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Dana and Alden

Brothers Dana and Alden McWayne, along with a troupe of multi-instrumental artists, come together to create jazzy melodies with indie sounds inspired by their unconventional upbringing in Eugene, Oregon. Their debut album, Quiet Music for Young People, is a lush album that melds vintage sounds with the aesthetic and experience of existing in gen Z and the digital age. Quiet Music For Young People also reminisces of their childhood, summer days spent working at an apple orchard and jamming at jazz clubs on rainy Oregon nights. Alden, the younger of the two, is a drummer and recent graduate of Berklee College of Music, while Dana, the elder statesmen, is a saxophonist and organic farm inspector in Durham, NC.

Skúli Sverrisson / Bill Frisell, Jared Schonig Big Band, Dana and Alden, Terence Collie

by Cheryl K.
August 27, 2026

During this week's two-hour program of jazz and improvised music--pianist Ayumi Tanaka, drummer Thomas Strønen, and bassist Thomas Morgan; bassist/composer Skúli Sverrisson and guitarist Bill Frisell; composer/instrumentalist Eldritch Priest; multi--instrumentalist Mark Isham; the quartet Giraffe; pianist and composer Terence Collie; trumpeter Giveton Gelin; and remembering Irish guitarist Louis Stewart (1944-2016) who died ten years ago on ...

Take Five with singer-songwriter-pianist EBBA

by AAJ Staff
March 24, 2026

Meet EBBA NYC-based Swedish singer-songwriter-pianist EBBA is reshaping what it means to be a jazz artist in 2025. A Berklee Presidential Scholar and recent graduate, she moves fluidly between jazz sophistication and raw, modern songwriting, carving out a sound that's fearless and arrestingly original. Fresh off the road with Jon Batiste, adding keys and vocals to his global tour ...

New releases from around the world, for at home and the club

by Andy Crowther
August 8, 2025

Covers and originals from Japan, Hawaii, Brazil, Ethiopia, Finland and more. Into the club and on to the dancefloor in the second hour. Playlist Kyoto Jazz Sextet “Dosojin No Uta" from Dosojin No Uta EP (Lawson Entertainment Japan) 00:00 The Waitiki 7 “China Clipper" from Exotica Reborn (Waitiki International) 06:25 Roger Glenn “Zambo's Mambo" ...