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The Brad Mehldau Trio at SFJAZZ
by Ronald Davis
A collection of photos of the The Brad Mehldau Trio at SFJAZZ in San Francisco on April 3, 2025 featuring Brad Mehldau, Christian McBride and Marcus Gilmore. ...
Continue ReadingMichelle Nicolle & Larry Koonse: The Silent Wish
by Pierre Giroux
In The Silent Wish, Australian vocalist Michelle Nicolle collaborates with American guitar virtuoso Larry Koonse in a duo setting that removes all excess, revealing the essence of musical conversation. This recording is both daring and intimate, as it marks Nicolle's entry into a new chapter of vocal exploration, driven by a desire to awaken her creative senses and explore unfamiliar emotional terrain. The decision to work with Koonse proved inspired. Nicolle has been acknowledged for her ...
Continue ReadingAlegiani, Kinzelman and Puglisi at Piacenza Jazz Fest 2025
by Danilo Codazzi
A collection of photos from the Costanza Alegiani, Dan Kinzelman, and Fabrizio Puglisi “The girl who cried champagne"--a Carla Bley tribute concert at Milestone Jazz Club in Piacenza on April 27, 2025. ...
Continue ReadingPhillip Golub / Lesley Mok: Dream Brigade
by John Sharpe
Pianist Phillip Golub and drummer Lesley Mok explore the porous boundaries between form and freedom on their exploratory debut as Dream Brigade, blending spontaneous composition with intuitive interplay in a wide-ranging program of six spontaneous inventions and two dives into the Great American Songbook. An in-demand side person, Mok can be heard in the blue chip ensembles of pianist Myra Melford and reedist Anna Webber, as well as leading the group The Living Collection. Golub's resume includes principals ...
Continue ReadingNew music from Cyrus Chestnut, Emi Makabe, Marshall Allen's Ghost Horizons and The Atlantic Jazz Collective
by Hobart Taylor
This week we feature new music from pianist Cyrus Chestnut, Marquis Hill with Makaya McCraven, Yukumi, Diego Rivera, Premazzi-Nasser Quartet and from Finland, Cosmic Ear.Playlist Cyrus Chestnut “Prelude for George" from Rhythm, Melody, and Harmony (HighNote) 0:00 Atlantic Jazz Collective “Running Through My Head" from Seascape (Alma) 6:44 Eric Scott Reed" Glow" from Out Late (Smoke Sessions) 11:07 Host Speaks 14:51 Lorraine Feather “Another Layer of Nuance" from The Green World (Relarion) 16:04 Marshall Allen's Ghost Horizons “ ...
Continue ReadingKaisa's Machine, Wayne Shorter, and Michael Bisio
by Jerome Wilson
This program features a wide variety of modern jazz musicians. The acts featured include Kaisa's Machine, Wayne Shorter, Owen Broder, Joe Fielder, and Michael Bisio. 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 The Stryker/Slagle Band “Convergence" from Keeper (Panorama) 00:53 Christina Dahl Trio “Forever" from Now is Now (Storyville) 7:02 Lucas Pino “Moonstone" from Covers (Outside In) 10:50 Host Speaks ...
Continue ReadingArturo O'Farrill: It Don't Mean A Thing If It Ain't Got That Sting!
by Leo Sidran
Arturo O'Farrill was, by his own admission, a “long-haired, stoned-out freaky kid" of 19, playing piano in a small bar in upstate New York when he caught the ear of pianist and composer Carla Bley. She took a chance on him and invited him to join her band--a pivotal moment for the young musician who, at the time, was actively distancing himself from the legacy of his father, the Cuban-born composer and arranger Chico O'Farrill, a central figure in Afro-Cuban ...
Continue ReadingHandpicking, Homicide, and Healing
by Mr. P.C.
Handpicking Dear Mr. P.C.: You know when people say, “I didn't choose jazz; it chose me?" Well, who or what did jazz choose them from? What makes them so special? --Pro-Choice Joyce Dear PCJ: Obviously, the talent pool varies from one draft round to the next, so some mediocre players can slip through in off cycles, while even very good players don't make the cut in others. If Jazz doesn't ...
Continue ReadingBillie Holiday Blues
by Dan McClenaghan
Don't Explain Rafaela showed up at her job at the Oceanic Brew Pub with a slight swelling beneath her eye and a discoloration of the skin beneath it. The new grill cook, Hobgood, saw this right off when she came into the kitchen. Her effort to avoid eye contact and to avert the damaged side of her face told him to mind his own business, so he continued with the hand-shaping of the six-ounce hamburger patties from a ten-pound block ...
Continue ReadingWin Pongsakorn: Time Has Changed
by Jack Bowers
Time Has Changed is the second recording as leader by trumpeter Win Pongsakorn who was born in Bangkok, Thailand, but has been firmly wedded to American-style contemporary jazz since he started playing trumpet at age fourteen in 2011. As on his debut album, Yes, It Is! (Cellar Music, 2020), Pongsakorn is backed by a stellar rhythm section overseen by the celebrated pianist David Hazeltine with Paolo Benedettini on bass and Jason Brown on drums. Unlike that initial ...
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