Jazz Articles about Alden Hellmuth

About Alden Hellmuth

Radio & Podcasts

Alden Hellmuth: Saxophone Tethered To A Galaxy Of Bass

by Lawrence Peryer
July 11, 2026

This week, we're putting The Tonearm's needle on saxophonist and composer Alden Hellmuth.Alden grew up in Hartford, studying in the Jackie McLean tradition, and now works out of New York City. Her new album is called Tether (Leiter, 2026), and it features a band centered on two bass players, rounded out by drums, piano, and trumpet. Alden wrote music for the ensemble that keeps them all tied together, no matter how loud or free it gets.We ...

Radio & Podcasts

Alden Hellmuth, Ambrose Akinmusire & Mary Halvorson And Much More

by Lawrence Peryer
July 9, 2026

This hour of Rotations keeps landing on people who built something durable and then disappeared from view before the credit caught up: Julius Eastman, memorialized on Wild Up's fifth anthology volume; Francis Bebey, still ahead of his contemporaries decades after wiring a thumb piano through a drum machine; Amara Touré, whose entire known output fits on one Analog Africa disc. Around them sit artists making the same case in real time, Alden Hellmuth, Diles que no me maten, and the ...

Album Review

Alden Hellmuth: Tether

by Jack Kenny
June 26, 2026

Where will new musicians gain their experience? Alden Hellmuth, a saxophonist, composer, and improviser based in New York City, offers one compelling answer: by forging her own path. A graduate of the Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz, she was awarded the 2025 German Jazz Prize for Debut Album of the Year and has appeared internationally at major venues and festivals, including the NYC Winter Jazz Festival, the Hollywood Bowl, the Blue Note Jazz Festival, and International Jazz Day ...

Album Review

Alden Hellmuth: Good Intentions

Read "Good Intentions" reviewed by Neri Pollastri

by Neri Pollastri
September 29, 2025

Sempre attenta alle nuove leve internazionali, l'etichetta spagnola Fresh Sound pubblica l'album d'esordio della giovane sassofonista Alden Hellmuth, originaria del Connecticut ma da tempo residente a Los Angeles. In questo suo primo lavoro --per il quale ha già vinto in Germania un premio come miglior album di esordio del 2024 --l'artista si presenta al sax contralto alla testa di un quintetto completato dalla tastierista Yvonne Rogers, dal chitarrista Lucas Kadish, dalla contrabbassista Kanoa Mendenhall e dal batterista Timothy Angulo, formazione ...

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Alden Hellmuth, Ben Wendel, Kris Davis, Franco D'Andrea, Gato Barbieri & More

by Ludovico Granvassu
November 12, 2024

Master saxophonists of yesterday and today, piano trios from both sides of the Atlantic Ocean, and a piano-bouzouki duo exploring uncharted territories should give you plenty of pleasure and surprises in this week's Mondo Jazz set.Happy listening!Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Ben Wendel “Tao" Understory: Live at the Village Vanguard (Edition) 0:16 Host talks 8:16 Alden Hellmuth “Personal Saints" Good Intentions (Fresh Sound / New Talent) 9:57 Host ...