Jazz Articles

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In Pictures

Jazz is Alive and Well in NY: A Jazzcultural Friday

by Dan Bilawsky
October 15, 2026

Jazz clubs and communities are two very different things, yet Spike Wilner has managed to perfect the formula to meld them into one. The noted proprietor and pianist has long been creating and maintaining hospitable environments for the music and the musicians--at Smalls, the best jazz basement in the business, and Mezzrow, its complementary piano haven with a more intimate vibe. And back in March of 2026, he branched out uptown, to West 46th Street, with Jazzcultural. Adopting ...

Album Review

Sam Newbould: One Day We’ll Have A Window

Read "One Day We’ll Have A Window" reviewed by Neil Duggan

by Neil Duggan
October 15, 2026

The fourth album from British saxophonist and composer Sam Newbould sees his musical vision broaden through the use of flute, subtle synthesizer textures and, on several tracks, layered vocals. The result is a rich and expansive sound world on One Day We'll Have A Window. The intriguing album title refers to the windowless basement studio inside Amsterdam's Volkshotel, where Newbould works from. What began as a simple reference to where the album's 12 tracks were composed gradually evolved into ...

Album Review

Various Artists: A Walk on the Wild Side: Classic Tracks from LA’s Legendary Central Ave. Scene (1944–1955)

Read "A Walk on the Wild Side: Classic Tracks from LA’s Legendary Central Ave. Scene (1944–1955)" reviewed by Pierre Giroux

by Pierre Giroux
October 15, 2026

What has always appealed about Central Ave. music is the chance to hear a city after dark, when the respectable world goes home and the real stories begin. In Los Angeles in the 1940s and 1950s, Central Ave. was alive with jazz, blues, and the first rumblings of rock 'n' roll. A Walk On The Wild Side, a vinyl LP, captures twelve recordings from a remarkable era, and listening to them feels like walking through a long- closed doorway.

Miles Ahead: A Jazz Road Trip

Part 11: The Jazz Cruise - Boarding

by Billie Eidson
October 15, 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 Nineteen ...

Radio & Podcasts

New Music From Satoko Fujii, Russell Gunn, Oscar Evans And More

by Bob Osborne
October 15, 2026

A continuing look into the fascinating orchestral works of Satoko Fujii bookends an impressive selection of new and forthcoming releases encompassing the best in contemporary jazz.Playlist Satoko Fujii Orchestra Nagoya “Korekara Part 1" from Korekara (Libra Records) 00:00 Russell Gunn and Blackhawk “Cahokia Pyramids" from Afrikan Amerikan Book of the Dead : The Book of Going Forth By Any Means Necessary (Vainglorious Arts) 14:26 Oscar Evans “Goose" from Sound Permutations (Self Released) 22:34 Stefan Orins New Trio “Richard ...

Radio & Podcasts

Sarah Davachi, Work Money Death, Aaron Parks And Others

by Lawrence Peryer
October 15, 2026

A quiet start: Pan American, from a new record about travel and family, then a nice long stretch of Sarah Davachi. From there the hour continues on to Pierre Daven-Keller's Morricone-minded film scoring, a long big-band piece from Pritesh Walia with Seattle-born pianist Aaron Parks, Craig Leon's Dogon-inspired synthesizer folk, UK spiritual jazz from Work Money Death, and Arp remixed by Jan Jelinek. We close in Paris, 1969, with Brigitte Fontaine and the Art Ensemble of Chicago. Playlist ...

Radio & Podcasts

Great Black Music: Hear and Now!

by Hobart Taylor
October 15, 2026

New music from, Nicole Mitchell, Russell Gunn, Rahsaan Barber, and William Parker and a little something from Bertha Hope. Playlist Host Speaks 00:00 Russell Gunn “ Folkz" from The Afrikan-Amerikan Book of the Dead (Vanglorious) 00:04 Joy Oladokun “Sage" from Hope is a Heavy Thing (Concord) 06:56 Julian Davis Reid “It's Time My Friend" from Mercy We Need(Self-Produced) 9:46 Alexis Lombre/chef.kp “Desert Miles" from Out'chea in these Streets (Strivers' Row) 17:48 Willie Morris “Rules For Three" from To ...

Phil Schaap's Jazz Room

Franc Williams: Live From The West End

by Daniel Gould
October 14, 2026

Jazz will always be considered a soloist's music, and most fans know all the important names. But when the big bands ruled and swing was king, those groups leaned on personnel who could swing the band: Section leaders, particularly trumpeters, with the power and technique to move the music and the dancers. Francis (Franc) Williams was one such musician. From his early boyhood friendship with Art Tatum, to his seven years spent with the Duke Ellington Orchestra (1945-1951), through his time ...

Album Review

Willie Colon: Cosa Nuestra

Read "Cosa Nuestra" reviewed by Richard J Salvucci

by Richard J Salvucci
October 14, 2026

The 1950s and 1960s were years of dynamic change for the island of Puerto Rico, with rapid growth and light industrialization. But widespread unemployment also produced heavy migration to the United States and especially to the New York metropolitan area, the ethnic context in which Willie Colón's salsa was conceived. Colón and singer Hector Lavoe were at the music's forefront. Their collaboration in this recording Cosa Nuestra was especially noteworthy. The recording was a major commercial success and went gold. The ...

Album Review

George Garzone: Themes For Good Friends

Read "Themes For Good Friends" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
October 14, 2026

Tenor saxophonist George Garzone, a driving force on the New England jazz scene for more than half a century, traveled to the famed Van Gelder Studio in New Jersey to record the genial Themes for Good Friends, his 13th album as leader, with an all-star supporting cast that includes trumpeter Randy Brecker on his quintet's front line. The rhythm section (Luis Perdomo, piano; Santi Debriano, bass; Jeff “Tain" Watts, drums) is no less impressive, lending Garzone and Brecker ...