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Pharoah's Dance
Album: Split Decision
By Vincent Herring
Label: Smoke Sessions Records
Released: 2025
Duration: 08:25
Sam Dillon: My Ideal
by Jack Bowers
Any impartial assessment of My Ideal, Sam Dillon's second album for Cellar Music (following 2018's Out in the Open), should leave no doubt that the New York-born and based tenor saxophonist has definitely hit his stride, punctuating an already strong and persuasive voice on the horn with ample self-confidence and and a bounteous wellspring of innovative ...
New releases from around the world, for at home and the club
by Andy Crowther
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" ...
Eric Scott Reed: Out Late
by Neil Duggan
Prioritizing energy and passion over musical precision, pianist Eric Scott Reed recorded every track on his album Out Late as a first take, with all musicians performing together in one room. Nothing was added later--this old-style approach gives the recording its vintage feel. As Reed explains, “We rehearsed a song for a few minutes, and once ...
Freedom Art Quartet, Tyreek McDole, Noah Haidu, Dee Dee Bridgewater & Bill Charlap and more
by Benjamin Boddie
Today's Music--Right Now! Fantastic music by Freedom Art Quartet, Peter Anderson & Will Anderson, Mike Thompson, Tyreek McDole, Noah Haidu, Marcello Carelli, Ron Rieder, Dee Dee Bridgewater & Bill Charlap, Isaiah J.Thompson V., Joe Kennedy, Eric Scott Reed, Danny Grissett, Dave Bass, Ben Sidran, Dena DeRose, Gabriel Latchin Trio, Reid Hoyson, Diva Jazz Orchestra, Carrie Jackson, ...
Theon Cross, Sumi Tonooka, Joshua Redman, and Joanne Brackeen
by Hobart Taylor
Theon Cross makes “Affirmations," Brandee Younger celebrates her “Gadabout Season," Sumi Tonooka delves “Under the Surface" and the “Memphis Slim at the Gate of Horn" re-issue keeps us grounded in “Mother Earth."Playlist Joshua Redman “Borrowed Eyes" from Words Fall Short (Blue Note) 0:00 Julia Ulehla Dalava “Escape Velocity" from Understories (Pi) 5:50 Theon Cross ...
The Weirdos
Album: Out Late
By Eric Reed
Label: Smoke Sessions Records
Released: 2025
Duration: 06:30
Albare, Pete McGuinness, Royce Campbell and Vosbein Magee, Marilyn Kleinberg and more
by Benjamin Boddie
Today's Music--Right Now! ... Fantastic music by Albare, Pete McGuinness, Royce Campbell and Vosbein Magee, Marilyn Kleinberg, Bob James & Dave Koz, Rob Clearfield, Dave Robbins, Gillian Margot & Geoffrey Keezer, Leon Anderson, Posi-Tone Swingtet, Chicago Jazz Orchestra, Cyrus Chestnut, Rodney Jordan, Nnenna Freelon, Max Leake, Eric Alexander, Reid Hoyson, John Stein, The Empress, Steve Allee, ...
Gerald Clayton, l'Oumigmag, Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol, Triology & more
by Marek J. Śmietański
Our 109th episode features new releases from North American artists. That's a rather traditional set with many inspirations from the '50s and '60s. It's nice to hear how young musicians treat tradition with respect, while also introducing a lot of fresh, creative ideas. Most of the material comes from the US, with a few Canadian albums ...
Eric Alexander: Chicago To New York
by Jack Bowers
Eric Alexander, widely praised for years as one of the jazz world's foremost tenor saxophonists, greets listeners with an unforeseen yet tantalizing curve ball on his latest album, Chicago to New York, employing his luminous soprano sax to enhance the first two numbers, John Coltrane's “Afro Blue" and “Wise One," before unleashing his trustworthy and perceptive ...
