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Album Review

Olivia Moore and Adam Fairhall: Triangles

Read "Triangles" reviewed by John Sharpe

by John Sharpe
March 15, 2026

Violinist Olivia Moore and accordionist Adam Fairhall unveil a strikingly agile dialogue on their debut Triangles. This stylistically porous album refracts folk lineage, jazz instinct and chamber interplay into something quietly subversive. Moore arrives via folk and Indian classical study, while Fairhall--more often heard at the piano--draws from an eclectic hinterland of solo performance, early jazz, improv and less easily classified idioms. However, the eleven tracks, which span originals, covers and traditional sources, ground their unlikely turns in melody and ...

Album Review

Rory Gallagher: The Best of Rory Gallagher At The BBC

Read "The Best of Rory Gallagher At The BBC" reviewed by Doug Collette

by Doug Collette
March 15, 2026

The Best of Rory Gallagher at the BBC is actually a distillation of a 20-disc box, compact disc 15 of which is the second half of this compilation. And, like its larger counterpart, it serves as not only a retrospective on Gallagher's career as a whole (not just at the Beeb), but also reaffirmation of the guitarist's often breathless stage presence. Nephew Daniel Gallagher has now assumed the role of producer from his uncle Donal and his supervision ...

Radio & Podcasts

Pat Bianchi, Kurt Elling, Melissa Errico, Corcoran Holt & Alex Robinson

by Joe Dimino
March 15, 2026

We kick off the 949th episode of Neon Jazz with the exciting new voice of rising jazz star Alex Robinson, featuring music from her 2026 debut album I Really Oughta Tell You. From there, the journey continues with more powerful and expressive voices shaping today's jazz landscape, including Ella Grace, Melissa Errico, and Meg Okura. Along the way, we spotlight some acclaimed veterans of the scene, spinning tracks from Kurt Elling, Corcoran Holt, and the always-swinging The Interplay Jazz Orchestra. ...

Radio & Podcasts

New music from Shob, Mike Gotthard and Soft Machine, old favourites with Teymur Phell, Mike Prigoditch and Alberto Rigoni

by Len Davis
March 15, 2026

We begin our new releases with France's Shob. blending fusion grooves with punchy horns. Hungarian guitarist Mike Gotthard follows, joined by Scott Kinsey, Gergo Borlai and bassist Anton Davidyants. From Buenos Aires, Musaiko brings fresh sounds, while Rich Ruttenberg and Jimmy Haslip adds driving electric rhythms. Mumbai guitarist Rhythm Shaw teams with Mohini Dey, before the Legendary Soft Machine and bassist Dean Gaudion closes our new releases. From Barcelona, On The Raw revisit their 2019 release, and Belgium's Antoine Pierre ...

Radio & Podcasts

Stop, Reset and Consider: Listening to Women Jazz Artists

by Jon Greenbaum
March 15, 2026

It's Women's History Month and we are focusing on women jazz artists. We're playing albums where women are leading the date or are featured prominently.Playlist Emily Rach Beisel “Her Still Singing Limbs" from Sumptuous Branching (Amalgam) 00:00 Satoko Fujii Quartet “Mountain Gnome" from Burning Wick (Libra Records) 07:05 Susie Ibarra “Human Beginnings" from Flower After Flower (Tzadik) 17:34 Whitney Johnson, Lia Kohl, Macie Stewart “laundry / blood" from Body Sound (International Anthem) 30:55 Silvia Bolognesi Almond Tree “Mandoria ...

Live Review

Chad Taylor Quartet at Solar Myth

by Carl Medsker
March 14, 2026

Chad Taylor Quartet Solar Myth Philadelphia, PA February 27, 2026 Don Cherry's and John Coltrane's trajectories intersected in the summer of 1960, an inflection point for both artists, yielding the historic The Avant-Garde (Atlantic, 1966). It was the only time they would record together. Cherry was the brass voice in Ornette Coleman's quartet from 1957 until his exit in 1961 and was fresh off the quartet's renowned, and to some, controversial run at the Five ...

Album Review

Dave Stapleton: Quiet Fire

Read "Quiet Fire" reviewed by Geno Thackara

by Geno Thackara
March 14, 2026

Fourteen years on from the previous album under his own name, the music world is a different place, and indeed, Dave Stapleton is a very different musician. While his distinct ear for melody is recognizable, this affair is a world away from 2012's Flight (Edition). The pianist's breakthrough-at-the-time solo outing was an ambitious and expansive chamber-jazz affair crossing acoustic combo with string quartet. The feeling here is likewise evocative and picturesque, but on a more introspective and intimate scale.

Album Review

Carolyn Trowbridge: Found Memories

Read "Found Memories" reviewed by Jerome Wilson

by Jerome Wilson
March 14, 2026

There has been a notable increase in the number of prominent vibraphone players in the creative music world as 2026 unfolds. People like Joel Ross, Patricia Brennan, Sasha Berliner, and Simon Moullier have all been making names for themselves the past few years. Another one to pay attention to is Carolyn Trowbridge out of Austin, Texas. She has contributed to various types of bands in the Austin area, which is reflected in the wide stylistic sweep of her first album ...

Album Review

Teresa James: Bad at Being Good

Read "Bad at Being Good" reviewed by Jim Trageser

by Jim Trageser
March 14, 2026

She may have been based out of Los Angeles for the past four-plus decades, but Teresa James' Texas roots still shine through on her 14th full- length release as co-leader. Given that her husband and co-leader, Terry Wilson, was also raised in Texas, as was drummer Tony Braunagel (who plays all but two songs), well, that sound comes to them naturally. Wilson wrote or co-wrote 11 of the 12 tracks here, with James contributing on five of them. ...

Radio & Podcasts

Trish Clowes, Louise McMonagle, The Messthetics, Noah Garabedian & More

by Ludovico Granvassu
March 14, 2026

Enjoy a playlist of music that slips through the cracks, rewards the open ear; and often crosses cultural and stylistic borders.Happy listening!Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Olivier Hutman, Lamine Cissokho “Song for My Father" The Following (Fremaux) 0:16 Host talks 4:06 The Messthetics, James Brandon Lewis “Gestations" Deface the Currency (Impulse!) 5:41 Host talks 10:44 Tigran Hamasyan “Ultradance" Manifeste (Naive) 12:23 Mammal Hands “Paper Boats" Circadia (ACT) 18:38 ...