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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Heather McKay, Ledisi's Dinah Washington Tribute, Lizzy & The Triggermen, Kat Ellis, Carmen Staaf & More

by Mary Foster Conklin
October 6, 2025

This broadcast includes new releases from Heather McKay, Ledisi, Lizzy & The Triggermen, Kat Ellis and Carmen Staaf, with birthday shoutouts to feminist historian/producer Rosetta Reitz, Koko Taylor, Rebecca Kilgore, Norma Winstone and Janet Planet, among others. Happy listening and please support the artists you hear--see them live, buy their music so they can continue to ...

Article: Live Review

Patricia Brennan Trio at Bar Bayeux

by Paul Reynolds
October 2, 2025

Patricia Brennan Trio Bar Bayeux New York, NY September 24, 2025 If you've heard of Patricia Brennan, it's likely the awareness is recent. The Mexican vibraphonist isn't new to the scene, having been quietly honing her reputation through high-caliber collaborations in New York and elsewhere since at least the early 2020s. ...

Article: Live Review

Lex Korten At Close Up

by Max Kutner
October 1, 2025

Lex Korten Close Up Canopy Release Show New York, NY September 19, 2025 Pianist and composer Lex Korten has been an ascendent force in the modern jazz world for several years and his appearance at Close Up represented a milestone moment for the young artist. Korten was celebrating ...

Article: Backstories

The Black Entrepreneurs of Early Jazz

by Karl Ackermann
September 30, 2025

Preamble: In 2020, I published A Map of Jazz: Crossroads of Music and Human Rights (WS Publishing), a book that looks at the culture of jazz on a timeline with cultures of the world. At more than 500 pages, the book is incomplete by necessity; there is no well-marked path, and the history is sometimes nebulous. ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

The High Society New Orleans Jazz Band, Carmen Bradford, Michika Fukumori, Jonathan Karrant, Franck Amsallem Trio & More

by Mary Foster Conklin
September 29, 2025

This broadcast includes new releases from The High Society New Orleans Jazz Band, Carmen Bradford, Michika Fukumori, Jonathan Karrant and Franck Amsallem, with birthday shoutouts to Jazz Foremother Lovie Austin, Vi Redd, Marlena Shaw, Emily Remler, Catherine Russell, Kait Dunton and Wesla Whitfield, among others, with remembrances for Joyce Breach and Akiko Tsuruga. Happy listening and ...

Article: Interview

Linda May Han Oh: Jazz e innovazione

by Frank Housh
September 29, 2025

Linda May Han Oh è una delle artiste più innovative ed affermate della scena jazz di oggi, con collaborazioni che vanno da Dave Douglas a Vijay Iyer e Pat Metheny. L'ultimo album, Strange Heavens (Biophilia Records), vede la partecipazione di Ambrose Akinmusire e Tyshawn Sorey, già presenti in Honey from a Winter Stone di Akinmusire.

News: Recording

LateNights With Brad Schrader - Bringing Back Cocktails, Cole Porter And Classy Evenings!

September 28, 2025

Album LateNights I make it my goal to carry the torch of the American Songbook to a new and younger audience, to keep this great music alive among us. For LateNights we wanted to bring an easy, night-out-with-a-cocktail vibe to our listeners—something we try to bring to our live shows. We bring a cross-section of standards—and ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Donny McCaslin: From Stadium Jazz To Lost Lullabies

by Lawrence Peryer
September 27, 2025

Today, the Spotlight shines on saxophonist Donny McCaslin. Donny's new album, Lullaby for the Lost (Edition Records), is out now, and what a record it is. It's Donny's saxophone with guitar-driven rock energy, drawing from influences like Neil Young and Nine Inch Nails, resulting in what Donny calls his most personal music to date. ...

News: Performance / Tour

Announcing Smoke Jazz Club's Line-up Of Shows In November 2025 Including The Billy Hart Quartet’s New Album Celebration, Pianists Joey Alexander And Bill Charlap, And More

September 26, 2025

Hailed as the “#1 Jazz Club in New York City (SecretNYC),” SMOKE Jazz Club today announced its concert schedule for November 2025. The NEA Jazz Master Billy Hart celebrates his Quartet’s first live recording Multidirectional in a three-night album release celebration during Thanksgiving weekend. Across consecutive weeks, SMOKE presents two highly regarded pianists spanning the spectrum ...

Article: Play This!

Carmen Staaf: Monk's Mood

by John Chacona
September 26, 2025

There is an iconic image in Charlotte Zwerin's 1988 documentary film Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser that shows Monk, cigarette in hand, silently contemplating a misty Manhattan skyline. As heard on her recording Sounding Line (Sunnyside Records, 2025), Carmen Staaf's arrangement of “Monk's Mood" that begins with Dylan Vado's spectral bowed vibes perfectly captures ...