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Michael Leonhart Orchestra at the 2026 NoMad Jazz Festival
by Paul Reynolds
Michael Leonhart Orchestra Rizzoli Bookstore NoMad Jazz Festival New York NY August 2, 2026 Spontaneous creation in jazz usually doesn't extend to the arrangements for a 17-piece orchestra. But Michael Leonhart--who disclosed from the bandstand that his orchestra did not rehearse for this performance"--wound up arranging on the fly for ...
‘I Thought I Composed That’: Terence Blanchard and the Inheritance of Jazz
by Kofi Adjepong-Boateng
Cadogan Hall, where Terence Blanchard and I met, was built in 1907 as a church in the Byzantine Revival style. When its congregation dwindled, the Cadogan Estate reopened it in 2004 as an arts venue, preserving Arild Rosenkrantz's stained glass and stone while the purpose was reimagined--a fitting room in which to discuss inheritance" and creation" ...
Voo Voo Runs the Voodoo Down
by Maciej Stasiowski
Voo Voo is the faux-phonetic transcription of how Wojciech Waglewski's initials should be pronounced in English--instead of the default double U" times two. By no mere coincidence, it is also the name of a group he has been running since 1985. Having secured his band this way for sailing on international waters already at the outset, ...
Chick Corea: Sometime Ago
by Mike Jurkovic
Everyone listening to Sometime Ago, a previously unheard deep dive into solo Chick Corea, is hereby pardoned and excused if at first Sometime Ago is mistaken for a previously unreleased (or unremembered) Keith Jarrett concert. Jarrett had just recently ventured into solo territory at the Stadthalle in Heidelberg, Germany in June of 1972. So the vibe ...
New Music from Nduduzo Makahthini And More
by Bob Osborne
This playlist presents a compelling cross-section of contemporary creative music, bridging the pioneering electric fusion of the late 1960s with the sophisticated and fluid improvisations of 2026. At its core, this selection celebrates the collaborative impulse" The music here traverses the boundary between the composed and the unscripted. By juxtaposing the foundational studio-as-instrument techniques developed by ...
Leon Buckley Quartet At Scott's Jazz Club
by Ian Patterson
Leon Buckley QuartetScott's Jazz Club Jazz Futures Belfast, N. Ireland July 24, 2026 There is nothing like a good typo to induce the titters. Hats off to the Belfast gig guide who listed this one as the 'Leon Bucket Quarter.' It could have been worse. In a 1631 reprint ...
Frank Swart: This Is The One! (Raison D'êTre)
by Kyle Simpler
There is a common misconception that musical artists who release albums usually tour to promote them. While this may be true for the most part, there are exceptions. San Francisco-based bassist and composer Frank Swart is quick to point out that artists such as The Beatles were more focused on spending time in the studio creating albums than ...
Nicholas Payton / Butcher Brown: A Supreme Blue
by Jack Kenny
Is it an act of bravery or simple foolhardiness to revisit two of the most revered albums in jazz history--records that transcend popularity and occupy a near-mythic place in the music's collective psyche? In this centennial moment for both Miles Davis and John Coltrane, the question carries not only artistic weight but commercial implications as well. ...
Crouching Pop, Hidden Jazz: A Conversation with Johnny Manchild from Johnny Manchild and the Poor Bastards
by Kurt Ellenberger
Preamble: In my previous articles, I have highlighted how important jazz and jazz musicians have been in the background of the development of pop music, and how the influence of jazz is sometimes in the foreground as well. My interview with Johnny Manchild is part of this broader discussion of how jazz aesthetics find their way ...
Kenny Garrett at Ronnie Scott’s: The Ancestors in the Room
by Kofi Adjepong-Boateng
Kenny Garrett Ronnie Scott's London July 17, 2026 There are jazz clubs and there is the basement on Frith Street. Kenny Garrett, whom Miles Davis heard and hired nearly forty years ago, is back, and at the first notes of 'Haynes Here' the room understood this would be not a night ...


