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2025 -2027 Ulster County Poet Laureate. Host of NuJazzXcursions, WVKR 91.3FM Vassar College

Creative Inspirations

Creative Inspirations

David Virelles

2026-09-20

5

Lost In Geneva

The Kris Davis Trio

2026-09-19

9

Constellations and Hemispheres

Constellations and Hemispheres

Wadada Leo Smith

2026-09-18

9

Scatter The Atoms That Remain

Scatter The Atoms That Remain

Franklin Kiermyer

2026-09-16

4

Orisun (Origin)

Orisun (Origin)

Joeykeysade

2026-09-13

7

Talamanti

Patricia Brennan and Sylvie Courvoisier

2026-09-07

6

Spit!

Nicola Miller’s Living Things

2026-08-27

5

Fifteen

Henry Threadgill Vijay Iyer Dafnis Prieto

2026-08-05

16

Synesthesia

Ivo Perelman

2026-08-03

11

Sometime Ago

Chick Corea

2026-07-30

4

Prism of Existence

Prism of Existence

Soojin Suh

2026-06-28

7

Miles '56: The Prestige Recordings

Miles '56: The Prestige Recordings

Miles Davis

2026-06-19

13

The Myth We Choose

The Myth We Choose

Nduduzo Makhathini

2026-06-17

8

So Many Lovely Things: Live in Brecon

So Many Lovely Things: Live in Brecon

Kenny Barron

2026-06-12

6

Insomnia

Richard Bliwas with Daniel Carter

2026-06-10

4

Extra Pressure

Eric Person

2026-06-07

3

Liminal

Elsa Nilsson

2026-06-05

4

Slo-Mo Neon Luminate Hoverings

Slo-Mo Neon Luminate Hoverings

Ambrose Akinmusire / Mary Halvorson

2026-06-01

9

Partisan Ship

Phillip Golub

2026-05-31

5

We Dream

Lakecia Benjamin

2026-05-28

9

Evanstonia

Sue Cahill

2026-05-23

6

Universal Truth

Universal Truth

Emmet Cohen

2026-05-21

7

The Oscar Peterson Trio at Baker's Keyboard Lounge

The Oscar Peterson Trio at Baker's Keyboard Lounge

Oscar Peterson

2026-05-13

4

Fragments: The Complete 1969 Salle Pleyel Concerts

Fragments: The Complete 1969 Salle Pleyel Concerts

Cecil Taylor

2026-05-12

8

Members... Don't!

Members... Don't!

Tyshawn Sorey

2026-05-07

16

At The Jazz Showcase: Live In Chicago

At The Jazz Showcase: Live In Chicago

Ahmad Jamal

2026-05-05

6

Consonance: Live At The Jazz Showcase

Consonance: Live At The Jazz Showcase

Joe Henderson

2026-05-04

7

Joyful Noise – Live In Hamburg 1984

Joyful Noise – Live In Hamburg 1984

Carla Bley

2026-05-03

4

The Button Jar

Yvonne Rogers

2026-05-01

3

Gratitude

Soren Bebe

2026-04-20

4

Turn of Events

Matthieu Mazué

2026-04-12

7

Memento

Marilyn Crispell / Anders Jormin

2026-04-11

13

Shimmering Prologue: The Lost Sandbox Sessions

Shimmering Prologue: The Lost Sandbox Sessions

Duke Ellington, Brian Wilson and Friends

2026-04-01

10

The Roar and the Whisper

The Roar and the Whisper

Alexa Tarantino

2026-03-25

4

Immanuel Wilkins Quartet: Live At The Village Vanguard

Immanuel Wilkins Quartet: Live At The Village Vanguard

Immanuel Wilkins Quartet

2026-03-21

23

Solo (I)

