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Article: Live Review

Denver Jazz Fest 2026

Read "Denver Jazz Fest 2026" reviewed by Geoff Anderson


Denver Jazz Fest 2026 Denver and Boulder, CO April 7-12, 2026  It's easy to get used to the lifestyle: a concert every night, and three on Saturday: eight concerts in six days. Shouldn't life be like this all the time? Well, it was for almost a week in early April around Denver ...

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Article: Building a Jazz Library

The Top 25 Songs Featuring Clarinet

Read "The Top 25 Songs Featuring Clarinet" reviewed by Dean Nardi


As Ian Dury might have sung had he played the clarinet, “Hit me with your licorice stick." (That is “rhythm stick" for those not fluent in punk rock.) From the intricacies of classical music to the smooth swing of jazz to Klezmer--the folk music of the Eastern European Jewish population--the instrument resonates throughout a good portion ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Lea Maria Fries, Gary Versace, Amalie Dahl, Ingrid Jensen & More

Read "Lea Maria Fries, Gary Versace, Amalie Dahl, Ingrid Jensen & More" reviewed by Ludovico Granvassu


No matter its origins--European or American, live or recorded in the studio, from the '30s or today--this playlist brings together music that is not only recent or upcoming, but destined to stay with you.Happy listening!Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Ingrid Jensen “Many Homes, Many ...

Article: Album Review

Dara Starr Tucker: Time Wouldn't Wait

Read "Time Wouldn't Wait" reviewed by Angelo Leonardi


L'ultimo album della cantante Dara Tucker conferma la sintesi tra l'estetica dominante nella prima parte della sua carriera (i quattro album dal 2009 al 2019 per Watchman Music, impegnati di jazz, blues e soul) e quella più incline al neo-soul e al pop, presente in Dreams of Waking--Music for a Better World (Green Hill 2021) e ...

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Article: Album Review

Ingrid Jensen: Landings

Read "Landings" reviewed by Pierre Giroux


On Landings, trumpeter Ingrid Jensen convenes a quartet that thrives on speed and alertness. With organist Gary Versace, guitarist Marvin Sewell, and drummer Jon Wikan, she leads a band capable of sharp turns and open-road lyricism in the same breath. The music feels meticulously shaped yet gloriously unbound; an ensemble language forged in deep listening and ...

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Article: Album Review

John Ellis & Double Wide: Fireball

Read "Fireball" reviewed by Alberto Bazzurro


La spinta, la propulsione, la pienezza, che può generare la presenza di una tuba (o di un sousaphone, come accade qui) all'interno di un combo jazz è indiscutibile, generalmente tangibilissima, almeno se il suo impiego è di natura prevalentemente (ma non esclusivamente, attenzione) ritmica. Il Double Wide diretto ormai da quasi vent'anni dal cinquantunenne polistrumentista e ...

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Article: Album Review

Ingrid Jensen: Landings

Read "Landings" reviewed by Jack Kenny


Ingrid Jensen has emerged as a unique trumpet player with a distinctive sound that defines her and proclaims her nonpareil gifts. The album opens with “Handmaiden's Tale," a virtual duet with Gary Versace that clearly demonstrates the beauty of Jensen's tone. The track weaves together many strands of sheer beauty: warmth, lyricism, resonance and ...

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About (or On), First Visit

Label: Ezz-thetics
Released: 2025
Track listing: About (or On)...Rumination (Ellery Eskelin) Memories of You (Eubie Blake); About (or On)...Monk (Ellery Eskelin) Off Minor (Thelonious Monk); About (or On)...Conjuring (Ellery Eskelin) Witchcraft (Cy Coleman); About (or On)...Desire (Ellery Eskelin) Lover Come Back to Me (Sigmund Romberg); About (or On)...Endless (Ellery Eskelin) How Deep is the Ocean (Irving Berlin); About (or On)...Celestial (Ellery Eskelin) The Midnight Sun (Lionel Hampton & Sonny Burke); About (or On)...Happenstance (Ellery Eskelin) Just One of Those Things (Cole Porter); About (or On)...Monk (Ellery Eskelin) We See (Thelonoius Monk); About (or On)...Aspiration (Ellery Eskelin) My Ideal (Richard A. Whiting & Newell Chase); About (or On)...Regret (Ellery Eskelin) After You've Gone (Turner Layton); About (or On)...Flame (Ellery Eskelin) Flamingo (Ted Grouya & Edmund Anderson).

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Three Track Mind

Label: Sunnyside Records
Released: 2026
Track listing: Doxy; Autumn Leaves; Darn That Dream; Homeland; Stella by Starlight; All Our; Things; In the Footsteps of Giants; Autumn Leaves (Reprise); Turquoise; Walter; Theodore.


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