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Radio & Podcasts

Satoko Fujii/Myra Melford Together Again + John Hollenbeck and Abate Beirhun

by Hobart Taylor
April 22, 2026

Satoko Fujii with Myra Melford, Tomeka Reid, Robert Glasper and Abbey Lincoln singing A Cappella.Playlist Host Speaks 00:00 Satoko Fujii /Myra Melford “Signpost" from Katahari (Rouge Arts) 00:21 Brian Dickenson “October Songs Pt. 1" from October Songs (Cellar) 6:45 Abbey Lincoln “Tender as a Rose" from That's Him (Craft) 14:30 Host Speaks 17:29 Abate Beirhun “Des Des" from Adis Ken (Origin) 18:54 Allison Au “You Ordinary Stranger" from Forest Grove (AA 15) 22:30 Blue Moods “Agitation" from Directions ...

Album Review

Erica von Kleist: Picc Pocket

Read "Picc Pocket" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
April 22, 2026

Those who favor puns and clever wordplay should get their kicks from the song titles alone on Picc Pocket, a splendid new recording by piccolo guru Erica von Kleist 's hand-picced--and fun-loving-- quartet and its spicc-tacular guest artists, trombonist Jennifer Krupa and tenor saxophonist John Ellis. The piccolo (a close cousin of the flute) isn't often heard in a jazz context, which makes the enterprise even more picc-taking and picc-turesque. Von Kleist is a master of the instrument ...

Radio & Podcasts

Brian Lynch, Bebel Gilberto, and Do Yeon Kim

by Jerome Wilson
April 22, 2026

This episode has an international flavor, incorporating music from Brazil, China and Korea as well as the usual sources. Musicians heard include, Brian Lynch, Don Ellis, Bebel Gilberto, The Bad Plus, and Do Yeon Kim.Playlist Henry Threadgill Sextett “I Can't Wait Till I Get Home" from The Complete Novus & Columbia Recordings of Henry Threadgill & Air (Mosaic) 00:00 Don Ellis “Imitation" from New Ideas (New Jazz) 00:55 Brian Lynch “Kyle's Dilemma" from Torch Bearers (Hollistic MusicWorks) 8:50 ...

Album Review

Nicholas Mycio: Please Plant Flowers

Read "Please Plant Flowers" reviewed by Jacob Sylvester

by Jacob Sylvester
April 22, 2026

Jazz guitarist Nicholas Mycio's third studio release, Please Plant Flowers, stands as a profound testament to the power of music as a mirror for personal history. Far from being a mere collection of songs, the album represents a diligent search on Mycio's part to create a body of work that reflects the significant events occurring at various points in his life. Across eight original tracks, the guitarist invites his audience on a sonic journey that is as deeply personal as ...

Radio & Podcasts

Camila Nebbia, Nick Fraser Trio & Bruno Bode

by Maurice Hogue
April 22, 2026

The spotlight's on Argentinean saxophonist Camila Nebbia and her increasing recognition as one of the finest improvising saxophonists out there today. Her newest album is Noche Y Niebla, recorded with fellow Argentinean reedist Luis Nacht. Their contrasting styles are perfectly matched. Meanwhile her star grows with a pair of nominations for a German Jazz Prize, since she's now living in Berlin--in the woodwind category and best album for A Reflection Distorts Over Water, a terrific album with Marilyn Crispell and ...

Building a Jazz Library

The Top 25 Songs Featuring Clarinet

by Dean Nardi
April 21, 2026

As Ian Dury might have sung had he played the clarinet, “Hit me with your licorice stick." (That is “rhythm stick" for those not fluent in punk rock.) From the intricacies of classical music to the smooth swing of jazz to Klezmer--the folk music of the Eastern European Jewish population--the instrument resonates throughout a good portion of the civilized world. From slow and melancholy to gliding to blasting, to fingers flying and holes and valves opening and closing, this instrument ...

In the Artist's Own Words

Henry Mancini: The Genius Composer - 25th Anniversary Edition

by Nazareno Bicocchi
April 21, 2026

The Personal Bond with Henry Mancini: The genius composer who redesigned my world through his magical notes My first encounter with Henry Mancini didn't happen by a deliberate choice, but through a cassette recorder and a local radio station in Rome. It was 1998, and at sixteen, I was a young musician obsessed with searching for the timbres of the most diverse musical instruments. I spent my afternoons recording Radio Vaticana Musica specials on cassettes, using their broadcasts to study ...

Album Review

Alain Metrailler: Heights Prospection

Read "Heights Prospection" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan
April 21, 2026

Who is going to be the next Miles Davis? Or the next John Coltrane? With their two most lauded albums--Kind Of Blue (Columbia, 1959) and A Love Supreme (Impulse, 1966, respectively, the trumpeter and saxophonist (again, respectively) set the bar for top-tier, post-bop jazz ensemble outings. A bar so high it may never be achieved again. But then some strive for that high level of artistic expression. Polish trumpeter Tomasz Stanko, with a series of albums on ECM Records, gave ...

Album Review

Nabou: Indigo

Read "Indigo" reviewed by Kevin Poindexter

by Kevin Poindexter
April 21, 2026

From the mid-90s through the early 2000s, a certain late-night vibe permeated the best music from Europe; it was 'chill,' but underneath the surface, there was restlessness and a simmering anxiety. From the claustrophobic pulse of Tricky's Pre-Millennium Tension to the glitchy beats and organic beauty of Four Tet's Rounds, the music worked because there was a delicate balance between beauty and that underlying tension. That same energy exists throughout Indigo, the new album by Nabou, the quartet led by ...

Radio & Podcasts

Happy Birthday Herbie Hancock! Recognizing birthdays of Gene Ammons, Joshua Espinoza, and Others; New Music From Kurt Elling, Spyro Gyra, and More

by David W. Daniels
April 21, 2026

Herbie Hancock turned 86 on Sunday, April 12, 2026. Recognition of his musical contributions to albums by Donald Byrd, Jackie Mclean, the Pointer Sisters, and others. New music as named above, also from Michael Dease, Jeremy Pelt, Javon Jackson, and more. Playlist Eddie Henderson “Discoveries" from Inside Out (Capricorn) 00:00 Donald Byrd “Requiem" from Royal Flush (Blue Note) 8:34 Freddie Hubbard “Prophet Jennings" from Hub-Tones (Blue Note) 15:36 Kenny Dorham “Straight Ahead" from Una Mas (Blue Note) 21:02 ...