Eva Novoa

2026-03-15

5

Solo Brooklyn

Leo Genovese

2026-03-06

5

Manifeste

Tigran Hamasyan

2026-03-02

7

Desvíos

Eduardo Elia

2026-03-01

4

The Solastalgia Suite

The Solastalgia Suite

Kris Davis

2026-02-04

6

Of the Near and Far

Of the Near and Far

Patricia Brennan

2025-10-24

11

Angel Falls

Sylvie Courvoisier

2025-10-16

13

Thereupon

Vijay Iyer

2025-10-13

21

Trio Of Bloom

Craig Taborn / Nels Cline / Marcus Gilmore

2025-09-15

27

Victory At Last

Victory At Last

The Brighton Beat

2025-08-09

4

Shir Yedidot

Yosef Gutman Levitt

2025-08-05

1

Armageddon Flower

Armageddon Flower

Ivo Perelman

2025-07-29

5

First Meeting: Live at Dizzy’s Club

First Meeting: Live at Dizzy’s Club

Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Chris Potter, Larry Grenadier & Eric Harland

2025-07-11

16

Beingness

Dave Liebman / Billy Hart / Adam Rudolph

2025-06-12

9

Quartet (England) 1985

Quartet (England) 1985

Anthony Braxton

2025-06-10

9

Read more album reviews by Mike Jurkovic

Read "Left Wall Balcony"

Left Wall Balcony

Jazz Poetry | 2026-08-01

3

Read "Listening to Prestige: Chronicling Its Classic Jazz Recordings, 1949–1972"

Listening to Prestige: Chronicling Its Classic Jazz Recordings,...

Book Review | 2026-03-21

2

Read "New Jazz Haiku"

New Jazz Haiku

Jazz Poetry | 2025-12-07

4

Read "Mike Jurkovic's Best Jazz Albums Of 2025"

Mike Jurkovic's Best Jazz Albums Of 2025

Year in Review | 2025-12-02

10

Read "Head Chart"

Head Chart

Jazz Poetry | 2025-05-24

1

Read "Christian McBride & Ursa Major at Assembly"

Christian McBride & Ursa Major at Assembly

Live Review | 2025-04-08

3

Read "6jazzhaiku"

6jazzhaiku

Jazz Poetry | 2025-01-25

4

Read "Mike Jurkovic's Best Jazz Albums Of 2024"

Mike Jurkovic's Best Jazz Albums Of 2024

Year in Review | 2024-12-05

13

Read "Béla Fleck, Edgar Meyer, & Zakir Hussain with Rakesh Chaurasia at Ulster Performing Arts Center"

Béla Fleck, Edgar Meyer, & Zakir Hussain with Rakesh Chaurasia...

Live Review | 2024-06-20

4

David Murray Quartet at The Village Vanguard

Live Review | 2024-06-06

4

Eric Dolphy

Book Review | 2023-12-23

4

Read "Mike Jurkovic's Best Albums Of 2023"

Mike Jurkovic's Best Albums Of 2023

Year in Review | 2023-12-14

16

Read "The Electric Years Box Set"

The Electric Years Box Set

Reassessing | 2023-11-09

26

Read "Veronica Swift: Breaking It Up, Making It New"

Veronica Swift: Breaking It Up, Making It New

Catching Up With | 2023-10-03

7

Read "The Brighton Beat at The Peekskill Brewery"

The Brighton Beat at The Peekskill Brewery

Live Review | 2023-09-13

6

Read "Brad Mehldau Live at The Falcon"

Brad Mehldau Live at The Falcon

Live Review | 2023-09-07

7

Read "Ahmad Jamal: Emerald City Nights: Live at the Penthouse (1963-1964) and (1965-1966)"

Ahmad Jamal: Emerald City Nights: Live at the Penthouse...

Multiple Reviews | 2023-01-05

21

Read "Mike Jurkovic's Best Jazz Albums Of 2022"

Mike Jurkovic's Best Jazz Albums Of 2022

Year in Review | 2022-12-14

9

Read "Mike Jurkovic's Best Recordings of 2021"

Mike Jurkovic's Best Recordings of 2021

Year in Review | 2021-12-08

10

Read "Wadada Leo Smith, Bill Laswell, and Milford Graves: Sacred Ceremonies & Trumpet"

Wadada Leo Smith, Bill Laswell, and Milford Graves: Sacred...

