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Miles Ahead: A Jazz Road Trip

Part 6: Twenty Minutes

by Billie Eidson
October 10, 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 Eleven ...

Album Review

Kevin Fort: Chiaroscuro

Read "Chiaroscuro" reviewed by Hrayr Attarian

by Hrayr Attarian
October 10, 2026

Pianist Kevin Fort and guitarist Andy Brown are two stalwarts of the Chicago jazz scene. With their easily recognizable styles and superlative musicianship, they have individually built critically acclaimed discographies. On Chiaroscuro, the pair draws on pianist Bill Evans and guitarist Jim Hall discs from the 1960s to craft eight intimate, lyrical tracks that crackle with spontaneity. For instance, the bluesy “Leroy" starts with melodic refrains played in unison. Out of the head seamlessly emerges Brown's resonant phrases. ...

Radio & Podcasts

Thelonious Monk: Wrong is Right, Part 1

by Stephen Braunginn
October 10, 2026

Thelonious Monk changed the language of jazz--but who was the man behind the music? On Strictly Jazz Sounds, Steve Braunginn talks with T.S. Monk and his son, Thelonious Monk IV, about Monk as father, grandfather and musical revolutionary. T.S. challenges the familiar image of Monk as an eccentric, examines his remarkable relationship with tenor saxophonist Charlie Rouse, and offers a revealing way to hear his father's genius: listen not only to Monk's solos, but to what he plays ...

Album Review

Ivo Perelman, Elliott Sharp, Cyro Baptista: Triacontagon

Read "Triacontagon" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto
October 10, 2026

To better appreciate Triacontagon, it helps to wind the clock back to Brazilian saxophonist Ivo Perelman's recordings from the mid-to-late 1990s. Consider Man of the Forest (GM Recordings, 1994), Brazilian Watercolour (Leo Records, 1999) and Aquarela do Brazil (Atração Fonográfica, 1999). Each featured fellow São Paulo native, percussionist Cyro Baptista. Perelman, who began his musical life playing guitar, eventually gravitated toward the tenor saxophone and the music of Ornette Coleman, John Coltrane and Albert Ayler. Two of those early recordings ...

Radio & Podcasts

David Perlis: Everything You Love Is from Marin

by Lawrence Peryer
October 10, 2026

The Marin-born author and former WFMU host joins us to discuss Morning in Marin, his history of how Alan Watts, the Grateful Dead, George Lucas, and Philip K. Dick turned one county north of the Golden Gate into a center of postwar American culture. ...

Live Review

Festival-ing on Historic Grounds

by Josef Woodard
October 9, 2026

Monterey Jazz Festival Monterey, CA September 25-27, 2026 As the legendary Monterey jazz festival leans into its 70th year in 2027, the artistic and commercial mission remains steadfast, while the leadership chair has been in rotation the last few years. After Tim Jackson retired after 32 years of noble and forward-thinking duty as director, the director role has been passed to Darin Atwater for a year (and a very good year it was), then ...

Album Review

Danny Green: Let the Music Happen

Read "Let the Music Happen" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan
October 9, 2026

San Diego-based pianist Danny Green began his recording association with Seattle's Origin/OA2 label in 2014 with After the Calm (OA2 Records, 2015), an inspired trio release featuring bassist Justin Grinnell and drummer Julien Cantelm. It was an auspicious beginning. The group followed up their debut with Altered Narratives (OA2, 2016), featuring a string quartet on three tunes before taking the 'string thing' a step further with One Day It Will (OA2 Records, 2018), a full-on piano trio outing with a string ...

Album Review

Tommy Flanagan: Solo Piano

Read "Solo Piano" reviewed by Jakob Baekgaard

by Jakob Baekgaard
October 9, 2026

A solo piano outing is the perfect opportunity to experience the style of a pianist in its purest form. Without the interaction with other musicians, there is only the instrument and the artist, and every musical trace and train of thought can be followed. Unfortunately, it is also rare sometimes to experience such musical soliloquys. While great pianists like Art Tatum and Thelonious Monk have often explored the medium, others are far more reluctant about playing piano alone and recording ...

Radio & Podcasts

South African Jazz, chapter 1: The Jazz Epistles, Hugh Masekela and Miriam Makeba

by Larry Slater
October 9, 2026

South Africa has the most distinctive and long-lived jazz community on the African continent. You might be unaware that there is such a thing as South African jazz, but you've almost certainly heard it.The roots of South African jazz began in township jazz, a vibrant, upbeat music genre born in the segregated black neighborhoods of South Africa during the 20th century. Township jazz blended traditional African rhythms and gospel music with American swing and big band jazz, which ...

Album Review

Christopher Lucas Wilson Trio: Wilson's Way

Read "Wilson's Way" reviewed by Hrayr Attarian

by Hrayr Attarian
October 9, 2026

Chicago pianist Christopher Wilson has an easily recognizable style: lean, elegant, and clear with a resonant sound. On the fourth addition to his discography, the captivating Wilson's Way, he has matured as both a composer and a bandleader. Together with two area stalwarts, bassist Alex Austin and drummer Isaiah Spencer, he creates a cohesive, multilayered work. “Night Notes," for instance, starts with dense, bluesy refrains that build an intriguing mood and form the basis for the shimmering main ...