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Blair Huber: Eclipse

by Neil Duggan
October 22, 2026

Eclipse is the debut album from German duo Blair Huber, comprising saxophonist Darius Blair and guitarist Niko Huber. The album features nine original tracks and was co-produced by the duo with their long-time collaborator Nicolas Butka. Friends for many years, Blair and Huber began playing together at the start of the pandemic and have never allowed their ...

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Charles Lloyd: Sangam & Friends

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by Jack Kenny
August 9, 2026

It has been fascinating to observe how Charles Lloyd has travelled from his near rock-star prominence in the 1960s to his current stature as a spiritually oriented elder, often credited with fostering a meaningful dialogue between Eastern and Western musical traditions. At the core of Sangam & Friends lies the Lloyd--Zakir Hussain--Eric Harland triangle, ...

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Nicholas Payton / Butcher Brown: A Supreme Blue

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by Jack Kenny
July 26, 2026

Is it an act of bravery or simple foolhardiness to revisit two of the most revered albums in jazz history--records that transcend popularity and occupy a near-mythic place in the music's collective psyche? In this centennial moment for both Miles Davis and John Coltrane, the question carries not only artistic weight but commercial implications as well. ...

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Alden Hellmuth: Tether

by Jack Kenny
June 26, 2026

Where will new musicians gain their experience? Alden Hellmuth, a saxophonist, composer, and improviser based in New York City, offers one compelling answer: by forging her own path. A graduate of the Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz, she was awarded the 2025 German Jazz Prize for Debut Album of the Year and has appeared ...

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Miles Davis: Ascenseur pour l'Échafaud

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by Jack Kenny
May 27, 2026

A legend has grown up around the music Miles Davis created for Louis Malle's debut film Lift to the Scaffold (Ascenseur pour l'échafaud). The story goes that Davis arrived at the Paris studio having never seen the film. He watched the rushes once, then improvised as the footage rolled with his European quintet--René Urtreger on piano, ...

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Author George Cole On Miles Davis' Final Decade

by Jack Kenny
May 9, 2026

All About Jazz interviews George Cole author of The Last Miles, which concentrates on the final period of Miles Davis' life. Cole also maintains a website with additional interviews and research about Davis' life between 1980 and 1991. In these pages John Kelman wrote about The Last Miles: The Music of Miles Davis, 1980-1991, “There ...

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Julian Lage: Scenes From Above

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by Jack Kenny
April 28, 2026

There are always expectations when Julian Lage plays: effortless, assured virtuosity and melodic finesse. Those qualities are present here, but they are deliberately understated, subsumed within a broader emphasis on collective interplay. Produced by Joe Henry, the album resists any attempt to remake Speak to Me. Instead, Lage sought to create an egalitarian session, ...

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Irreversible Entanglements: Future Present Past

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by Jack Kenny
April 14, 2026

Irreversible Entanglements do not deliver coded music. Frustrated by music that only claims to carry a message, the quintet--Camae Ayewa, Luke Stewart, Keir Neuringer, Aquiles Navarro and Tcheser Holmes--fuses long-form improvisation, groove, and spoken word into a contemporary extension of the 1960s and '70s Black avant-garde. They originally came together to protest a police brutality event ...

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Pat Metheny: Side-Eye III+

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by Jack Kenny
March 16, 2026

Pat Metheny occupies a singular place in jazz history. With over 20 million records sold, three gold albums, and 20 Grammy Awards across 10 different categories--a record unmatched by any other artist--he has achieved a level of crossover popularity rarely seen in jazz. An NEA Jazz Master and DownBeat Hall of Fame inductee, he is widely ...

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Walter Smith III: Twio Vol. 2

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by Jack Kenny
March 5, 2026

Walter Smith III is a deceptive musician. His deep jazz roots and distinctive tenor saxophone tone mask a technique that is both complex and understated. Smith rewards attentive listeners; his mastery lies in refinement rather than display. One of the pleasures of following Smith's career is hearing him change. Though no longer a young ...