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Linda May Han Oh: In Search Of Strange Heavens
by Lawrence Peryer
Today we're putting The Tonearm's needle on bassist and composer Linda May Han Oh. Linda's a Grammy winner who's recorded with Pat Metheny, Kenny Barron, and Joe Lovano. She was even the model for the bassist character in Pixar's Soul. But it's her own work that brings us together. Her latest album, Strange Heaven (Biophilia Records, 2025), explores why we choose familiar hells over strange heavens--why we stick with what we know even when change might ...
Continue ReadingGraham Parker's Howlin' Wind
by Doug Collette
Graham Parker's Howlin' Wind Jay Nachman 247 Pages ISBN: #979-8299219296 Self Published 2025 About fifty pages into the two hundred forty-seven total of Jay Nachman's Graham Parker's Howlin' Wind, the narrative turns distinctly cinematic, right in keeping with a kinetic cover painting by Steve Keene much superior to the cut-and-past of the album art. From that point on, the book reads like the novelization of a film, graphically depicting in prose the increasingly ...
Continue ReadingJazz and Place: A Symposium and Walking Tour
by Paul Reynolds
Jazz and Place: Cities, Soundscapes, Venues The Center for Jazz Studies at Columbia University Symposium and walking tour New York, NY November 14, 2025 The roots of jazz in New Orleans; nascent big band in Kansas City; bebop in the clubs of New York and, later, freer sounds from downtown industrial lofts. The impetus for jazz has arisen not only from specific artists and record labels but from milieus--the cities, neighborhoods, subcultures, and venues ...
Continue ReadingOmar Sosa: Sendas
by Dan Bilawsky
Omar Sosa's Sendas--"paths," as it translates--pursues courses of catharsis. A solo piano session recorded live at Fazioli Concert Hall in northern Italy during a period of global uncertainty just a few short years ago, it offers a series of improvisations that speak to reflective resolve. The music draws on both individual perspective and universal positioning, creating an overlay that binds artist and listener through the act of creation, a yearning for understanding, and the ceaseless movement of time.
Continue ReadingYellowjackets at Manerbio Jazz Festival 2025
by Danilo Codazzi
A collection of photos from the Yellowjackets concert at the Politeama Theater in Manerbio, Italy, on November 1, 2025 featuring Russel Ferrante, Bob Mintzer, Dane Alderson and Will Kennedy. ...
Continue ReadingAl Muirhead: Still Cookin' at 90: The Canada Sessions, Volume II
by Jack Bowers
"Twelve years ago," bassist Kodi Hutchinson writes in the liner notes to The Canada Sessions, Volume II, “I found myself on a bandstand with 78-year-old trumpeter Al Muirhead. I remember thinking, why has this amazing musician never recorded under his own name?" Fast forward a dozen years, to 2025, and Muirhead, still going strong at age 90, has not only released five albums under his own name, he earned a prestigious JUNO nomination for the first one while continuing to ...
Continue ReadingMusic Unlimited 2025
by Ziga Koritnik
A collection of photos from the Music Unlimited 2025 in Wels, Austria from November 7, 2025 to November 11 2025 featuring Andreas Werliin, Mats Gustafsson, Johan Berthling, Mikael Werliin, Oren Ambarchi, Vienna Improvisers Orchestra, Frank Rosaly, Turquise dream, Jeb Bishop, Camila Nebbia, Didi Kern, Akira Sakata, Petr Vrba, Andria Nicodemou, Jaap Blonk, Terrie Hessels, Endless Breakfast, Darin Gray, Dave Rempis, Jon Rune Strom, Sakina Abdou, Ig Henneman, Ab Baars, Fire!, Nout, Alex Kranabetter, Delphine Joussein, Elisabeth Harnik, Vinicius Cajado, Chris ...
Continue ReadingLori Williams: Here We Are
by Bridget A. Arnwine
Vocalist Lori Williams has the kind of voice that good singers are made of. With a sound that was honed over years of study and early days in the church, Williams sings with a depth of feeling that reflects both her technical command and her spiritual grounding. When she sings, there is no question about what she is singing and what she is trying to convey. Her words are clear; her message is crisp; her tone is warm; and her ...
Continue ReadingThe Beatles: Anthology 4
by Doug Collette
The Anthology Collection is a box set of music by the Beatles, released on CD as well as vinyl to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the original broadcast of the video documentary The Beatles Anthology. In addition to remastered versions of the previous collections--each of which focuses on a designated period of the iconic band's history--the comprehensive set now features Anthology 4, a 36-track microcosm of the Liverpudlians' canon, thirteen selections from which have never been released before.
Continue ReadingChet Baker's Five from '65 - New Land's Best Box Set Yet
by Patrick Burnette
Five From '65: The Quintet Summer Sessions Chet Baker New Land Records 2025 We are far enough into the vinyl revival that box sets are now becoming commonplace, and the New Land label has been particularly adventurous--almost quixotic--in its offerings. New Land devoted its first jazz box to six studio albums by harpist Dorothy Ashby and its second to four discs worth of live airshots by bassist Charles Mingus. A renewed ...
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