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Heard By Others II

Label: Adhyâropa Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: Dance Music for 4 Saxophones #5; Joshua Tree, Dance Music for 4 Saxophones #8; Jungle Room

Article: Album Review

Il richiamo alla tradizione folklorica delle Isole Vergini, dove Ron Blake nacque sessant'anni fa, è evidente fin dalle prime battute di “Bassman," una sorta di “St. Thomas" di rollinsiana memoria, trasportata nel nuovo millennio. È musica che nasce dai cantastorie che popolavano l'isola, e che--supportati da una gioiosa base ritmica, scratch bands per l'appunto--dispensavano gioia e ...

Article: Album Review

Rachel Eckroth & John Hadfield, featuring Petros Klampanis: Olhos de Gato

Read "Olhos de Gato" reviewed by Katchie Cartwright

by Katchie Cartwright
December 1, 2025

Rachel Eckroth and John Hadfield were in Greece to record Speaking In Tongues (Adhyâropa Records, 2025). The freewheeling piano-drum duo found themselves with an extra day in Athens after finishing the recording, so they decided to enlist bassist Petros Klampanis for another little session, just for fun. No expectations, just a bit of free improvisation.

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Olhos de Gato: John Hadfield and Friends

by Katchie Cartwright
November 30, 2025

In November, All About Jazz interviewed the prolific world-jazz percussionist John Hadfield. This edition of Caminhos do Jazz radio features Hadfield's latest single, a gorgeous rendition of Carla Bley's “Olhos de Gato" with pianist Rachel Eckroth and bassist Petros Klampanis (read review). The show also contains selections from a few of the many (100+) recordings in ...

Article: Interview

John Hadfield: An Open Concept

by Katchie Cartwright
November 26, 2025

John Hadfield's sound is instantly recognizable, due in part to his unique drum kit, which reflects the musics he has studied and with which he continues to engage. Hadfield's formal degrees are in jazz (University of Nevada, Las Vegas) and Western classical music (University of Missouri, Kansas City), but he also studied frame drumming and world ...

Article: Live Review

Kinan Azmeh & CityBand at Stable Hall

by Katchie Cartwright
October 19, 2025

Kinan Azmeh & CityBAnd Stable Hall The New Season 2025/26 San Antonio October 12, 2025 The event on October 12, 2025 was not Syrian-born Kinan Azmeh's first rodeo, you might say. He had performed in San Antonio a handful of times prior to the Stable Hall concert at the ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Kelly Green, Jen Allen, Nicholas Payton, Christian McBride Big Band, Gino Amato & More

by Mary Foster Conklin
September 8, 2025

This broadcast includes new releases from Kelly Green, Jen Allen, Nicholas Payton, Christian McBride Big Band and Gino Amato, with birthday shoutouts to Alice Coltrane, Dinah Washington, Adrienne Fenemor, Cecile McLorin Salvant, Linda May Han Oh, Meshell Ndegeocello, Rachel Eckroth and Vicki Burns, among others, plus a remembrance of Honorable Man Ronny Whyte. Happy listening and ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Jon Batiste, Randy Newman, Hedvig Mollestad, Emma-Jean Thackray

by Ludovico Granvassu
September 2, 2025

Enjoy a playlist of standout new jazz releases from off the beaten path, with a special focus on late-night band heroes Lenny Pickett, Ron Blake, and Jon Batiste in a one-of-a-kind collaboration with Randy Newman. Happy listening! Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Ron ...

Article: Album Review

Ron Blake, feat. Reuben Rogers & John Hadfield: SCRATCH Band

Read "SCRATCH Band" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
August 16, 2025

There several interesting features that single out saxophonist Ron Blake's new recording with what he refers to as his SCRATCH Band. First, the Puerto Rican-born Blake, best known for his work on tenor saxophone, plays baritone sax on five of the album's nine numbers, tenor sax on only three, tenor and soprano (separately) on one of ...

News: Recording

Saxophonist Ron Blake Streamlines & Simplifies His Musical Delivery With 'Scratch Band,' Due August 8 On 7tēn33 Productions

July 2, 2025

Ron Blake makes the case that less is more with the lean, uncluttered, direct sound of his SCRATCH Band, set for an August 8 release on his 7tēn33 Productions label. The debut of the tenor and baritone saxophonist’s eponymous ensemble is a more intimate affair than usual, placing Blake in a trio with bassist Reuben Rogers ...