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Article: Album Review

Donny McCaslin: Lullaby for the Lost

Read "Lullaby for the Lost" reviewed by Neil Duggan

by Neil Duggan

Saxophonist Donny McCaslin and his band's collaboration on David Bowie's final album Blackstar (ISO Records, 2016) marked a pivotal moment in McCaslin's career. Following Bowie's death just two days after the album's release, McCaslin transitioned from being a well-respected jazz musician to achieving international recognition. His band's innovative contributions helped make Bowie's final album a critically ...

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Article: Chats with Cats

The Publicist: Antje Huebner

Read "The Publicist: Antje Huebner" reviewed by B.D. Lenz

by B.D. Lenz

With technology transforming our world and every aspect of our lives changing so rapidly, it can be difficult to keep up. And the music business, like every other enterprise, has seen the same metamorphosis. For anyone who simply wants to be a musician, it's just not that easy anymore. With all the tools to manage a ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Sheila Jordan (RIP), Phil Haynes, Jason Kao Hwang, and Sarah Wilson

Read "Sheila Jordan (RIP), Phil Haynes, Jason Kao Hwang, and Sarah Wilson" reviewed by Jerome Wilson

by Jerome Wilson

This episode pays tribute to the recently deceased Sheila Jordan by playing music from the early and later parts of her long career. It also features music from Sarah Wilson, Jason Kao Hwang, and Phillip Haynes among others. Playlist Henry Threadgill Sextett “I Can't Wait till I Get Home" from The Complete Novus & ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

John O’Gallagher, Ivo Perelman, Jon Irabagon & Tomas Fujiwara

Read "John O’Gallagher, Ivo Perelman, Jon Irabagon & Tomas Fujiwara" reviewed by Maurice Hogue

by Maurice Hogue

Three of today's premier saxophonists share this edition's spotlight, as all have new releases--John O'Gallagher, Ivo Perelman & Jon Irabagon. O'Gallagher, now living in Portugal, reunites with guitarist Ben Monder on his new Ancestral and pulls off a first for master drummers Billy Hart and {{m: Andrew Cyrille who had never played together. Perelman, on the ...

Article: Album Review

Ingrid Laubrock: Purposing the Air

Read "Purposing the Air" reviewed by Vincenzo Roggero

by Vincenzo Roggero

Avventuroso e ambizioso Purposing the Air, nuovo progetto di Ingrid Laubrock, notevole sassofonista di origini tedesche qui nelle vesti di compositrice. Dal poema “Mood Librarian -a poem in koan" di Erica Hunt, ha estratto sessanta frammenti, trenta nel primo CD e trenta nel secondo, affidandoli a quattro duo dove l'elemento fisso è la voce mentre la ...

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Article: Multiple Reviews

Phil Haynes: Electricity Incarnate!

Read "Phil Haynes: Electricity Incarnate!" reviewed by Doug Collette

by Doug Collette

In the annals of jazz both short-term and long, the influence of drummer-led initiatives is immeasurable. There is Art Blakey and his Jazz Messengers, of course, plus Tony Williams' Lifetime and, in addition, numerous single-minded efforts like these two coincidental releases of Phil Haynes. Each is a largely freewheeling exercise in revisitation gestated during COVID lockdowns: ...

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Song of the Day

Transition

Album: Transition (s)
By Phillip Haynes
Label: Corner Store Jazz
Released: 2025
Duration: 5:21

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Song of the Day

Koan 28

Album: Purposing the Air
By Ingrid Laubrock
Label: Pyrolastic Records
Released: 2025
Duration: 3:15

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Ingrid Laubrock: Purposing The Air With Music And Voices

Read "Ingrid Laubrock: Purposing The Air With Music And Voices" reviewed by Lawrence Peryer

by Lawrence Peryer

Today, the Spotlight shines on saxophonist and composer Ingrid Laubrock. Ingrid's just released Purposing The Air (Pyroclastic Records, 2025), a double album that sets 60 brief poems by Erica Hunt to music through four different vocal-instrumental duos. It's an ambitious project that transforms Hunt's emotionally sharp koans into what Ingrid calls “a library of ...

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Article: Live Review

The Bad Plus at Jazz Alley

Read "The Bad Plus at Jazz Alley" reviewed by Paul Rauch

by Paul Rauch

The Bad Plus Jazz Alley Seattle, Washington May 13, 2025 The Bad Plus is a band, and a successful brand in the music world. They have a litany of successful recording and performance credits to their history, achieving amazing success while employing an approach to jazz that is perhaps odd and ...


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