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Radio & Podcasts

New Music From Phil Haynes, Kevin Sun, Lisa Hilton And More

by Bob Osborne
October 29, 2026

Double releases from Phil Haynes and Kevin Sun top and tail a playlist packed with new music from a cross-section of the best in contemporary jazzPlaylist Phil Haynes 2Horns & What “Blu Dop" from JazZ nOW (Corner Store Jazz) 00:00 Kevin Sun “Between Night and Day" from Kevin Sun 1 (Endectomorph Music) 06:03 Lisa Hilton “Carefree Chronicles" from Naturally (Ruby Slipper Productions) 12:51 Agneya Chitke “Naima" from AGNEYA (Self Released) 19:48 Trio Imaginations--David Virelles, Reggie Workman, Andrew Cyrille ...

Album Review

Greg Farnese: Oh No, I'm In Love Again

Read "Oh No, I'm In Love Again" reviewed by Acacia Grace

by Acacia Grace
October 29, 2026

Greg Farnese brings an easygoing charm to Oh No, I'm in Love Again, an album that balances personality with a polished, straight-ahead jazz sensibility. The record opens conversationally, offering a glimpse of Farnese's playful character before settling into arrangements shaped by a classic horn section, crisp hi-hat patterns, upright bass, and fluid jazz piano. His warm, unassuming voice gives the material an inviting quality, while his phrasing suggests the theatrical instincts of a seasoned stage performer. Throughout the ...

Radio & Podcasts

Hot Out of Chi Town

by Patrick Burnette
October 29, 2026

Pat had so much fun at the 2026 Chicago Jazz Festival that he wanted to take the fun home with him, which in this day and age means multiple visits to Bandcamp. (In theory some artists pedal CDs after their shows but they are more elusive than you'd think). He brings five albums to the show by artists who graced the 2026 edition... and Mikey likes it!Playlist Discussion of Emma Dayhuff's album Innovations and Lineage (Division 81) 3:00 ...

In Pictures

Paolo Fresu Devils Quartet At OCK

by Marek J. Śmietański
October 29, 2026

A collection of photos from the Paolo Fresu Devils Quartet concert at OCK in Ostrów Wielkopolski on October 14, 2026 featuring Paolo Fresu, Bebo Ferra, Paolino Dalla Porta and Stefano Bagnoli. ...

Radio & Podcasts

ALA.NI & Adrian Younge, Julieta Eugenio, Clarence Hines Jazz Orchestra

by Cheryl K.
October 29, 2026

During this week's two-hour program of jazz and improvised music--pianist Tommy Flanagan from 1984; singer/songwriter ALA.NI and producer/multi-instrumentalist Adrian Younge ; saxophonists Julieta Eugenio and Julian Banks; guitarist Gon Muruaga; pianist/composer Thompson Egbo-Egbo; and trombonists Clarence Hines, Michael Dease, and Steve Davis.Playlist Tommy Flanagan “A Child is Born" from Made in Dublin (Livia) 6:08 Vanisha Gould “Ghost of Love" from What An Interesting Girl (Cellar Music Group) 6:04 ALA.NI & Adrian Younge “Get Over It" from Proud of ...

Interview

Fred Lipsius: The Blood, Sweat & Tears Sax Voice Still Resounds

by R.J. DeLuke
October 28, 2026

There's an alto saxophone sound that a huge percentage of the Baby Boom generation heard and enjoyed in the 1960s and into the 1970s, even though many may not have been jazz fans. And younger folks who appreciate great music and understand the value of sounds generated in that era have also heard the clean, quicksilver saxophone approach on hit records that emanated from one man. The resounding horn is that of Fred Lipsius and the band was ...

Album Review

Rymden: Today May Be Tomorrow

Read "Today May Be Tomorrow" reviewed by Neil Duggan

by Neil Duggan
October 28, 2026

This is Rymden's fourth studio album, and it finds the leading Scandinavian jazz trio refining rather than radically reinventing the formula established on their earlier releases. Norwegian pianist Bugge Wesseltoft (pronounced boo-geh) helped shape the Scandinavian jazz sound, notably through his New Conception of Jazz project (Jazzland Recordings, 1996). He is joined by bassist Dan Berglund and drummer Magnus Oström, the rhythm section of the Esbjorn Svensson Trio (e.s.t.), whose fusion of jazz, classical music, rock and techno helped propel ...

Jazz in Long Form

A Minor Bait with a Major Switch—Disembodied Chords and the “Social Construction” of Major and Minor

by Kurt Ellenberger
October 28, 2026

PreambleI have written two articles on how we process and perceive music. The first is entitled Music and Evolution: Hearing Math, Seeing Sound, and other Unanswered Questions. It shows how our brains process sound by recognizing symmetry (consonance) in sound waves and how it supplies a “solution" to complex waveforms (dissonance) by projecting the closest symmetrical waveform as the resolution. This article led to many invitations to discuss the phenomenon on various podcasts. It also resulted in a related question--"Why ...

Album Review

Christian McBride & Ursa major: Points of Light

Read "Points of Light" reviewed by Mike Jurkovic

by Mike Jurkovic
October 28, 2026

Every great hostess knows that who you invite incites the party. And when is there not a party goin' on at a Christian McBride new jawn? Which is what, coincidentally, happens to be Points of Light, the hot debut of Ursa Major. For the invitees--the midnight intensity of tenor saxophonist Nicole Glover, the perpetual rhythm of drummer Savannah Harris, overactive pianist/keyboardist Mike King, the mod, t-bone blues of guitarist (Ely Perlman aided and abetted by keyboardist, producer Terrace Martin and ...

Album Review

Jerry Z: Break Allegro

Read "Break Allegro" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
October 28, 2026

Jerry Z, a worthy successor to such organ maestros as Joey DeFrancesco, Mel Rhyne, Jimmy Smith, Charles Earland, Jimmy McGriff and others too numerous to single out, shows on Break Allegro, only the second recording as leader of his own group, that he clearly deserves to be mentioned in such esteemed company. In musical parlance, allegro means “fast" or “lively," which is exactly how Jerry Z's quartet opens the album, sprinting from the starting line on the title ...