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A Jazz Reading List
by Karl Ackermann
From 2015 through 2020, a personal research project included my reading dozens of jazz books and related media. They included mainstays such as the massive reference The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (Penguin Books, 2006), Ben Ratliff's excellent interview collection The Jazz Ear: Conversations Over Music (Times Books, 2008), the off-shore perspectives of Circular Breathing: The ...
Josh Nelson / Kevin Van Den Elzen: West Coast Echoes
by Jack Bowers
Pianist Josh Nelson and drummer Kevin Van Den Elzen (with bassist Eric Sittner) revisit the glory days of West Coast jazz in the 1950s and '60s on West Coast Echoes, a generally smooth and pleasing glance backward at the “cool" school of jazz championed by such legendary artists as Shorty Rogers, Art Pepper, Stan Getz, Shelly ...
Oded Tzur: Make A Sound
by David Bruggink
Storytelling has been part of Oded Tzur's modus operandi since his first album, his reed playing enfolding drama, tension, and narrative shifts like any spellbinding tale. In this 2025 single, the instinct comes into even sharper focus, as he accompanies a newly-assembled band with his words and voice for the first time on record.
Josie Falbo, Leandro Cardenas, Gabriel Alegría Afro-Peruvian Sextet
by Cheryl K.
During this week's two-hour program of jazz and improvised music, choice cuts from new releases by saxophonist Lena Bloch; vocalist Josie Falbo; guitarists Tom Ollendorff and Jon Fadem; clarinetist and composer Leandro Cardenas; five decades of studio, demo and live recordings from drummer Gary Husbands' personal archives; the Gabriel Alegría Afro-Peruvian Sextet; and multi--reed player Rick ...
Chet Baker's Five from '65 - New Land's Best Box Set Yet
by Patrick Burnette
Five From '65: The Quintet Summer Sessions Chet Baker New Land Records 2025 We are far enough into the vinyl revival that box sets are now becoming commonplace, and the New Land label has been particularly adventurous--almost quixotic--in its offerings. New Land devoted its first jazz box ...
Esmeralda Sella, pianista per caso o per destino
by Neri Pollastri
Nata a Ravenna, appassionata di jazz, di culture popolari e di improvvisazione radicale, Esmeralda Sella ha appena pubblicato il suo primo disco da leader, Magma (Auand Records), alla testa di un trio completato dal contrabbassista Federico Giolito e dal batterista Giovanni Nardiello. Partiamo dall'antefatto di questa intervista. Quando, qualche mese fa, Marco Colonna ...
Pepper Adams: Pepper Adams Quintet
by Joshua Weiner
Formed in 2025, the Gammaut label has upped the ante on deluxe audiophile reissues of classic jazz with their debut release, Pepper Adams Quintet (Mode Records, 1957). Original master tapes used? Check. Careful lacquer cutting at 45 RPM by Bernie Grundman? Check. Top-notch heavy vinyl pressing by Gotta Groove Records housed in a sturdy Stoughton gatefold? ...
A Muse Renaissance: Reissues from Roy Brooks, Kenny Barron, and Carlos Garnett
by C. Andrew Hovan
The independent jazz label has long served as a bellwether for the music's highest artistry, ever since the advent of the long-playing record. Labels such as Verve Records, Blue Note Records, Prestige Records, Contemporary Records, and Riverside--each a modest operation led by passionate entrepreneurs--were devoted to documenting the sound of their era with fidelity and purpose. ...
Roy Brooks: The Free Slave
by Pierre Giroux
Roy Brooks's The Free Slave, newly reissued on Time Traveler Recordings as a 180-gram vinyl LP, stands as a passionate tribute to the drummer's remarkable artistry and his often overlooked role as one of the most rhythmic thinkers of the post-bop period. Recorded live by Muse Records on April 26, 1970, at Baltimore's renowned Left Bank ...
The Lisa Hilton Quintet Returns With The Fluid And Cool Extended Daydream
“Renowned for her lyrical touch, inventive compositions, and ability to reinterpret jazz standards with a fresh perspective, Hilton continues to cement her reputation as one of the most compelling voices in contemporary jazz. With Extended Daydream, Lisa Hilton and her quintet deliver an album that is at once sophisticated, genre-fluid, and emotionally resonant—a testament to the ...
