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Wycliffe Gordon, Benny Benack III, Anais Reno & Tim Whitmer
by Joe Dimino
Welcome to the annual Christmas hour of Neon Jazz--a tradition carefully culled and curated each year to celebrate the season through the language of jazz. We kick off this year's holiday journey with Kansas City veterans Tim Whitmer and Rod Fleeman, bringing a hometown glow with Plaza Tidings from their 2025 album Happy Holidays. These seasonal gems have been performed live for years, and now they're finally etched into master tapes--a gift that keeps on swinging. From there, the hour ...
Continue ReadingSatoko Fujii: Message
by John Sharpe
Even within the remarkably consistent output of prolific Japanese pianist Satoko Fujii, certain ensembles command special attention. The This Is It! Trio --named for her conviction that the group represented an ideal working unit has become one such forum. Message, the trio's third release, reunites Fujii with her crew -husband and trumpeter Natsuki Tamura and drummer Takashi Itani -for a program that underscores her strengths as both composer and catalytic improviser. Unlike in some of her other bands ...
Continue ReadingMerry Christmas with Gregory Porter and others, Happy Hannukah with the Eyal Vilner Big Band, and Happy Kwanzaa with Rhonda Thomas
by David W. Daniels
Season's Greetings and Happy Holidays--honoring Christmas with Al Jarreau, Spyro Gyra, and The Modern Jazz Quartet with many others. Focus is on local Atlanta artists including Diane Durrett, Tony Hightower, Rhonda Thomas, Joe Gransden, and others. Hanukkah music from the Eyal Vilner Big Band, and music honoring Kwanzaa from Bill Summers and Rhonda Thomas. Ending the show with the classic John Coltrane rendition of My Favorite Things.Playlist The Manhattan Transfer “Happy Holiday/The Holiday Season" from The Christmas Album ...
Continue ReadingBen Boddie On Jazz 2025
by Benjamin Boddie
Every year, jazz reminds us of its vastness, and 2025 was no different. These recordings consistently graced Ben Boddie on Jazz, showcasing a blend of deep tradition and bold exploration. From grand ensemble pieces to intimate, personal recordings, the albums on this list capture the creativity, curiosity, and emotional depth that keep jazz moving. These are the jazz releases that defined 2025 for me--records that keep surprising me with each listen. Unleashed Altin Sencalar Posi-Tone ...
Continue ReadingDuo Réflections: Duo Réflections
by Nenad Georgievski
Piano and guitar duos walk a fine line. Too much harmony, and the sound collapses into density; too little, and the music drifts apart. In the hands of the French group Duo Réflections, this fragile balance becomes something alive and breathing. Pianist Sylvain Rey and guitarist Leandro López-Nussa have been refining their partnership for nearly a decade, and La Tregua marks the moment when trust, risk, and restraint coexist in perfect tension. Their debut album reimagined standards, but ...
Continue ReadingLibero Farnè's Best Jazz Albums of 2025
by Libero Farnè
Once again this year, the most forward-looking strand of the U.S. jazz scene has proven to be especially rich and compelling. In my list, however, I have tried to make room for a number of emblematic releases from the European scene, which remains consistently vital and authentic. In this spirit, I chose to highlight a historic figure such as Barry Guy, also because in the course of 2025 I had the privilege of hearing him live on two occasions.
Continue ReadingNoah Garabedian: Quartets and Solos
by Jack Bowers
If ever an album were in need of liner notes--or at least some further clarification--it is this one, Quartets and Solos, by New York-based bassist Noah Garabedian's quartet; or quintet, if one includes album producer Samuel Adams' special effects and programming. The playlist consists of 13 songs. According to a press release, they alternate “between eight conceptually stand-alone quartet compositions...and sharply focused solo features written specifically for each musician (including Adams)." There are two such showcases for every ...
Continue ReadingYou Know Arthur Blythe and Oliver Lake, What About Hadley Caliman and Krysztof Zgraja?
by Jon Greenbaum
In this edition of North Star Sounds Rick Petrie plays a variety of free and avant-garde jazz from the last 50 years. Included as well are some cuts hewing closer to the tradition from Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Longineau Parsons, Masayuki Takayanagi, Arthur Blythe and a nice dose of soul jazz from Hadley Caliman. Playlist Hannibal Lokumbe “The 23rd Psalm" from Hannibal In Berlin (MPS) 00:00 Hadley Caliman “Watercress from Iapetus (Mainstream Records) 9:07:30 Rahsaan Roland Kirk “Mingus-Griff Song" ...
Continue ReadingShifa شفاء - Rachel Musson, Pat Thomas, Mark Sanders: Ecliptic
by John Sharpe
Scrubbed piano strings, malleted drums and a tenor saxophone testing the air may not conjure the usual Sunday-afternoon reverie, yet that is how the trio Shifa ignited its early-2023 matinee at north London's Café Oto. Ecliptic, the group's third document following Live at Café Oto (577 Records, 2019) and Live in Oslo (577 Records, 2020), captures pianist Pat Thomas, saxophonist Rachel Musson, and drummer Mark Sanders in the sort of unpremeditated council that has made them pillars of the UK ...
Continue ReadingDayna Stephens, Emiliano D'Auria, Charles Lloyd, Jérémie Lucchese, James Newton
by Ludovico Granvassu
Here's a playlist featuring musicians paying tribute to where they come from, geographically or artistically.Happy listening!Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Emiliano D'Auria “Chasing the Flicker" The Baggage Room Vol.2--Meanwhile (Via Veneto Jazz) 0:16 Host talks 6:52 Dayna Stephens “Just You and Me Smoking the Evidence" Monk'D (Contagious) 8:37 Host talks 15:01 Charles Lloyd “Black Butterfly" Figure in Blue (Blue Note) 16:11 Jérémie Lucchese “Virga" Essais pour l'imaginaire--Vol. II ...
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