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Radio & Podcasts

Elias Stemeseder, Brandon Seabrook, Alain Metrailler, Eivind Opsvik & More

by Ludovico Granvassu
March 21, 2026

Here is a playlist of adventurous projects that also serves as a snapshot of the breadth, depth, and versatility of Austrian pianist Elias Stemeseder--heard across a range of recent recordings as sideman, co-leader, and bandleader.Happy listening!Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Brandon Seabrook “Name Dropping is the Lowest form of Conversation (Waltz)" Hellbent Daydream (Pyroclastic) 0:16 Host talks 5:35 Eivind Opsvik, Elias Stemeseder, Will Graefe “Corner Song" The Setting ...

Multiple Reviews

Two very different albums from Urs Leimgruber

by John Eyles
March 20, 2026

In 2021, Urs Leimgruber was diagnosed with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, a serious chronic illness of the lungs, which causes ever-worsening shortness of breath and is ultimately fatal. A lung transplant offered the only possible way of avoiding this outcome, and, in March 2025, he underwent this complicated and dangerous operation. It was a success, and now another human's respiratory organs are enabling him to breathe and to express himself as a musician again. Two and a half months after his ...

Album Review

Ella Grace: Figments

Read "Figments" reviewed by Katchie Cartwright

by Katchie Cartwright
March 20, 2026

Raised in the icy Minneapolis-St. Paul area, trumpeter and composer Ella Grace studied with longtime Prince band member Steve Strand before moving to Chicago to attend DePaul University, from which she graduated summa cum laude in 2025. Supported by a Chicago Music Scene Fellowship, Figments, her debut as a leader, is a testament to the warm reception she has been receiving in her new home. The album finds her in good company among an assemblage of up-and-coming Windy City peers ...

In Pictures

Kinga Glyk 4th at Dolomiti Ski Jazz 2026

by Danilo Codazzi
March 20, 2026

A collection of photos from the Kinga Glyk 4th concert at Dolomiti Ski Jazz in Predazzo on March 13, 2026 featuring Kinga Glyk, Rodney Barreto, Lucas Saint Cricq, and Arek Grygo. ...

Album Review

Gregory Lewis: Organ Monk Sings

Read "Organ Monk Sings" reviewed by Pierre Giroux

by Pierre Giroux
March 20, 2026

There have been many tributes to Thelonious Monk, but few have truly captured his world as theatre. Organ Monk Sings does just that. Designed as a sonic play in four acts, complete with an overture, scenes, interludes, and a closing tableau, the album approaches Monk's Songbook not as a mere repertoire but as dramatic literature. Over eighteen compositions, organist Gregory Lewis and his cast, which includes tenor saxophonist Jerry Weldon, drummer Nasheet Waits, and vocalist Ms. Raina, shift effortlessly from ...

Radio & Podcasts

Plays Duke: Contemporary Covers of Early Ellington Classics

by Larry Slater
March 20, 2026

Duke Ellington is unquestionably the most important and prolific jazz composer. He composed over 1,500 tunes and quite a few have become both jazz standards and part of Americana. Even folks who don't listen to jazz know Ellington tunes like “ It Don't Mean A Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing," “Mood Indigo" and “Caravan."Ellington waxed his first recordings in 1923 . Remarkably, quite a number of Ellington compositions from his early period remain popular with jazz ...

Album Review

Francesca Confortini & Ryan Mackenzie: Mosaico

Read "Mosaico" reviewed by Pierre Giroux

by Pierre Giroux
March 20, 2026

There is a quiet conviction at the heart of Mosaico, a recording that treats Brazil's songbook not as a postcard scene but as a living repertoire. Vocalist Francesca Confortini and arranger Ryan Mackenzie have crafted the album as its title indicates: a patchwork of styles: samba, bossa nova, baião, and MPB; thoughtfully arranged alongside Brazilian rhythms and other musical elements. The result isn't fusion or pastiche, but something more solid, founded on respect for tradition. The album opens ...

Radio & Podcasts

George DeLancey Sextet

by Daniel Peck
March 20, 2026

Columbus based bassist George Delancey was a core member of the Larry Fuller Trio and has performed with Ben Patterson, Wynton Marsalis and Houston Person, among others. For this performance, he enlists a number of Central Ohio musicians to Cleveland to work out material in advance of a live album recording.For this performance, George leads a sextet that includes himself on bass, Paul Strawser on piano, Miles Franklin Smith on trumpet, Jake Smith on altos saxophone, Robert Dove ...

Radio & Podcasts

For the Vocalists

by Monk Rowe
March 20, 2026

What makes a singer a “jazz" vocalist? Joe Williams, Janis Siegel, Giacomo Gates, and Dianne Reeves address this question and offer advice for those aspiring to that label. ...

Live Review

Fred Hersch Trio at Smoke

by Paul Reynolds
March 19, 2026

Fred Hersch Trio Smoke Jazz Club New York, NY March 13, 2026 Pianist Fred Hersch is making a welcome return to trio work after years in which he all but put aside one of his most favored formats. After recording a half-dozen trio albums in the 2010s, Hersch took a break until The Surrounding Green (ECM Records, 2025), his first new trio recording in seven years, which featured Drew Gress and Joey Baron--both long-time partners of the pianist. ...