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Album Review

Møster!: Bolts

Read "Bolts" reviewed by Kevin Poindexter

by Kevin Poindexter
August 15, 2026

Møster! has been blowing minds, woofers, and tweeters with their unique blend of Scandinavian noise-rock and psychedelic jazz-punk for six albums. It would be pointless to ask if this band is ready to take the next big leap forward, because they are not really trying to ascend any ladder. In fact, they are not climbing at all; they are hurtling down a mountain at full speed with a truckload of nitroglycerine. On their seventh album, Bolts, the band, which boasts members ...

Album Review

Julian Wittich 紀安: Tidelines

Read "Tidelines" reviewed by Andrew Schinder

by Andrew Schinder
August 15, 2026

Young bassist Julian Wittich 紀安's debut album, Tidelines, successfully introduces the musician to the contemporary jazz canon. Based in New York (though a fixture of the Taiwanese live music scene), having Taiwanese and Dutch ancestry, and educated in Amsterdam, Wittich is certainly a citizen of the world. That global outlook informs the diverse, colorful music heard on the album. Confident and assured, Tidelines radiates promise, and certainly elevates expectations for Wittich's output going forward. On Tidelines, Wittich keeps ...

Radio & Podcasts

Terri Lyne Carrington: A Dance Record For Dark Times

by Lawrence Peryer
August 15, 2026

This week we're putting The Tonearm's needle on drummer, composer, and educator Terri Lyne Carrington. Carrington has just released Trip the Night Fantastic (Candid Records, 2026), the second album from her group, Social Science. It's built for the dance floor but unflinching on the topics of deportation, prison abolition, and climate collapse. We talk about trusting collaborators before they've earned it, playing to a rare, fully attentive crowd at Newport, and calling herself a “frustrated drummer" ...

Radio & Podcasts

Abbie Finn, Harry Keeble, Omar Sosa, And More

by Colin Muirhead
August 15, 2026

Drummer Abbie Finn and saxophonist Harry Keeble talk about the Finn-Keeble Group, ahead of their gig at Pizza Express in Soho, as well as their other projects. Featuring tracks by the Finn-Keeble Group, the Abbie Finn Trio, Five-Way Split, Omar Sosa, the Scornful Four, and more. Playlist Abbie Finn Trio “Mardi Groove" from Stotties for Three (Self Released) 0:00 Abbie Finn & Harry Keeble “ Interview, part 1" from () 7:19 Five-Way Split “Soho Soirée" from Modus Operandi ...

Catching Up With

New York's Hottest New Club Has Arrived

by Mark Robbins
August 14, 2026

Martin Porter's life has revolved around jazz from an early age. Growing up playing jazz piano and listening to the greats, he eventually found himself living out a dream--working at the Jazz Standard, one of the city's premier jazz clubs. The closing of the Standard left a void in New York's jazz community--one that Martin Porter was determined to help fill. Along with his partner, he did just that with the opening of their new club, The Pocket. During the Newport ...

Album Review

Pascal Niggenkemper: D'une rive à l'autre

Read "D'une rive à l'autre" reviewed by Don Ball

by Don Ball
August 14, 2026

Tuvalu is a tiny Western Pacific island nation with a rich cultural life, but it may not be around much longer. From the consequences of climate change, scientists expect that Turvalu will be uninhabitable in a few decades, taken back by the rising ocean. And that's why bassist/composer Pascal Niggenkemper wants you to know about it before it disappears altogether. Niggenkemper put together Ensemble Tuvalu to express artistically how we deal with the loss of habitats and cultures ...

In Pictures

Champian Fulton with the Jimmy Masters' Trio at the Sandler Center for the Arts

by Mark Robbins
August 14, 2026

Our interview with Champian Fulton introduced readers to the pianist and vocalist in her own words. These photographs offer a visual counterpart to that conversation, capturing Fulton at work and in moments between performances. ...

Album Review

Peter Parcek: Most Of The Time

Read "Most Of The Time" reviewed by Doug Collette

by Doug Collette
August 14, 2026

The contemporary blues community is densely populated with posers long on affectation and short on authenticity. Not so Peter Parcek for whom the blues carries truths that resonate in such a deep and abiding way that his own musical articulations, plus those of kindred spirits within and without the genre, become expressions straight from the heart and the soul. In fact, as demonstrated on Most Of The Time, this native of Connecticut--who moved to England in the Sixties ...

Album Review

Gabriele Di Franco: The Value Of Choices

Read "The Value Of Choices" reviewed by Ieva Pakalniškytė

by Ieva Pakalniškytė
August 14, 2026

Large-ensemble jazz is often called cinematic simply because it has plenty of colour and volume. On The Value Of Choices (Challenge Records, 2026), the word fits for a better reason. Here, the music keeps changing depending on where the listener stands. Across eight compositions, Italian-born, Brussels-based composer, guitarist and conductor Gabriele di Franco keeps every section in play for long. Brass and reeds may fill the foreground. In the next phrase, the ear settles on a voice, a piano figure ...

Radio & Podcasts

Theron Brown Quartet Featuring Cliff Barnes

by Daniel Peck
August 14, 2026

A glimpse of gospel, jazz, and soul from the great legends is what inspires the sound of pianist Theron Brown's music. You will get more than just a glimpse of this, however, on this episode of the program. Because not only do we get Theron showing off his talents on the piano and Fender Rhodes, but Northeast Ohio Legend Cliff Barnes joins Theron on the Hammond B3. Add in Akron based trumpeter Tommy Lehman and James Johnson III on Drums, ...