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Donny McCaslin

Born: August 11, 1966

Saxophonist Donny McCaslin and his band, featured on David Bowie‘s Blackstar, will make their Motéma Music debut with the October 14 release of Beyond Now, a highly anticipated album dedicated to Bowie. Recorded nearly three months after Bowie’s passing, the project is deeply influenced by their extraordinary experience collaborating with one of the greatest artists of all-time on his final album.

“It was like a dream except it was something I never could have dreamed of,” reflects McCaslin on working hand-in-hand with Bowie on Blackstar. “David Bowie was a visionary artist whose generosity, creative spirit, and fearlessness will stay with me the rest of my days. Beyond Now is dedicated to him and to all who loved him.”

Wanderer

By Sarah Pillow

Label: Buckyball Records
Released: 2026
Track listing: Blue Skies (Irving Berlin); So Many Stars (Sergio Mendez); A Night in Tunisia (Dizzy Gillespie); Duke Ellington’s Sound of Love (Charles Mingus); How High the Moon (Morgan Lewis and Nancy Hamilton); Tonight at Noon (Charles Mingus); The First Circle (Pat Metheny & Lyle Mays); Café (Egberto Gismonti); Stella by Starlight (Victor Young & Ned Washington); Eclipse (Charles Mingus); 500 Miles High (Chick Corea); Nature Boy (Eden Ahbez); Wayfarin’ Stranger (anonymous).

Focus Out

By Jon Irabagon

Label: Irabbagast
Released: 2026
Track listing: Morning Star; Focus Out; Paper Planes; Evening Star; Indigo Stains; Prayer (for Reomi); Center Post.

Civil Disobedience

By David Ambrosio

Label: Blue Frog records
Released: 2026
Track listing: For Duke P. (aka XYZ); A Time To Go; Irina; Poor People's March; Ankara.

Enrico Pieranunzi, Right Now

by Todd M. Carlsen
October 12, 2026

Enrico Pieranunzi turned seventy-six in December 2025. Skip the tribute. He's busy--delivering four masterclass releases across 2026. The solo piano session Ennio Morricone--The Piano Sessions by Enrico Pieranunzi (CAM Sugar, 2026). A mostly-duo album with guitar, Evanscape (Bonsaï Music, 2026). A jazz-classical record with an orchestra, Improclassica (Abeat, 2025). A quartet with tenor saxophone, Perspectives (Red ...

Gretchen Parlato, Kevin Sun, and Eberhard Weber

by Jerome Wilson
October 7, 2026

This episode features new music from Gretchen Parlato and Kevin Sun as well as older work by Eberhard Weber and Joel Ross.Playlist Henry Threadgill Sextett “I Can't Wait Till I Get Home" from The Complete Novus & Columbia Recordings of Henry Threadgill & Air (Mosaic) 00:00 Isrea Butler “I.Q. Shuffle" from Congo Lament (Vegas) ...

Christian Finger: Zeit Zirkel

by Mike Jurkovic
October 1, 2026

Whether German-born, New York based drummer/composer Christian Finger (Lee Konitz, Ron Carter, Donny McCaslin) is well known within this circle or that circle holds no bearing on the shape of things and the highs heard on Zeit Zirkel. Making peace with grief and rooted in resilience, space, and spirit, the music makes its way through our ...

Nicole Zuraitis Baked Her Own Cake

by Leo Sidran
September 30, 2026

Nicole Zuraitis has spent much of her career being asked (and asking herself) variations of the same question: where do you fit? Is the music jazz? Is it pop? Is it cabaret?Her new album, The Devil I Knew, doesn't exactly settle the question. Instead, it makes the question seem increasingly beside the point.

A Percussion Paradise Inhabited By Searing, Soaring Sensations

by Keith Flint
September 19, 2026

From its solo conga introduction to its exuberant ensemble finale, Donny McCaslin's “Soar" leads listeners along a path of tension, anticipation, and release. The pleasures of the performance are immediate, yet its full gratification is tantalizingly delayed: rhythm first, then added texture, then a gathering rush of sound as each musician finds a place ...

Michael Leonhart Orchestra at the 2026 NoMad Jazz Festival

by Paul Reynolds
August 5, 2026

Michael Leonhart Orchestra Rizzoli Bookstore NoMad Jazz Festival  New York NY August 2, 2026 Spontaneous creation in jazz usually doesn't extend to the arrangements for a 17-piece orchestra. But Michael Leonhart--who disclosed from the bandstand that his orchestra “did not rehearse for this performance"--wound up arranging on the fly for ...