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Johnathan Blake
Johnathan Blake, one of the most accomplished drummers of his generation, has also proven himself a complete and endlessly versatile musician. Blake’s gift for composition and band leading reflects years of live and studio experience across the aesthetic spectrum. Heralded by NPR Music as “the ultimate modernist,” he has collaborated with Pharoah Sanders, Ravi Coltrane, Tom Harrell, Hans Glawischnig, Avishai Cohen, Donny McCaslin, Linda May Han Oh, Jaleel Shaw, Chris Potter, Maria Schneider, Alex Sipiagin, Kris Davis and countless other distinctive voices. DownBeat once wrote, “It’s a testament to Blake’s abilities that he makes his presence felt in any context.” A frequent presence on Blue Note records over the past several years, Blake has contributed his strong, limber pulse and airy precision to multiple leader releases from Blue Note artists including Dr
Songbook
By Kenny Barron
Label: Artwork Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: Beyond This Place; Until Then; Cook's Bay; Thoughts and Dreams; Illusion; Minor
Blues Redux; In The Slow Lane; Sunshower; Calypso; Lullabye; Sonja Brag; Marie
Laveau; Song for Abdullah.
Red Brick Hill
By Harry Skoler
Label: Sunnyside Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: Last Star, Last Night (prologue); NanCee; Ascent; Blue, mostly; Abyss; Last Star, Last Night; AppleHands; Beneath Bequeath; Harbinger; Here. Still.; Red Brick Hill; Furthering; Still. Here.; Last Star, Last Night (epilogue).
Blessed & Bewitched
By Maja Jaku
Label: Origin Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: The Witch; I’m a Queen; Lonely Little Fox; Blessing Will Come; Never Let Me Go; Rituals; Everything Must
Change.
Jakob Dreyer: Roots and Things
by Dan McClenaghan
Bassist Jakob Dryer searched for a new sound for his third album as a leader. He has, for his previous two releases, expressed his art via the standard quartet-- sax, bass, drums and piano. For Roots and things, the piano is replaced by Sasha Berliner's vibraphone, joining the leader's other new- to-the-fold sidemen, saxophonist Tivon Pennicott ...
James Danderfer, Michael Wolff, Fieldwork & more
by Marek J. Śmietański
Part two of our September jazz roundup continues in 117th episode--now venturing beyond Europe. Most of the highlights come from North America (the US and Canada are on fire), plus a few excellent releases from Australia, Japan, and Cuba (with a slight geographic stretch or two). Only two genuine debut albums in this episode, but one ...
Kenny Barron: Songbook
by Pierre Giroux
Kenny Barron's offering Songbook is a deeply personal milestone in the pianist's career. Long regarded as one of the most lyrical voices in modern jazz, Barron fulfills a long-held dream by revisiting thirteen of his original compositions, now reimagined with words by lyricist Janice Jarrett and performed by a talented cast of vocalists spanning different generations. ...
Eric Alexander, Baltimore Jazz Collective, Rin Seo, Don Was and more
by Benjamin Boddie
Today's Music--Right Now! Fantastic music by Eric Alexander, Yoko Yates, Michael Wolff, Jamile, Susan Krebs, Baltimore Jazz Collective, Milan Verbist, Shawn Purcell, Juliet Ewing, James Danderfer, Mark Winkler, David Kikoski, Rin Seo, Pete Mills, Johnathan Blake, Ledisi, JD Allen, Kate Wyatt, Michael Dease, Emma Smith, Charlie Porter, Don Was, Mike Clark, Grant Stewart, Sacha Boutros, Stevie ...
Brandon Sanders, Aaron Parks, James Suggs, Kenny Barron and more
by Benjamin Boddie
Today's Music--Right Now! Fantastic music by Brandon Sanders, Aaron Parks, James Suggs, Kenny Barron, Scott Silbert, Enoch Smith Jr., Lafayette Harris Jr., Kenny Barron, Angela Verbrugge, Baltimore Jazz Collective, Mark Sherman, Jerry Weldon, Nicholas Payton, Maja Jaku, Nat Adderley Jr., Affinity Trio, Anthony Stanco, David Sneider, Charles Lloyd, Boz Scaggs, Andrew Carroll, Sean Mason, Horace Silver, ...
