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Multiple Reviews

Phil Haynes and Bobby Broom: Empathetic Abandon

by Doug Collette
May 14, 2026

Across the broad spectrum of jazz, courage takes many forms. In the case of percussionist Phil Haynes and guitarist Bobby Broom, it is the diametrically (deceptively) opposed approaches of free playing vs. carefully-crafted homage. Accordingly, the former continues his prolific and peripatetic career through the novel get-together of musicians who have never played together. Meanwhile, the latter acts as a lightning rod for mutual inspiration arising from shared experience in a variety of contexts. Hearing snippets from either album reveals ...

Album Review

Peter Erskine: Peregrine

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by Jack Bowers
May 14, 2026

Drummer Peter Erskine, who began his productive career with the Stan Kenton Orchestra in the last century, is a master craftsman who is comfortably at home in groups large or small. Along the way, he has recorded more than forty-five albums as leader or co-leader of various ensembles, always embracing his assignment with proficiency and taste. On Peregrine, Erskine is in a trio setting with a pair of gifted colleagues, pianist Alan Pasqua and bassist Scott Colley, performing ...

Radio & Podcasts

The Bad Plus, James Falzone, Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith And Many Others

by Lawrence Peryer
May 14, 2026

This hour moves through four decades of creative music, 1979 to 2026, with a Pacific Northwest thread running quietly underneath. The Bad Plus reimagine Nirvana, Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith summons majestic Mt Baker, and James Falzone brings his mystical clarinet all alongside downtown New York no-wave (Material, Curlew, Laurie Anderson), a rare Palle Mikkelborg suite, and ECM Records elegance from Muthspiel, Colley, and Blade.Playlist Lawrence Peryer [mic break] 00:00 Emily Wittbrodt “Prelude" from Wearing Words (Futura Resistenza) 00:45 Palle ...

Album Review

Bobby Naughton: Housatonic Rumble - Live at Charlie's Tap

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by John Sharpe
May 14, 2026

Vibraphonist Bobby Naughton helms a finely attuned trio on Housatonic Rumble, a 1985 live recording drawn from previously unissued tapes discovered in his archive. Although he worked extensively with edge-loving adventurers such as Anthony Braxton and Wadada Leo Smith, and co-founded the Connecticut-based Creative Musicians' Improvisers Forum, this live set affirms a commitment to accessibility which does not constrain group interaction. Drawn from two performances at Charlie's Tap in Cambridge MA, the program showcases bassist Joe Fonda and drummer Randy ...

Radio & Podcasts

New Music from Joe Fiedler, Billy Childs, Maria Grand, And More

by Bob Osborne
May 14, 2026

The present and the past collide in this twelve release set of new albums. The first five featured tracks are from recently recorded material demonstrating the best modern jazz can offer. The remaining seven tracks are historical recordings, never before released, from the Elemental and Resonance labels for Record Store Day 2026. All of these capture the excitement of live jazz through the sixties, seventies and eighties and feature some of the best musicians from those three decades.Playlist ...

Album Review

Brian Dickinson & the Penderecki String Quartet: October Songs

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by Jack Bowers
May 14, 2026

Contemporary jazz meets classical chamber music (with rather mixed results) on October Songs, the 2026 recording by Canadian pianist and composer Brian Dickinson and his trio who share center stage with the Ontario-based Penderecki String Quartet. There are at least two ways to appraise this meticulously planned and well-meaning partnership. On the one hand, this is lovely music, most of which was skillfully written and all deftly arranged by Dickinson; on the other, the album's jazz component is ...

Radio & Podcasts

Sharon Minemoto, Sean Imboden, Eliane Elias, Arturo Sandoval and more

by Benjamin Boddie
May 14, 2026

Today's Music--Right Now! Fantastic music by Sharon Minemoto, Sean Imboden Large Ensemble, Tumbao Bravo With Paul Vornhagen, Eliane Elias, Arturo Sandoval, Ray Obiedo, Paul Silbergleit Trio, Brian Lynch, Ben Markley Big Band, Peter Erskine, Barry Greene, Steve Kovalcheck, Arvind Ramdas Marcus Golhabel, Mark Winkler, Eli Howell, Nat Reeves, Faye Carol, Pat Bianchi, Mike Clement, Pete Mills, Bria Skonberg, Jazzlab Orchestra, The Sistering, Stacey Kent, Jared Hall, Steve Wilson, Tierney Sutton & Tamir Hendelman, Flying High, Walter Smith lll, Jeremy Pelt, ...

Radio & Podcasts

Jah Wobble & Evan Parker, Maria Schneider, Nils Petter Molvaer And More

by Lawrence Peryer
May 14, 2026

This week's Rotations opens with JOEYKEYSADE, whose Afro-jazz fuses Beninese-Nigerian tradition with modern composition, then moves through Jah Wobble & Evan Parker's dub-meets-free-jazz collision, Cochemea's Yaqui and Apache-rooted explorations, and Maria Schneider's American Crow. Toronto drummer Nick Fraser anchors the third set alongside Nils Petter Molvaer, and Kamasi Washington. New releases and deep cuts, connected across continents and time. Playlist Lawrence Peryer [mic break] 00:00 JOEYKEYSADE “Interlude" from Orisun 00:56 Jah Wobble & Evan Parker “Passage to Hades" ...

Interview

Dida Pelled: Sultry Swing, Blissful Blues

by R.J. DeLuke
May 13, 2026

Jazz and blues have different feels and styles. There's plenty of room for an artist to explore possibilities therein, bringing along influences and preferences, creating a distinctive strain that leaves a delectable impression. An artist with her own compelling style exists in Brooklyn in the person of Dida Pelled, a guitarist, songwriter, and educator whose breezy but sophisticated playing and singing began enrapturing fans in the Big Apple and continues to capture devotees all over the world.

Live Review

Cécile McLorin Salvant At Buffalo’s Art Of Jazz

by Frank Housh
May 13, 2026

Cecile McLorin Salvant with Sullivan Fortner Buffalo Akg Art Museum Art Of Jazz Buffalo April 19, 2026 Thick, bright, layered pellets of snow, raised from Lake Erie's surface and chilled in a cold, early spring wind pelted the faces of Buffalo jazz lovers as we entered Buffalo Akg Art Museum's Lipsey Auditorium for the third of the four “Art Of Jazz" concerts on Sunday (April 19, 2026). That snow quickly melted on soil which, only a day earlier, had ...