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Live Review

Detroit Jazz Festival 2026: A Gathering in a Great Jazz City

by Paul Rauch
September 15, 2026

Detroit Jazz Festival 2026 Hart Plaza Detroit, MI September 4-7, 2026 Thursday evening is when artists, media and event staffers begin to file into the Detroit Marriott, arriving from points around the globe. The common purpose is the 47th annual Detroit Jazz Festival, an annual tradition on Labor Day weekend. The largest free jazz festival in the world is four days of music, fellowship, celebration and counting one's blessings. In 2026, Mother Nature decided to ...

Radio & Podcasts

Joe Lovano: Still on the Rise

by Stephen Braunginn
August 9, 2026

Joe Lovano has been shaping the sound of modern jazz for more than five decades--and this cat is still moving forward. On this episode of Strictly Jazz Sounds, Grammy Award winning saxophonist Joe Lovano joins me for a deep and spirited conversation about Paramount Quartet his latest ECM recording with guitarist Julian Lage, bassist Santi Debriano and drummer Will Calhoun. We get into the music behind the music: the chemistry of the quartet, recording with Manfred Eicher, the contrast between ...

Album Review

Joe Lovano: Paramount Quartet

Read "Paramount Quartet" reviewed by Sue Yang

by Sue Yang
June 27, 2026

The risk with a new Joe Lovano recording is that listeners may hear the résumé before the band. The Blue Note Records years, the long triangular history with Paul Motian and Bill Frisell, and the more austere ECM Records terrain of Trio Tapestry (2019) all sit close to the surface of Lovano's sound. Paramount Quartet quickly makes that kind of listening insufficient. This is not Lovano arranging familiar authority around new personnel; it is a band record in which his ...

Album Review

Joe Lovano: Paramount Quartet

Read "Paramount Quartet" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan
June 26, 2026

Saxophonist Joe Lovano built a formidable recorded legacy on Blue Note Records, beginning with 1990s Landmarks, running through 1999's 57th Street Themes and 2013's Soundprints --among many other albums on the famed label. But a side outlet for his artistry emerged on ECM Records, beginning with his side man slot on drummer Paul Motian's Psalm (1982). Though he boasts dozens of other side man appearances on ECM Records, he did not release an album under his own name for the ...

Radio & Podcasts

Reflections on the state of the State and other things

by Hobart Taylor
May 22, 2026

New music from Joe Lovano, Kalia Vandever and Nicholas Payton + Anggie Obin, Phillip Golub and Anthony Tidd.Playlist Host Speaks 00:00 Anggie Obin “Ballot or the Bullet" from Luz (Self--Produced) 00:12 Host Speaks 10:58 Joe Lovano/Julian Lage/Santi Debriano/Will Calhoun"Fanfare for Unity" from Paramount Quartet (ECM) 11:51 Miggy Augmented Orchestra} I Will Make a Change" from <em>Unbreakable (Hope and Resilience) </em> (SoundSpore) 16:02</li> <li> {{m: Nicholas Payton/Butcher Brown “Pursuance" from A Supreme Blue (Concord) 23:05 Alden Hellmuth “Good Intentions" ...

Live Review

Coltrane 100 at Freight and Salvage

by Roy Strassman
April 30, 2026

Coltrane 100 Freight and Salvage Berkeley, CA April 15, 2026 Chatting with Joe Lovano after the evening's proceedings, I remarked, “How amazing it must be to have a group of all top notch New York bandleaders," to which he replied, “Combining bandleader personnel does not always produce what you might expect!" On this night in the heart of Berkeley, however, the performance of this group of stellar cats far exceeded one's wildest expectations; it was ...

Radio & Podcasts

New Music From Joe Lovano, Peter Erskine, George J. Gilliam And More

by Bob Osborne
April 30, 2026

This collection offers a sophisticated journey through the expansive landscape of contemporary jazz, balancing reverent interpretations of the tradition with bold, experimental frontiers. From intimate trio dialogues and reimagined standards to the sweeping textures of modern orchestral arrangements, these selections highlight the genre's remarkable ability to evolve while staying rooted in its core values of improvisation and rhythmic rigour. Whether exploring the avant-garde edges of the New York scene or the storied heritage of European jazz, this playlist serves as ...