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Radio & Podcasts

Quentin Walston: Teaching Jazz, Retro Future, and Reviving 1920s Stride

by Mike Jones
October 5, 2026

This week Quentin Walston, pianist, author, and jazz educator, joins Mike Jones for a conversation about a simple idea: people enjoy the music more when they understand what is going on inside it. He would know. He broke down Take Five into a short video and four and a half million people watched. They trace Quentin's path from a bluegrass corner of Virginia to a self-taught start on ragtime and boogie-woogie, the moment in high school when the ...

Live Review

Isaiah Collier Plays Coltrane: Live at Jazz Alley in Seattle

by Paul Rauch
October 4, 2026

Isaiah Collier Plays Coltrane Jazz Alley Seattle, WA September 29, 2026 The final wave of Coltrane 100 performances are rolling in, after the year-long blitz of celebrating his genius and legacy. Chicago-born tenor master Isaiah Collier landed at Seattle's renowned Jazz Alley this week, his first two-nighter there after a few years of attempting to do just that. His patience and our waiting proved to be worth the trouble on opening night-with the foursome delivering ...

Album Review

Tommy Muellner: Solitary Moon

Read "Solitary Moon" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
October 4, 2026

Pianist Tommy Muellner, a fixture on the Chicago-area jazz scene for many years, has not recorded often--Solitary Moon is only his second album as leader, following 1998's (All) About Time. That is a 28-year span between visits to the studio, more than numerous careers, let alone recording sessions. This is by and large lovely music, and easy on the ear. Nearly half of the album's 15 refreshing numbers were taken from the Great American Songbook, and most of those ...

Album Review

Adam Baldwych European Quartet: Endless

by Neil Duggan
October 4, 2026

Endless was recorded live at the Krzysztof Penderecki European Centre for Music in Lusławice, one of Poland's major concert venues. There was no audience; instead, the auditorium provided the ideal acoustic environment for violin master Adam Bałdych and the members of his European Quartet: Italian bandoneon player Daniele di Bonaventura, Swedish pianist Jacob Karlzon and Algerian bassist Michel Benita. Despite the scale of the auditorium, the recording is sensitive and intimate, even fragile at times, as the musicians are ...

Radio & Podcasts

Monty Alexander, Catherine Russell, Christine Tobin, Tara Davidson

by Cheryl K.
October 4, 2026

During this week's two-hour program of jazz and improvised music--drummer Matt Wilson and his Good Trouble ensemble; pianist Monty Alexander; saxophonist Branford Marsalis and vocalist Dianne Reeves; vocalists Catherine Russell and Christine Tobin; saxophonist Ivo Perelman leading a quartet; harpist Isabelle Olivier and guitarist Raphaël Olivier; and saxophonist Tara Davidson's Marni Project.Playlist Heikki Sarmanto “Jai Guru Dev" from Moonflower (Porter) 8:54 Dana Fitzsimons with Bill Graham and Brandon Boone “Ice Bridges Before Road" from Fault Lines (Dana Fitzsimons) ...

Album Review

Digba Ogunbiyi: Stay Still

Read "Stay Still" reviewed by La-Faithia White

by La-Faithia White
October 4, 2026

Timothy Digba Ogunbiyi is a Nigerian-born pianist, composer, and educator. Growing up in Lagos, Nigeria, Ogunbiyi began his musical journey playing drums in church before eventually pivoting from engineering to pursue music. His musical foundation and Nigerian heritage are reflected throughout this project, where Yoruba traditions, African rhythms, jazz improvisation, and contemporary influences come together to create a deeply expressive musical journey. “Extinct Man"--Extinct: a practice or a way of life is no longer in use. Ogunbiyi opens the ...

Play This!

Espen Berg Trio: Rue Saint-Michel

by Carl Medsker
October 4, 2026

The piano trios of Tord Gustavsen, Espen Eriksen and Espen Berg share a Norwegian terroir, but differ in expression. In a flagrant oversimplification, Gustavsen tends toward introspective rumination with classical undertones, while Eriksen revels in lyricism. Then there is Berg, who spits the difference, with added rhythmic complexity. Like three exceptional yet distinct wines from one region, each is complex and engrossing, each with its emotional pairing. Here is a taste from Entropies (Svale Records, 2026)--full-bodied, well-structured, enhanced ...

Rising Stars

Introducing Trumpeter Myles Ellington Twitty

by Sanford Josephson
October 3, 2026

The Greenwich was a popular jazz club in the Walnut Hills section of Cincinnati for many years. It closed in 2019, but 26-year-old trumpeter Myles Ellington Twitty remembers going there several times with his father, trombonist/educator Terry Twitty. “The first time I went there with my dad, we heard the William Mennefield piano trio. When I heard them play live, I said to myself, 'I don't know what they're doing, but I want to do that.' One of ...

Live Review

Hyphen Dash At Satory-Saal

by Ian Patterson
October 3, 2026

Hyphen Dash Satory-Saal 12th European Jazz Conference Cologne, Germany September 26, 2026 Ukrainian band Hyphen Dash's performance at Cologne's storied Satory-Saal carried a significance that extended well beyond the music. Firstly, it was a reminder that no amount of Russian aggression will bring Ukraine to its knees, and that resistance takes many forms. Secondly, the fact that Hyphen Dash's punchy half-hour showcase set was taking place within the program of the 12th European Jazz ...

Album Review

Nite Bjuti: Minwi

Read "Minwi" reviewed by Kevin Poindexter

by Kevin Poindexter
October 3, 2026

When Nite Bjuti (pronounced Night Beauty), Candice Hoyes, Mimi Jones, and Val Jeanty take to the stage, the surrounding air is charged with energy and anticipation. The trio conjures voices that invoke their ancestral past, and those voices guide them and help to shape and change the future. On Minwi, (Haitian Creole for midnight), Nite Bjuti channels that raw kinetic energy into a highly charged musical experience, an experience that reveals something different to the listener each time they hit play.