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Radio & Podcasts

Classics from Paul Chambers, Eddie Jefferson, and Others With New Music from Joe Gransden, Pat Bianchi and More

by David W. Daniels
March 24, 2026

Artists named above, plus classics from Betty Carter, Big John Patten, and others. New music from Marques Carroll, Ron Carter with Ricky Dillard, and more. Birthday recognition for Charles Lloyd, Nat King Cole, Gary Meek, and others.Playlist Grachan Moncur III “New Africa"--from Exploration (Capri) 00:00 McCoy Tyner “Little Madimba"--from Time For Tyner (Blue Note) 12:18 Freddie Hubbard “Blue Frenzy"--from Breaking Point (Blue Note) 20:46 Betty Carter “Ego"--from Finally (Roulette) 27:02 Paul Chambers “Dear Ann"--from Whims Of Chambers (Blue ...

Live Review

Brilliant Corners 2026

by Ian Patterson
March 23, 2026

Brilliant Corners 2026Black Box/Various VenuesBelfast, N. IrelandFebruary 27-March 7, 2026 Few events signpost the time of year quite like a city's flagship contemporary music festival. For one week every March, as winter gradually recedes, Belfast's aptly named Brilliant Corners illuminates jazz--and jazz-adjacent music--in many of its myriad forms. Inevitably, some of the more outré music ignites the old 'but is it jazz?' debate, but for most of the faithful who attend year upon year, musical labels are of ...

Album Review

Art Pepper: Everything Happens to Me 1959 - Live at the Cellar

Read "Everything Happens to Me 1959 - Live at the Cellar" reviewed by Jack Kenny

by Jack Kenny
March 23, 2026

The work of great artists is often discussed in terms of distinct periods--Picasso had his Blue Period, Rembrandt his Leiden Period. An album like this invites a similar framework for Art Pepper: the post-Stan Kenton era, the Renaissance Years, the Final Period. The performances captured here belong to a pivotal moment in Pepper's career. He had already recorded several landmark albums for Contemporary Records: Art Pepper Meets the Rhythm Section (1957), Modern Art (1957), and Art Pepper + ...

Radio & Podcasts

New Music From Brian Lynch, Diane Marino, Anthony Branker, Jenny Hill & More

by Mary Foster Conklin
March 23, 2026

This broadcast continues the celebration of Women's History Month with new music from Brian Lynch, Diane Marino, Anthony Branker a single from Jenny Hill}, nods to the Oscars and Bistro Award winners plus birthday shoutouts to {{m: Shirley Scott, Keely Smith, Bobby McFerrin, Arooj Aftab, Noriko Ueda, Marilyn Harris, Mark Murphy, Idit Shner, Al Jarreau 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 ...

Album Review

Niklas Lukassen: Still Waters

Read "Still Waters" reviewed by Konstantin N. Rega

by Konstantin N. Rega
March 23, 2026

Multi-instrumentalist Niklas Lukassen spins a pleasant mix of tunes on Still Waters. Joined by a stellar team, including saxophonist Ben van Gelder, pianist Kit Downes and drummer Francesco Ciniglio (as well as several others spotted throughout), the quartet moves with the ease of skilled swimmers through the music. An internationally influenced album, the music reflects his own life experiences of traveling through Europe as well as studying under bassist Ron Carter at the Manhattan School of Music. Now teaching in London, the musician still makes ...

Radio & Podcasts

Antonio Faraò, Björn Meyer, Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, Mativetsky Amiri Pagé

by Cheryl K.
March 23, 2026

During this week's two-hour program of jazz and improvised music, cuts from new releases from pianist Antonio Faraò; bassist Björn Meyer; The Eyal Vilner Big Band, The Interplay Jazz Orchestra, and The Cincinnati Pops Orchestra; the trio Mativetsky Amiri Pagé; trombonist Audrey Ochoa; and the Brian Molley Quartet.Playlist Doug Carn “Infant Eyes" from Infant Eyes (Black Jazz) 10:00 Allen Austin-Bishop “Ordinary Fool" from No One is Alone (AAB) 5:04 David Bass “The Light of Our Love" from The ...

Radio & Podcasts

Patricia Brennan: Star Light, Star Bright

by David Bixler
March 23, 2026

What if the patterns you see in the night sky weren't just constellations, but a musical score? Vibraphonist Patricia Brennan, an avid astronomer, has looked to the stars as the blueprint for her ambitious 2025 recording, Of the Near and Far (Pyroclastic Records, 2025). To bring this cosmic vision down to earth, Brennan enlisted a ten-piece ensemble featuring pianist Sylvie Courvoisier, guitarist Miles Okazaki, and a full string quartet. In this episode of LINER NOTES, we explore how ...

In Pictures

Frank Gambale All Stars At Dolomiti Ski Jazz 2026

by Danilo Codazzi
March 23, 2026

A collection of photos from the Frank Gambale All Stars, concert at Dolomiti Ski jazz Festival in Moena, Italy, on March 14, 2026 featuring Frank Gambale, Boca Gambale, Martin Gudics, Tom Schuman and Gergo Borlai. ...

Album Review

Brian Eley & Ashley Wales: Songs

by John Eyles
March 23, 2026

Brian Eley and Ashley Wales both have impressive histories with other musicians, which makes this duo album, Songs, fascinating. In the 70's Eley was a member of the vocal quartet Voice, alongside esteemed vocalists Julie Tippett, Maggie Nicols and Phil Minton, which recorded the album Voice (Ogun 1977). In London, in 1993, Wales and John Coxon formed the delightfully named duo Spring Heel Jack which released a varied spectrum of music from Lee Perry to “The Sound of Music," taking ...

Live Review

Julia Keefe Indigenous Big Band at Zellerbach Playhouse

by Harry S. Pariser
March 22, 2026

Julia Keefe Indigenous Big Band Zellerbach Playhouse CalPerformances Berkeley, CA March 6. 2026 On a Friday night, pianist Grant Richards sat on the stage of the intimate UC Berkeley's Zellerbach Playhouse. To his right stood acoustic bassist Marcos Varela, with Edward Littlefield next to him manning the drum seat. The other members of the big band sat in rows of black chairs beside them. Five saxophonists sat in the front. Four trombonists were seated ...