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In Pictures

The 2nd Vis Jazz Festival

by Ziga Koritnik
August 6, 2026

A collection of photos from the 2nd Vis Jazz Festival on the Croatian island of Vis, one of the most beautiful--if not the most beautiful--islands in the Adriatic Sea, June 27-29, 2026. This modestly sized festival featured mostly Croatian musicians and one from North Macedonia: Sandra Haluzan Quartet, 2x42, Cloud Buzz, Hristijan Risteski Quartet, Dot And Go Three, and Wave Form. ...

Album Review

Tia Fuller & Shamie Fuller-Royston: Fuller Sound: Dynasty (Volume 2)

Read "Dynasty (Volume 2)" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
August 6, 2026

On Dynasty, Volume 2, sisters in song Tia Fuller and Shamie Fuller-Royston continue a family musical tradition once shared with their late parents, Fred and Elthopia Fuller as the Fuller Sound. Now it is essentially an alto saxophone (Tia) and piano (Shamie) duo, with Tia adding her voice on two numbers, her own “Momma Said" and Shamie's “In This Quiet Place." Tia is a Grammy-nominated jazz saxophonist whose credentials are wide-ranging and well-known. Shamie plays a more classical-oriented ...

Radio & Podcasts

New Music From Skúli Sverrisson With Bill Frisell And More

by Bob Osborne
August 6, 2026

This playlist traverses a wide spectrum of sound, moving seamlessly from intimate, reflective duets and delicate chamber-like compositions to the expansive energy of full ensembles and avant-garde explorations. Whether you are looking for moments of quiet introspection, intricate harmonic interplay, or adventurous sonic textures, these tracks represent a vibrant cross-section of today's creative musicians pushing the boundaries of the genre. Playlist Skúli Sverrisson with Bill Frisell “Thank You for Taking Me There and Back" from For All Your ...

Radio & Podcasts

Raymond Scott, JabFung, Josh Warren, Nicholas Payton & Butcher Brown

by Cheryl K.
August 6, 2026

During this week's two-hour program of jazz and improvised music--composer/bandleader Raymond Scott; vocalist Michelle Lordi and bassist Matthew Parrish; the quintet JabFung; bassist Josh Warren; guitarists Anthony Garone and Rik Wright; drummer/bandleader/composer Cindy Blackman Santana; saxophonist/composer/bandleader Rob Dixon; multi-instrumentalist Nicholas Payton and the collective Butcher Brown; pianist Dan Crisci; and and baritone saxophonist/composer/bandleader Leigh Pilzer . Playlist Raymond Scott Big Band “Naked City" from Hemidemisemiquaver: Buried Treasures of the Raymond Scott Big Band (Real Gone Music) 2:45 Amstel ...

In Pictures

Stanford Jazz Festival 2026

by Ronald Davis
August 6, 2026

A collection of photos from the Stanford Jazz Festival in Palo Alto from June 21, 2026 to July 31, 2026 featuring Michael Mayo, Caili O'Doherty , Noah Garabedian, Cory Cox, Ben Flocks, Adi Meyerson, Luther Allison, Rob Clearfield, Anisha Rush, Josh Thurston-Milgrom, John Sturino and Bennett Paster. ...

Interview

Steve Swallow: Music Is Elemental

by Dean Nardi
August 5, 2026

For esteemed composer and bassist Steve Swallow, writing music is a long, sometimes arduous process that typically begins with only a cup of coffee in the morning before putting in hours, days, weeks--five months in fact, to complete the music for Winter Songs (ECM Records, 2026). For him, that is lightning fast. His idea of composition is to punch in every day, then sit there and sweat until notes, chords and rhythms emerge that co-mingle to his satisfaction.

Live Review

Michael Leonhart Orchestra at the 2026 NoMad Jazz Festival

by Paul Reynolds
August 5, 2026

Michael Leonhart Orchestra Rizzoli Bookstore NoMad Jazz Festival New York NY August 2, 2026 Spontaneous creation in jazz usually doesn't extend to the arrangements for a 17-piece orchestra. But Michael Leonhart--who disclosed from the bandstand that his orchestra “did not rehearse for this performance"--wound up arranging on the fly for a chunk of his band's 95-minute twin tribute to Miles Davis and John Coltrane on Sunday. During the looser numbers of the set--which was ...

Album Review

David Blake Quartet: Radio Casual

Read "Radio Casual" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
August 5, 2026

To gain a clear picture of the sort of high-caliber straight-ahead jazz Canadian-born, Brooklyn-based guitarist David Blake's quartet has to offer on Radio Casual, go directly to “Nut Bread," the second track, bypassing the more offbeat, effects-enhanced opener, “Jonas with a View" (the “Jonas" presumably a reference to the group's drummer, Jonas Esser). There is one other outlier, the shadowy “Dew Sweeper," but as Blake wrote and arranged every number, he quite obviously charted every course, plain-speaking or otherwise.

Album Review

Henry Threadgill Vijay Iyer Dafnis Prieto: Fifteen

Read "Fifteen" reviewed by Mike Jurkovic

by Mike Jurkovic
August 5, 2026

Fifteen is the wildly ecstatic new music from saxophonist Henry Threadgill (who at times seems quite unhinged) and the equally motivated MacArthur Fellowship winners, pianist Vijay Iyer and a souped-up Dafnis Prieto on his respective percussive instrument. A lot of good stuff happens here, from the lead-off quarrel “Trio Piece," wherein Threadgill's flute leads forward his groove- insistent partners, until the freewheeling closer, “On The Way," a freethinker's guide to wonder, powered by a full-on, full trio, rush.

In Pictures

Minerva Musicae 2026

by Luciano Rossetti
August 5, 2026

A collection of photos from the Minerva Musicae in Manerba del Garda from July 12, 2026 to July 25, 2026 featuring Christian McBride & Julian Lage Duo, Dado Moroni and Andrea Bacchetti, Antonio Farao, Al Di Meola Trio, Bill Frisell Trio and Greg Tardy. ...