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Boasting a warm, finely burnished tone and a robust melodic and harmonic imagination, tenor saxophonist Eric Alexander has been exploring new musical worlds from the outset. He started out on piano as a six-year-old, took up clarinet at nine, switched to alto sax when he was 12, and converted to tenor when jazz became his obsession during his one year at the University of Indiana, Bloomington (1986-87). At William Paterson College in New Jersey he advanced his studies under the tutelage of Harold Mabern, Joe Lovano, Rufus Reid, and others. "The people I listened to in college are still the cats that are influencing me today," says Alexander

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Now In Time

By Nat Reeves

Label: The Side Door
Released: 2026
Track listing: Blue Ridge; Katea’s Dance; Appointment in Ghana; Portrait of Jennie; Sounds of the Flying Pysgmies; For RJ; Dave’s System; The Creator Has a Master Plan; On Green Dolphin Street; Alice in Wonderland; Samba D’Blue.

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Afro Blue (10th Anniversary Edition)

By Harold Mabern

Label: Smoke Sessions Records
Released: 2026
Track listing: The Chief; Afro Blue (feat. Gregory Porter); Don't Misunderstand (feat. Norah Jones); My One and Only Love (feat. Jane Monheit); Portrait of Jennie (feat. Kurt Elling); Do It Again (feat. Peter Bernstein).

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Stars Aligned

By Frode Kjekstad

Label: Losen Records
Released: 2026
Track listing: The Phineas Train; Open Ocean; Blues 4u; Bonebreaker; Moon Song; Stars Aligned; Hammond Cheese; Foggy Morning In The Woods; Jingles.

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Duos

By Bernie Senensky

Label: Cellar Music Group
Released: 2026
Track listing: The Mover; I Hear A Rhapsody; I Thought About You; Bud Lines; In My Life; Lolito; My One & Only Love; One Is Enough; Come To Me; Silver Trane.

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Another Kind of Bird

By Richard Baratta

Label: Savant Records
Released: 2026
Track listing: Donna Lee; Anthropology; Little Suede Shoes; Ah-Leu-Cha; Embraceable You; Now’s the Time; Moose the Mooche; Yardbird Suite; Segment; Au Privave.

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Preview of John Coltrane special; Birthday recognition for Jon Hendricks, Oliver Lake, and others

by David W. Daniels
September 22, 2026

In addition to previewing next week's John Coltrane special and the named birthday recognitions, this episode of Exploration includes classics from Bobby Hutcherson, Harold Land, and others. New music from Terje Gewalt, Branford Marsalis with Dianne Reeves, and Ross Valory are also included. Playlist John Coltrane “A Love Supreme Pt. 1: Acknowledgement" from A ...

Article: Rising Stars

Introducing Saxophonist Jacob Chung

by Sanford Josephson
September 1, 2026

Growing up in Toronto, Jacob Chung was introduced to jazz by his grandfather. “He had a record player," Chung recalled, “and he had Dave Brubeck's Time Out album. He also liked Duke Ellington and Ben Webster." Chung was playing classical piano when he entered middle school, “and they started giving you wind instruments. I ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Happy Birthday Marcus Roberts! Also Tony Bennett, Allan Holdsworth, and more

by David W. Daniels
August 11, 2026

In addition to the artists named in the title, this edition of Exploration recognizes the classic genius of The Quintet (Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Bud Powell, Charlie Mingus, and Max Roach), Horace Silver, and others. More new music from Joe Alterman, Doug Webb, and Terri Lyne Carrington. Birthdays recognized include Eddie Jefferson, Ravi Coltrane, and “Pops" ...

Article: Album Review

Richard Baratta: Another Kind of Bird

Read "Another Kind of Bird" reviewed by Pierre Giroux

by Pierre Giroux
June 22, 2026

Charlie Parker's music has withstood every conceivable tribute. It has been copied, analyzed, celebrated, and occasionally embalmed by its own importance. Imagine the surprise at the release of drummer-percussionist Richard Baratta's Another Kind of Bird, which is not another museum-piece salute to Bird. Baratta and pianist-arranger Bill O'Connell treat Parker's compositions as living, breathing works capable ...