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Freedom, Community, and Jazz: KCSM’s 60 Years on the Air
by Steven Roby
Episode overview KCSM 91.1 FM has been a lifeline for Bay Area jazz for six decades. Station Manager Dr. Robert Franklin joins host Steve Roby to talk about the station's live-curated sound, its massive library and preservation work, and the new documentary celebrating KCSM's history and community impact. Guest: Dr. Robert “Bob" Franklin--Station Manager, KCSM 91.1 FM; Executive Producer of KCSM: 60 Years of Broadcasting and Jazz. Why it matters KCSM is one of the nation's ...
Continue ReadingVera Brandes on Köln 75
by Leo Sidran
The Köln Concert (ECM) by Keith Jarrett is one of the most iconic recordings in jazz history--a completely improvised solo piano performance, recorded in 1975, that became both the best-selling solo album and the best-selling piano album of all time. And yet, the concert almost didn't happen. The new film Köln 75, directed by Brooklyn-based filmmaker Ido Fluk, tells the remarkable true story behind that night through the eyes of Vera Brandes, the 18-year-old German concert promoter whose ...
Continue ReadingThe "Jazz Detective" Finds A New Muse, Reissues Lost Classics
by Joshua Weiner
Joe Fields (1929-2017) was a jazz producer and record executive who worked for Columbia, MGM, Verve, and, most impactfully, at Prestige in the 1950s and 1960s. Shortly after Prestige was sold to Fantasy in 1971, ending a classic era for the storied label, Fields founded Muse Records to document the next phase in jazz. Muse brought new music from many great artists of the era to the listening public, including Pat Martino, Cedar Walton, Carlos Garnett, and Kenny Barron, as ...
Continue ReadingAnthony Jackson and Yiorgos Fakanas: Interspirits
by Ian Patterson
This article was first published on All About Jazz on May 11, 2010. It may come as a surprise to anyone wading through bass guitar giant Anthony Jackson's discography, which mind-bogglingly totals over three thousand recordings, that he has never recorded a solo album. The legendary bassist--who has played with an astonishing variety of artists of the caliber of Chick Corea, Roberta Flack, the O'Jays, Buddy Rich, Paul Simon, Chaka Khan, Michel Petrucciani, Michel Camilo, Pat Metheny, Quincy ...
Continue ReadingCharlie Porter: Cipher
by Paul Rauch
Trumpeter Charlie Porter's Cipher (PHP, 2025) carries with it a concept that provides clues to a treasure hunt and cash money--an interesting and different idea not broached here. Instead, the focus becomes the music contained within this, his eighth release as a leader. Porter, having spent time in both Portland and New York, has enjoyed fine musical friendships that manifest in this session. The trumpeter / composer has long been acclaimed for his large and lyrical sound that interfaces with ...
Continue ReadingIntroducing: The Russ Macklem Detroit Quintet
by Vincent Chandler
What do these musicians have in common: Wardell Gray, Joe Henderson, Yusef Lateef, Thad, Elvin, and Hank Jones, Betty Carter, Howard McGhee and Marcus Belgrave? They are all legendary jazz musicians from Detroit who were born elsewhere. Some were raised in Detroit, while others moved there later in their lives. This phenomenon dates to the Great Migration of the early 20th century and continues due to a vibrant music scene and nationally diverse collegiate jazz programs in Metropolitan Detroit. Less ...
Continue ReadingMark Sherman: Bop Contest
by Jack Bowers
Following four well-received albums on which he played piano, the versatile Mark Sherman has placed the keyboard in the capable hands of Donald Vega and returned to his main instrument, the vibraphone, for the eloquent and delightful Bop Contest, Sherman's twenty-second recording in a prestigious career that has spanned nearly half a century. Although Sherman has shared the studio with a who's who of renowned bassists, he had never released an album, until now, with the Hall ...
Continue ReadingSweet October at SFJAZZ
by Ronald Davis
A collection of photos from the Ivan Lins and Aki Kumar concerts at SFJAZZ Center in San Francisco on October 19, 2025 featuring Ivan Lins, Andy Ezrin, Romero Lubambo, Francisco Fattoruso, Gary Frank, Roman Yamilov, June Core, Randall Bermudes, Manesh Judge and Julia Veil. ...
Continue ReadingAntonio Faraò: Kind of...
by Artur Moral
Antonio Faraò may seem a restless spirit, always on the move--a musical entity gifted with an innate, perpetual acceleration. But for certain decisions, he clearly takes his time: over eight years ago, in an interview aptly titled Antonio Faraò, l'eklektiko, the Rome-born pianist and composer--already in his fifties-- declared his interest in tackling a solo piano album. Well, we have had to wait until he has entered his sixties, but it has been worthwhile. Kind Of... fulfills a longing that ...
Continue ReadingMark Sherman, Jerry Weldon, Nicholas Payton, Maja Jaku and more
by Benjamin Boddie
Today's Music--Right Now! Fantastic music by Mark Sherman, Jerry Weldon, Nicholas Payton, Maja Jaku, Chris Rottmayer, Ted Piltzecker, Nat Adderley Jr., Richard D. Johnson, Affinity Trio, Anthony Stanco, Noam Lemish, Kelsey Mines, Jimbo Ross, Lili Maljic, Anthony D'Alessandro, Grant Stewart, Michael Dease, Michael Mayo, Baltimore Jazz Collective, Nick Finzer, Christopher McBride, Sacha Boutros, Mike Clark, Charlie Porter, Johnathan Blake, and more. Playlist Mark Sherman “Love Always Always" from Bop Contest (Miles High Records) 00:00 Jerry Weldon “You Go ...
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