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Jazz pianist, composer and Grammy Award-winning arranger Bill Cunliffe is known for his innovative and swinging recordings and compositions. Bill began his career as pianist and arranger with the Buddy Rich Big Band and worked with Frank Sinatra, Joe Henderson, Freddie Hubbard, Benny Golson and James Moody. He has since established himself as a solo artist and bandleader, with more than a dozen albums under his name. Bill currently plays with his trio; his big band; his Latin band, Imaginación; and his classical-jazz ensemble, Trimotif. He performs in the U.S. and around the world as a leader and sideman as well as a soloist with symphony orchestras. His latest recording is the Bill Cunliffe Trio album “River Edge, New Jersey,” with bassist Martin Wind and drummer Tim Horner, released in April by Azica Records. Other recent releases include his Overture, Waltz and Rondo for jazz piano, trumpet and orchestra (BCM+D Records, 2012)

Album

Wingwalkers

By Bob McChesney

Label: MoCo Records
Released: 2026
Track listing: Naima; Litha; Inner Urge; Donna Lee; Wingwalkers; Stella by Starlight; Jitterbug Waltz; Monk’s Dream; How Deep Is the Ocean?; Invitation

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East Meets West

By Mina Choi

Label: Metre Records
Released: 2026
Track listing: Smells Like Teen Spirit; Linus and Lucy; Rise; The Mystery of Monifa Brown; Message Home; Whatever You Say.

Song of the Day

Linus and Lucy

November 26, 2026

Album: East Meets West
By Mina Choi
Label: Metre Records
Released: 2026
Duration: 06:05

Song of the Day

Smells Like Teen Spirit

November 8, 2026

Album: East Meets West
By Mina Choi
Label: Metre Records
Released: 2026
Duration: 07:48

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Cento Threeo, Kat Gang, Sylvia Brooks, Leigh Pilzer, Armen Donelian, The Miggy Augmented Orchestra & More

by Mary Foster Conklin
June 29, 2026

This broadcast celebrates the beginning of Summer with new music from Cento Threeo, Kat Gang, Sylvia Brooks, Leigh Pilzer, Armen Donelian and the Miggy Augmented Orchestra, plus birthday shoutouts to Irene Higginbotham (Good Morning Heartache), Jaimie Branch, Amy Shook, Brianna Thomas, Monika Herzig, Sasha Berliner, Chenxi Pan, Alicia Olatuja, Dominique Eade, Tamuz Nissim, Migiwa Miyajima and ...

Article: Album Review

Paul Marinaro: Mood Ellington

Read "Mood Ellington" reviewed by Pierre Giroux

by Pierre Giroux
February 8, 2026

Paul Marinaro's Mood Ellington is an ambitious, carefully crafted double CD that regards Duke Ellington's vocal repertoire not as a fixed monument but as a living collection of work capable of endless renewal. Instead of relying on a single arranging perspective, Marinaro commissioned thirteen renowned composers, allowing Ellington's songs to be explored through multiple aesthetic lenses ...

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Stories

By Mina Choi

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2025
Track listing: Dark Side Light Side; Secret Garden; Bolivia; Paddle Through the Lake; You're Still Here (in memory of Sewol ferry); All About Your Cries and Kisses; Helen's Song.

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Soul Scene

By Justin Chart

Label: Universal Music Group
Released: 2025
Track listing: 1. Soul Scene 4:55; 2. Go To It 4:48; 3. She Comes in Wave 5:18; 4. Rainmaker 5:40; 5. The E in FREE 6:08; 6. Three or Six 6:12; 7. Sun Smiles Darkly 5:01; 8. Umbral 5:25; 9. Fever Dream 4:37;

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My America 3/My Country

By Jim Self

Label: Bassett Hound Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: Chompin’ at the Bit; Wabashed; Jolene; Wichita Lineman; Rocky Top; Crazy; The Devil Went Down…; Your Cheatin’ Heart; Folsom Prison Line; Sixteen Tons; I Can’t Stop Loving You.