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Album Review

Eve Cornelious: Eve Again... Naturally

Read "Eve Again... Naturally" reviewed by Acacia Grace

by Acacia Grace
August 5, 2026

After nearly a decade since her 2017 live recording, Eve Cornelious returns to the studio with Again... Naturally, an album that embraces the timeless traditions of straight-ahead jazz while showcasing the confidence and poise of a seasoned interpreter. Rather than chasing contemporary trends, Cornelious delivers an album rooted in classic jazz values--thoughtful storytelling, elegant phrasing, and a deep respect for lyrical interpretation. The album opens with “Big City," a grand and inviting introduction that immediately establishes the sophisticated character of ...

Radio & Podcasts

New music from Terri Lyne Carrington+Social Science, Australia's The Scornful Four, Debut for Austin Trumpeter Rachel Spencer, and Stellar re-issues of Sir Roland Hanna as well as the Joshua Breakstone Quartet featuring Barry Harris

by Hobart Taylor
August 5, 2026

Latest tunes from Senri Oe, Charlotte Greves and Donald Vega... also Amber Weekes channels Oscar Brown, Jr. Playlist Host Speaks 00:00 Terri Lyne Carrington/Social Science “Solidarity Song" from Trip the Night Fantastic (Candid) 00:06 Nicki Adams/Michael Eaton/Francisco Mela “Daily Battles" from Arrival (577) 04:01 Sir Roland Hanna “Century Rag" from Songs of Hope, Inspirartion and Joy (IPO) 11:19 Host Speaks 16:40 Charlotte Greve “Swim" from Waterbodies (New Amsterdam) 18:06 Senri Oe “Pure Scars" from Homework (PND) 24:08 Rachel ...

Radio & Podcasts

Gretchen Parlato, Freddy Cole, Tank and the Bangas, Cecile McLorin Salvant and More!

by Jua Howard
August 5, 2026

Hey Music Family! I hope you all are taking care of yourselves and protecting your peace. It's time for another episode of the “First Instrument Jazz Show"! I've got a lot of new music including from Gretchen Parlato, Suzanne Pittson,Tank and the Bangas, Tom Ricci, Kate McGarry and Cecile McLorin Salvant. I've also got more timeless music to share including from Freddy Cole, Cassandra Wilson, Sachal Vasandani, Carmen McRae, The Baylor Project, Johnny Hartman and many more. Come get lost ...

Live Review

Moldejazz 2026

by Daniel Mège
August 4, 2026

Located at 62°7 North, Moldejazz (the Molde International Jazz Festival) is the ideal place for a festival in week 29, in early summer. A floral scent drifts through The Town of Roses, a ribbon less than a kilometer wide wedged into a peninsula between fjord and mountains. Even once it has set, the sun is never far away. A single jam session is enough to carry you from sunset to sunrise. At that precise moment, after three in the morning, nothing ...

The Great American Songbook

The 1940s: WWII, Singers Take Center Stage

by Joan Merrill
August 4, 2026

The 1940s might have been the 20th century's most pivotal decade for America and the world. Millions died as war gripped the globe once again, and the Atomic Age and Cold War sprang up in the latter half of the decade as peace was finally achieved. Through it all, music and entertainment reflected the times. Reluctant at first to join the fighting, America had no choice after Japan's surprise attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941--"a date ...

Interview

‘I Thought I Composed That’: Terence Blanchard and the Inheritance of Jazz

by Kofi Adjepong-Boateng
August 4, 2026

Cadogan Hall, where Terence Blanchard and I met, was built in 1907 as a church in the Byzantine Revival style. When its congregation dwindled, the Cadogan Estate reopened it in 2004 as an arts venue, preserving Arild Rosenkrantz's stained glass and stone while the purpose was reimagined--a fitting room in which to discuss “inheritance" and “creation" in jazz, how new ideas are built within old walls. We have barely sat down, hours before he takes the stage with Ravi Coltrane, ...

Album Review

L'Abîme: L'Abîme II

Read "L'Abîme II" reviewed by Katchie Cartwright

by Katchie Cartwright
August 4, 2026

Montreal-based composer and pianist Jonathan Turgeon, double-bassist Hugo Blouin, and drummer Jean-Philippe Godbout have been together as a rhythm section since 2015, performing, recording, and following in the footsteps of musical heroes as diverse as Herbie Hancock, Olivier Messiaen, and Radiohead. L'Abîme II is their second release as the ensemble L'Abîme (The Abyss), following L'Abîme I (Multiple Chord Music, 2021). L'Abîme's “earlier incarnation" released two recordings as Trio Jonathan Turgeon: Au Fil des Feuilles que Craquent (Self-Produced, 2015) ...

Album Review

Will Lyle: The All Seeing Eye

Read "The All Seeing Eye" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
August 4, 2026

According to bassist Will Lyle, his mentor the late drummer Ralph Peterson Jr. once told him that an album is like a snapshot--a picture of where you are musically at that unique point in time. After scanning the personnel list on Lyle's latest recording, The All Seeing Eye, a second piece of advice must have been, “surround yourself with the best possible musicians you can find." If so, Lyle took that guidance to heart, fleshing out his rhythm ...

Album Review

Peter Evans, Mike Pride: A Window, Basically

Read "A Window, Basically" reviewed by John Sharpe

by John Sharpe
August 4, 2026

Trumpet meets drums in a series of superbly balanced exchanges on A Window, Basically. When the trumpet belongs to Peter Evans then not only virtuosity is guaranteed, but also an acute musicality. Nothing exists purely for effect. And double down on that when Mike Pride helms the trapset. Long-time colleagues, the pair recorded the seven cuts over a two-year period, although their history goes back much further. While together they constitute two-thirds of the band Pulverize The Sound, this album ...

Radio & Podcasts

Keyboard Special Featuring Joe Alterman, Tyrone Jackson, Kenny Banks Jr, And More

by David W. Daniels
August 4, 2026

In addition to the named keyboardists in the title, the show includes Atlanta musicians Kenny Banks Sr, Mary Lou Williams, and others. Also keyboardists Peter Johnstone, Geri Allen, Larry Young, and more. Playlist Lonnie Liston Smith “Explorations" from Loveland (Columbia) 0:00 Joe Alterman “You Can't Go Home Again" from The Living Room Sessions Vol. 2 (G2) 9:20 Tyrone Jackson “F.T.M.O." from From The Mind Of Tyrone Jackson (Self-Released) 13:34 Matthew Kaminski “April In Paris (Live)" from Live At ...