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Radio & Podcasts

Marshall Allen at 102! Black Musics: From the Crunchy Edge to the Chewy Center...

by Hobart Taylor
August 12, 2026

New releases from Saul Williams, Danielle Ponder, Zaccai Curtis and Faye Carol Playlist Host Speaks 00:00 Danielle Ponder “Power" from Everything Has Changed (Dead Oceans) 00:09 Marshall Allen “Slingshot Effect" from101: An Audio Odyssey(Ropeadope) 02:25 Host Speaks 10:14 Faye Carol “Black Night" from Faye Sings The Blues (Getdown) 11:21 Bruce Williams “Ora Dee" from Solid Perspective (WJ3) 19:38 Vanisha Gould “Strollin' (Nostalgia In Times Square)" from What An Interesting Girl (Cellar) 23:49 Host Speaks 31:01 Saul Williams “Mazahua ...

Live Review

Marshall Allen, Trae Crudup, Black Cherry, and DoYeon Kim At Vision Festival 2026

by Fran Kursztejn
July 2, 2026

Marshall Allen, Trae Cruddup, Hamid Drake, William Parker, DoYeon Kim Abrons Arts Center Vision Festival June 26, 2026 Creative music (in William Parker's words, “so-called jazz") is an old scene in New York City. Ornette Coleman at least nominally birthed the “free jazz" movement in the '60s, and ever since, the genre has planted its tenterhooks into the city's artistic landscape. If there are any major throughlines in that history, there is of course innovation ...

Album Review

Marshall Allen's Ghost Horizons: Live in Philadelphia

Read "Live in Philadelphia" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto
July 26, 2025

In 2025, the Collegium Cardinalium, or College of Cardinals--a body formed in the Middle Ages--convened a conclave in Rome to elect a new Pope for the Catholic Church. Nearly five centuries before the inception of such conclaves, Tibetan Buddhists established their own process of succession by searching for the reincarnation of the Dalai Lama, often discovered in the form of a child. These spiritual traditions of succession are vital for preserving the identity, rituals and philosophies of their institutions. Each ...

Radio & Podcasts

Maestro Marshall Allen Turns 101

by David Brown
June 5, 2025

I remember well when The Sun Ra Arkestra performed in 2019 to mark bandleader Marshall Allen's 95th birthday. At the time, it was difficult to imagine he'd continue performing into his second century. Yet, six years later, Maestro Allen remains active--touring, recording, and directing the Arkestra with undiminished energy. As Allen turned 101 on June 25, 2025, this program opens with selections from his extensive catalog, honoring a singular figure in avant-garde jazz. The second set continues with works from ...

Album Review

Sun Ra: Nuits De La Fondation Maeght (Sun Ra)

Read "Nuits De La Fondation Maeght (Sun Ra)" reviewed by John Sharpe

by John Sharpe
May 24, 2025

Discoveries of lost tapes are often trumpeted as legendary or revelatory, but in the case of the greatly expanded Nuits De La Fondation Maeght, the hype feels entirely warranted. The release offers a comprehensive view of a pivotal moment in Sun Ra's career. In 1970, Sun Ra was invited to play at the prestigious private museum, Fondation Maeght, in southern France. The event was part of a concert series that starred other icons of the jazz avant-garde, ...

Radio & Podcasts

Marshall Allen, Tom Weeks & David Murray

by Maurice Hogue
May 20, 2025

Live In Philadelphia, the new release by the miracle-man, saxophonist Marshall Allen, celebrates his 101st birthday on May 25. Recorded live at Solar Myth in Philadelphia, the album features Allen with Ghost Horizons, and it's one of the features by saxophonists in this episode of One Man's Jazz: David Murray's quartet goes to the birds on the new Birdly Serenade; Sweden's Alberto Pinton's latest is his debut on vinyl; Tom Weeks, alto player from San Francisco, is absolutely burnin' on ...

Radio & Podcasts

Marshall Allen, Ludivine Issambourg, Massimiliano Cignitti, Adam Baldych & More

by Ludovico Granvassu
February 18, 2025

This week we focus on a most auspicious debut album, which offers a welcome opportunity to appreciate Marshall Allen for being more than the flamekeeper of the Sun Ra legacy, and the launch of The Year of Women in Jazz with a groovy single by Rosa Brunello. The playlist also features Massimiliano Cignitti's tribute to Edda Dell'Orso, the mesmerizing singer on many Ennio Morricone soundtracks, and much more! Happy listening! Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz ...