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Bryn Roberts

Bryn Roberts is pianist, keyboardist and composer who is in demand in a wide variety of musical contexts. He has performed, toured and recorded extensively both as a leader and sideman, and is a mainstay at NYC jazz clubs like Smalls, Mezzrow, The Jazz Gallery, the 55 bar and Dizzy's. An acclaimed composer and bandleader, Roberts has four albums out featuring his own music: his debut “Present Tense”, “Ludlow” (featuring Seamus Blake, Drew Gress and Mark Ferber), “Fables” (featuring Seamus Blake, Orlando le Fleming and Johnathan Blake) and his most recent release, a duo album with guitarist Lage Lund called “Nightsong”

Passionata

By Technocats

Label: Cold Plunge Records
Released: 2026
Track listing: Normality; Traffic Jam; Not Van Morrison; Horse Feathers; Dancing Light; Technocats; The Race Is On; Passionata; Nostalgia; Double Play (bonus track).

Technocats: Passionata

by Jack Bowers
September 8, 2026

The Technocats are a Michigan-based co-op septet devoted for the most part to performing the music of fellow Michigander Gregg Hill, who composed every number on the group's 2026 recording, Passionata, including its sure-to-please “bonus" track, “Double Play." The first of Hill's compositions, “Normality," sets the enterprise in motion but in so doing lands ...

You Better Bet

By Jacob Wutzke

Label: Cellar Music Group
Released: 2025
Track listing: Sister Cheryl; Take Flight; Like a Bird; Pee Wee; Ancient Eyes; Hop on Down; Arboretum; Warriors; Qwaltz; You Better Bet.

Jacob Wutzke: You Better Bet

by Jack Bowers
March 18, 2025

Jacob Wutzke, long an admirer of fellow drummer and composer Tony Williams, moved closer to Williams' orbit several years ago when acclaimed bassist Ira Coleman--who had performed and recorded with Williams in the 1980s and '90s-- relocated to Wutzke's home base in Montreal, Canada. After meeting Coleman, Wutzke proposed the idea of recording an album of ...

Popular Jazz Songs: 2024

by Michael Ricci
January 2, 2025

All About Jazz tracks how often a featured song is heard, and the following represent the most popular in 2024. If you missed them the first time around, give them a listen now, and enjoy! Click the album cover to listen to the song. Dive Into The Deep Blue From: ...

Aloft

By Bryn Roberts

Label: Elastic Recordings
Released: 2024
Track listing: Let's Agree (That You Agree With Me); Steen's Scene; Aloft; My Ship; Stevedore Cosplay; Amaryllis; You Do Something To Me.

Chuck Israels, Alvin Queen, Arturo Sandoval & Bryn Roberts

by Joe Dimino
November 24, 2024

Off the graceful and sophisticated notes of Aloft, the 2024 album by pianist and composer Bryn Roberts, we go right into this week's journey. From there, we delve into the timeless artistry of jazz legend Chuck Israels, a master whose collaborations have defined an era. Next, we spotlight the talented Marie Goudy, imagining her delight at ...

Aloft

November 7, 2024

Album: Aloft
By Bryn Roberts
Label: Elastic Recordings
Released: 2024
Duration: 06:35

Terry Gibbs, Omer Leshem, Daniele Defranchis, Jeff Lederer

by Cheryl K.
October 10, 2024

During this week's two-hour program of Jazz and improvised music, vibraphonist Terry Gibbs (ahead of his 100th birthday), guitarists Eldritch Priest and Daniele Defranchis, saxophonists Omer Leshem and Jeff Lederer, and pianists Greg Spero and Bryn Roberts. Playlist Terry Gibbs “Prelude to a Kiss" from Vol. 7: The Lost Tapes, 1959 (Whaling City Sound) ...