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Article: Live Review

Big Ears 2026

Read "Big Ears 2026" reviewed by Mark Sullivan

by Mark Sullivan

Big Ears Festival Knoxville, TN March 26-29, 2026 Another year, another jam-packed festival lineup. The Spotlight presentations included SUSS Presents Across the Horizon, an ambient country experience; films and performances related to Ethiopia's musical legacy; and David Byrne's Who is the Sky? Polish pianist/composer Hania Rani offered an ambient concert and the ...

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Song of the Day

Mumbo Jumbo

Album: Dream Archives
By Craig Taborn
Label: ECM Records
Released: 2026
Duration: 05:21

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Tomeka Reid, Marco Mezquida, ALA.NI, Craig Taborn & More

Read "Tomeka Reid, Marco Mezquida, ALA.NI, Craig Taborn & More" reviewed by Ludovico Granvassu

by Ludovico Granvassu

Enjoy a playlist dedicated to recent and upcoming releases, where curiosity still rules, and the music often comes from just around the corner... or halfway across the world, Barcelona to New York; Amsterdam to London; Brussels to Melbourne.Happy listening!Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Marco ...

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Article: In Pictures

The Anna Webber Nonet at the Jazz Gallery: Reflections from the Edge of a World Gone Awry

Read "The Anna Webber Nonet at the Jazz Gallery: Reflections from the Edge of a World Gone Awry" reviewed by Dave Kaufman

by Dave Kaufman

The Jazz Gallery has functioned as a vital incubator for the New York jazz scene since its founding in 1995, specifically designed as a non-profit space where the primary goal is artistic risk rather than commercial viability. Anna Webber has a longstanding relationship with the Gallery; she was the 2022 recipient of the Margaret Whitton Award ...

Article: Live Review

Dan Weiss Quartet al Torrione di Ferrara

Read "Dan Weiss Quartet al Torrione di Ferrara" reviewed by Libero Farnè

by Libero Farnè

Dan Weiss Quartet Torrione Jazz Club 31 gennaio 2026  Il massiccio volume cilindrico del Torrione di San Giovanni, costruito alla fine del Quattrocento sotto il governo di Ercole I d'Este su progetto di Biagio Rossetti, dal 1999 è sede del Jazz club ferrarese che si sviluppa su due piani: al ...

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Article: Album Review

Bobby Naughton Trio: Live at Charlie's Tap

Read "Live at Charlie's Tap" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto

Today, a number of drummers, including Ches Smith and Kenny Wollesen, also double on vibraphone, underscoring the instrument's fundamentally percussive nature. In the hands of Bobby Naughton, however, the vibraphone functioned as something more expansive: a reimagined piano, capable of both harmonic depth and rhythmic propulsion. Naughton began studying piano at the age of ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

New Music By Kate Olson, Nate Smith, Myra Melford, Craig Taborn with Tomeka Reid & Ches Smith, Celebrating Jazz Capricorns & More

Read "New Music By Kate Olson, Nate Smith, Myra Melford, Craig Taborn with Tomeka Reid & Ches Smith, Celebrating Jazz Capricorns & More" reviewed by Mary Foster Conklin

by Mary Foster Conklin

This broadcast includes new music from Kate Olson, Nate Smith, Myra Melford, Craig Taborn with Tomeka Reid & Ches Smith, plus Part 2 of a look back at some notable 2025 releases, with birthday shoutouts to Pamela Wise, Georgia Mancio, Margaret Slovak, Michelle Walker, Myra Melford, Carol Sudhalter, Christine Tobin and Honorable Man Bucky Pizzarelli (100!), ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

New Music From Foster, Douglas, HII Trio, Taborn And More

Read "New Music From Foster, Douglas, HII Trio, Taborn And More" reviewed by Bob Osborne

by Bob Osborne

This playlist moves through a wide spectrum of contemporary and classic jazz, blending live recordings, ensemble explorations, and intimate duologues. It opens with blues--inflected improvisation and shifts into modern compositions marked by rhythmic drive and layered textures. Chamber-like interplay and orchestral arrangements sit alongside fiery solos and inventive group dialogues, while moments of lyrical reflection contrast ...

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Article: Year in Review

Glenn Astarita's Best Jazz Albums Of 2025

Read "Glenn Astarita's Best Jazz Albums Of 2025" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita

Another year, another reminder that jazz refuses to stay in its lane. The ten albums that grabbed me most in 2025 don't follow any neat narrative or trend--they're just the records I kept coming back to, the ones that made me hit repeat or sit up and pay closer attention. Some are from veterans who still ...

Album

Clone Row

By Ches Smith

Label: Otherly Love Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: Ready Beat; Abrade With Me; Clone Row; Town Down; Heart Breakthrough; Sustained Nightmare; Play Bell (For Nick).


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