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Album Review

Javier Nero Jazz Orchestra: Alkebulan

Read "Alkebulan" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
March 11, 2026

On Alkebulan, the second recording by his Washington, DC-area Jazz Orchestra, composer, arranger and trombonist Javier Nero pays loving tribute to his African heritage, as he did on the orchestra's earlier album for Outside In Music, emet (The Black Land). As before, Nero uses his considerable skills as a writer and orchestrator to share and amplify his vision of a once-thriving civilization whose framework and particulars have been swept away in the historical narrative but whose impact on the human ...

Radio & Podcasts

Return of Trumpet Master Shunzo Ohno, New Tunes from Caleb Wheeler Curtis, Marta Sanchez and Camila Nebbia

by Hobart Taylor
March 11, 2026

Return of a Japanese Master Trumpeter Shunzo Ohno, New Tunes from Irreversible Entanglements, Caleb Wheeler Curtis, and Anthony Branker.Playlist Host Speaks 00:00 Julia Keefe Indigenous Big Band “Wawasint8da" from Incarnadine (Outside In) 00:11 Joshua Idehen “What Is Redemption?" from I know you're hurting, everyone is hurting, everyone is trying, you have got to try (Heavenly Release) 6:30 Kristen Mather de Andrade “Endless and Blind" from Sem Fin (Ansonica) 09:25 Caleb Wheeler Curtis “Fantasmas" from Ritual (Chill Tone) 14:20 ...

Album Review

Vince Guaraldi and Bola Sete: From All Sides

Read "From All Sides" reviewed by C. Andrew Hovan

by C. Andrew Hovan
March 11, 2026

When it comes to West Coast jazz of the highest order, Lester Koenig's Contemporary label set the standard, although Fantasy Records would also carve its own niche. Founded by the Weiss Brothers in 1949, Fantasy would be the home to two early jazz crossover artists, Dave Brubeck and Vince Guaraldi. With a taste for multiple genres, the label also documented the work of comedian Lenny Bruce and the country rock band Creedence Clearwater Revival. The latter group actually earned ...

Radio & Podcasts

Carolyn Trowbridge, Sonny Rollins, and Sun Ra

by Jerome Wilson
March 11, 2026

This wide-ranging program features music by Carolyn Trowbridge, Muhal Richard Abrams, Sonny Rollins, Doug Wamble, and Sun Ra.Playlist Henry Threadgill Sextett “I Can't Wait Till I Get Home" from The Complete Novus & Columbia Recordings of Henry Threadgill & Air (Mosaic) 00:00 Sun Ra “Enlightenment" from Sound Sun Pleasure (Evidence) 00:51 Mark Masters Ensemble “The Seventh Day" from Dance, Eternal Spirits, Dance! (Capri) 5:58 Host Speaks 14:51 Matt Herskowitz “Tribute to John Coates" from Mirror Image (Justin Time) ...

Album Review

Anthony Branker: Manifestations of a Diasporic Groove & Spirit

Read "Manifestations of a Diasporic Groove & Spirit" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan
March 10, 2026

At the time of this writing (early 2026), the United States is beset by an odious president, a racist sociopath who seems hellbent on erasing all references to achievement or success of anyone of African descent--leaving aside that we are all of African descent; but some made the relocation to North America involuntarily. Stubborn resistance and unvarnished artistic statement--shoulders pulled back, chins jutting forward--are tools to fight the evil fool(s), and Anthony Branker does his part. Uppity (2013), ...

Album Review

Josh Archiron: Climbing

Read "Climbing" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto
March 10, 2026

Geof Bradfield, co-founder of Calligram Records along with Chad McCullough, introduces a compelling new voice from Chicago's ever-fertile jazz scene. Climbing, the debut recording by guitarist Joshua Archiron, pairs the young bandleader with a seasoned and deeply attuned rhythm section: Bradfield on tenor saxophone, bassist Clark Sommers and drummer Dana Hall. Archiron's program, seven originals plus a well-chosen standard, unfolds with striking assurance. The quartet navigates the material with a supple, unforced cohesion that belies the guitarist's newcomer ...

Album Review

Frank Lamphere: Frank Songs, My Way: Frank Lamphere Sings Sinatra

Read "Frank Songs, My Way: Frank Lamphere Sings Sinatra" reviewed by David Bondelevitch

by David Bondelevitch
March 10, 2026

"Now that's original... How'd he ever come up with that one?" These words open the press material for Frank Songs, My Way: Frank Lamphere Sings Sinatra, and it is a solid question, with so many albums of Frank Sinatra covers. It would be tough to top Tony Bennett's Perfectly Frank (Columbia Records, 1992). Performers who cover other performers tend to make two mistakes. First, they often pick the obvious songs, which have probably been covered many times, ...

Radio & Podcasts

Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Julie Campiche, Melissa Aldana, Roberto Fonseca, Vincent Segal & More

by Ludovico Granvassu
March 10, 2026

Moving fluidly from New York's new generation to Europe's creative hubs and onward to Havana and beyond, this playlist underscores the music's global dialogue, its openness to diverse traditions, and a shared spirit of curiosity that connects bold experimentation, reflective balladry, and socially aware themes within today's evolving jazz landscape. Happy listening! Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Caelan Cardello “John Neely" Chapter One (Jazz Bird) 0:16 Host ...

Radio & Podcasts

Classic Jazz about Spring including Carmen McRae, and Tony Bennett with Bill Evans... also new music from Billy Childs and more

by David W. Daniels
March 10, 2026

Other artists in our homage to Spring include Dominik Kisiel, Gigi Gryce, and Charles Mingus. Additional new music from Kurt Elling and the WDR Big Band conducted by Bob Mintzer, Simon Mogul and more. Birthday recognition for Wes Montgomery, Jimmy Garrison, David Fiuczynski, and others. Playlist Dominik Kisiel “Spring"--from Exploration (Alpaka) 00:00 Gigi Gryce “Wake Up!"--from Gigi Gryce And The Jazz Lab Quintet (Riverside) 11:52 Clifford Brown “Joy Spring"--from The Complete Blue Note And Pacific Jazz Recordings (Compilation) ...

Play This!

Airelle Besson, Lionel Suarez: Au Lait

by Ludovico Granvassu
March 10, 2026

On Blossom, Airelle Besson and Lionel Suarez offer a compelling illustration of how instrumentalists can be storytellers just as eloquent as singers. The choice of material highlights the French duo's distinctly cinematic sensibility, with an inspired selection of originals, freely improvised pieces and compositions by kindred spirits with a strong narrative voice, such as Carla Bley. But on “Au Lait," their lyricism reaches a particularly striking level. This composition by Pat Metheny and Lyle Mays becomes the ideal ...