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Radio & Podcasts

End Of Month Keyboard Special Including Music From Brian Charette, Shirley Horn, James Francies, and Others

by David W. Daniels
May 5, 2026

In addition to the artists named in the title, our End Of The Month Keyboard Special for April 2026 includes Marc Cary, Joe Zawinul, Mose Allison, Barry Harris, and others.Playlist Marcus Roberts “Exploration" from Time And Circumstance (Columbia) 00:00 Brian Charette “Polka Dot Pinup" from Jackpot (Cellar Music) 16:10 Emmet Cohen} Hindsight" from <em> Masters Legacy Series Volume 2: Ron Carter </em> (Cellar Live) 21:16 </li> <li> {{m: Shirley Horn “A Song For You" from Live At The ...

Radio & Podcasts

Miho Hazama: The Conductor Who Leads With Love

by Lawrence Peryer
May 5, 2026

Today we're putting The Tonearm's needle on composer and chief conductor of the Danish Radio Big Band, Miho Hazama. Miho grew up inside the Yamaha music education system in her native Japan. She moved to New York to study jazz composition at the Manhattan School of Music under Jim McNeely and has spent her career as one of the most distinctive voices in large-ensemble writing. Her work includes her own chamber jazz group m_unit, conducting posts with the ...

Chats with Cats

The Jazz Learning Innovator: Stephanie Matthews

by B.D. Lenz
May 4, 2026

For many jazz musicians, the focus is often on the stage, the rehearsal room, or the studio. But increasingly, another part of the ecosystem is shaping how the music is created, shared, and experienced: the world of education, community engagement, and creative programming.Stephanie Matthews is at the center of that shift. As Executive Director of A Tribe for Jazz, she has built a platform that approaches jazz not only as an art form, but as a framework for ...

Album Review

Joe Henderson: Consonance: Live At The Jazz Showcase

Read "Consonance: Live At The Jazz Showcase" reviewed by Mike Jurkovic

by Mike Jurkovic
May 4, 2026

All About Jazz loyalists will most certainly recall the excitement that accompanied the manic energy of the not-too-distant Blue Note release of Forces of Nature: Live at Slugs (2024), pitting saxophonist Joe Henderson and McCoy Tyner onstage in the Bronx in 1966. There is a great deal of that same joie de vivre captured here on Consonance: Live at the Jazz Showcase, Resonance's first release from the Jazz Showcase archive Twelve years down the line, Henderson ...

Album Review

Bill Evans: At The BBC 1965

Read "At The BBC 1965" reviewed by Jack Kenny

by Jack Kenny
May 4, 2026

Producer Zev Feldman recalls having once purchased a laserdisc of this BBC session--an early testament to his devotion to the music of Bill Evans. Feldman has curated numerous Evans projects for both Elemental Records and Resonance Records; this album marks the fifteenth occasion he has collaborated with the Evans' estate. His earlier releases include Behind the Dikes (Elemental, 2021), the 1969 Netherlands Recordings (Elemental), Some Other Time: The Lost Session from the Black Forest (Resonance, 2016), Another Time: The Hilversum ...

Radio & Podcasts

International Jazz Day Special

by Maurice Hogue
May 4, 2026

This edition of One Man's Jazz landed on April 30th, the date on which International Jazz Day is celebrated. The 2026 festivities are the 15th such event, but this show has been pumping the tires of international artists for many more years than that. Nevertheless, any excuse for a special show, yes? You'll hear music from many different places that includes several new releases. Pianists Alexander Hawkins (UK), Felix Hauptmann (DE) & Simon Nabatov (RU/DE), a pair of flautists in ...

Album Review

Pat Thomas, Dominic Lash, Tony Orrell: Lifeline

by John Sharpe
May 4, 2026

New bottles, same wine? On Lifeline, Pat Thomas, Dominic Lash and Tony Orrell, who operate under the moniker Bley School with acoustic instruments, convene in the studio with electronics. The trio's defining traits--deep listening, volatility and reflexive interaction--persist, but now unfold through circuitry rather than strings and skins. Furthermore, in place of the covers favored in their parallel incarnation, they dispense with lead sheets and leap into the unknown. As a result agency blurs in sometimes opaque collages of ricocheting ...

Album Review

Daniel K Johansson: Follow The River

Read "Follow The River" reviewed by Neil Duggan

by Neil Duggan
May 4, 2026

Swedish trombonist Daniel K. Johansson formed his quartet in 2022, bringing together four musicians who had already spent years collaborating in a variety of settings. That shared history is evident in their cohesion on Follow The River, their first release of Johansson's compositions and arrangements. Alongside Johansson are drummer Mattias Puttonen, bassist Robert Erlandsson and guitarist Fredrik Olsson. Their sound sits comfortably within a contemporary swing framework, grounded in the straight-ahead traditions of the 1950s and '60s, with ...

Live Review

Brick Lane Jazz Festival 2026

by Andy Crowther
May 3, 2026

Various Venues Brick Lane Jazz Festival London April 24-26, 2026 2026 was the 5th edition of The Brick Lane Jazz Festival, and once again featured a variety of jazz-leaning acts from across the musical spectrum. There was a strong focus on young, mainly UK-based and often unsung artists, plus a smattering of fully qualified legends of the scene. Weekend passes had sold out, astonishing value at £150 to see over 100 acts. As always, choosing ...

Album Review

Mark Wingfield: Elemental

Read "Elemental" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita
May 3, 2026

British guitarist and composer Mark Wingfield has spent decades forging one of the most distinctive voices in contemporary jazz and fusion. Drawing from a rich palette of influences--including John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Jimi Hendrix, and global traditions from India, Japan, and Africa--he has built an impressive discography on MoonJune Records and his own Dark Energy Music imprint. One of MoonJune's most reliably rewarding artists, Wingfield consistently pushes the boundaries of jazz, progressive rock, and fusion. Widely ...