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Album Review

John Pizzarelli: Dear Mr. Bennett

Read "Dear Mr. Bennett" reviewed by Pierre Giroux

by Pierre Giroux
March 28, 2026

John Pizzarelli has long been one of the most refined interpreters of The Great American Songbook, a musician who understands that this repertoire thrives not only on reverence but also on personality, swing, and storytelling. With Dear Mr. Bennett, Pizzarelli offers a heartfelt tribute to the incomparable Tony Bennett, whose phrasing, warmth, and commitment to timeless songs have influenced generations of singers. Joined by bassist Mike Karn and pianist Isaiah J. Thompson, Pizzarelli revisits material connected with Bennett, ...

Radio & Podcasts

Alicia Hall Moran, Harriet Tubman, Georgia Anne Muldrow, Airelle Besson, Lionel Suarez & More

by Ludovico Granvassu
March 28, 2026

Art-songs, protest music, solo musings and instrumental storytelling make up this episode that should give you plenty to enjoy and reflect upon.Happy listening!Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Harriet Tubman, Georgia Anne Muldrow “When You Rise" Electrical Field of Love (Pi) 0:16 Host talks 4:51 Alicia Hall Moran “Iced Cotton" Coldblooded (Yes!) 7:24 Host talks 10:41 Gabriel Zucker “The Most Important Thing" Confession (Boomslang) 12:44 Oded Tzur “Here and ...

Radio & Podcasts

Sam Wenc: The Experimental Language Of The Pedal Steel Guitar

by Lawrence Peryer
March 28, 2026

Today we're putting The Tonearm's needle on guitarist and composer Sam Wenc. Wenc is a Philadelphia-based artist who has spent nearly a decade building one of the more distinctive bodies of work in American experimental music, mostly under the name Post Moves. Now he's released his first album under his own name. It's called Language at an Angle (Lobby Art Editions, 2026). The record grew out of a year of live performances--from Philadelphia to Japan--and it ...

Live Review

Marquis Hill Family Band at the Village Vanguard

by Max Kutner
March 27, 2026

Marquis Hill Family Band The Village Vanguard New York, NY March 19, 2026 Critically-acclaimed trumpeter and composer Marquis Hill brought his Family Band to the Village Vanguard on March 19th as part of weeklong residency marking Hill's debut as a bandleader. The late set boasted a full hour of five original pieces that bridged hip-hop grooves, hard swing, progressive R&B and more into a dazzling, fully developed spectacle of sound. The ensemble for the occasion ...

Album Review

Hannah Horton: Stories On The Wind

Read "Stories On The Wind" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
March 27, 2026

Saxophonist Hannah Horton is a rising star on the U.K. jazz scene, for many good reasons. For Stories on the Wind, her third studio recording, Horton has written a series of eloquent and picturesque narratives, all of which she plays with an abundance of warmth and charm on tenor or baritone sax. Much of Horton's music springs from her life experiences: a memory here, an emotion there, loneliness and hope, desire and despair-- the building blocks of a ...

Multiple Reviews

Gordon Grdina: Prolific Versatility

by Doug Collette
March 27, 2026

Gordon Grdina's restless creativity furthers his prolific nature. As a result, in recent years he has issued new albums in twos and threes and this 2026 triad follows couplets of 2021 and 2024 including solo work and efforts with various ensembles he leads such The Marrow and Square Peg. Grdina reaffirms his willingness to experiment and extemporize with this triplicate, all the while demonstrating technique on par with his imagination: clearly he is inspired by his collaborators' sense of adventure ...

Album Review

Javon Jackson: Jackson Plays Dylan

Read "Jackson Plays Dylan" reviewed by Pierre Giroux

by Pierre Giroux
March 27, 2026

With Jackson Plays Dylan, tenor saxophonist Javon Jackson delves into one of the great sources of modern song, the work of Bob Dylan. He treats it with reverence, imagination, and a strong respect for jazz tradition. This is not a clever concept album but a heartfelt musician's dialogue with timeless material, influenced by tradition and deep musical listening. Jackson is joined on this release by pianist and keyboardist Jeremy Manasia, bassist Isaac Levien, drummer Ryan Sands, and Grammy-winning guest vocalists ...

Radio & Podcasts

Plays Duke, part II: Contemporary Covers of Ellingtonia from the Swing Era

by Larry Slater
March 27, 2026

Duke Ellington always said his orchestra was his instrument, and the Duke Ellington Orchestra was at the peak of its power and popularity in the 1930s and 40s. Many famous Ellington masterpieces were penned during this era; “It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing," “Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me," “I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good,""Sophisticated Lady," I Let A Song Go Out of My Heart" and “Warm Valley" are just a few ...

Album Review

Yelena Eckemoff: Rosendals Garden

Read "Rosendals Garden" reviewed by Doug Collette

by Doug Collette
March 27, 2026

Rosendals Garden is yet another chapter in Yelena Eckemoff's ongoing historical narrative devoted to people and places both real and imagined. Recorded in 2024 at RMV Studio, Stockholm, Sweden, by engineer Linn Final, with mixing and mastering by Stefano Amerio, the audio is as colorful and detailed as the musicianship and the packaging. Remarkably, there has never been a sense of hurry in the playing of keyboardist Eckemoff and her two bandmates. During the luxuriously slow build-up of ...

Radio & Podcasts

The Art of Accompanying

by Monk Rowe
March 27, 2026

The term “backing up a soloist" does not do justice to the distinct skill of making an artist sound their best. Norman Simmons, Mike Longo, Howard Alden, Al Grey, Gregory Caputo, and Michael Moore enlighten us on the art of accompanying. ...