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Boney James: A Simple Man And A Lifetime Study

by Sherry Rubel
October 2, 2026

Thirty-five years and twenty albums into his career, saxophonist Boney James is still thinking about melody, sound and how to get better at his instrument. On A Simple Man (Concord Jazz, 2026), he draws on the R&B and soul music that shaped him while continuing to explore the jazz vocabulary that has long been part of ...

Article: Interview

Kenny Garrett Speaks Through The Soul of His Jazz

by Dean Nardi
February 10, 2025

Mental bungee-jumping may not be their sport of choice, but a cerebral ledge exists that sooner or later every jazz musician must leap off. One day, ready or not, tuning up or shaking down their instrument, they will glance in a mirror, hug a pregnant mother-to-be, second-line a funeral, walk in the deepest, dark woods, chance ...

Article: Interview

Russell Gunn: No Safety Net, No Overdubs, Just Pure and Original

by Dean Nardi
January 6, 2025

One of the reasons podcasts have become so popular is they provide listeners with the experience of hearing people live, raw and unedited with no safety net as opposed to reading an article in a magazine or on the Internet. Even a Question & Answer interview is edited to remove repetitive comments and all the “ums" ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Holiday Music with Donald Vega, Band Of Other Brothers, JD Allen, Nicole Henry and more

by Benjamin Boddie
December 18, 2024

Today's Music--Right Now! Holiday Music by Donald Vega, Band Of Other Brothers, JD Allen, Scott Drier, Nicole Henry, Rosemary Clooney, Wynton Marsalis, Oscar Peterson, Kevin Mahogany, Etta James, Scott Hamilton, Vanessa Rubin, Billie Holiday, Benny Carter, Kurt Elling, Eric Reed, Nnenna Freelon, Javon Jackson, Al Jarreau, Diana Krall, Nat King Cole, and more. Playlist ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Grover Washington Jr., Nubya Garcia, Seun Kuti And Egypt 80, And More

by Tony Poole
September 27, 2024

Tony Poole selects his favourite tracks from this past week's new releases and pre-releases. The featured YouTube video (scroll down) is about Jason Miles, the keyboardist, producer and guardian of the Grover Washington Jr. legacy. Check out the short documentary about Jason's book The Extraordinary Journey of Jason Miles... A Musical Biography 100% AI generated.

Article: Liner Notes

Ron Carter: Anything Goes

by Arnaldo DeSouteiro
July 11, 2024

Ronald Levin Carter (born Ferndale, Michigan, on May 4, 1937) needs no introduction. Let's just say that he is the bassist's bassist. On Ron's hands, the bass and the man become the same entity, the same person. Played by Ron Carter, the acoustic bass sounds like... Ron Carter! That's why he is one of the three ...

Article: Liner Notes

CTI Acid Jazz Grooves by Various Artists

by Arnaldo DeSouteiro
June 19, 2024

The CD you are holding in your hands is a very special compilation. It's the celebration of CTI as one of the most “sampled" labels on Earth! For the past ten years, many CTI tracks have been cut up, sampled, scratched and looped to create new songs for a new audience. Many of the selections on ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Bob Mover, Bill Evans, Grover Washington, Jr. & Kelly Green

by Joe Dimino
April 28, 2024

We begin the 852nd Episode of Neon Jazz with the talents of Kelly Green and music from her 2024 release Seems. From there, we hear from her mentor in the late Harold Mabern. Continuing on, we run down a bevy of new music from Martin Buddy, Scott Marshall, David Schumacher and the Jazz Saxophone Quartet. In ...

Article: Opinion

Can You Judge an Album By Its Label?

by Dave Hughes
March 3, 1999

This article was first published at All About Jazz in March 1999. For almost as long as there have been record labels, many labels have sought to build a reputation or a brand identity for themselves in terms of the genre of music presented on their labels or the technical quality of their product. ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Mal Waldron, Aymée Nuviola, Immanuel Wilkins, Grover Washington, Jr.

by David Brown
November 1, 2023

This week, a soulful set with Washington, McCann and Spalding. Then some Monk by Monk and Lacy/Waldron followed by a short set of Immanuel Wilkins old and new. We will also check out recent releases by Mat Maneri Quartet and Miho Hazama, and more. Old, new, in, out... wherever the music takes us. Each week, we ...