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Yeon Ji Lee: The End of a Tunnel

Read "The End of a Tunnel" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan
September 3, 2026

Yeon Ji Lee is at the beginning of her career, so a web search reveals little about her. She is Korean-born and now New York-based. She graduated from the Aaron Copland School Of Music at Queens College. 2026 sees the release of her debut album, The End of a Tunnel, a piano trio affair with the pianist joined by bassist Joe Martin and drummer Adam Cruz. Comparison with past masters of the trio way of working can be ...

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The Phoenix Trio: Tomorrow Is Today

Read "Tomorrow Is Today" reviewed by Alberto Bazzurro

by Alberto Bazzurro
July 22, 2026

Registrato all'Ornithology di Brooklyn a fine marzo 2025, questo album è l'esatto ritratto di una generazione (o meglio di una costola della stessa) che ha sposato la causa di un jazz molto ritorto sul passato adattandogli un suono--con tutte le virgolette del caso--contemporaneo. Un suono scuro, pastoso, concentrato, a sua volta un po' ritorto su sé stesso, che però ha il grande pregio di appagare la maggior parte di coloro che si occupano di jazz, che si parli di pubblico ...

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Mark Turner: Patternmaster

Read "Patternmaster" reviewed by Sue Yang

by Sue Yang
June 17, 2026

Mark Turner has never been a saxophonist of easy declarations. His tenor rarely shouts for attention; instead, it moves through the music like a thought searching for its most exact shape. On Patternmaster, the follow-up to Return From The Stars (ECM Records, 2022), that familiar restraint remains, but the quartet sounds more road-tested, more physically alert. This is still Turner's cool, high-wire music, but the wire now trembles with a little more heat. The album title helps frame ...

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Jamile & Vinicius Gomes, feat. Joe Martin: Boundless Species

Read "Boundless Species" reviewed by Jerome Wilson

by Jerome Wilson
May 13, 2026

Vocalist Jamile and guitarist Vinicius Gomes bring their common backgrounds in Brazilian music to bear on a wide-ranging collection of songs here. It is expected that the two, assisted by bassist Joe Martin, would create an intimate atmosphere in their performances of songs by Ivan Lins and Milton Nascimento. The surprise is that they do the same thing to songs by American artists such as Herbie Hancock, Stevie Wonder and Wayne Shorter. Jamile's voice is a powerful complement ...

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Oded Tzur: Make A Sound

Read "Make A Sound" reviewed by David Bruggink

by David Bruggink
March 29, 2026

Make A Sound marks the first full release from saxophonist and composer Oded Tzúr's fledgling label, Sky River Music. After a pair of fiery albums for Enja Records and a string of esteemed releases on ECM Records, Tzúr sets out in a new direction with a set of tracks channeling deeply personal expression through his Indian-influenced jazz. He is accompanied on this journey by an experienced group of collaborators: Joe Martin (bass), Nasheet Waits (drums), Vanraj Shastri (sarangi), and Gilad Hekselman (guitar). Guitar and sarangi bring entirely ...

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Jerome Sabbagh: Stand Up!

Read "Stand Up!" reviewed by Joshua Weiner

by Joshua Weiner
December 18, 2025

While much great jazz has emerged from one-off encounters among musicians, there is a lot to be said for the synergy of longstanding working bands. The former may provide more spontaneity and produce fireworks, but it can also lead to the occasional dud due to a mismatch in approach. Players in a working band, in contrast, gain a deep knowledge of each other's artistic choices, learn what works and what does not, and--by definition--must be doing something right, since their ...

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Oded Tzur: Make A Sound

by David Bruggink
November 30, 2025

Storytelling has been part of Oded Tzur's modus operandi since his first album, his reed playing enfolding drama, tension, and narrative shifts like any spellbinding tale. In this 2025 single, the instinct comes into even sharper focus, as he accompanies a newly-assembled band with his words and voice for the first time on record. Tzur is no stranger to accolades, having won much acclaim for his instrumental releases (e.g., the superb My Prophet, ECM Records, 2024). Introducing vocals may ...