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Article: Album Review

Ulysses Owens, Jr. and Generation Y: Around the World with U

Read "Around the World with U" reviewed by Jack Bowers


Drummer Ulysses Owens, Jr. has a keen eye and ear for talent, which is obvious from the first notes of Around the World with U, his second recording as leader of the Art Blakey-style quintet, Generation Y. When marshaling the ensemble, Owens chose his teammates with care, and they repay his confidence by producing a splendid ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Four Quartets

Read "Four Quartets" reviewed by Patrick Burnette


Have no fear--the boys are not discussing just any four quartets. No, there's a couple of matching sets. An influential album from a certain “European Quartet" confronts its doppelganger from fifty years later; a recent leader date from a guitarist known for his electric work faces off with a work of his youth dating back forty-five ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Jon Irabagon, Yelena Eckemoff, Walter Smith III and Eric Mingus with Catherine Sikora

Read "Jon Irabagon, Yelena Eckemoff, Walter Smith III and Eric Mingus with Catherine Sikora" reviewed by Hobart Taylor


Persian jazz fusion from Qajar Jazz + Shabaka, Niia, Nina Simone re-mixed and Adrian Younge's latest. Playlist Host Speaks 00:00 Qajar Jazz “Hot Jazz" from Sovereign (Self-Produced) 00:21 Yelena Eckemoff “Gamla Stan" from Rosendals Garden (L&H) 04:13 Arnold Ludvig “ Port of Thor" from Live @ Maggies (TUTL) 13:47 Catherine Sikora/Eric Mingus “Lament for ...

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News: Festival

Line-up Announced For 54th Annual Stanford Jazz Festival, June 21-july 31, 2026

Line-up Announced For 54th Annual Stanford Jazz Festival, June 21-july 31, 2026

The Stanford Jazz Workshop today announced details of the 54th annual Stanford Jazz Festival taking place Sunday, June 21 to Friday, July 31, 2026, across multiple venues on the sprawling Stanford University campus. Having grown in both size and reputation since it first began in 1972, the Festival–which draws thousands of fans to the Bay Area–has ...

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Article: Album Review

Walter Smith III: Twio Vol. 2

Read "Twio Vol. 2" reviewed by Jack Kenny


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 ...

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Article: Album Review

Muriel Grossmann: Plays The Music of McCoy Tyner and Grateful Dead

Read "Plays The Music of McCoy Tyner and Grateful Dead" reviewed by Mark Corroto


To avoid the possibility of provoking outrage from any quarter, we sidestep, at least in theory, the perennial question of whether the Grateful Dead belong under the jazz umbrella. The devotion inspired by the band founded in the 1960s by Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir and company is legendary. 'Dead Heads' formed a small nation unto themselves, ...

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Article: Year in Review

2025 Year in Review by the Numbers: The Magnificent Seven and the Pluralism of Taste

Read "2025 Year in Review by the Numbers: The Magnificent Seven and the Pluralism of Taste" reviewed by Marek J. Śmietański


My Journey From Sports Analytics to Counting Jazz I've always had a soft spot for statistics and rankings--especially those that try to say something more than just “what people like." This is probably a result of my rigorous mathematical-informatics education and the scientific research I conducted over a dozen years ago on classification and ranking methods ...

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Article: Album Review

Brian Culbertson: Day Trip

Read "Day Trip" reviewed by Bridget A. Arnwine


Multi-instrumentalist Brian Culbertson is a musician with a vision, and on his Day Trip, he sets out to share that vision with his listeners. What is that vision? It is that of an artist who understands what music is capable of and his role as an artist to bring that all to fruition: the slow groove ...

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Article: Interview

Richie Beirach: Indelible Memories and Thought-Provoking Reflections on a Life in Jazz, Part 1

Read "Richie Beirach: Indelible Memories and Thought-Provoking Reflections on a Life in Jazz, Part 1" reviewed by Victor L. Schermer


This two-part article was first published on All About Jazz on August 13, 2019. Part 1 | Part 2 Richie Beirach hovers somewhat mysteriously in the pantheon of the great modern jazz pianists. Some of the others in that category from his generation (coming up in the 1960s/'70s), like Herbie Hancock, Keith ...

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Article: Interview

Matt Marantz: About Music, Money and Mouthpieces

Read "Matt Marantz: About Music, Money and Mouthpieces" reviewed by Dean Nardi


Back in ancient times, when people would buy actual magazines with paper and print and pictures and ads, some of the music publications would offer companion CD compilations. You could always find two or three tracks that stood out and maybe enticed you to check out an artist's recorded output. That is how I came across ...


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