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Album Review

Eddie Allen's PUSH: Rhythm People

Read "Rhythm People" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
April 21, 2026

Brooklyn-based trumpeter Eddie Allen and his well-groomed sextet, PUSH, truly are Rhythm People, as they prove time and again on Allen's ninth recording as leader of his own group. Whatever the tone or tempo, PUSH swings its merry way through a dozen bright and upbeat tunes, most written and all arranged by Allen, wherein strong and dazzling rhythms are almost always front and center. The lone exception to that rule is the brief “Psalms 150," the only meditative ...

Album Review

Mal Waldron: Stardust & Starlight At The Jazz Showcase

Read "Stardust & Starlight At The Jazz Showcase" reviewed by Pierre Giroux

by Pierre Giroux
April 21, 2026

The never-before-released Stardust & Starlight: At The Jazz Showcase captures pianist Mal Waldron in August 1979, first in solo, then in the company of bassist Steve Rodby and drummer Wilbur Campbell, then in dialogue with the ever-incisive saxophonist Sonny Stitt, and always in conversation with himself. Resonance Records issues this performance as a limited-edition 180-gram 2-LP set and as a CD. Few figures in modern jazz carry the quiet gravity of Waldron. Emerging from the fertile NYC jazz ...

Radio & Podcasts

Daniel Rotem, Stefano Bollani, Asher Gamedze, Holly Palmer & More

by Ludovico Granvassu
April 21, 2026

From Cape Town to L.A., New York to Brussels, Rome to the Bay Area--with a stopover in Wyoming--hop on an around-the-world tour in eight songs.Happy listening!Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Asher Gamedze “Of the Fire" A Semblance: Of Return (Northern Spy) 0:16 Host talks 3:18 Daggerboard, The Skipper and Mike Clark “A Pride in the Prairie" Daggerboard The Skipper and Mike Clark (Wide Hive) 4:37 Host talks 10:03 ...

In Pictures

Amaro Freitas 'Y'Y' at Piacenza Jazz Fest 2026

by Danilo Codazzi
April 21, 2026

A collection of photos from the Amaro Freitas concert at Piacenza Jazz Club Milestone on April 12, 2026. ...

Building a Jazz Library

Henry Mancini: The Architect of Sound

by Nazareno Bicocchi
April 20, 2026

Henry Mancini was not merely Hollywood's most celebrated composer; he was the vital bridge between the Golden Age of Big Bands and cinematic modernism. His genius lay in his ability to be a “melodic tailor," capable of dressing every scene with an unprecedented sonic palette. Born to Abruzzese immigrants--his father, Quinto, played the flute in a local steel mill band--Mancini carried within him a Mediterranean lyricism that he masterfully fused with the precision of American jazz. This selection for “Building ...

Live Review

Emmet Cohen Presents: Miles and Coltrane at 100 at Jazz Alley

by Paul Rauch
April 20, 2026

Emmet Cohen Presents: Miles and Coltrane at 100Jazz Alley Seattle, WA April 16, 2026 Pianist Emmet Cohen was not on the top of any list predicting who might hit the road touring in celebration mode of the Miles Davis / John Coltrane 100 phenomenon over the course of 2026. He has certainly risen to the top tier of jazz touring artists over the past few years, always in the spirit of fun and innovation--yet ...

Album Review

Soren Bebe: Gratitude

Read "Gratitude" reviewed by Mike Jurkovic

by Mike Jurkovic
April 20, 2026

If, in fact, there is a quiet no one hears, it still needs a translator, and that translator can very well be Danish pianist Soren Bebe and that translation is Gratitude, a rootsy triumph of mettle over turmoil. Silence over the trading of coin. David over Goliath. Cutting to the chase, Gratitude --held together by the emphatic catch and release of bassist Kasper Tagel and drummer Knut Finsrud to Bebe's melodic instigations, be they the waxing moon lustre ...

Album Review

Lo Steele: Only A Drop

Read "Only A Drop" reviewed by Doug Collette

by Doug Collette
April 20, 2026

Befitting the album title, Only A Drop is a captivating but parsimonious depiction of Lo Steele's musical attributes. As such, it stands as an outline (in practical terms) for future productions with more lavish elements conjuring proportionately potent impact, but also for contemporary soul/r&b singing in general terms. In singing “Greenz," Steele sounds as sultry as the definition of the word ever implied. Meanwhile, she finds a firm foundation for her radiant voice on the backbeat of drummer ...

Radio & Podcasts

Isabella Isherwood, Katie Bull, Faye Carol, Judith Owen, Marilyn Maye, Flea &More

by Mary Foster Conklin
April 20, 2026

This broadcast continues the celebration of Jazz Appreciation Month with new music from Isabella Isherwood, Katie Bull, Faye Carol, Laura Chu Wiens (AurallaurA), Judith Owen, Marilyn Maye and Flea, plus birthday shoutouts to Carmen McRae, Billie Holiday, Randy Weston (100!), Dorothy Donegan, Herbie Hancock, John Pizzarelli, Michele Brourman, Vanessa Perica and Marilyn Maye, 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 ...

Album Review

Triple Blind: Cold Walk

Read "Cold Walk" reviewed by Rob Garratt

by Rob Garratt
April 20, 2026

A lot of beautiful, ugly, and--more than anything--middling music was made during the pandemic. In the first camp we might lump Triple Blind, whose remotely recorded, self-titled debut EP was defined by the isolation of its players. So for its follow-up, the quartet appear at pains to underline the shared space and interpersonal interaction that birthed its debut long-player Cold Walk; the LP inner sleeve is an old-school collage of black and white studio imagery. The group is ...