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Conrad Herwig: Land of Shadow
by C. Andrew Hovan
In the spirit of Miles Davis and a select number of his followers, Conrad Herwig in the course of his musical endeavors spanning some 20 years has strived to keep the music inching forward to new and previously undiscovered vistas. His versatility as demonstrated by an ability to transcend genres, be it Eddie Palmieri's Afro-Cuban muse ...
Ken Vandermark: Returning To The Road With A New Band And New Energy
by John Chacona
For three decades, Ken Vandermark has criss-crossed the globe as one of music's most restless and exploratory improvisors. Yet as he embarked on a tour in Spring 2023, his improvisatory skills were put to the test--not as a musician, but as a bandleader and organizer. He assembled a new band, Edition 55, that includes ...
Edition Records: A Guide To The First Fifteen Years
by Ian Patterson
Edition Records celebrates its 15th anniversary in 2023. The label founded in Cardiff in 2008 by keyboardist Dave Stapleton has come a long way in that time. Initially conceived of as a means to release his own music and that of his friends, Edition Records went from being a cottage industry to a position as one ...
New Releases, Bistro Awards, Birthday Shoutouts To Bessie Smith & More
by Mary Foster Conklin
This broadcast includes new releases from Allegra Levy, Champian Fulton and John Pizzarelli, with singles from Nicky Schrire and Nicole Zuraitis, plus birthday shoutouts to Empress of the Blues Bessie Smith, Haruna Fukazawa, Nancy Winston, Michele Brourman and Herbie Hancock, among others with a salute to some of this year's Bistro Award winners. Thanks for listening ...
Teus Nobel & Liberty Group: Human First
by Phillip Woolever
Highly respected Dutch trumpeter Teus Nobel has forged a distinguished, modern jazz-based discography which includes expertise ranging from small bands to orchestras, and mainstream pop to theatrical show tunes. The third project released by Nobel's Liberty Group progresses along traditional quartet-type experimentation which proves to be some of his most extraordinary work yet; it sounds like ...
Decades of Worldwide Promotion By the Man in the Room
by Arthur R George
A Life In Music Wulf Müller 384 Pages ISBN: # 9798353190752 Amazon Direct Publishing2022 Working in Europe and facilitating jazz internationally, Wulf Müller reveals himself in his autobiography A Life in Music (Amazon Direct Publishing, 2022) as a man who for 40 years was in the rooms where ...
Record Store Day 2023 Jazz Releases
by Kyle Simpler
Record Store Day, which started in 2007, is a biannual event designed to promote independent record stores. Every Record Store Day drop features limited-edition vinyl releases in practically every genre of music. The releases, however, are offered on a limited basis, and they are available for one time only. As a result, collectors often wait in ...
Jazz Honors The Beatles
by AAJ Staff
All About Jazz is honoring The Fab Four in the year of the 60th anniversary of the release of their first album (Please Please Me). This collective tribute was originally published in September 2009--as a living document, we'll add more quotes & stories over time (see how-to in comments section). We also compiled a companion playlist ...
Jazz Musician of the Day: Herbie Hancock
All About Jazz is celebrating Herbie Hancock's birthday today! Herbie Hancock is a true icon of modern music. Throughout his explorations, he has transcended limitations and genres while still maintaining his unique, unmistakable voice. Herbie's success at expanding the possibilities of musical thought has placed him in the annals of this century's visionaries. With an illustrious ...
Richie Beirach: Leaving
by Chris May
On Leaving, recorded in France in 2022, Richie Beirach revisits thirteen evergreen standards, seven of them grouped together in two medleys, and two of his own compositions ("Leaving," “Sunday Song") written in the 1970s. The album is Beirach's first live solo recording since 1981. All of the material is more than familiar to ...
