansson-led projects, As We See It (2019) and Frameworks (2014), both released on ...
Continue ReadingMiles Davis, Alex Stuart, The Action 4s, Derek Sherinian and Virgil Donati
by Len Davis
On the program today we revisit Miles Davis Bitches Brew with the game changing Miles Runs The Voodoo Down, to remember his birthday recently. Fresh music comes your way with Japanese pianist Kazutoshi Tosha, Aussie guitarist Alex Stuart, and prog-fusion from Soften The Glare. Plus, a new single from Sydney guitarist Kypo. We also hear from Denmarks The Action 4s with harmonica specialist Mathias Heise, the all star group Outside The Lines featuring Derek Sherinian and Virgil Donati and Brazillian ...
Continue ReadingSabeth Pérez, Elsa Nilsson, Scandinavian Art Ensemble, Tomasz Stańko & More
by Ludovico Granvassu
The stirring new album by Sabeth Perez, the versatility of Elsa Nilsson, jazz for social justice, a stunning debut album and a much-rumored lost recording featuring Tomasz Stańko make up this playlist of compelling new releases. Happy listening! Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Sabeth Pérez “Reconciliation" Searching for Beauty (Tone Rogue) 0:16 Host speaks 6:37 Scandinavian Art Ensemble, Tomasz Stańko “Before the Rain" Copenhagen Sessions Vol. 1 ...
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