Jazz Articles

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Radio & Podcasts

Ivo Perelman/Matthew Shipp, Simon Nabatov, Jason Robinson & Max Light

by Maurice Hogue
October 26, 2026

This episode of One Man's Jazz has the appearance of a tasting menu; a variety of styles and tastes. On the avant-garde side you can select from the eternally favourite duo of saxophonist Ivo Perelman and pianist Matthew Shipp, the powerful pianist from Berlin, Simon Nabatov, leading a band of New York heavies, or the German exploratory quartet Neon Dilemma. Previews of coming attractions include L.A. trumpeter Dan Rosenboom's electric trio and one from saxophonist Jason Robinson's upcoming Blue Salience ...

Radio & Podcasts

Todd Robbins, Part 2: Dave McKenna as saloon pianist…

by Mike Jones
October 26, 2026

In Part 2 of their conversation, the magician, sideshow artist, and ragtime pianist tells Jonesy about his mid-80s job emceeing the piano room at the Fortune Garden Pavilion, where he brought on Tommy Flanagan and Dave McKenna under a greenhouse roof. Dave McKenna asked Todd Robbins to introduce him as “a saloon pianist," so Todd did, and then added that if that's true, Rembrandt painted by numbers.From there the two trade stories about McKenna, Dick Wellstood, Dick Hyman, ...

Opinion

Flamenco And Jazz Continue Along Different Paths Toward Institutional Recognition

by Francisco Julio Arenas Cabello
October 25, 2026

Nine decades have passed since the Spanish poet Federico García Lorca (Granada, 1898--Granada, August 18, 1936) was silenced. Yet his vision of duende--an expression of deep, dark emotion--and the blues, shaped both by Granada and Harlem, remains alive and in need of institutional protection. This exploration compares the explicit and robust cultural support given by Spain to flamenco with the more limited and fragmented institutional support afforded to jazz in the United States, particularly in New York City. It also ...

Take Five With...

Take Five with Pianist Lenore Raphael

by AAJ Staff
October 25, 2026

I'm a jazz pianist, Steinway artist, jazz educator, and host of Lenore Raphael's JazzSpot on purejazzradio.com. Music has been part of my life since I was three years old--maybe even earlier! I began with classical studies before discovering jazz at age 12. Since then, I've enjoyed a full career performing at major clubs and festivals, including Dizzy's at Jazz at Lincoln Center, the Blue Note, Ronnie Scott's in London, the Ottawa International Jazz Festival, the Joy of Jazz ...

Radio & Podcasts

A feature on Jazz/Rock and Fusion from the Tone Centre Label

by Len Davis
October 25, 2026

On the programme today we explore the catalogue of Tone Center Records, a label with a strong commitment to jazz fusion, jazz-rock and instrumental virtuosity. Some remarkable musicians, brought together bridging the improvisational freedom of jazz with the power, precision and energy of rock. Expect intricate rhythms, adventurous harmonies, dazzling guitar work, inventive bass lines and drumming that pushes the music into unexpected territory. A reminder that jazz-rock remains a living, evolving musical language.Playlist Vital Tech Tones “King ...

Album Review

Tania Giannouli and Nik Bärtsch: Metakosmos

Read "Metakosmos" reviewed by Tyran Grillo

by Tyran Grillo
October 25, 2026

The distance between two pianos is measured in acts of listening. Each instrument carries the habits of its player, yet the space between them belongs to whoever is willing to enter it. On Metakosmos, Tania Giannouli and Nik Bärtsch inhabit that interval with an intimacy that gives their eight pieces the contours of a shared interior. Every gesture changes the dimensions of the encounter. A rhythm opens a passage through a melody; a resonance leaves room for another thought to take ...

Album Review

Jon De Lucia: The Brubeck Octet Project Strikes Again!

Read "The Brubeck Octet Project Strikes Again!" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
October 25, 2026

After his recording of The Brubeck Octet Project earned widespread approval and acclaim in 2024, saxophonist and jazz historian Jon De Lucia did not rest on those laurels; instead, he delved even more deeply into the original octet's archives and unearthed eleven little-known arrangements that form the basis of a second blockbuster album, The Brubeck Octet Project Strikes Again! And what a strike it is--every inch as perceptive and impressive as De Lucia's earlier survey of the Dave Brubeck Octet, ...

Radio & Podcasts

Joey DeFrancesco, Alexis Cole, Mark Isham, Stella Heath & Ken Lovern

by Joe Dimino
October 25, 2026

It's an honor to kick off the 981st Episode of Neon Jazz with Kansas City's own acclaimed organist Ken Lovern and his ambitious new project, Blind Boone! We open with “Boone Plays It Back," a musical journey that reaches beyond the album into the pages of a comic book and onto the stage in a production planned for the latter part of 2026. It's a bold celebration of music, history, and storytelling you won't want to miss. From there, we ...

Album Review

Joe Block: There is Always Hope

Read "There is Always Hope" reviewed by Pierre Giroux

by Pierre Giroux
October 25, 2026

Joe Block's There Is Always Hope is an unusually personal debut, but what is most interesting is not the autobiographical material behind these 12 compositions. Rather, it is how Block has gradually learned to turn experience into musical structure. Written over many years, these pieces reveal a composer still testing the boundaries of his language, sometimes successfully, sometimes deliberately leaving the edges unresolved. He is a bandleader increasingly comfortable with letting the music exist beyond his own intentions.

Radio & Podcasts

Greed

by Katchie Cartwright
October 25, 2026

Registered voters in the US know their midterm assignment for the fall of 2026: Get out there and exercise your constitutional right to vote (early, if possible) and, while you are at it, bring a friend. Caminhos do Jazz has a tried-and-true election playlist to keep voters in the mood, from new music by Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis to favorites by Willie Nelson, The Staple Singers, Sweet Honey In The Rock, Allen Toussaint, Laura Nyro and ...