Multiple Reviews | 2021-05-21

6

Read "Mike Jurkovic's Best Releases Of 2020"

Mike Jurkovic's Best Releases Of 2020

Year in Review | 2020-12-14

7

Read "Mike Jurkovic's Best Releases of 2019"

Mike Jurkovic's Best Releases of 2019

Year in Review | 2019-12-31

10

Read "Sun of Goldfinger at Nublu 151"

Sun of Goldfinger at Nublu 151

Live Review | 2019-03-26

2

Read "Darrell Grant Black Art @ 25 Quartet at Birdland Theater"

Darrell Grant Black Art @ 25 Quartet at Birdland Theater

Live Review | 2019-01-18

2

Read "Mike Jurkovic's Best Releases Of 2018"

Mike Jurkovic's Best Releases Of 2018

Year in Review | 2018-12-20

10

Read "Connie Han Trio at Smoke Jazz Club"

Connie Han Trio at Smoke Jazz Club

Live Review | 2018-10-10

5

David Murray And Class Struggle at The Village Vanguard

Live Review | 2018-07-04

3

Vijay Iyer Sextet at The Village Vanguard

Live Review | 2018-05-21

3

Read "Denny Zeitlin, Buster Williams & Matt Wilson at Mezzrow Jazz Club"

Denny Zeitlin, Buster Williams & Matt Wilson at Mezzrow Jazz...

Live Review | 2018-05-13

4

Read "Mike Jurkovic's Best Releases of 2017: Pianos Lead the Way"

Mike Jurkovic's Best Releases of 2017: Pianos Lead the Way

Year in Review | 2017-12-30

4

David Amram 87th Birthday Celebration at the Falcon

Live Review | 2017-12-06

2

Christian McBride and Tip City at Village Vanguard

Live Review | 2017-12-05

5

Crispell-Fonda-Sorgen Trio Live at The Falcon

Live Review | 2017-11-29

1

Gary Peacock Trio at the Jazz Standard

Live Review | 2017-11-14

6

Read more articles by Mike Jurkovic

Brad Mehldau: Fantasy & Reveries

Album Review | This article has not been scheduled yet.

Christian Finger: Zeit Zirkel

Album Review | Publish Date: 1

Zaldivar | McBride | Mela: Meeting in New York: Vol. 1

Album Review | Publish Date: 5

Read "Miles Davis & John Coltrane - The Final Tour: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 6"

Miles Davis: Miles Davis & John Coltrane - The Final Tour: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 6

Album Review | 2018-03-16

7

Read "Coltrane '58: The Prestige Recordings"

John Coltrane: Coltrane '58: The Prestige Recordings

Album Review | 2019-04-10

14

Read "Way Out West"

Sonny Rollins: Way Out West

Album Review | 2018-02-16

12

Read "Rainy Day Chillin'"

Jimi Hendrix/Miles Davis: Rainy Day Chillin'

Album Review | 2023-04-01

31

Nik Bärtsch's Ronin: Awase

Album Review | 2018-05-07

8

Read "Hey Bill, It's Paul From Abbey Road"

Bill Evans: Hey Bill, It's Paul From Abbey Road

Album Review | 2021-04-01

24

Read "Currents, Constellations"

Nels Cline: Currents, Constellations

Album Review | 2018-04-14

4

Read "Ravensburg"

Mathias Eick: Ravensburg

Album Review | 2018-03-17

10

Read "Queen City Blues"

Phil DeGreg: Queen City Blues

Album Review | 2017-11-18

9

David Amram 87th Birthday Celebration at the Falcon

Live Review | 2017-12-06

2

Read "Connie Han Trio at Smoke Jazz Club"

Connie Han Trio at Smoke Jazz Club

Live Review | 2018-10-10

5

Read "The Other Side"

Tord Gustavsen: The Other Side

Album Review | 2018-08-30

11

Read "Far from Over"

Vijay Iyer: Far from Over

Album Review | 2017-09-08

12

Read "After the Fall"

Keith Jarrett: After the Fall

Album Review | 2018-03-03

6

Read "The Seasons"

Ben Wendel: The Seasons

Album Review | 2018-12-02

2

Read "Helsinki Songs"

