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Album Review

Kris Davis: The Solastalgia Suite

Read "The Solastalgia Suite" reviewed by John Sharpe

by John Sharpe
April 28, 2026

For her first excursion into string quartet writing, Canadian pianist Kris Davis shapes a restless interplay of atmospheric texture and rhythmic urgency on The Solastalgia Suite. The title takes its cue from philosopher Glenn Albrecht's term for mourning environmental loss, a concept that resonates throughout the work's uneasy lyricism. Commissioned by the Jazztopad Festival in Wrocław for the Lutosławski Quartet--following previous contributions from Craig Taborn, James Brandon Lewis, and Vijay Iyer--the suite was captured during the festival's 2024 edition in ...

Cool Vic Files

Case Files: 2026-04

by Cool Vic, The Music Dick
April 27, 2026

Case File: The Coltrane That Stayed Behind Question Mr. Vic, I've heard rumors that John Coltrane recorded additional material during the A Love Supreme sessions that was never released. Is there anything to this, or just jazz folklore? --Thomas R., Newark, NJ AnswerThomas, You don't toss a question like that across the desk unless you're ready to sit with it awhile. I let it breathe. Poured a drink.

Take Five With...

Take Five with Harpist / Vocalist Deborah Henson-Conant

by AAJ Staff
April 27, 2026

Meet Deborah Henson-Conant Grammy-nominated electric harpist, singer, composer, and educator Deborah Henson-Conant (DHC), synonymous with her website HipHarp.com, has spent nearly four decades redefining what the harp can be. Blending blues, flamenco, Latin, and classical influences, she creates music that integrates voice, stories, and instrumental performance--driven by rhythm and character. Using a looper pedal and guitar-style effects, she builds layered, improvisational performances as a solo artist and with orchestras and ensembles. She has opened for Ray Charles, toured ...

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Album Review

Nick Freer: Apperceptions

Read "Apperceptions" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita
April 27, 2026

Australian guitarist Nick Freer makes no secret of his admiration for Allan Holdsworth, and Apperceptions wears that influence proudly, like a sharp suit cut from familiar cloth. Legato runs that melt note boundaries, chord voicings that wander through restless harmonic territory, and melodies approached sideways rather than head-on--it is all there, executed with clear devotion. As a guitar trio with bassist Anton Davidyants and drummer Justin Humphries, the album unfolds as a through-composed suite, each track designed to ...

Album Review

Neal Miner: Invisibility

Read "Invisibility" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
April 27, 2026

Here is a jazz trio with a twist: instead of the usual piano, bass and drums--or guitar, bass and drums--Neal Miner's threesome on Invisibility consists of tenor saxophone, bass and drums. While bassist Miner is the nominal leader, the New York City-based trio is a true co-op in which Miner, drummer Jason Tiemann and saxophonist Chris Byars perform distinct yet basically similar tasks. The trio started working together in 2023, found it shared chemistry and a common purpose, ...

Radio & Podcasts

Marta Sánchez, Billy Childs, Joe Syrian Motor City Jazz Octet, The Outskirts

by Cheryl K.
April 27, 2026

During this week's two-hour program of jazz and improvised music, vocalists and pianists Dena DeRose and Marta Sánchez; multi-instrumentalist/composer/producer Brian Eaton; pianists Oscar Peterson and Billy Childs; vocalist Catherine Russell; drummer and bandleader Joe Syrian with Motor City Jazz Octet; and The Outskirts.Playlist Teri Thornton “Baby, Won't You Please Come Home" from Teri Thornton Sings Open Highway (the theme from Route 66) (Columbia) 3:12 Dena DeRose “Hold Fast to Your Dreams" from Mellow Tones (HighNote) 6:55 Marta Sánchez ...

Album Review

Naïssam Jalal: Landscapes of Eternity

Read "Landscapes of Eternity" reviewed by Ian Patterson

by Ian Patterson
April 27, 2026

It is impossible to spend any significant amount of time travelling in India without being affected by both its beauty and its poverty. The contrasts between the choking, sprawling metropolises and the river-crossed countryside--with its emerald rice fields and stepped tea plantations--are striking. So too is the chasm between deeply embedded spirituality and the cruel caste system. Then there is the food, the heady festivals and the beguiling music. The senses are bombarded 24/7. As Indian writer Arundhati Roy put ...

Radio & Podcasts

Ron Wilkins & Rebecca Patterson, Catherine Russell, Danny Sinoff, Miho Hazama, Hendrik Meurkens, Jaana Narsipur & More

by Mary Foster Conklin
April 27, 2026

This broadcast passes the midway mark of Jazz Appreciation Month with new music from Ron Wilkins & Rebecca Patterson, Catherine Russell, Danny Sinoff, Miho Hazama, Hendrik Meurkens and Jaana Narsipur, plus birthday shoutouts to Bessie Smith, Brenda Russell, Rosa Passos, Madeleine Peyroux, Judy Wexler, among others. Happy listening and please support the artists you hear--see them live, buy their music so they can continue to comfort, distract, provoke and remind the world that A Woman's Place is in the Groove. ...

Album Review

Adam Berenson: Tunnel of Love: The Gary Burton Quintet Project

Read "Tunnel of Love: The Gary Burton Quintet Project" reviewed by Roger Weisman

by Roger Weisman
April 27, 2026

Traditionally the “tunnel of love" was a carnival ride, a boat built for two people to glide down tight, dark corridors together. In more socially stodgy times, it provided privacy and an excuse for some kind of physical contact that would be less accepted outside of the ride. As so much of Tunnel of Love: The Gary Burton Quintet Project feels like ruminations of solitude, the title feels almost ironic, and that is probably the point. With Berenson's austere, spacious ...

Radio & Podcasts

JustKing Jones, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Zoë Gilby, And More

by Colin Muirhead
April 27, 2026

Saxophonist JustKing Jones talks about his music, ahead of his gig at Ronnie Scott's in London. With tracks by JustKing Jones, Dee Dee Bridgewater, David Bowden, Lars Danielsson, Zoë Gilby, and more. Playlist Dee Dee Bridgewater “The Jody Grind" from Love and Peace: A Tribute to Horace Silver (Verve Records) 0:00 Jeff Hewer “Lean Into It" from Jeffrey Hewer Fiver (Self Released) 7:12 JustKing Jones “Interview, part 1" from () 14:19 JustKing Jones “Do You Know How I ...