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2026 New Releases, Part 1
by Jon Greenbaum
These kinds of lists are like a mirror; our aesthetic preferences reflect back to us who we are. This list is saying I-don't-care-much-for-walking-bass-or-the-accepted-conventions-of-the-jazz-tradition. I don't want to accept that truth. I want to love The Tradition. And in my defense of my fealty to straight ahead jazz I will say that I just got a bunch of Erroll Garner discs out of the library because somebody was writing about Garner and I wanted to dive into that rabbit ...
Continue ReadingLucy Yeghiazaryan: Serious And Seriously Talented
by R.J. DeLuke
Lucy Yeghiazaryan is one of the most compelling jazz vocalists to emerge in recent years. Especially in New York, where she regularly performs in the city's jazz clubs, audiences have been drawn to her rich, powerful tone and her ability to bring an enchanting emotional depth to every lyric. Those qualities, along with her no-nonsense approach to classic songs and her effortless sense of swing, are behind the steady growth of Yeghiazaryan's audience. That's impressive these ...
Continue ReadingDenny Zeitlin: Odyssey
by Pierre Giroux
Listening to Denny Zeitlin has often felt like accepting an invitation to the unknown. Zeitlin has never been content to simply play a tune. He probes it, turns it inside out, and often uncovers possibilities most musicians overlook. Odyssey reinforces that reputation. Although much of the material spans different periods of his career, the album never feels like a nostalgic exercise. Instead, it captures an artist whose curiosity remains remarkably intact. The trio's 2003 concert performances, featuring the ...
Continue ReadingThelonious Monk: Monk Live In Paris 1967 Volume One
by Jack Kenny
This Paris concert formed part of a European tour organized by the impresario George Wein, who had previously presented numerous Thelonious Monk Quartet engagements. Seeking something different, Wein proposed an expanded ensemble. Monk was initially reluctant to depart from the quartet format and only agreed after considerable persuasion. Crucially, he retained artistic control: he selected the additional musicians himself and insisted on using Hall Overton's arrangements, familiar from the earlier concerts Town Hall (Riverside 1959) and Philharmonic Hall (Columbia 1964). ...
Continue ReadingWith Time No Longer an Issue: The Rolling Stones' Hackney Diamonds and Foreign Tongues
by C. Michael Bailey
The standard critical frameworks used to evaluate late-career popular music--nostalgia, institutional legacy, and the search for one last masterpiece--have become increasingly inadequate for understanding the Rolling Stones' most recent work. Such approaches inevitably turn new recordings into epilogues to a completed career. The remarkable fact is not that musicians in their eighties remain productive. It is that Hackney Diamonds (Polydor/Geffen, 2023) and Foreign Tongues reveal the emergence of a genuinely new creative period in the band's history. That ...
Continue ReadingGA20 with Charlie Musselwhite: Blues Now
by Doug Collette
The contemporary blues community is densely populated with posers long on affectation and short on authenticity. Not so GA20 or Charlie Musselwhite, for whom the blues speak truths that resonate in such a deep and abiding way, their respective musical expressions become truly personal statements. Boston-based trio GA20--fittingly named after a vintage Gibson amplifier--have always specialized in that genre style born in Chicago, so it only stands to reason--and suggests a certain level of destiny--that the group would ...
Continue ReadingAanya Sengupta
by Daniel Peck
One of the rising stars of jazz, New Delhi native Aanya Sengupta heads off to Julliard but not before a Northeast Ohio farewell performance. The two-time DownBeat Student Award winner finished 2025 as the vocalist chair for the Oberlin College Sonny Rollins Jazz Ensemble and makes her post university debut on this episode of the program. Featuring Aanya on vocals, Wilson Woods on piano, Ahmed McLemore on bass and Paul Samuels on drums, and from June 8th, 2025, ...
Continue ReadingJadi Peperzak Quartet, Efraïm Trujillo with Rembrandt Frerichs and 3 Part Harmony, and more
by Co de Kloet
In this August edition of the international injazz podcast, we shine a spotlight on two compelling voices from the Dutch jazz scene. We open with the Jadi Peperzak Quartet, whose original compositions balance melodic clarity with adventurous interplay. From there, we dive into the world of saxophonist Efraïm Trujillo, featured in two distinct settings: his intimate duo work with pianist Rembrandt Frerichs, and the rich, vocal-driven sound of his group 3 Part Harmony. Together, these recordings capture a striking range ...
Continue ReadingNadav Remez: At the Intersection of Modern Jazz and Jewish Folk
by Dean Nardi
Summit (self-released, 2025) is as moving and inventive as any of Nadav Remez' previous albums, either as a leader--So Far (Brooklyn Underground Jazz Records, 2011)--or with various sideman projects, all of which similarly test the limits of modern guitar music. Summit feels like a direct extension of a slippery sound he has been refining for at least two decades and is brighter than the long frown of time. The album's framing naturally offers a wider spotlight to his bandmates, from Greg ...
Continue ReadingChick Corea: Sometime Ago
by Mike Jurkovic
Everyone listening to Sometime Ago, a previously unheard deep dive into solo Chick Corea, is hereby pardoned and excused if at first Sometime Ago is mistaken for a previously unreleased (or unremembered) Keith Jarrett concert. Jarrett had just recently ventured into solo territory at the Stadthalle in Heidelberg, Germany in June of 1972. So the vibe is there in the air of young artists capering, conjuring thin air into something like a song. A sonata. A lasting overture.
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