Trygve Seim: Helsinki Songs

Album Review | 2018-10-04

5

Read "Trio Tapestry"

Joe Lovano: Trio Tapestry

Album Review | 2019-02-03

8

Read "Mike Jurkovic's Best Releases Of 2018"

Mike Jurkovic's Best Releases Of 2018

Year in Review | 2018-12-20

10

Read "And Then Comes The Night"

Mats Eilertsen: And Then Comes The Night

Album Review | 2019-02-05

11

Christian McBride and Tip City at Village Vanguard

Live Review | 2017-12-05

5

Kristjan Randalu: Absence

Album Review | 2018-04-27

3

Read "This Bitter Earth"

Veronica Swift: This Bitter Earth

Album Review | 2021-03-01

21

Read "Songbook"

Giuseppe Millaci: Songbook

Album Review | 2017-11-14

45

Read "Dirty in Detroit"

Emmet Cohen Trio: Dirty in Detroit

Album Review | 2019-01-08

5

Read "Crime Zone"

Connie Han: Crime Zone

Album Review | 2018-10-10

2

Read "Passion Reverence Transcendence"

Benito Gonzalez: Passion Reverence Transcendence

Album Review | 2018-08-17

7

Read "The Secret Between the Shadow and the Soul"

The Branford Marsalis Quartet: The Secret Between the Shadow and the Soul

Album Review | 2019-03-22

9

Read "Concentric Circles"

Kenny Barron: Concentric Circles

Album Review | 2018-05-11

10

Read "The Complete Live at the Lighthouse"

Lee Morgan: The Complete Live at the Lighthouse

Album Review | 2021-07-26

22

Read "Beauty & Mystery"

Lewis Porter: Beauty & Mystery

Album Review | 2018-02-16

1

Read "Mike Jurkovic's Best Releases of 2017: Pianos Lead the Way"

Mike Jurkovic's Best Releases of 2017: Pianos Lead the Way

Year in Review | 2017-12-30

4

The Necks: Body

Album Review | 2018-08-13

5

Read "Imaginary Friends"

Ralph Alessi: Imaginary Friends

Album Review | 2019-02-04

9

Read "Swingin' In Seattle, Live At The Penthouse 1966-1967"

Julian "Cannonball" Adderley: Swingin' In Seattle, Live At The Penthouse 1966-1967

Album Review | 2019-01-16

4

Read "Master Legacy Series, Volume 2"

Emmet Cohen: Master Legacy Series, Volume 2

Album Review | 2018-02-08

6

Read "The Dream Thief"

Shai Maestro: The Dream Thief

Album Review | 2018-10-19

4

Terence Blanchard: Live

Album Review | 2018-04-21

3

Read "Presence"

Orrin Evans: Presence

Album Review | 2018-09-26

2

Read "Blue Maqams"

Anouar Brahem: Blue Maqams

Album Review | 2017-11-13

19

Read "Future Stride"

Emmet Cohen: Future Stride

Album Review | 2021-01-27

8

Read "Lifelike"

Jeff Williams: Lifelike

Album Review | 2018-04-22

1

Wayne Shorter: Emanon

Album Review | 2018-09-27

6

Read "Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album"

John Coltrane: Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album

Album Review | 2018-06-29

14

Read "The Planets"

Manuel Valera: The Planets

Album Review | 2018-04-06

2

Read "Little Big II: Dreams of a Mechanical Man"

Aaron Parks: Little Big II: Dreams of a Mechanical Man

Album Review | 2020-06-19

18

Gary Peacock Trio at the Jazz Standard

Live Review | 2017-11-14

6

Read "Vanished Gardens"

Charles Lloyd: Vanished Gardens

Album Review | 2018-06-27

10

Read "Double Portrait"

Giuseppe Millaci and the Vogue Trio: Double Portrait

Album Review | 2023-09-20

17

Read "Nightfall"

Marc Copland: Nightfall

Album Review | 2017-10-11

9

Read "Be Water"

Christian Sands: Be Water

Album Review | 2020-05-20

12

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