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Radio & Podcasts

An Hour Of Grateful Dead To Celebrate Bob Weir's Birthday

by Lawrence Peryer
October 22, 2026

A bit of a deviation from our norm: Bob Weir, who died in January, would have turned 79 on October 16, so this week is all Grateful Dead, from his 42nd birthday: October 16, 1989, at the Meadowlands in New Jersey, released in 2001 as Nightfall of Diamonds. “Feel Like a Stranger" and “Let It Grow" come from the first set. The rest is the second set's long, connected run from “Dark Star" through “Playing in the Band," “Uncle John's ...

Radio & Podcasts

Cory Weeds, Rahsaan Barber, David Champagne, Joey DeFrancesco and more

by Benjamin Boddie
October 22, 2026

Today's Music--Right Now! Fantastic music by Cory Weeds, Rahsaan Barber, David Champagne, Kay Kostopoulos, Johannes Enders, Jon De Lucia, The Flying Horse Big Band, Janis Siegel, Joey DeFrancesco, Henry Threadgill/Vijay Iyer/Dafnis Prieto, Adonis Rose, Bob McChesney, Aaron Johnson and Gregory Chen, Aymee Nuviola, Donald Vega, Monty Alexander, Mike Catalano, Branford Marsalis Quartet with Dianne Reeves, Jerry Z, Azar Lawrence, Marlon Simon And The Nagual Spirits, Josh Lawrence, Matt Wilson's Good Trouble, Nicoleyvette, Dave Bass, Jocelyn Gould, Alain Bradette, Vanisha Gould, ...

Live Review

The Kind of Blue Band at 92NY

by Paul Reynolds
October 21, 2026

The Kind of Blue Band 92NY A Tribute Weekend to Miles Davis New York, NY October 16, 2026 On one level, paying tribute to the best-selling jazz album of all time--and arguably the most critically revered--is a plum musical assignment. It promises playing a masterwork to a crowd that's deeply familiar with it and likely to be thrilled to hear it all performed live for the first time. Yet deciding just how ...

Album Review

Matthew Shipp / William Parker: A Whole System Of

Read "A Whole System Of" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan
October 21, 2026

Pianist Matthew Ship has always been cryptic. His music does not fit into categories. And though he may not boast a Sun Ra-level of recording prolificness, he is always, always busy. And if his output as a leader ever wanes, he sits in on sideman slots with tenor saxophonists David S. Ware and Ivo Perelman (and more) with dizzying regularity. Now for the cryptic aspect: Call him an artist of cosmic consequence. He seems to think so himself. ...

Album Review

Twin Talk: Delights

Read "Delights" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto
October 21, 2026

If you are familiar with “Born in Chicago" by the Paul Butterfield Blues Band, a song later covered by the Blues Brothers and the Pixies, you know the lyrics: “I was born in Chicago at nineteen and forty-one / Well, my father told me / Son, you had better get a gun." Later, the song offers a different kind of wisdom: “Well, now rules are alright / If there's someone left to play the game." In the 21st ...

Miles Ahead: A Jazz Road Trip

Part 15: Reunion

by Billie Eidson
October 21, 2026

Chapters 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 A drive from Oregon to Florida, to experience music and living across the USA, and ultimately join a jazz cruise. AKA, a listening practice, unfolding in real time--written on the road, in the spaces between cities and notes. Day Twenty-FourOn ...

In Pictures

Miles Electric Band at Warsaw Summer Jazz Days 2026

by Marek J. Śmietański
October 21, 2026

A collection of photos from the Miles Electric Band concert at Warsaw Summer Jazz Days featuring Jean-Paul Bourelly, Keyon Harrold, Robert Irving III, Munyungo Jackson, Darryl Jones, Antoine Roney, Greg Spero, Vince Wilburn Jr., Rasaki Aladokun and DJ Logic. Other photo reports from the same festival: Tomoki Sanders at Warsaw Summer Jazz Days, Adrian Younge at Warsaw Summer Jazz Days, Lizz Wright at Warsaw Summer Jazz Days, Jowee Omicil at Warsaw Summer Jazz Days, Mammal Hands at Warsaw ...

Album Review

Geof Bradfield, Myra Melford, Ben Goldberg, Dana Hall: Open Or Close

Read "Open Or Close" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
October 21, 2026

A quartet of notable jazz artists--two from Midwestern Illinois, the others imported from the West Coast--venture far out on a limb to spruce up Open or Close, recorded in November 2025 at Chicago's popular Green Mill Cocktail Lounge. The foursome obviously had a game plan, and the audience at the Green Mill seems to have been on board with that. But when said plan consists for the most part of drab and disorderly melodies and unwieldy ...

Radio & Podcasts

Four new releases from Hendrik Meurkens, Christian McBride, Ekep Nkwelle and Donald Vega

by George Graham
October 21, 2026

George Graham features new releases from harmonica man Hendrik Meurkens with Steve Sandberg, Christian McBride, an impressive debut album by vocalist Ekep Nkwelle and veteran pianist/composer Donald Vega. Playlist Hendrik Meurkens & Steve Sandberg “Bennie" from Just Born (self-released) 05:11 Hendrik Meurkens & Steve Sandberg “Samba Tonto" from Just Born (self-released) 04:40 Christian McBride & Ursa Major “Two Check" from Points of Light (Mack Avenue) 05:13 Christian McBride & Ursa Major “Cows" from Points of Light (Mack Avenue) ...

Radio & Podcasts

Leigh Pilzer, Tyshawn Sorey, Jackie McLean, and Sun Ra

by Jerome Wilson
October 21, 2026

This episode features recent music by Leigh Pilzer and Tyshawn Sorey along with older work by Jackie McLean 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 Sumi Tonooka “Mingus Mood" from Now (ARC) 1:05 Gerry Gibbs “The Woman on the TV Screen" from Thrasher Dream Trio (Whaling City Sound) 8:28 Host Speaks 14:26 Leigh Pilzer “Musing Music" from ...