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The Blue Note Portal

The Beatles—Future Perfect, Part 2

by Blue Note Portal
August 31, 2026

Chapters 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 Back Up Morning on the Ganges arrived with no particular hurry. The sun burned the mist off the river in layers, and by the time the four musicians had finished their breakfast of tea and flatbread on the veranda, the day was already warm enough to play. They ...

Radio & Podcasts

Tom Burns: From Record Collector to Capri Records Label Owner

by Mike Jones
August 31, 2026

Throwing back to our very first episode with Capri Records label owner, Tom Burns! For over 40 years, Tom has been producing jazz records and running his label. He has known and worked with some of the greats like Ray Brown,, Bud Shank, Jeff Hamilton, John Clayton and so many more. Tom talked with host, Mike Jones, about some of the people he's known and his work as a record and comic book collector. It was a wonderful chat about ...

The Blue Note Portal

The Beatles—Future Perfect, Part 1

by Blue Note Portal
August 30, 2026

Chapters 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 Year 1968 Late February, and the Ganges ran the color of unpolished jade beneath the Himalayan foothills. The cold rolled off the mountains at dusk, but the afternoons still held on to warmth, sunlight streaming through the sal trees, laying bars of light and shadow across the stone veranda of ...

Album Review

David Maranha / Rodrigo Amado: Desolation Row

Read "Desolation Row" reviewed by Kevin Poindexter

by Kevin Poindexter
August 30, 2026

David Maranha and Rodrigo Amado's Desolation Row seems to invite you into its world, offering you a front-row seat on a transcendent journey, an opportunity to bear witness to the wonders that are about to transpire. Desolation Row is the duo's second album, and like its predecessor,Wrecks (Nariz Entupido, 2024), it was also recorded live before an audience. Similar to Wrecks, Desolation Row is a 40-minute composition that blends free jazz, drone, and pure improvisation into one spiritual, meditative experience. ...

Radio & Podcasts

Richard Hallebeek, Tohpati, Jizue,The Rewind Collective, Allan Holdsworth, Tribal Tech and Jean-Luc-Ponty

by Len Davis
August 30, 2026

Today's programme opens with a beautiful new single from guitarist Richard Hallebeek followed by Indonesian guitarist Tohpati, Japanese band Jizue, and Brazilian duo Brunno Henrique and bassist Fernando Molinari. Simon Phillips joins Marcelo Gaglioti and Jeff Babko for a gentle slice of fusion, before we turn up the energy with Joel Joekstra and the Rewind Collective, bassist Mohini Dey, then violinist Anna Rakita with drummer Gergo Borlai.. We continue with Venezuelan pianist Manuel Gamez, David Garfield, and German guitarist Torsten ...

Album Review

The Arab Blues: Deserted

Read "Deserted" reviewed by Hrayr Attarian

by Hrayr Attarian
August 30, 2026

The Arab Blues is a Chicago-based duo of multi-instrumentalist Rami Gabriel and percussionist Karim Nagi, who, as the name suggests, blend electric blues with Arabic musical genres. Gabriel and Nagi are also accomplished improvisers, and their creative spontaneity shines on their fourth release, the enchanting Deserted. Gabriel starts the title track with a simmering intro that evolves into a soulful swagger. Nagi responds with his eastern percussion, adding a mystical touch. Bassist Miles Jay anchors this vibrant interaction with ...

Radio & Podcasts

Jeanie Bryson, John Hollenbeck, Paul Yonemura & Kenny Dorham

by Joe Dimino
August 30, 2026

From the pages of the new 2026 book Whistle Stop by father-and-son authors John A. Melendez and Robert M. Pallitto, we launch into the legendary Kenny Dorham, joined by Sonny Rollins, with the timeless “My Old Flame." From there, the journey keeps rolling, spotlighting the guitar artistry of Vladimir Redzic, the sounds of Holman Alvarez, and a tribute to the late, great Jeanie Bryson. Then we turn our attention to a powerful wave of new music from veterans, innovators, and ...

Album Review

Yelena Eckemoff: Rosendals Garden

Read "Rosendals Garden" reviewed by Tyran Grillo

by Tyran Grillo
August 30, 2026

A garden is one of civilization's gentlest fictions, a piece of earth coaxed into pattern while still permitted to breathe beyond the gardener's intentions. That tension between cultivation and freedom animates Rosendals Garden, pianist and composer Yelena Eckemoff's 23rd album since 2010. The project, animated as always by a vivid personal concept, distills her travels through Sweden into something more elusive than an itinerary. Each destination enters as a physical place and emerges as a chamber of consciousness, steeped in ...

Radio & Podcasts

Terri Lyne Carrington: Renown Grammy-Award Jazz Drummer's Humanitarian Activist Focus

by Doug Hall
August 30, 2026

Our guest is the acclaimed Four-Time Grammy-award winning jazz drummer, band leader, educator, mentor and activist Terri Lyne Carrington, also the founder and artistic director of the Berklee College of Music's Institute of Jazz and Gender Justice.Terri shares here thoughts about her current recording project, the upcoming release Trip the Night Fantastic as well as her focus on the greater need of humanitarian action around the world.Terri also expands on the mission and hope for her ...

In Pictures

The Young Mothers at the 19th Summer Jazz Academy

by Marek J. Śmietański
August 30, 2026

A collection of photos from the The Young Mothers concert at Wytwórnia in Lodz on July 20, 2026 featuring Jawwaad Taylor, Jason Jackson, Stefan Gonzalez, Jonathan F. Horne, Ingebrigt Håker Flaten, Frank Rosaly and sofia salvo (guest appearance). Other photo reports from the same festival: Dust Bunny at The 19th Summer Jazz Academy, QuartSky at The 19th Summer Jazz Academy, Robinson Khoury Quatuor Demi-Lune at the 19th Summer Jazz Academy, Äether at the 19th Summer Jazz Academy. Look ...