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Album Review

Tyshawn Sorey: Members... Don't!

Read "Members... Don't!" reviewed by Angelo Leonardi

by Angelo Leonardi
October 5, 2026

La statura artistica di Tyshawn Sorey non s'evidenzia solo strumentalmente, con i leader più innovativi del jazz contemporaneo. Da oltre un decennio il batterista mostra nei suoi organici alte doti progettuali, interpretando in modo personale anche composizioni di altri autori. Accade anche nel recente The Susceptible Now (Pi Recordings, 2024) dove dilata e riformula in trio “Peresina" di McCoy Tyner e la mingusiana “A Chair in the Sky." Quando nel 2024 gli è stato commissionato dal Winter Jazzfest ...

Year in Review

Best Jazz Albums of 2026: All-Star Break Edition

by AAJ Staff
July 13, 2026

As we reach the halfway point of 2026, All About Jazz once again borrows a page from Major League Baseball's All-Star break, replacing home runs with jazz albums. This year, 78 staffers submitted their picks, surpassing 2025's participation by 23 contributors--an incredible turnout. Our album reviewers and radio & podcast hosts bring big ears and eclectic tastes to the table, which means most selections were unique to each contributor. A handful of recordings, however, appeared on multiple ...

Album Review

Tyshawn Sorey: Members... Don't!

Read "Members... Don't!" reviewed by Troy Dostert

by Troy Dostert
June 24, 2026

One of the most welcome developments in twenty-first century jazz has been drummer Tyshawn Sorey's enthusiastic turn toward the jazz canon. While he had already established himself convincingly as one of the premier figures in creative music on immersive, challenging works such as The Inner Spectrum of Variables (Pi Recordings, 2016) and Verisimilitude (Pi Recordings, 2017), when Sorey decided to begin his idiosyncratic interrogations of classic jazz repertoire it opened up new facets of his musical identity, especially as an ...

Album Review

DoYeon Kim: Wellspring

Read "Wellspring" reviewed by Alberto Bazzurro

by Alberto Bazzurro
June 23, 2026

La coreana DoYeon Kim, specialista di gayageum (o kayagum), cetra orizzontale di tradizione anch'essa coreana con cassa armonica in legno e ponticelli mobili dotata di 12 corde di seta, benché i modelli più recenti ed evoluti arrivino a squadernarne fino a 25, nonché cantante, giunge con questo Wellspring al suo quinto album, che però è in realtà il primo solamente a suo nome, peraltro con accanto musicisti dello spessore di Mat Maneri e Tyshawn Sorey (quanto meno), il primo soprattutto ...

Radio & Podcasts

Tyshawn Sorey, Ola Tunji, Fred Pasqua, Your Brother's Keeper, Gary Bartz

by Ludovico Granvassu
June 20, 2026

From intimate reflection to expansive improvisation, here is a string of new albums connecting Jobim to Bartz, Olatunjii to Roach, Paris to London, through artists who balance compositional craft, exploratory spirit, and a commitment to jazz as a living art form. Happy listening! Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Pierre de Bethmann Trio “Amparo" Essais, Volume 6 (Alea) 0:16 Host talks 7:36 Fred Pasqua “Ronces" Ronces (Hanji) 9:04 ...

Radio & Podcasts

Tyshawn Sorey, Benoit Delbecq, Enten Eller & James Wengrow

by Maurice Hogue
June 15, 2026

Drummer/composer Tyshawn Sorey's new Members... Don't is a contender for recording of the year. He reimagines fellow drummer Max Roach's Members Don't Git Weary from 1968 and reminds us that the original's political and social exhortations remain as evident and concerning today. Sorey's music is extremely powerful. Guitarist James Wengrow is an Aussie with big notes and big ideas. Check out his debut, Emissary, for a full intro to this new gunslinger's music. French pianist Benoit Delbecq is part of ...

Album Review

Tyshawn Sorey: Members... Don't!

Read "Members... Don't!" reviewed by Mike Jurkovic

by Mike Jurkovic
May 7, 2026

Pulitzer Prize-winning, MacArthur Fellow Dr. Tyshawn Sorey may not remember 1968 directly, since he was born in 1980, but he most certainly and unapologetically understands how angry that year was. And he has captured that fiery time with an epic reimagining? rethinking? rebooting? double take of Max Roach's epic telling of that year after the Summer of Love, Members, Don't Git Weary (Atlantic, 1968) Recorded live at the tail end of a four-day stay at the Jazz Gallery ...