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Album Review

Andy Sheppard: Salt Catchers

Read "Salt Catchers" reviewed by Jack Kenny

by Jack Kenny
September 28, 2026

Andy Sheppard was not always heading for ECM. In 1990, he formed his first big band, the Soft on the Inside Band, for an album of the same name. Soft on the Inside (Island Records, 1990) was rumbustious and expansive, featuring many notable players, including drummer Han Bennink, trumpeter Claude Deppa and trombonist Gary Valente. Then came his thirty-year association with Carla Bley. Their work was eventually honed down to a trio with bassist Steve Swallow, yielding a ...

Radio & Podcasts

Stevie Wonder's Songs in the Key of Jazz - Part 3

by Ludovico Granvassu
September 28, 2026

The third and final part of our celebration of 50 years of Stevie Wonder's Songs In The Key Of Life--with more jazz renditions of this timeless masterpiece.Happy listening!Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Gato Barbieri “Ngiculela--Es una Historia--I Am Singing" Ruby Ruby (A&M) 0:16 Host talks 6:00 Brandee Younger “If It's Magic" Brand New Life (Impulse!) 7:39 Host talks 11:07 Becca Stevens feat. Jacob Collier “As" Regina (GroundUP) 12:07 ...

Album Review

Ekep Nkwelle: Caged Bird

Read "Caged Bird" reviewed by Andrew Schinder

by Andrew Schinder
September 28, 2026

At a time when the jazz music community is blessed with no shortage of upstart young vocalists, Ekep Nkwelle has risen above the fray by embracing the diversity of styles within the jazz idiom, moving from time-honored standards to progressive modernity with ease, and working with masters ranging from Kenny Barron to David Murray. The daughter of Cameroonian immigrants, Nkwelle grew up in the rich jazz culture of Washington, DC and trained at the Duke Ellington School of the Arts as well as ...

Radio & Podcasts

Ekep Nkwelle, Janis Siegel, Rachel Spencer, Monika Ryan, Lizz Wright, Amy Winehouse & More

by Mary Foster Conklin
September 28, 2026

This broadcast celebrates women composers and lyricists, with new music from Ekep Nkwelle, Janis Siegel, Rachel Spencer, Monika Ryan, Lizz Wright plus a single from Amy Winehouse, with birthday shoutouts to Jazz foremother Lovie Austin, Vi Redd, Emily Remler, Amy Winehouse, Wesla Whitfield, Catherine Russell, Helen Sung, Leigh Pilzer, Kait Dunton and Honorable Men, Jon Hendricks, Bobby Short, Giacomo Gates, among others. Happy listening and please support the artists you hear--see them live, buy their music so they can continue ...

Album Review

Son Volt: Sound Signal Serenades

Read "Sound Signal Serenades" reviewed by Doug Collette

by Doug Collette
September 28, 2026

With the purposefully under-the-radar release of Son Volt's Sound Signal Serenades--which was not originally issued on Record Store Day in April 2026--long-time (long-suffering?) fans of Jay Farrar may be subject to raging cases of the “what if"s. In the early days of soon-to-be alternative country icons Uncle Tupelo, the St. Louis native was the chief songwriter and titular leader of the band. By the time the group had migrated to a major label, however, their fourth and final ...

Radio & Podcasts

Stephan Crump, Amalie Dahl & Wadada Leo Smith

by Maurice Hogue
September 28, 2026

After considering whether or not he was now an empty-nesters--his two boys were not at home--bassist Stephan Crump started investigating the nesting practice of birds and eventually that began to inform his composing. His new striking album, Passerine, is the result. Master trumpet player Wadada Leo Smith's inspiration for his new Constellations And Hemispheres was the movement of light. Four different ensembles appear with Wadada on another piece of musical poetry. Danish saxophonist and now Oslo resident Amalie Dahl has ...

Album Review

Jazz Out of Norway: 12th Set 2026

Read "12th Set 2026" reviewed by Daniel Mège

by Daniel Mège
September 28, 2026

Jazz Out Of Norway is a collection on Odin Records that compiles tracks drawn from some of the most emblematic albums released in Norway since 1989. The 12th Set is a valuable document that takes stock of the situation in 2026. This edition is remarkable for its musicality, its diversity of styles, but also for the sequencing of the 36 tracks (almost three hours), which highlights each one within the setting created by the tracks surrounding it. The ...

Radio & Podcasts

David Silverman: Sketches and Sonatas

by Mike Jones
September 28, 2026

This week on The Stereo Image, Mike sits down with his old friend David Silverman. He's an Emmy-winning director and animator on The Simpsons, and the artist behind every one of Mike's album covers, and he joins Mike for a wide-ranging conversation about how a childhood spent poring over miniature orchestral scores turned into a lifelong love of the tuba, jazz, and everything in between. David traces the whole arc: hearing “The Rite of Spring" in middle school, ...

Multiple Reviews

Craft Mines the Vaults: New Moodsville Titles from Red Garland, Frank Wess, and Coleman Hawkins

by C. Andrew Hovan
September 27, 2026

When it comes to independent record labels of the past that ventured across such a broad musical landscape, few could rival the efforts of Bob Weinstock and his Prestige imprint. Recognizing the advantages of appealing to multiple markets, Weinstock expanded well beyond his core jazz catalog, issuing rare blues titles through the Bluesville subsidiary and turning his attention to the elder statesmen of early jazz with the Swingville series. He even capitalized on the early-'60s folk revival with the Folklore ...

Album Review

Hilary Geddes: Redleaf

Read "Redleaf" reviewed by Ian Patterson

by Ian Patterson
September 27, 2026

The cover art of Australian guitarist-composer Hilary Geddes' Redleaf is, in some ways, a reflection of the music within. Striking and impressionistic, the bright colors of flower and leaf complement each other against a bold yet soothing backdrop. Such qualities of balance and contrast, thrills and balm, pervade the music. The eight compositions on Geddes' follow-up to Parkside (ABC Jazz, 2021) share some of the qualities of that impressive debut, notably minimalist gestures and exploratory textures. That is ...