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Ned Rothenberg composes and performs on saxophones, clarinets, flute and shakuhachi (an end blown Japanese bamboo flute). He has been internationally acclaimed for his solo music which he has presented for the past 25 years in hundreds of concerts throughout North and South America, Europe and Japan. He has lead the ensembles Double Band, Power Lines and Sync (his most recent assemblage with Jerome Harris, acoustic guitar & acoustic bass guitar and Samir Chaterjee, tabla) and was a founding member of the cooperative group New Winds (now with Robert Dick, flutes and Herb Robertson, Trumpet). He has worked in other projects with Paul Dresher, Yuji Takahashi, Sainkho Namchylak, Masahiko Sato, Elliott Sharp, Samm Bennett, John Zorn, Katsuya Yokoyama, Evan Parker and Marc Ribot. He's lived and worked in New York City since 1978.

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Javier Nero, Aaron Irwin, Stephen Emmer, Karen Stachel & Norbert Stachel

by Cheryl K.
February 26, 2026

During this week's two-hour program of jazz and improvised music, selections from new recordings by composer/educator/trombonist Dr. Javier Nero and his Jazz Orchestra; reed player/composer Aaron Irwin and his Trio; Irish guitarists Orlando Molina and Louis Stewart (another reissue from Livia Records); pianist/composer/producer Stephen Emmer; double bassist/composer Giuseppe Bassi; and flautist/vocalist Karen Stachel and reed player ...

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Music For An Imaginary Ballet

By Arkady Gotesman

Label: NoBusiness Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: Stiklo gabaliukai; It's coming; Duo 1; Trio 1; Duo 2; Quartet; Trio 2; 7th Track; Duo 3; Duo 4; Trio 2; Stiklo gabaliukai

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Dream Suites vol. 1

By Samo Salamon

Label: Samo Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: Drums Suite; Djembe Suite; Freedom March Suite.

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Looms & Legends

By Ned Rothenberg

Label: Pyroclastic Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: Dance Above; Denali; Resistance Anthem; How You Slice It; Plun Jah; Brief Tall Tale; Urgency; Flurry; Bounding Not Binding; Fra Gile; Inner Briation; Tender Hooks; BellKeyBell; ‘Round Midnight.

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Ned Rothenberg: Solo Improvisation In Bizarre Times

by Lawrence Peryer
December 6, 2025

Today, The Tonearm's needle lands on composer and improviser Ned Rothenberg. Ned's first solo album in thirteen years, Looms & Legends (Pyroclastic Records), shows why he's been called America's most intimate composer and improviser. Ned's improvisations and compositions showcase his use of extended techniques such as circular breathing and multiphonics, while others tell stories ...

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New Music from Formica, McCreadie, Blake & More

by Bob Osborne
October 30, 2025

This week's selection of new music gathers artists working in jazz's more exploratory edges together with more traditional exponents approaching the music from new perspectives. Playlist Matías Formica “Frio" from Absurdo (Numeral) 00:00 Fergus McCreadie “Wayfinder" from The Shieling (Edition Records) 07:03 Johnathan Blake “Requiem For Dreams Shattered" from My Life ...

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Mulatu Astatke, Petter Eldh, Cécile McLorin Salvant, Tom Skinner & More

by Ludovico Granvassu
October 24, 2025

Enjoy another playlist that tries to prove that great music does not usually happen on a major label, or in a Spotify bunker somewhere, especially when it is music as eclectic and creative as this one. Happy listening! Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 ...

Article: Album Review

Ned Rothenberg: Looms & Legends

Read "Looms & Legends" reviewed by Troy Dostert

by Troy Dostert
August 29, 2025

Solo recordings, at least when they feature instruments other than piano or guitar, can be a challenge even for the most committed jazz listeners. The excitement generated by the dialogue of multiple instrumentalists is, of course, missing, and even the most talented artists can have trouble sustaining one's interest for an entire album. Such releases can ...

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Mark Winkler, Lauren Henderson, Ben Clifton & Hal Galper

by Joe Dimino
August 17, 2025

We step into the 919th episode of Neon Jazz with a bittersweet note--bidding farewell to jazz titan Hal Galper, who left us at the age of 87 on July 18, 2025. His impact on the music was profound, but it was his role as an educator that continues to echo through generations of musicians. From that ...