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Behn Gillece: Pivot Point
by Carl Medsker
Posi-Tone will have released 253 albums in its post-bop contemporary mainstream jazz space with Pivot Point by Behn Gillece. Maintaining freshness and avoiding formula could become a creative challenge for any such productive label, but Gillece avoids that potential pitfall through well-written songs, crafty arrangements and excellent musicianship. The sequencing of songs is also thoughtful, varying ...
The Maria Schneider Orchestra at Birdland
by Paul Reynolds
Maria Schneider Orchestra Birdland Jazz Club New York, NY May 30, 2025 The late set by Maria Schneider and her orchestra on Friday at Birdland Jazz Club was so engrossing as to be a world unto itself. Every aspect of the performance--even including, in the best way, the musicians' identities--bowed to ...
Al Foster: Monk’s Bossa
by Carl Medsker
On May 28, 2025, Aloysius Tyrone Foster passed away at the age of 82. He brought strong, imaginative, percussive grooves and swing to bebop, post-bop, modal, funk and fusion for over 60 years--even a little calypso and bossa. A very partial list of the musicians Al Foster performed with includes Dexter Gordon, McCoy Tyner, Sonny Rollins, ...
Dudley Moore, Don Cherry, Dizzy Gillespie, Black Jazz, Soul Note, Pablo Records and more...
by Andy Crowther
Recent reissues, discoveries and favourites from around the world. Playlist The Cannonball Adderley Quintet “Lisa" from Plus (Riverside) 00:00 Eric Kloss “You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To" from Love and All That Jazz (Prestige) 07:51 The Dudley Moore Trio “Amalgam" from The Dudley Moore Trio (Decca) 13:12 Jazz Crusaders “It's Gotta Be ...
The Big Stage: How Festivals Are Reviving Jazz All Around India
by Karan Khosla
The live music scene in India is flourishing, and jazz is riding the tide. A recent Ernst & Young study estimates that the live music sector in India reached a value of around USD 1.4 billion in 2024 and is predicted to increase 20% yearly. With Gen Z and millennials making approximately 90% of all live ...
Ari Hoenig: Tea For Three
by Artur Moral
In the concise liner notes for this release, Ari Hoenig states that this is the first time he has kept the same lineup for two consecutive recordings. No shock there: From the album's opening bars, it is clear we are not just dealing with another trio, but with the convergence of three exceptional musical personalities whose ...
Sharel Cassity: In the Spirit
by Katchie Cartwright
Even on an old familiar tune like Charlie Chaplin's “Smile" (1936), it is clear from note one that Sharel Cassity is a child of Bird, an altoist in the modernist tradition of Charlie Parker. Her first influence was actually her biological father, an organist, with whom she shared the stage in New Orleans at age 11, ...
Diego Rivera: West Circle
by David A. Orthmann
Let it not be said that Posi-Tone Records fails to put its weight and resources behind the artists it believes in. A case in point is the volume of releases that entail the combinations of tenor/soprano saxophonist Diego Rivera, pianist Art Hirahara, bassist Boris Kozlov, and drummer Rudy Royston. In the last five years, discs in ...
Funky Mama Show
by David Brown
This week's edition of The Jazz Continuum celebrates Mother's Day with an energetic mix of soul-jazz, jazz-funk, R&B, and groove-oriented selections. The program opens with classic organ-driven tracks from saxophonist Lou Donaldson, funk pioneers The Meters, and organist Jimmy McGriff, laying the foundation for the show's rhythmic theme. As the sound evolves into 1970s jazz-funk, selections ...
Ed Palermo, Planet D Nonet, Herbie Hancock & Don Byas
by Joe Dimino
In celebration of Con Chapman's freshly minted 2025 release Sax Expat, we crack open the 905th episode of Neon Jazz with the timeless tones of Don Byas, taking us back to a smoky stop in 1944. It's the perfect prologue to a show steeped in innovation, homage, and the ever-expanding universe of jazz. From there, we ...
