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Miles Ahead: A Jazz Road Trip

Part 3: Trust, Again

by Billie Eidson
October 7, 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 Two ...

Album Review

Alekos Vretos: Mediterranean Echoes

Read "Mediterranean Echoes" reviewed by Neil Duggan

by Neil Duggan
October 7, 2026

Standing at the crossroads of jazz improvisation, Arabic modes and Greek folk music, oud virtuoso Alekos Vretos has created an album with a distinctive musical identity. Mediterranean Echoes continues his exploration of the space between traditions, bringing Eastern and Western influences together through an unusual, drummerless quartet with clarinetist Giannis Diskos, pianist Dimitris Verdinoglou and bassist Kimon Karoutzos. Originally conceived as a live project, before evolving into an album, it places ensemble interplay with an appealing chamber quality firmly at ...

Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum

Point, Geckos, and Scalefulness

by Mr. P.C.
October 6, 2026

Point Dear Mr. P.C.: One of our four band members consistently shows up late for rehearsal. While the rest of us do give him points for consistency, we find it irritating to stand around and wait for him to show up. What can we do to encourage him to be more punctual? --Waiting in the Rehearsal Room Dear Waiting: Why give him points for consistency, then set out to destroy that consistency? ...

Album Review

Kevin Sun: Kevin Sun, II.

Read "Kevin Sun, II." reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan
October 6, 2026

In the first half of saxophonist Kevin Sun's 2026 simultaneous release project, Kevin Sun, I. (Endectomorph, 2026), the artist took the sound into an adventurous, walk-on-the-wild-side territory. His Kevin Sun, II. pulls it back closer to the mainstream--sort of. Both of the outings are sax-and-a-rhythm-section recordings--I. featuring a guitar in the chording chair, and II, with a piano. The former rises to almost John Coltrane-like freedom; the latter sounds more like Dexter Gordon or maybe Sonny Rollins, laying down some ...

Album Review

Christy Doran, Imran Khan: Disambiguation

Read "Disambiguation" reviewed by Tyran Grillo

by Tyran Grillo
October 6, 2026

For Christy Doran, disambiguation does not entail stripping music of its mysteries. Clarity arrives through a lifetime of wandering, six decades of guitar compressed into a language whose elements have ceased to observe their ancestral borders. Blues and rock pass through jazz and free improvisation until each tradition becomes a translucent chamber inside the others, retaining its contour while admitting foreign light. Even at his most abstract, Doran remains devoted to the physical pleasures of the instrument: the bite of ...

Album Review

Jon Hassell: Music Is Invisible (Pentimento Volume Three)

Read "Music Is Invisible (Pentimento Volume Three)" reviewed by Maciej Stasiowski

by Maciej Stasiowski
October 6, 2026

When Listening to Pictures (Pentimento Volume One), Jon Hassell's first record in nine years, which was announced back in 2018, a new era in the trumpeter's career seemed to have opened. Furthermore, the LP came with its own methodology. The cut-and-paste retrieval of archival material overlaid with more recent instrumental parts promised a polyvalent and invigorating body of new work. The approach meant to evoke pentimento technique in painting--the bleeding-through of previous elements of the sonic painting onto the surface ...

Radio & Podcasts

Classics from John Coltrane, Horace Silver, Others; New Music from Christine Tobin, Bobby Watson, Carmen Lundy and More

by David W. Daniels
October 6, 2026

In addition to the artists in the title, this edition of Exploration honors the birthdays of Patrice Rushen, Dave Holland, Jean-Luc Ponty, and others. Playlist Charles McPherson “Explorations" from McPherson's Mood (Prestige) 00:00 John Coltrane “Naima (Take 1)" from Blue World (Impulse!/Verve Label Group) 7:50 Miles Davis “A Night In Tunisia" from The Musings Of Miles (Prestige) 12:18 Ella Fitzgerald and Count Basie “Ain't Misbehavin'" from Ella And Basie! (Verve) 19:37 Art Blakey and Kenny Burrell “Swingin'" from ...

Radio & Podcasts

Larry Goldings, Peter Bernstein, Bill Stewart, Argot Lunaire & More

by Ludovico Granvassu
October 6, 2026

A selection of recent gems where seasoned improvisers and adventurous new voices meet at the crossroads of groove, abstraction and lyrical invention.Happy listening!Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Marc Benham “Cioran Boogaloo" Tricératops (Pégazz & L'Hélicon) 0:16 Host talks 4:30 Larry Goldings, Peter Bernstein, Bill Stewart “Mamma" Rhombus (Smoke Sessions) 5:27 Host talks 10:06 Argot Lunaire “Le vice du sujet" Argot Lunaire (Collectif Pince Oreilles) 11:27 Florian Arbenz feat. ...

Radio & Podcasts

The Iconic Harry Connick, Jr.

by Leo Sidran
October 6, 2026

From the time he showed up on the scene in his late teens, Harry Connick, Jr. seemed destined for an unusual career. His early Columbia recordings placed him alongside musicians like Ron Carter, Dr. John and Carmen McRae; the When Harry Met Sally... soundtrack made him a star at 22. In the decades since, he has moved freely between jazz, pop, Broadway, film and television, while continuing to work as a pianist, singer, composer and arranger. But by ...

Play This!

Welcome The Morning With Ahmad Jamal’s The Awakening

by Keith Flint
October 6, 2026

Waking to a melody playing in one's mind is a common occurrence. Sometimes a simple line stands alone as an isolated, fleeting remnant of a previously loved song. At other times, a recurring line, verse, chorus, or entire piece lingers or revisits throughout the day. A notable personal example is the aptly titled track “The Awakening," which begins The Ahmad Jamal Trio's album of the same name. Beginning with its highly recognizable, compact, four-note melodic-cell introduction, the piece ...