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Live Review

Jeremy Pelt and His Quintet At Chris’ Jazz Cafe

by Carl Medsker
October 16, 2026

Jeremy Pelt and His Quintet Chris' Jazz Cafe Philadelphia, PA October 3, 2026 Saturday evening and the siren call of swing, to tap the toes and nod to the beat, was undeniable. So it was off to Chris,' Philadelphia's venerable, COVID-defying house of bop and all its variants. Turning down the glorified alley known as Sansom Street, we spotted the glowing blue “JAZZ" beacon beckoning. Past a phalanx of dumpsters, dodging revelers, we entered to ...

Album Review

Jon Hassell: Music Is Invisible

Read "Music Is Invisible" reviewed by Doug Collette

by Doug Collette
October 16, 2026

His profile elevated for the world to see and hear as Brian Eno's creative partner on Fourth World, Vol. 1: Possible Musics (Editions EG/Polydor, 1980), trumpeter-composer Jon Hassell went on to make a name for himself with a litany of increasingly ambitious projects work, not only under his own name, but in other collaborative scenarios such as Dressing for Pleasure (Warner, 1994). Hassell even deigned to perform live as the years wore on and Music Is Invisible is ...

Album Review

Espen Eriksen Trio: Almost There

Read "Almost There" reviewed by Neil Duggan

by Neil Duggan
October 16, 2026

Almost There is the eighth album from the Espen Eriksen Trio and is highly likely to follow the success of their previous seven releases, two of which featured UK saxophonist Andy Sheppard. It is simply a triumph of gentle melodic composition. The sound quality is superb too: the album was recorded at Propeller Music Division in Oslo, Norway, a studio widely regarded as a center of excellence for HiFi testing. This Norwegian trio, consisting of pianist Eriksen with ...

Album Review

Nathan Hanson / Steve Hirsh: Memory Is Subjective

Read "Memory Is Subjective" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto
October 16, 2026

It goes without saying that memory is subjective. Saxophonist Nathan Hanson and drummer Steve Hirsh might tell you that, apart from the experience of attending their October 2025 live performance at the 210 Gallery & Art Center in Sandstone, Minnesota, encountering the resulting recording is an entirely different affair. They would be right. Yet Memory Is Subjective is so sincere, and so expertly recorded and mixed, that the listener is placed almost directly within the audience's sound space, experiencing something ...

Radio & Podcasts

Chapter 10: That was the year Artie Shaw recorded Jingle bells

by Larry Slater
October 16, 2026

Artie Shaw was an enigma. A self-taught, brilliant clarinetist blessed with movie-star good looks, he became one of the defining musicians of the Big Band era. Yet at the height of his fame, he walked away from the music business, leaving behind a legacy as fascinating as it was influential.In the early 1990s, Ted Hallock--a passionate jazz scholar and former Oregon State Senator--spent a week with Shaw recording an extraordinary series of in-depth conversations about music, life and ...

Radio & Podcasts

Shirantha Beddage, The New Philly Sound, Jocelyn Gould, Vanisha Gould and more

by Benjamin Boddie
October 16, 2026

Today's Music--Right Now! ... Fantastic music by Shirantha Beddage, The New Philly Sound, Jocelyn Gould, Vanisha Gould, Tyler Henderson, Shai Jaschek, 3 More Sounds, Richard X Bennett & Paula Jeanine Bennett, Phil Haynes 2 Horns & What?, Chris Whiteman John Toomey Quartet, Houston Person, Charles Gatschet, Planet Flippo, Somi, Sullivan Fortner, Enoch Smith Jr., Jalen Baker, Carmen Lundy, Bobby Watson, Adonis Rose, Mike Dana Jazz Orchestra, Monty Alexander Sextant, Nduduzo Makhathini, NicoleYvette, Takashi Matsunaga, Stefon Harris & Blackout, Ulysses Owens ...

Radio & Podcasts

Sean Mason, Miguel Atwood-Ferguson, Ally Fiola, Ruta Di

by Cheryl K.
October 16, 2026

During this week's two-hour program of jazz and improvised music--pianist Sean Mason; multi-instrumentalist Miguel Atwood--Ferguson; vocalist Ada Bird Wolfe; saxophonists Chad Smith and Ally Fiola; singer-songwriter/guitarist Ruta Di; and a cut from the posthumous recording by Hammond B-3 player Joey DeFrancesco. Playlist Mal Waldron & Steve Lacy “Longing" from The Mighty Warriors Live in Antwerp (Elemental Music) 12:18 Sean Mason “Secure the Bag" from State of the Art (Taylor Christian) 6:30 Ben Sidran “Rainmaker" from Rainmaker (Bonsai Music) ...

Radio & Podcasts

Ben Tweedt Presents: A Tribute to Hermeto Pascoal

by Daniel Peck
October 16, 2026

Cincinnati-based pianist Ben Tweedt and Cleveland-based flutist Bryan Kennard spoke on several occasions over the last couple years about their mutual admiration for Hermeto Pascoal's music. In the middle of planning this show, Hermeto passed in September 2025 at the age of 89. While the world lost one of its bright, creative sparks, Hermeto left us an incredible amount of music to enjoy. This program allows a collection of Ohio musicians to share and perform some of their ...

Live Review

Dan Pugach and the Macedonian National Jazz Orchestra at the NOB

by Nenad Georgievski
October 15, 2026

Dan Pugach and the Macedonian National Jazz Orchestra NOB Skopje, Macedonia October 7, 2026 Big-band jazz thrives on a productive contradiction. Its arrangements demand discipline, coordination, and a collective sense of direction, yet the music comes alive when individual musicians find room to assert their personalities within that carefully constructed framework. At the National Opera and Ballet in Skopje on October 7, Dan Pugach and the National Jazz Orchestra demonstrated just how much expressive freedom ...

Album Review

Thelonious Monk: Live In Paris, 1967. Volume Two

Read "Live In Paris, 1967. Volume Two" reviewed by Jack Kenny

by Jack Kenny
October 15, 2026

This is magnificent music: an important document of a unique European tour that places Thelonious Monk in a different context from his regular quartet with Charlie Rouse. While many unauthorised recordings of the nonet (the nine piece) circulated over the decades, this official release offers a uniquely clear and authoritative record of this aspect of Monk's work.In 1967, George Wein presented six Monk concerts in Europe and was determined to break the routine of the quartet format. Wein ...