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Behn Gillece: Stick Together

by Kyle Simpler
The vibraphone came to prominence during the Jazz Age of the '20s and has remained a staple in that genre ever since. Over the years, performers such as Lionel Hampton, Milt Jackson and Gary Burton have added to the popularity of the instrument. N ow vibraphonist Behn Gillece is building from this legacy to develop his ...
Call to Order

Album: Deep in the Soil
By Jordan VanHemert
Label: Origin Records
Released: 2024
Duration: 06:16
Jordan VanHemert: Deep in the Soil

by C. Andrew Hovan
Born in Korea and raised in Michigan, Jordan VanHemert counts himself among those youngsters that got involved in his school music program by starting out on the alto saxophone. Also like many of his fellow saxophonists, VanHemert eventually moved away from the smaller horn to devote his full energies to the tenor sax, an instrument emblematic ...
Randy Napoleon: The Door is Open: The Music of Gregg Hill

by Paul Rauch
In and around the formidable jazz studies program at Michigan State University is a plethora of jazz talent devoted to instrumental and compositional excellence. Most of this talent is young, benefiting from a wide array of world-class instructors that includes program director Rodney Whitaker and veteran guitarist Randy Napoleon, among other notables. Within this labyrinth of ...
Favorite Jazz of 2023

by Jerome Wilson
This episode is a belated review of the best jazz music I heard in 2023. The musicians presented include Jaimie Branch, Ingrid Laubrock, Les McCann, Tyshawn Sorey, and Jeff Lederer. Playlist Henry Threadgill Sextett I Can't Wait Till I Get Home" from The Complete Novus & Columbia Recordings of Henry Threadgill & Air (Mosaic) ...
New Releases, Celebrating Jazz Capricorns, Farewell To Jay Clayton & More

by Mary Foster Conklin
This broadcast includes new releases from Vanisha Gould & Chris McCarthy, Kristen Edkins, Peter Erskine plus a preview single from Lisa Markley, with birthday shoutouts to Melba Liston, Pamela Samiha Wise, Margaret Slovak, Ruth Brown, Michelle Walker, Jessica Molaskey, Douyé, Dee Daniels, Lisa Markley, Kris Davis and Ingrid Jensen, among others. At the close of the ...
The Other Shoe: The Music of Gregg Hill

Label: Origin Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: Wake Up Call; Scooter's Dream; Hello, Blues; The Goodbye Blues; The Sleeper; The Classic;
Rio Mio; Summer
Nights; Shorty's Tune; The Other Shoe.
44/33

By Ark Ovrutski
Label: Zoho
Released: 2014
Track listing: New Orleans; Waltz; Up;. Baby's Vibe; Medium; Milestones; Path Train.
Madd For Tadd

By Steve Enos
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2023
Track listing: Disc 1—Central Avenue Swing; Dameron Stomp; A La Bridges; 400 Swing; Heaven’s Doors
Are Open Wide; Dig It; Keep Rockin’; Society Steps Out; My Dream; Rock and Ride; Take ‘Um.
Disc 2—Our Delight; Lady Bird; Soultrane; Cool Breeze; A Blue Time; Handy Andy (Gnid); I
Think I’ll Go Away; Smooth as the Wind; Mating Call; Super Jet; The Squirrel.
Jerome Wilson's Best Jazz Albums Of 2023

by Jerome Wilson
There was a lot of exceptional new music released during 2023 and these were my favorite albums of the year. Some of them bent the music into fascinating new shapes and some made fresh and compelling statements within the jazz tradition. Jaimie Branch Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ...