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Miles Ahead: A Jazz Road Trip

Part 2: The Wallet

by Billie Eidson
October 6, 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 One ...

Reanimating Conversations Past

John Scofield: Meant To Be

by John Ephland
October 5, 2026

When John Scofield and I met, in his Vancouver hotel room in June, 1990 on the occasion of the fifth annual du Maurier Ltd., International Jazz Festival, the conversation started with talk of his then-current band and his Blue Note debut, Time On My Hands (Blue Note Records, 1990). By this point, Sco, who turns 75 in December, had been covered by DownBeat extensively, my interview adding to the burgeoning crop. To recap: In the '70s Sco had ...

Miles Ahead: A Jazz Road Trip

Part 1: Before the First Mile

by Billie Eidson
October 5, 2026

Chapters 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 A Note at the Beginning This winter, I'm taking the long way. Not the fastest route. Not the most efficient one. I'm driving across the country with melody in my ears and silence in the passenger seat--following back roads, open skies, and ...

Album Review

Henry Grimes & Marzette Watts: The Call

Read "The Call" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita
October 5, 2026

Long before Henry Grimes became known as jazz's great Lazarus story, he was simply one of the most technically astonishing bassists working in New York City's' free jazz underground. Recorded on December 28, 1965, and issued by ESP-Disk in 1966, The Call stands as his debut as a leader, and it remains a document of quiet audacity rather than the raw energy so often associated with the label's catalog. Teaming with clarinetist Perry Robinson and drummer Tom Price, Grimes assembled ...

Album Review

Joey DeFrancesco: Live at Keystone Korner

Read "Live at Keystone Korner" reviewed by Andrew Schinder

by Andrew Schinder
October 5, 2026

Joey DeFrancesco is one of the most tragic stories of 21st-century jazz. After the deaths of mid-twentieth-century organ greats Jimmy Smith and Larry Young, the Hammond B-3 became somewhat unfashionable until DeFrancesco's dynamic, virtuosic style helped reignite the jazz community's passion for the instrument. DeFrancesco was prolific and engaging and the perfect ambassador for the organ, until a sudden heart attack tragically cut short his life at age 51, while he was still in the prime of his career. A ...

In Pictures

Peter Bernstein with the Jimmy Masters Trio at The Sandler Center

by Mark Robbins
October 5, 2026

Jazz musicians often have a musical conversation onstage. One musician introduces an idea, another responds, and the music develops through that back and forth. They listen closely to one another, picking up on rhythms, melodies, and small changes in the moment. The result can feel spontaneous and personal, as if the musicians are speaking to one another without words. When guitarist Peter Bernstein joined the Jimmy Masters Trio, it felt like you were listening in on a conversation ...

Album Review

Zaldivar | McBride | Mela: Meeting in New York: Vol. 1

Read "Meeting in New York: Vol. 1" reviewed by Mike Jurkovic

by Mike Jurkovic
October 5, 2026

Depending on what part of town one finds their jollies, Cuban-born pianist Rafael Zaldivar may or may not be a well-known curiosity seeker in these parts, as he is in Montreal, where he characteristically burns up stages both big and small. But he damn well should be, as evidenced by the music emanating forth from Meeting In New York: Vol.1, the pianist's first for 577 Records. Spending time with raconteur bassist Christian McBride and equally rancorous drummer Francisco ...

Radio & Podcasts

Mei Inoue, Osamu Koike, Atsushi Ikeda, Issei Igarashi and Yoshio "Chin" Suzuki

by Joe Dimino
October 5, 2026

Episode 978 of Neon Jazz takes us on a deep dive into the sounds, spirit and surprises of Japanese jazz. This is a special themed Japanese Jazz Hour, inspired by the new 2026 book A Guide to Jazz in Japan by Kansas City native, author and lifelong jazz enthusiast Michael Pronko. His book opens the door to a fascinating world of clubs, musicians, traditions and cultural discoveries gathered through years of experiencing and documenting the Japanese jazz scene firsthand. So, ...

Radio & Podcasts

Peggy Lee, Kris Davis, Monty Alexander, Andy Sheppard, Liana Flores, Lisa B, Julian Davis Reid, Doug Webb & More

by Mary Foster Conklin
October 5, 2026

This broadcast includes new music from Emmaline, Joan Watson-Jones, Doug Webb, Peggy Lee, Kris Davis, Monty Alexander, Andy Sheppard, Liana Flores, Lisa B, Julian Davis Reid, with birthday shoutouts to Rosetta Reitz (founder of Rosetta Records), Marlena Shaw, Julie London (100!), Rebecca Kilgore, Norma Winstone, 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 is in the ...

Radio & Podcasts

Camila Nebbia, Satoko Fujii & Cassandra Wilson

by Maurice Hogue
October 5, 2026

This episode is a mixed bag of new and almost new music from new releases. There's a definite Berlin, Germany connection to two of the featured albums--that city is now home base for Argentinian saxophonist Camila Nebbia who continues to march through the free jazz world with abandon. Her newest release, Limbo , introduces her new group, The Hanged Ones, and they match Nebbia note for note, raunch for raunch. Berlin is also one of the locations in the world ...