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Radio & Podcasts

Fred Pallem, Bignami Veltri Jazz Ensemble, Reis Demuth Wiltgen, Julia Keefe & More

by Ludovico Granvassu
August 18, 2026

Enjoy a journey through the lush sonic world of recent large-ensemble recordings.Happy listening!Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Fred Pallem & Le Sacre du Tympan “Avron Evrard" François De Roubaix, 50 ans après ... (Train Fantôme) 0:16 Host talks 3:08 Reis Demuth Wiltgen feat. Luxembourg Philarmonic, Vince Mendoza, Joshua Redman “Freedom Trail" Freedom Trail (Cam Jazz) 4:58 Host talks 14:24 John Taylor, Stan Sulzmann, NDR Big Band “Potion 2" ...

Album Review

Seamus O'Muineachain: Island of Flowers

Read "Island of Flowers" reviewed by Geno Thackara

by Geno Thackara
August 18, 2026

A Seamus O'Muineachain recording is part tone poem and part daydream. It mostly consists of notes and melodies, but those ingredients are no more or less important than shimmering drones or stray nature sounds. This is an emotionscape drawn from life. The music is not in the notes but the whole experience, crafted with a slow thoughtfulness that invites deep listening to soak in all the feelings. With a catalogue already centered around calmness and quietude, O'Muineachain generally ...

Radio & Podcasts

Alex Frank: Jeff Goldblum's Bassist on Swing and the Ray Brown Tradition

by Mike Jones
August 18, 2026

Alex Frank grew up in the room while the music was being made. The son of an LA film composer, he was a kid at recording sessions who traded the clarinet for an upright the moment he heard Ray Brown . Now he's the musical director of Jeff Goldblum's jazz band and one of the most in-demand bassists working the drummerless-trio tradition that ran from Nat King Cole to Oscar Peterson. He joins host Mike Jones for a conversation about ...

In Pictures

Jalen Ngonda at Palladium

by Marek J. Śmietański
August 18, 2026

A collection of photos from the Jalen Ngonda concert at Palladium in Warsaw on August 11, 2026 featuring Adam McKone, Adam Rust, Ben McKone and Carlos Sanchez. ...

Interview

Zela Margossian: Music That Is Healing

by R.J. DeLuke
August 17, 2026

The music of pianist Zela Margossian draws on many influences. It's an amalgam of what she's learned from classical training, investigating of jazz, and her vast exposure to the folk music of her native Armenia. Her music is garnering praise for its varied textures and originality. It carries listeners down interesting pathways. Fans of varied music genres can find something intriguing. Margossian is of Armenian heritage, and that plays a big part in her art. But ...

Album Review

The Joshua Breakstone Quartet: Wonderful!

Read "Wonderful!" reviewed by Neil Duggan

by Neil Duggan
August 17, 2026

This is a reissue of Joshua Breakstone's debut as leader. The recording, which has been out of print for nearly 40 years, dates back to 1984, when the guitarist was 27 years old. It also marks the first time the recording has been available on CD. While many guitarists of a similar vintage built success by forging ahead in jazz-rock, Breakstone followed a more time-honored path, following the trail of Kenny Burrell, Grant Green and Wes Montgomery. He ...

In Pictures

Strange Heavens, Sublime Music: Linda May Han Oh Trio at the 2026 Newport Jazz Festival

by Dave Kaufman
August 17, 2026

This year marked the 72nd year of the Newport Jazz Festival and the first with Nate Smith as artistic director, succeeding Christian McBride, who served in that capacity for a decade. It was also my fourth year working the festival as a photographer and photo-essayist, an experience that continues to be one of the high points of my life. Like the vast majority of jazz festivals, Newport features a broad range of jazz-adjacent music as well as artists ...

Album Review

Simon Rose, et al.: One Voice

Read "One Voice" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto
August 17, 2026

What is more American than jazz? Historians generally agree that the music was born in New Orleans, forged from African musical traditions, European harmony and Caribbean rhythms. Alongside jazz, baseball and basketball are among America's great cultural inventions. Yet today, none of these belongs solely to the United States. Japan captured the imagination of baseball fans before Venezuela won the 2026 World Baseball Classic, while the NBA has recently been defined by international stars such as Greece's Giannis Antetokounmpo, Serbia's ...

Album Review

Ayumi Tanaka, Thomas Morgan, Thomas Strønen: Windflower

Read "Windflower" reviewed by Frank Housh

by Frank Housh
August 17, 2026

Ayumi Tanaka's Windflower uses Nordic jazz's musical vocabulary against an ancient Japanese landscape, creating depth and beauty by the space left empty. Tanaka is a Japanese pianist and composer for whom Norwegian jazz feels “very personal," explaining how it “made the air feel alive." She was determined to figure out how. She moved to Norway in 2011 and earned a master's degree from the Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo. She augmented her studies by improvising “together with the ...

Radio & Podcasts

Bill Prady: Saxophonist & Successful Script Writer

by Mike Jones
August 17, 2026

This week, I am joined by Bill Prady. You may know some of his work: The Big Bang Theory or Stuart Saves the World and even the Muppets! Bill is a friend from way back. We discuss his recent foray into saxophone playing. I've heard him and he's really good. He didn't start learning the sax until later in life. We discuss his experience with that and all the jazz music that has inspired him including his experience with Betty ...