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Album Review

Steve Wilson: Enduring Sonance

Read "Enduring Sonance" reviewed by Andrew Schinder

by Andrew Schinder
May 1, 2026

Virginia-born, New York-based alto saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist Steve Wilson has created a sonic palette overflowing with delightfulness with Enduring Sonance, Wilson's debut album. Wilson's trademark dulcet tones fill the record, which eschews any hint of difficulty or impenetrability in favor of pure pleasure and musical expertise. Enduring Sonance is calculatedly straight-ahead, an exercise in accessibility without sacrificing sophistication. Wilson is supported by a tight, powerhouse backing band. The brilliant pianist Renee Rosnes, who has a longstanding relationship with Wilson, is ...

Album Review

Yvonne Rogers: The Button Jar

Read "The Button Jar" reviewed by Mike Jurkovic

by Mike Jurkovic
May 1, 2026

It should not be as hard as it is to pinpoint the beauty of pianist/composer Yvonne Roger's sublime piano, but it is. You listen to “Little Dance" from the intimate and intricate calligraphy of her Kris Davis produced The Button Jar and say to yourself “There it is!" Then, the next track, “Thread the Needle," enters the ether and, sure enough, that shimmering elegance is shining forth right there. Before that, the unravelling textures of “Luster" pull your presence elsewhere. ...

Album Review

AS IS, featuring Al & Stacey Schulman: Crazy World

Read "Crazy World" reviewed by Katchie Cartwright

by Katchie Cartwright
May 1, 2026

What does it take to turn a romantic Cole Porter song into a powerful nine-minute protest piece? The band AS IS teases it out with a bit of a false trail to begin with: a tasty little scat intro, nicely-arranged. You might not suspect. Stacey Schulman brings the head in with a slight tweak to the lyric ("From this moment on, we can see clear: only truth can fight fear..."). Jeff Tain Watts launches what becomes a shipload of hydrodynamic ...

Radio & Podcasts

Brebl goes abroad with Michiel Braam, Harmen Fraanje and Fee Aaij

by Co de Kloet
May 1, 2026

In this special episode, injazz steps outside the podcast studio and into the vibrant setting of Brebl, a cultural center in Nijmegen. Recorded live in front of an audience, this international edition features inspiring performances by Michiel Braam, the Harmen Fraanje Trio, and Fee Aaij. Experience the energy of live music and the unique atmosphere of this important place for jazz in the east of the Netherlands.Playlist Intro: The New Conrad Miller Trio “Night Dreamer" (C. Molenaar) Michiel ...

Album Review

Cincinnati Pops Orchestra: Harlem Renaissance

Read "Harlem Renaissance" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
May 1, 2026

New York's Harlem Renaissance, which spanned the 1920s and '30s, was an intellectual and cultural movement of music, dance, art, fashion, literature, theater, politics and scholarship that reshaped African-American culture and mores in Harlem and beyond and led to a new militancy and dedication to the cause of civil rights and equality for people of color in the U.S. On Harlem Renaissance, the celebrated Cincinnati Pops Orchestra honors the movement by delving into its music and depicting the ...

Radio & Podcasts

The Legacy of Billy Strayhorn: the Unknown Strayhorn

by Larry Slater
May 1, 2026

Billy Strayhorn ranks in the top tier of jazz composers, along with Duke Ellington, Thelonious Monk, Charles Mingus and Jelly Roll Morton.Strayhorn wrote at least one piece a week during the thirty years he worked with Duke Ellington. That was more than the Ellington Orchestra could handle, especially since Duke himself composed constantly. Choices had to be made and thus many pieces fell by the wayside. Among those ill-fated scores were some of the finest works Strayhorn ever ...

Album Review

Judi Deak: Brisk

by John Eyles
May 1, 2026

Polish-Hungarian flautist Juli Deak was born in the year 2000. She is now based in Budapest, the capital of Hungary which has a population of approximately one point seven million, and is a premier European destination known for its stunning Danube-split scenery. Most of Deak's excellent debut album Brisk was recorded on April 14th 2025, at the Church of the Immaculate Conception. The album's two longest tracks, “Depict" (six minutes and forty three minutes long) and “Trace" (six minutes and and twenty ...

Festivals Talking

Jazzkaar Interviews: Jason Hunter

by Martin Longley
April 30, 2026

Miles At 100 is now all-pervasive, as we celebrate the centenary of that shooting star pioneer of jazz trumpet. The currently-running Jazzkaar festival in Tallinn, Estonia, is also contributing to the retrospective rush, presenting a specially-conceived gig on Friday May 1st, assembled by the Stateside trumpeter Jason Hunter. Hunter was raised in Los Angeles, but has now become an honorary Estonian, moving to Tallinn around 15 years ago. He's become embedded on the scene, leading his own band ...

Live Review

Nicole Zuraitis Quartet in Vilnius: Precision Without Excess

by Ieva Pakalniškytė
April 30, 2026

Nicole Zuraitis Quartet LVSO Concert Hall Vilnius, Lithuania April 18, 2026 Vilnius has a unique way of welcoming artists who are connected to its culture. When Nicole Zuraitis, a two-time Grammy Award-winning singer, pianist, composer, and producer with Lithuanian roots, took the stage at the sold-out LVSO Concert Hall, that connection remained understated and functioned more as context than as a narrative. A symphonic setting, designed for classical music, does not always lend itself to ...

Album Review

Ahmad Jamal: At The Jazz Showcase: Live In Chicago

Read "At The Jazz Showcase: Live In Chicago" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan
April 30, 2026

Ahmad Jamal (1930 -2023) began his recording career in 1951, laying down the tracks to the 1959-released album The Piano Scene of Ahmad Jamal (Epic Records). It was a trio affair, with Jamal at the keyboard, Ray Crawford on guitar, along with bassists (separately) Ray Calhoun and Israel Crosby. But before those earlier sessions saw the light of day, Jamal's At The Pershing: But Not For Me (Argo Records, 1958) hit the record racks. Jamal had switched out the guitar ...