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Atlantis Quartet: Live at Berlin
by Glenn Astarita
Naming a debut live album after the venue itself is a bold move, proclaiming the music and space as one. With Live at Berlin, recorded during the opening week of Minneapolis' newest jazz haunt in February 2024, Atlantis Quartet--saxophonist Brandon Wozniak, guitarist Zacc Harris, bassist Chris Bates, and drummer Pete Hennig--does not merely make the case; they etch it in neon. This album captures a band and a room in perfect, combustible alignment. For nearly two decades, this ...
Continue ReadingRoberto Olzer Trio's Homage to the music of Enrico Pieranunzi
by Nathalie Tamara Freson
Roberto Olzer Trio Studio Annette Tel Aviv October 31, 2025 “Good things come to those who wait."--the old adage certainly applied to Roberto Olzer Trio's homage to the music of Italian legendary pianist Enrico Pieranunzi. Originally planned for May 2025, the event was postponed due to the war in Israel but finally took place on October 31st at Studio Annette in Tel Aviv. And the wait was so worth it! Roberto Olzer is ...
Continue ReadingHigh Society New Orleans Jazz Band: Live at Birdland
by Jack Bowers
Long before Bird (Charlie Parker), Diz (Dizzy Gillespie), Prez (Lester Young), the Count (Count Basie) or the Duke (Duke Ellington) raised their voices, jazz was being performed, for audiences large and small, in New Orleans and other cities and towns along the Mississippi River and elsewhere, lending those yet to come the bedrock from which to explore fresh ideas and chart new musical pathways. Even though the world of jazz has been remodeled and amplified ...
Continue ReadingJim Ridl Quartet at The Django
by Tanja Momcilovic
A collection of photos from the Jim Ridl Quartet concert at The Django in New York City on October 12th, 2025 featuring Jim Ridl, Cliff Almond, Dean Johnson and Marc Mommaas. ...
Continue ReadingJussi Reijonen: Sayr: Salt | Thirst
by Dan McClenaghan
Listening to Finish guitarist/oudist Jussi Reijonen's Sayr: Salt | Thirst without delving into his rich backstory is a journey into two extended solo guitar pieces that play out as ruminative dream states. Concentrating on just the sound, images of Lightnin' Hopkins might come to mind: the bluesman huddled down in a small, dim hotel room after a show, improvising outside of time. Or maybe it is Howlin' Wolf sitting on the rumpled bed with the guitar on his lap, in ...
Continue ReadingNew Music From Brennan, Borgatti, Hilton, Threadgill & More
by Bob Osborne
This episode features music from Latin America, North America, Europe, and the Mediterranean region. It begins with rhythmically driven Latin jazz and piano-led ensemble work, followed by experimental compositions using layered electronics, extended techniques, and non-standard forms. Midway, the programme includes modal structures, bowed string textures, and vibraphone-led chamber jazz. The final third presents free improvisation, large ensemble writing, and live recordings with shifting metre and phrasing. The sequence spans solo, trio, quintet, and big band formats, with studio and ...
Continue ReadingBrandon Sanders, Aaron Parks, James Suggs, Kenny Barron and more
by Benjamin Boddie
Today's Music--Right Now! Fantastic music by Brandon Sanders, Aaron Parks, James Suggs, Kenny Barron, Scott Silbert, Enoch Smith Jr., Lafayette Harris Jr., Kenny Barron, Angela Verbrugge, Baltimore Jazz Collective, Mark Sherman, Jerry Weldon, Nicholas Payton, Maja Jaku, Nat Adderley Jr., Affinity Trio, Anthony Stanco, David Sneider, Charles Lloyd, Boz Scaggs, Andrew Carroll, Sean Mason, Horace Silver, Tierney Sutton, Johnathan Blake, Josie Falbo, and more. Playlist Brandon Sanders “8/4 Beat" from Lasting Impression (Savant) 00:00 Aaron Parks “Parks Lope" ...
Continue ReadingCoding the Self: Theo Bleckmann on Finding Your Own Language
by Leo Sidran
Theo Bleckmann has spent decades living in the space between: between categories, between careers, between composition and improvisation, even between apartments. Born in rural Germany, he trained as both a boy soprano and a competitive figure skater, before coming to New York at 23 to study with the legendary singer Sheila Jordan. Quickly he found a home among musical misfits. Since then, he has built a singular life in music that balances jazz, avant-garde experimentation, composition, performance art, and teaching. ...
Continue ReadingThe Bad Plus at The Hamilton Live
by Robert Bellafiore
The Bad Plus The Hamilton Live Washington, DC November 9, 2025 The ancient paradox known as the Ship of Theseus poses a philosophical riddle: if every piece of a ship is gradually replaced until no original components remain, is it still the same ship, or has it transformed into something else entirely? Is a thing defined by its collective parts, or by some deeper essence? This is the question raised by The Bad ...
Continue ReadingMary Halvorson's Amaryllis Sextet At Domicil
by Matty Bannond
Mary Halvorson's Amaryllis Sextet Domicil Dortmund, Germany November 6, 2025 Sixty seconds before this concert's advertised start time, a member of the venue's tech team deposited a gym towel on each on-stage music stand. It was an ominous gesture for a chilly evening in autumnal north-west Germany. Mary Halvorson's Amaryllis Sextet clearly planned to push for the burn. The group has released three albums and features vibraphonist Patricia Brennan, trombonist Jacob Garchik, bassist ...
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