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John Ellis is one of New York’s premiere tenor saxophone voices. With more than 150 album credits as a sideman, John has recorded with a wide variety of artists such as Charlie Hunter, Robert Glasper, Darcy James Argue, Helen Sung, Kendrick Scott Oracle, Dr. Lonnie Smith, and Sting. John was the 2nd place winner of the prestigious Thelonious Monk Saxophone Competition in 2002, he was the recipient of three composition grants through The Jazz Gallery for the creation of new work (“Dreamscapes”, “The Ice Siren”, and “MOBRO”) and he was selected as the 2014 Make Jazz Fellow by the 18th Street Arts Center in Santa Monica. John has released thirteen albums as a leader, three of those featuring his New Orleans-centered band Double-Wide, which has toured extensively and was featured on the Main Stage of the 2012 Newport Jazz Festival

Album

Fireball

By John Ellis & Double Wide

Label: Sunnyside Records
Released: 2026
Track listing: Wash Ya Mouth Out; Top Down; Clown Car; The Whistler; Fireball; Crocodile Tears; Meat Pie; From the Ashes.

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Picc Pocket

By Erica von Kleist

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2026
Track listing: We Know How to Picc ‘Em; Let Me Picc Your Brain; Bone 2 Picc; Picc and Choose; Picc Up Lines; Picc a Peck.

Album

American Crow

By Maria Schneider

Label: ArtistShare
Released: 2026
Track listing: American Crow; A World Lost; Field Recordings: American Crow Vocalizations; American Crow Revisited (alternate take).

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Oracles

By Helen Sung Big Band

Label: Sunnyside Records
Released: 2026
Track listing: Convergence; Samba da Gumz; Positively C.T.; Diana; Wayne's World; Mr. Virtuoso; R.J.; A Little Bird Watchin'; Pianism: I. Barry Harris, II. Kenny Barron, III: Herbie Hancock; Peace.

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The Action Is The Juice

By John Sneider

Label: Adhyâropa Records
Released: 2026
Track listing: Of A Certain Age; Sepia; The Doomscroller; Operation FUBAR; The Action Is The Juice; Not Enough Night; Must Be Nice; Briar Rose; Malaise Lounge.

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Growth in Stasis

By Stephen Byth

Label: Earshift Music
Released: 2026
Track listing: Seed of Thought All is Not Lost The Light in Everything Cutting Ties New Eyes Freedom (!/?) Illusions Time is Now Growth in Stasis Upon Reflection

Song of the Day

The Doomscroller

November 9, 2026

Album: The Action Is The Juice
By John Sneider
Label: Adhyâropa Records
Released: 2026
Duration: 04:42

Article: Album Review

Helen Sung Big Band: Oracles

Read "Oracles" reviewed by Katchie Cartwright

by Katchie Cartwright
June 12, 2026

"The jazz bandstand is where true democracy lives," the great saxophonist and composer Jimmy Heath told a young Helen Sung. “Everyone must understand their role and come prepared by doing the hard work of study and practice," he said. “Each person will get to say their piece, but it is in the act of integrating as ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Beleza Pura, Wayne's World, Mosaico, Ladeiras de Santa Teresa

by Katchie Cartwright
May 24, 2026

In honor of spring rains, Texas wildflowers, and graduating seniors, we offer fresh cuts from four releases on this edition of Caminhos do Jazz, broadcast live from the studios of Trinity University in San Antonio on graduation day 2026.The hour begins with two exhilarating pieces from Gafieira Rio Miami's Beleza Pura (Brazilianaire Music Marketing ...