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Joe Farnsworth is already regarded as one of the top jazz drummers in the world, but as far as he is concerned, he is just getting started. He is dedicated to the great tradition of jazz drumming as conceived by men like Max Roach, Roy Haynes, Elvin Jones, Billy Higgins and Arthur Taylor and it keeps him in the practice room trying to continue and extend it. Joe was born on February 21, 1968 in South Hadley, Massachusetts into an unusually musical family. His father was a renowned music teacher who immersed his five sons, and it became clear early on that, Joe as the youngest would choose a career in music and would ultimately be a great success

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Steve Davis Meets Hank Jones, Volume 2

By Steve Davis

Label: Smoke Sessions Records
Released: 2026
Track listing: My Heart Stood Still; Could Write a Book; Nardis; Invitation; The Nearness of You; Nardis (alternate take); I Could Write a Book (alternate take); The Nearness of You (quartet version).

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Afro Blue (10th Anniversary Edition)

By Harold Mabern

Label: Smoke Sessions Records
Released: 2026
Track listing: The Chief; Afro Blue (feat. Gregory Porter); Don't Misunderstand (feat. Norah Jones); My One and Only Love (feat. Jane Monheit); Portrait of Jennie (feat. Kurt Elling); Do It Again (feat. Peter Bernstein).

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Universal Truth

By Emmet Cohen

Label: Verve Records
Released: 2026
Track listing: Budo; Well You Needn't; My Funny Valentine; Gingerbread Boy; I. Eternal Glimpse; II. Compassion; III. Universal Truth; Blue Trane.

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I Could Write A Book

December 13, 2026

Album: Steve Davis Meets Hank Jones, Volume 2
By Steve Davis
Label: Smoke Sessions Records
Released: 2026
Duration: 04:28

Article: Building a Jazz Library

Ronnie Cuber: Baritone Boss

by Mark McKergow
September 14, 2026

Ronnie Cuber (1941-2022) made his mark on the jazz world as a versatile and muscular baritone saxophonist. Born in New York on Christmas Day 1941, he started on tenor saxophone but switched to baritone at 17, attracted by the vacant chair in Marshall Brown's Newport Jazz Youth Band (which also featured lifelong colleagues Eddie Gomez and Michael ...

Article: Rising Stars

Introducing Saxophonist Jacob Chung

by Sanford Josephson
September 1, 2026

Growing up in Toronto, Jacob Chung was introduced to jazz by his grandfather. “He had a record player," Chung recalled, “and he had Dave Brubeck's Time Out album. He also liked Duke Ellington and Ben Webster." Chung was playing classical piano when he entered middle school, “and they started giving you wind instruments. I ...

Article: Interview

Lucy Yeghiazaryan: Serious And Seriously Talented

by R.J. DeLuke
July 31, 2026

Lucy Yeghiazaryan is one of the most compelling jazz vocalists to emerge in recent years. Especially in New York, where she regularly performs in the city's jazz clubs, audiences have been drawn to her rich, powerful tone and her ability to bring an enchanting emotional depth to every lyric. Those qualities, along with her ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Lucy Yeghiazarian, Monika Ryan, Jonathan Karrant, Cecile McLorin Salvant and the latest from Songbook Ink

by Mary Foster Conklin
July 14, 2026

This broadcast celebrates America's semiquincentennial with new music from Lucy Yeghiazarian, Monika Ryan, Jonathan Karrant, Cecile McLorin Salvant and the latest from Songbook Ink, plus birthday shoutouts to Louis Armstrong, Brandee Younger, Rhoda Scott, Sarah Hanahan, Monika Ryan, Gabrielle Cavassa and JD Walter, among others. Happy listening and please support the artists you hear--see them live, ...

Article: Album Review

Emmet Cohen: Universal Truth

Read "Universal Truth" reviewed by Mike Jurkovic

by Mike Jurkovic
May 21, 2026

There is an old-world saying that some folks are just born with an old soul. Pianist and social media conqueror Emmet Cohen--his pandemic- founded livestream, Live From Emmet's Place, has been viewed by millions across the globe--proves, positively, that the old wisdom still stands and forever will. For within the heart and soul of every jazzman ...