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Article: Album Review

Bobby Naughton: Housatonic Rumble - Live at Charlie's Tap

Read "Housatonic Rumble - Live at Charlie's Tap" reviewed by John Sharpe

by John Sharpe

Vibraphonist Bobby Naughton helms a finely attuned trio on Housatonic Rumble, a 1985 live recording drawn from previously unissued tapes discovered in his archive. Although he worked extensively with edge-loving adventurers such as Anthony Braxton and Wadada Leo Smith, and co-founded the Connecticut-based Creative Musicians' Improvisers Forum, this live set affirms a commitment to accessibility which ...

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Article: Album Review

Michael Formanek: New Digs

Read "New Digs" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita

Michael Formanek has never been content to anchor a bandstand and call it a career. Over decades of work--from sideman stints with Stan Getz and Joe Henderson to the long-running Thumbscrew trio with Mary Halvorson and Tomas Fujiwara--he has operated as a composer and architect, building rooms rather than merely inhabiting them. New Digs recorded over ...

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Article: Live Review

Torino Jazz Festival 2026 - Parte 1

Read "Torino Jazz Festival 2026 - Parte 1" reviewed by Alberto Bazzurro

by Alberto Bazzurro

Torino Jazz Festival 2026 Varie Sedi 30 aprile--2 maggio 2026 Concentrato negli ultimi tre giorni di programmazione, il nostro ritorno al Torino Jazz Festival dopo una lunga assenza, ci ha comunque consentito di ascoltare sei concerti, per lo più di ottimo livello, come vedremo, sempre facendo i conti con una ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Tomeka Reid: The Low Seat, The Long Haul, And 'Dance! Skip! Hop!'

Read "Tomeka Reid: The Low Seat, The Long Haul, And 'Dance! Skip! Hop!'" reviewed by Lawrence Peryer

by Lawrence Peryer

Today, The Tonearm's needle drops on cellist and composer Tomeka Reid. Tomeka Reid has spent the last decade building one of the most distinctive voices in creative music. The New York Times called her a “New Jazz Power Source." She's a MacArthur Fellow, a founder of the Chicago Jazz String Summit, and a key ...

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Article: Live Review

Big Ears 2026

Read "Big Ears 2026" reviewed by Mark Sullivan

by Mark Sullivan

Big Ears Festival Knoxville, TN March 26-29, 2026 Another year, another jam-packed festival lineup. The Spotlight presentations included SUSS Presents Across the Horizon, an ambient country experience; films and performances related to Ethiopia's musical legacy; and David Byrne's Who is the Sky? Polish pianist/composer Hania Rani offered an ambient concert and the ...

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Article: Album Review

Jon Irabagon: Focus Out

Read "Focus Out" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita

Jon Irabagon remains among the most uncompromising voices in contemporary jazz. A first-generation Filipino American from Chicago, he draws deeply from the AACM legacy--Anthony Braxton, Henry Threadgill, Muhal Richard Abrams--and his home city's tradition of bold, searching saxophone work. Since his 2008 Thelonious Monk International Saxophone Competition win, Irabagon has used his Irabbagast Records imprint to ...

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Article: Album Review

Frode Kjekstad Qrt: Stars Aligned

Read "Stars Aligned" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita

Talented Norwegian guitarist Frode Kjekstad discovered jazz in his early teens through the bebop genius of Charlie Parker and the refined touch of Joe Pass. He started formal jazz guitar studies at fifteen and moved to Oslo in 1994, where he immersed himself in the local scene and performed with legends like Johnny Griffin, Frank Foster, ...

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Article: Album Review

Seth Andrew Davis & EMAS: Cybersyn: Live From the Stray Cat Film Center

Read "Cybersyn: Live From the Stray Cat Film Center" reviewed by Max Kutner

by Max Kutner

Undeniably one of the most active and adventurous figures of the greater Midwest music and arts scene, composer/guitarist/improvisor Seth Andrew Davis has emerged as a force of creative exploration and inquiry. Currently based in Kansas City, MO, Davis has released well over a dozen albums through his imprint, Mother Brain Records (co-founded with fellow Missouri-native, Michael ...

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Albert Marquès / Rachel Therrien: Dialogue (Vol. I & II)

Read "Dialogue (Vol. I & II)" reviewed by Artur Moral

by Artur Moral

Except for the most radically experimental music, in a jazz context increasingly dominated by written scores that leave little room for improvisation, the appearance of a musical diptych centered on the latter is undoubtedly most welcome. This applies both to individual discourse and to creation shared simultaneously by various performers. Granted, many listeners may be absolutely ...

News: Performance / Tour

Jazz Master Anthony Braxton Joins The New England Conservatory Jazz Composers’ Orchestra On Thursday, February 12

Jazz Master Anthony Braxton Joins The New England Conservatory Jazz Composers’ Orchestra On Thursday, February 12

Composer, educator, and saxophonist Anthony Braxton ’25 hon. DM, the revered NEA Jazz Master who’s received honors including MacArthur and Guggenheim fellowships, joins the NEC Jazz Composers’ Orchestra in concert on Thursday, February 12 at Jordan Hall, 290 Huntington Avenue, Boston. Admission to the 7:30 p.m. concert is free, but tickets are required. For information visit ...


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