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Tigran Hamasyan’s Manifeste Destiny
by John Chacona
Tigran Hamasyan does not shy away from the big gesture. His fearsome keyboard technique, compositional ambition and improvisational daring have defined his international career, which ignited at age 18 with the release of his first album, World Passion (Plus Loin Music, 2006). Two decades later, these qualities have been refined and expanded with the results on ...
Eddie Henderson's Miles Legacy At Mermaid Arts Centre
by Ian Patterson
Eddie Henderson's Miles LegacyMermaid Arts Centre25th Bray Jazz FestivalBray, IrelandMay 3, 2026 It was a night of double celebration at Mermaid Arts Centre for the closing act of Bray Jazz Festival 2026. Firstly, BJF was celebrating its 25th edition, a milestone that speaks volumes for the dedication--and tenacity--of the festival's founding directors, Dorothy & ...
Death of the Soccer God
by Kyle Simpler
Death of the Soccer God Dimitry Elias Léger 222 Pages ISBN: # 978-0-374-61988-6 Farrar, Strauss Giroux 2026 The old cliché about a person's life flashing before their eyes immediately before death is the essence of Dimitry Elias Léger's novel Death of the Soccer God. Gilbert Chevalier was the king of the ...
Musicians on Miles
by Larry Slater
Miles Davis would have been 100 years old in May of 2026. He was in the forefront of jazz for over 40 years, and though he's been gone for decades, his impact on musicians continues to this day. In this hour, you'll hear jazz musicians discuss the Miles Davis recordings that helped shape their ...
Old and New Bottles: A Pair of Essential Releases from Joe Henderson
by C. Andrew Hovan
Especially among those who knew him well, Joe Henderson was a true Renaissance man. Born into a large family in Lima, Ohio, he made his way to New York City by way of Detroit--a fertile proving ground for jazz musicians in the 1950s and '60s. While studying at Wayne State University, he counted Donald Byrd, Barry ...
Gary Bartz: Damage Control
by Marco Iacoboni
"Ntu" in lingua bantu significa unità in ogni cosa. Tempo e spazio, vivi e morti, forze visibili e invisibili, fuse in un'unica visione filosofica e spirituale, profondamente legata alla cultura africana e afroamericana. Il progetto Ntu Troop di Gary Bartz si è evoluto naturalmente dallo spiritual jazz al movimento B.A.M. (Black American Music), fondendo elementi soul, ...
Brian Citro, Meg Okura, and Dinah Washington
by Jerome Wilson
This show has a couple of detours into the world of blues and includes music by Brian Citro, Ellen Rowe, Chris Rea, Meg Okura and Dinah Washington. Playlist Henry Threadgill Sextett “I Can't Wait Till I Get Home" from The Complete Novus & Columbia Recordings of Henry Threadgill & Air (Mosaic) 00:00 Conrad Herwig ...
Billy Hart Quartet and BlankFor.ms with Jason Moran and Marcus Gilmore at the Long Play Festival
by Paul Reynolds
Billy Hart Quartet and BkankFor.ms with Jason Moran/Marcus Gilmore Roulette Long Play Festival New York, NY May 1, 2026 It's the “most important classical music festival in New York City," according to the New York Times. Yet the programmers for the Long Play Festival in Brooklyn also have big ears. ...
Mark Wingfield: Elemental
by Glenn Astarita
British guitarist and composer Mark Wingfield has spent decades forging one of the most distinctive voices in contemporary jazz and fusion. Drawing from a rich palette of influences--including John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Jimi Hendrix, and global traditions from India, Japan, and Africa--he has built an impressive discography on MoonJune Records and his own Dark ...
Jazzkaar Interviews: Jason Hunter
by Martin Longley
Miles At 100 is now all-pervasive, as we celebrate the centenary of that shooting star pioneer of jazz trumpet. The currently-running Jazzkaar festival in Tallinn, Estonia, is also contributing to the retrospective rush, presenting a specially-conceived gig on Friday May 1st, assembled by the Stateside trumpeter Jason Hunter. Hunter was raised in Los Angeles, ...
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