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Mick Goodrick: In Pas(s)ing

Read "In Pas(s)ing" reviewed by Jack Kenny

by Jack Kenny
July 10, 2026

Let us start with the recording itself. For this album the quality of the recording is as important as the playing. It was made at Talent Studio in Oslo by Jan Erik Kongshaug--and is typically in the style of ECM Records: spacious, detailed, each instrument given room to breathe without being isolated from its neighbor. But ...

Article: Album Review

Mick Goodrick: In Pas(s)ing

Read "In Pas(s)ing" reviewed by Frank Housh

by Frank Housh
July 9, 2026

In Pas(s)ing, originally released in 1979, was Mick Goodrick's first and last ECM Records recording as a leader. Indeed, aside from an appearance on Charlie Haden's recording of ECM's musical manifesto The Battle Of The Fallen (1983) by the Liberation Music Orchestra, Goodrick never again appeared on an ECM recording. In Pas(s)ing will be re-issued July 10, 2026 as part of ECM's ...

Article: Interview

Fred Hersch Talks About His Found Duo Album With ‘The Guitar Whisperer'

by Frank Housh
July 5, 2026

Mick Goodrick (1945-2022) is a legend among jazz guitarists as a teacher, author, and mentor to John Scofield, Bill Frisell, and many more. Known as “Mr. Goodchord," Goodrick was a leading theorist in voice leading for guitar and his 1987 book The Advancing Guitarist has been a fundamental text for a generation. It eschews exercises and method in ...

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Ilaria Capalbo, Steven Bernstein, The Breaks, Levi Harvey & More

by Ludovico Granvassu
June 26, 2026

Seven projects, seven lessons in creative transformation--from reimagined genres, traditions and freshly taped recording sessions to the spontaneous reinvention that unfolds whenever musicians meet in the moment.Happy listening!Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 The Breaks feat. Robert Walter, Eddie Roberts, Stanton Moore “Snowballers" The Breaks ...

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James Brandon Lewis, Gebhard Ullmann, Ivo Perelman & Paul Dunmall

by Maurice Hogue
June 22, 2026

Does the saxophone rule jazz these days? It could look that way if this episode of One Man's Jazz was submitted as an example. So many great reed players in this one, starting with James Brandon Lewis who continues to cut a wide swath in the fields of improvised music these days. He and his quartet ...

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Mick Goodrick & Fred Hersch: Feebles, Fables And Ferns

Read "Feebles, Fables And Ferns" reviewed by Jack Kenny

by Jack Kenny
June 22, 2026

Recorded in Fred Hersch's New York studio in August 1988, Feebles, Fables and Ferns captures a rare, one-time meeting between two luminaries who were both active in Boston at the time. That it has taken nearly four decades to reach the public is a question the music itself seems to answer: this is not the kind ...

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New Music From Miho Hazama, Arturo Sandoval, Elsa Nilsson And More

by Bob Osborne
June 11, 2026

This playlist explores the intersection of narrative composition and global rhythmic traditions, anchored by the rich textures of modern jazz. The journey begins with the structured, cinematic layers of Miho Hazama and Jacques Kuba Séguin's olfactory-inspired trilogy, before shifting into the vibrant Afro-Cuban and Mambo energies of Arturo Sandoval and Tumbao Bravo. Throughout the selection, the ...

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Mick Goodrick & Fred Hersch: Feebles, Fables And Ferns

Read "Feebles, Fables And Ferns" reviewed by Neil Duggan

by Neil Duggan
June 5, 2026

Feebles, Fables and Ferns captures a rare duo session between guitarist Mick Goodrick and pianist Fred Hersch. Recorded in August 1988 at Hersch's studio in New York, the album provides an intimate display of the superbly matched improvisational skills of two musicians in full flight. During his career, Goodrick perfected the art of avoiding ...

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Fred Hersch: The Touch of Genius

by Ken Dryden
April 17, 2026

The sound of Fred Hersch at the piano is so distinctive, a couple of bars is usually enough to identify him. The mainly self-taught Cincinnati native excelled early, playing jazz in his home town before leaving to study with pianist Jaki Byard at the New England Conservatory of Music. From there, Fred moved to New York ...

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Marquis Hill Family Band at the Village Vanguard

by Max Kutner
March 27, 2026

Marquis Hill Family Band The Village Vanguard New York, NY March 19, 2026 Critically-acclaimed trumpeter and composer Marquis Hill brought his Family Band to the Village Vanguard on March 19th as part of weeklong residency marking Hill's debut as a bandleader. The late set boasted a full hour of five original ...