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Mike Clark: Kuon Ganjo
by Jack Bowers
Not much is really new on veteran drummer Mike Clark's 2026 album, Kuon Ganjo (Time Without Beginning), which encompasses a series of nine hard-bop themes performed by Clark's able quintet. Having said that, the most reasonable question is, do they do it well? And the answer to that is an unequivocal yes. Clark, who has been around the block more than a few times during his decades-long career as a jazz/funk timekeeper and is perhaps best known for ...
Continue ReadingGlam Sam And His Combo: Instrumentals In Colour
by Kitty Kalriess
Instrumentals in Colour is a re-launch of sorts, a return to the scene by Glam Sam And His Combo, the musical child of Mats Samuelsson. The collection opens with “Talk In Colour (The Brixton Jazz Instrumental)." This is the music you want people to hear when they see you on the street in your best clothes--free, easy, fun. The infectious sound might be heard anywhere: blended in a live DJ mix, or played as a jaunty introduction to ...
Continue ReadingAkusmi, Nelson Patton, arc rae, hackedepicciotto, Grateful Dead and more
by Lawrence Peryer
Episode 17 spends its first half putting things together: drone loops rebuilt into full arrangements, improvised cello reassembled into composition, a century-old fiddle tune rebuilt with dance and harmonics, before heading to Los Angeles for a band that builds the same unresolved tension by hand, live, in a room. The back half turns from a microtonal utopia and a rhythmic ambient interior to a straight line from Peter Gabriel through Bruce Hornsby's brand new record featuring Bob Weir and into ...
Continue ReadingBill Frisell and Ambrose Akinmusire at NoMad Jazz Festival
by Paul Reynolds
Bill Frisell and Ambrose Akinmusire Baruch College NoMad Jazz Festival New York NY August 3, 2026 It's not uncommon to describe jazz duets as musical conversations. But the term, suggesting some silences and even disagreements, isn't quite right for an encounter as uninterrupted and musically telepathic as that of Bill Frisell and Ambrose Akinmusire at Baruch College on Monday night. Akinmusire recently (once again) won top honors as the best trumpeter in the prestigious ...
Continue ReadingFillmore Dreams, Part 1
by Blue Note Portal
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 The room had no name. It didn't need one. Everyone who mattered in the trillion-dollar architecture of Xample Global knew exactly where they were when the elevator opened onto the seventy-seventh floor of the X Tower in what had once been called New York City and was now, in the casual parlance of 2092, simply “the Corridor." The boardroom was a perfect sphere, suspended within the larger structure ...
Continue ReadingBen Crosland Quintet: North York Skies
by Neil Duggan
Bassist Ben Crosland's compositions are invariably rooted in strong melodies, but they are equally shaped by a sense of place. North York Skies is a heartfelt tribute to the North York Moors, celebrating the beauty, history, folklore and mythology of the upland national park in the English county of North Yorkshire. As Crosland explains, “The twelve compositions are inspired by the beauty and majesty of the Moors and the surrounding countryside, the legends and characters that abound there, and some personal connections ...
Continue ReadingClark Sommers: WaBaSH
by Jack Bowers
Wabash is the name of a river in Indiana and Illinois, an avenue in Chicago and, what is most relevant to this recording, the name of the quartet that performs on the avenue, a respectable group led by bassist Clark Sommers. Sommers' WaBaSH ensemble varies from the quartet norm in that two of its members, John Wojciechowski and Geof Bradfield, are saxophonists (who double on flute and bass clarinet, respectively). The group's fourth member is drummer Dana Hall. ...
Continue ReadingArman Sangalang: Waypoints
by Jack Bowers
Waypoints, the second recording by Chicago-based tenor saxophonist Arman Sangalang's quartet, continues on a path similar to his first, Arman Sangalang Quartet (Calligram, 2023), leaning on original compositions and closing with a perennially popular standard, Johnny Green's “Body & Soul." Sangalang is a splendid player, blending a strong and persuasive solo voice with precise technique and a bright and pleasing sound. His teammates are similarly adept, lending Sangalang solid and dependable support. The compositional highlight of the program ...
Continue ReadingThe John Coltrane Centennial, part 1: Coltrane's early years with Miles and Monk
by Larry Slater
John Coltrane is, without a doubt, one of the most revered and influential musicians of the modern jazz era. A controversial musician during his lifetime, his legacy continued to grow after his death in 1967 at age 40. His outsized impact on the world of jazz is all the more remarkable considering his career as a featured artist lasted only 12 years, beginning with his tenure in Miles Davis' quintet and Thelonious Monk's quartet.In this hour, you'll hear ...
Continue ReadingK Trio, Dorota Piotrowska & Sound Circle, Yoron Israel, Zaccai Curtis
by Cheryl K.
During this week's two-hour program of jazz and improvised music--reissues by pianist Matthew Shipp and bassist William Parker and Irish drummer John Wadham; the Japanese ensemble K Trio; guitarist Leonardo Vita and vocalist Matilde Sabato; drummer/composer Dorota Piotrowska and Sound Circle; drummer Yoron Israel; organist Larry Goldings, guitarist Peter Bernstein, and drummer Bill Stewart; and pianist/composer Zaccai Curtis.Playlist Ran Blake-Jeanne Lee “Blue Monk" from The Newest Sound You Never Heard--1966-1967 (A-side ) 4:43 Matthew Shipp-William Parker “Summertime" from ...
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