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Article: Live Review

Festival International de Jazz de Montréal 2025

by Mark Sullivan
July 16, 2025

Various Venues Festival International de Jazz de Montréal Montréal, Canada June 28-July 2, 2025 The headliners of the 45th edition of the festival included names like Gospel legend Mavis Staples, Canadian rockers Blue Rodeo, Canadian Inuk musician Elisapie, New Orleans musician Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, Nigerian singer/songwriter Ayra Starr, Canadian ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Shirley Horn, Jackie Paris, Emilie-Claire Barlow, Christie Dashiell and More!

by Jua Howard
July 14, 2025

Greetings Music Family! It's time for another episode of the “First Instrument Jazz Show"! I've got new music from Christie Dashiell with Terri Lyne Carrington, Carrie Jackson, Anais Reno and the The Hot Toddies Jazz Band, and more timeless music from Shirley Horn, Allan Harris, Emilie-Claire Barlow, Jackie Paris, Incognito, Nina Simoneand many more. Come get ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Andrew Hill, Ralph Burns, Joe Henderson

by David Brown
July 11, 2025

In the set I'd like to remember jazz pianist/composer Andrew Hill who was born 94 years ago on June 30, 1931. Hill's music defied categorization for over four decades with its enigmatic and sophisticated musical style. Tracks include two Hill works, a cover by drummer Chad Taylor and a collaboration with pianist Jason Moran. New releases ...

Article: Play This!

Al Foster: Monk’s Bossa

by Carl Medsker
June 3, 2025

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, ...

Article: Live Review

Sergi Sirvent Smooth Trio At Jamboree

by Artur Moral
June 2, 2025

Sergi Sirvent Smooth Trio Jamboree Barcelona, Spain May 24, 2025 The media and popular impact of different musical areas and their players is often a challenging mystery to unravel. Many authors suffer from a significant imbalance between their media exposure and audience reception, compared to the intrinsic quality of their work. ...

Article: Live Review

Vicenza Jazz - New Conversations 2025

by Libero Farnè
May 27, 2025

Vicenza Jazz 2025 Varie sedi Vicenza 15--25 maggio 2025 Vicenza Jazz--New Conversations ha sempre portato un sottotitolo che mettesse in evidenza il tema su cui di anno in anno si concentrava prevalentemente. Questa ventinovesima edizione ha evitato di celebrare anniversari o di puntare i riflettori su uno strumento principe, ...anche se, ...

Article: Rising Stars

Introducing Pianist Holly Bean

by Sanford Josephson
May 25, 2025

For Holly Bean, in her last semester at Juilliard, it was the summit of a long journey that began when, as a three-year-old, she started playing on the piano in her Oak Ridge, TN, home. “I would hop on top of the bench and try to copy my mom, who plays piano and organ," she said. ...

Article: Interview

Meet Andy Bey

by Chris M. Slawecki
May 12, 2025

From the 1995-2003 archive: This article first appeared on All About Jazz in February 2000. Listening for the first time to Andy Bey is like stepping into a quiet, still lake. Your foot first parts a surface that's smooth and tranquil, but you can't really tell from that surface how deeply your foot must ...

Article: Live Review

Gary Bartz Quintet at Jazz Alley

by Paul Rauch
May 5, 2025

Gary Bartz Quintet Jazz Alley Seattle, WA April 29, 2025 As an alto saxophonist, NEA Jazz Master Gary Bartz has merged freedom and form in historic fashion, in the process acquiring an understanding of the art of improvisation, or what Bartz refers to as “informal composition," in a unique ...

Article: Album Review

Barbara Bruckmüller Jazz Orchestra, feat. Aruán Ortiz: A Chain of Moments

Read "A Chain of Moments" reviewed by Artur Moral

by Artur Moral
May 1, 2025

Julio Cortázar's Rayuela (1963), Mark Z. Danielewski's House of Leaves (2000) and Chris Ware's Building Stories (2012) are novels--both written and graphic--that stand out, not just for their literary merit, but also for the various ways readers can engage with them. A similar phenomenon occurs on the listening level with A Chain Of Moments: Suite in ...