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The Young Mothers at the 19th Summer Jazz Academy
by Marek J. Śmietański
A collection of photos from the The Young Mothers concert at Wytwórnia in Lodz on July 20, 2026 featuring Jawwaad Taylor, Jason Jackson, Stefan Gonzalez, Jonathan F. Horne, Ingebrigt Håker Flaten, Frank Rosaly and sofia salvo (guest appearance). Other photo reports from the same festival: Dust Bunny at The 19th Summer Jazz Academy, QuartSky at The 19th Summer Jazz Academy, Robinson Khoury Quatuor Demi-Lune at the 19th Summer Jazz Academy, Äether at the 19th Summer Jazz Academy. Look ...
Continue ReadingLou Marini: A Solo Career Starting At The Age Of 80
by Mark McKergow
Saxophonist “Blue" Lou Marini came to the fore in the 1970s as a member of the Saturday Night Live Band and with The Blues Brothers on film, albums and stage. After a lifetime as an in-demand sideman (notably 26 years and counting with James Taylor), Lou has finally started to release albums under his own name, including Playtime (Hip Pickles, 2026) by Lou Marini and the Italian Groovers. Lou was in Rimini, Italy at the end of a short Italian tour during the ...
Continue ReadingJames Emery / Anthony Braxton: Articulations
by Glenn Astarita
Thirty-four years is a long time for a tape to sit in a drawer, but jazz history is littered with such delays, and Anthony Braxton's discography in particular has always unspooled out of chronological order. Articulations, a duo session with guitarist James Emery recorded in Florence on June 19, 1992, finally surfaced this year on Emery's own Bandcamp imprint, self-released and produced by Emery with Ed Petersen. The reasons behind the gap are not spelled out in the credits, and ...
Continue ReadingGrateful Dead: Meet-Up at the Movies 2026 - 6/17/91 at Giants Stadium
by Doug Collette
Grateful Dead Meet-Up at the Movies 2026: 6/17/91 at Giants Stadium Majestic 10, Williston, VT August 20, 2026 Rhino Records/Trafalgar Releasing In the fifteen years since its inception in 2011, the annual Grateful Dead community event dubbed 'Meetup at the Movies' has included more than one repeat of content. Not surprisingly, The Grateful Dead Movie (Rhino, 2004) has been screened more than once--after all, the film documents an inflection point in the iconic band's ...
Continue ReadingOliver-Smith Incomparables: Stomp Your Stuff
by Pierre Giroux
Many bands play early jazz these days, but few make it sound as if the ink is still wet on the page. The Oliver-Smith Incomparables accomplish exactly that on Stomp Your Stuff, a recording that salutes the musical language of Jelly Roll Morton without ever treating it as a historical artifact. Pianist Andrew Oliver and drummer Hal Smith lead an exceptional ensemble featuring Colin Hancock on cornet, Andy Schumm on clarinet-cornet, T.J. Müller on trombone-cornet-vocal, Jacob Alspach on guitar-banjo, and ...
Continue ReadingMiles Davis, Tony Williams, Flat Earth Society, Paolo Fresu & More
by Ludovico Granvassu
Countless ways to celebrate the electric era of Miles Davis.Happy listening!Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Paolo Fresu “Orange" kind of LIVES (Tǔk) 0:16 Host talks 2:56 Flat Earth Society “It's About That Time" In a Silent Way (Zonk) 5:12 Miles Davis “Directions" Reference: Miles Davis' 3rd Quintet Bitches Brew Live 1969 in Europe (AlAy) 15:37 Tony Williams Lifetime “Spectrum" Reference: Emergency! (AlAy) 25:58 Host talks 34:52 The Big ...
Continue ReadingSylvia Brooks: Soliloquy
by Jacob Sylvester
Jazz vocalist and songwriter Sylvia Brooks embarks on an ambitious lyrical odyssey on her sixth recording, Soliloquy, released on SBM Records. As a classically trained mezzo-soprano with a three-octave range, Brooks utilizes an expressive and agile instrument to illuminate the challenges, heartbreaks, and wonders of life. The album is framed as a work of Lyric Jazz comprising four standards and four originals co-written with pianist and arranger Christian Jacob, backed by a talented band. The project brings together strong artistic ...
Continue ReadingAzar Lawrence: Spiritual Jazz With The Funk Left In
by Lawrence Peryer
This week we're putting The Tonearm's needle on tenor saxophonist Azar Lawrence. Lawrence is a veteran of Elvin Jones' and McCoy Tyner's bands and a leader of his own group, The Azar Lawrence Experience, whose album, Turn the Music Up (Trazar Records, 2026), arrives September 25, 2026. We talk about his unique relationship with Pharoah Sanders, dodging Tyner's broken piano strings, and how the 50 years between the first and latest recordings of his own songs ...
Continue ReadingThe John Coltrane Centennial, Part 3: Coltrane emerges as a leader
by Larry Slater
By 1960 John Coltrane had emerged as a singular voice on the saxophone.Though he recorded several dates as a leader in the '50s, it wasn't until he left Miles Davis that he began recording with his own groups. His first recording for Atlantic Records, released in 1960, was Giant Steps, featuring several compositions that were soon to become jazz standards. Sublime recordings with the vocalist Johnny Hartman and maestro Duke Ellington followed. Coltrane embraced the rarely heard soprano ...
Continue ReadingRobinson Khoury Quatuor Demi-Lune at the 19th Summer Jazz Academy
by Marek J. Śmietański
A collection of photos from the Quatuor Demi-Lune concert at Wytwornia in Lodz on July 20, 2026 featuring Robinson Khoury, Lina Belaïd, Simon Drappier and Eve Risser. Other photo reports from the same festival: Dust Bunny at The 19th Summer Jazz Academy, QuartSky at The 19th Summer Jazz Academy, The Young Mothers at the 19th Summer Jazz Academy, Äether at the 19th Summer Jazz Academy. Look for the rest soon... ...
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