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Tommy Talton: Seven Levels
by Doug Collette
Tommy Talton has the distinction of co-leading the band Cowboy, one of the select few acts on the Capricorn Records roster during the heyday of Southern rock that did not sound like the Allman Brothers Band. Emphasizing vocal harmonies and concise song structure with a decidedly folky feel, Talton, along with Scott Boyer, co-fronted an ensemble of shifting personnel over the years, but an early incarnation of the band also contributed significantly to the live presentation of Gregg Allman's early ...
Continue ReadingRemembering Jack DeJohnette: His Musicianship and Legacy
by David W. Daniels
A show in tribute to the contributions to jazz of the late drummer/keyboardist/composer Jack DeJohnette. Music by Mr. DeJohnette with other musicians including Geri Allen, Keith Jarrett, John Abercrombie, Jan Hammer, and more. Music from the groups Gateway, Compost, and the Charles Lloyd Quartet, with whom he performed.Playlist Charles Lloyd “Sombrero Sam" from Dream Weaver (Atlantic) 00:00 Jack DeJohnette “Brown, Warm, And Wintry" from The Jack DeJohnette Complex (Milestone) 7:46 Jackie McLean “Soft Blue" from Jacknife (Blue Note) ...
Continue ReadingSarah Wilson Lights Up Incandescence
by Steven Roby
Episode Description In this episode, host Steven Roby talks with Bay Area trumpeter and composer Sarah Wilson about her luminous new album Incandescence (Brass Tonic Records, 2025) and the creative path that led her from political puppet theater to leading an all-woman horn line in a brass-forward Bay Area ensemble. Wilson explains how visual art, community-based performance, and New Orleans street energy shaped the music on Incandescence, and why she wants audiences to experience the album as one ...
Continue ReadingJuan Chiavassa, Bob Schlesinger, Mike Stern, Wakan & More
by Ludovico Granvassu
Mike Stern-powered debut albums, pastoral projects, and a J.J. Cale-tinged antidote to worry make up a playlist well worth your time.Happy listening!Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Wolfgang Muthspiel, Scott Colley, Brian Blade “Roll" Tokyo (ECM) 0:16 Host talk 2:44 Juan Chiavassa feat. Mike Stern, John Patitucci, Leo Genovese, Pedrito Martinez, Federico Gonzalez Peña “Bonus Track Jam" Fourth Generation (Whirlwind) 4:31 Bob Schlesinger feat. Mike Stern “Bait Tone Blues" ...
Continue ReadingTake Five with Pianist Andrii Pokaz
by AAJ Staff
Meet Andrii Pokaz Andrii Pokaz holds Bachelor's and PhD degrees from the Odesa National A.V. Nezhdanova Academy of Music, where he later returned as a professor, teaching and mentoring young Ukrainian musicians for over 16 years. A laureate of numerous international competitions, he is also frequently invited to serve on juries at prestigious music contests. In 2016, Andrii founded Pokaz Trio, which quickly became a distinct presence on the jazz scene. Their debut album Kintsugi (Losen Records, 2019) ...
Continue ReadingBria Skonberg Quintet At Miner Auditorium
by Steven Roby
Bria Skonberg Miner Auditorium San Francisco, California November 5, 2025 Bria Skonberg took the stage at SFJAZZ's Miner Auditorium with the confidence of an artist who knows that joy is compelling. The 90-minute set was a lively, good-humored, rhythm-driven performance that blended New Orleans roots, swing, blues, and pop as parts of a shared, generous language. The audience responded right away. She set the tone early. “We are going to have some fun ...
Continue ReadingRuss Macklem: Introducing: The Russ Macklem Detroit Quintet
by Paul Rauch
Trumpeter Russ Macklem is known in jazz circles as a strong presence on the fertile Detroit scene, but he is actually from Windsor, Ontario--a quick jaunt across the Detroit River from the Motor City. For this recording, he matches wits with some of the brightest young stars on the Detroit scene, in a live-in-the-studio session that is as honest and direct to the listener as a studio date can be. Macklem's playing is the first order of business, ...
Continue ReadingA Muse Renaissance: Reissues from Roy Brooks, Kenny Barron, and Carlos Garnett
by C. Andrew Hovan
The independent jazz label has long served as a bellwether for the music's highest artistry, ever since the advent of the long-playing record. Labels such as Verve Records, Blue Note Records, Prestige Records, Contemporary Records, and Riverside--each a modest operation led by passionate entrepreneurs--were devoted to documenting the sound of their era with fidelity and purpose. As rock and other modern styles began to overshadow mainstream jazz in the early 1970s, producer Joe Fields emerged as a tireless advocate for ...
Continue ReadingPierre Favre & Sergio Armaroli, Andrea Centazzo, Francesca Gemmo: The Art Of Sound(s)
by Mark Corroto
It would not be prudent to overlook history when considering the music created by the improvising artists of The Art of Sound(s). As William Shakespeare wrote in The Tempest: “By that destiny to perform an act / Whereof what's past is prologue, what to come in yours and my discharge." In other words, this 2024 recording could not exist without the accumulated experiences and creative legacies of its four musicians. At the center stands Swiss drummer Pierre Favre, ...
Continue ReadingAmanda Monaco, Aretha Tillotson Kerry Politzer, Maja Jaku Release New Music Plus Centennial Shoutout For Dory Langdon Previn
by Mary Foster Conklin
This broadcast includes new releases from Maja Jaku, Amanda Monaco, Aretha Tillotson and Kerry Politzer, with birthday shoutouts to Dory Langdon Previn (100!), Julia Lee, Sippie Wallace, Andy Bey, Cleo Laine, Abbie Finn, Kristin Korb, Kurt Elling, Amanda Monaco, Allison Miller, Carmen Lundy, Dianne Reeves and Jay Clayton, among others. Happy listening and please support the artists you hear--see them live, buy their music so they can continue to comfort, distract, provoke and remind the world that A Woman's Place ...
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