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Taj Mahal Quartet At Miner Auditorium
by Steven Roby
Taj Mahal Quartet Miner AuditoriumSan Francisco, CA August 16, 2025 The sold-out Sunday afternoon performance closed a four-concert SFJAZZ residency with a reminder that Taj Mahal keeps tradition not just intact, but in motion. The 83-year-old bandleader entered to Bunji Garlin's “Differentology (Ready for the Road)," clapping in a straw hat and patterned jacket, then settled amid a semicircle of instruments--three guitars, a six-string banjo, and an eight-string ukulele. “We're the musicians, you're the audience...we are both here ...
Continue ReadingPaolo Angeli: Lema
by Ian Patterson
Paolo Angeli has charted a singular course since Dove Dormono Gli Autobus (Erosha, 1995) introduced the Sardinian guitarist to the wider world. Back then, he juggled Sardinian guitar, classical guitar, electric bass and percussion. He soon transitioned to prepared guitar--a hybrid of guitar, cello and harp. Besides this triple threat, a typical Angeli guitar has more bells and whistles than seem plausible; pedals, hammers, mini-propellers, acoustic-electric duality and electronics combine to create a guitar- orchestra of extraordinary possibilities. It requires ...
Continue ReadingMyra Melford: Splash
by John Sharpe
Pianist Myra Melford returns to the classic piano trio format for the first time since The Guest House (Enja, 2011), her acclaimed outing with Trio M with Mark Dresser and Matt Wilson. This time, the lineup is no less formidable: bassist Michael Formanek and drummer/vibraphonist Ches Smith--both commanding improvisers and bandleaders--join her for a set that reaffirms the trio as a site for invention rather than formula. As with her 2022 quintet project For the Love of Fire ...
Continue ReadingNew Music From Irabagon, Atzmon, Farnsworth & More
by Bob Osborne
A varied selection of new releases interspersed with tracks from Ivo Perelman's six volume set The Art of Improv focuses on the importance of improvisation in jazz. Playlist Jon Irabagon's PlainsPeak “Tiny Miracles (at a Funeral for a Friend)" from Someone to Someone (Irabbagast Records) 00:00 Ivo Perelman, Karl Berger, Gerald Cleaver “Part 1" from The Art Of The Improv Trio Volume 1 (Leo Records) 05:44 Gilad Atzmon, Daniel Bulatkin, Taras Volos, Dusan Cernak “Autumn in Baghdad" from ...
Continue ReadingEddie Palmieri, Bela Bartók, Louis Armstrong
by David Brown
This week's program features the music of Latin music innovator, pianist and composer Eddie Palmieri who passed on August 6th. The show will continue with a 124th birthday tribute to Louis Armstrong with a set from The All Stars. The program also features music inspired by composer Bela Bartók as performed by pianist Lucian Ban & violist Mat Maneri and then the Lee Konitz Quintet. ...
Continue ReadingNew from Known
by Patrick Burnette
For this particular fortnightly excursion, Mike suggested we look at four newish recordings by artists we've covered--or at least listened to a bit--before. The fresh from the familiar as it were. The results leave Pat speechless. Playlist Discussion of podcast's raison d'etre 0:30 Discussion of Jon Irabagon's album Server Farm (Irrabagast) 10:13 Discussion of Gonzalo Rubalcaba's album First Meeting Live at Dizzy's (5Passions) 28:26 Discussion of Kurt Rosenwinkel'a album The Brahms Project (Heartcore) 44:00 Discussion of 8 Bit ...
Continue ReadingTaj Mahal at SFJAZZ
by Ronald Davis
A collection of photos from the Taj Mahal concert at SFJAZZ Summer Session Series in San Francisco on August 16, 2025 featuring Taj Mahal and his band. ...
Continue ReadingFrancesco Bigoni: A Long Love Affair with Siena Jazz
by Paolo Peviani
On the occasion of the fifty-fifth edition of the Siena Jazz summer seminars, we met with saxophonist Francesco Bigoni, the new artistic and didactic director of the National Jazz Academy of Siena. With a long trajectory as both student and educator at Siena Jazz, Bigoni reflects on the institution's evolution, its unique approach to jazz training, and his vision for the future. Siena Jazz: More Than a Festival or a School All About Jazz: Siena Jazz is a ...
Continue ReadingSiena Jazz 2025
by Paolo Peviani
Siena Jazz--International Summer Workshop--55th Edition Siena Jazz International Academy Siena, Italy July 26-August 7, 2025 Fifty-five editions, more than ninety students from around the globe, and some thirty faculty members who are also acclaimed performers on the international scene. Listing them all is not mere name-dropping, but a way to convey the scope of Siena Jazz's summer workshops: JK Kim, Jeff Ballard, Eric McPherson, Jonas Burgwinkel, Thomas Morgan, Linda May Han Oh, Ben Street, ...
Continue ReadingBob Schlesinger at Dazzle
by Geoff Anderson
Bob Schlesinger Dazzle Denver, COAugust 14, 2025 For decades, renowned recording engineer Rudy Van Gelder captured one classic jazz album after another in his Englewood Cliffs, NJ studio. Perhaps because he did so many, he was extremely efficient. He was able to get an album on tape in a single day, sometimes in as little as three hours. Other recording artists have been known to take a bit longer. Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the ...
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