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"One of Chicago's more inspiring jazz visionaries, " (Chicago Tribune), Nicole Mitchell is a creative instrumentalist, composer, bandleader and an educator. With her ensembles, and as a featured flutist, she has been a highlight at art venues and festivals throughout the U.S., Canada and Europe. A recent recipient of the 2011 Alpert Award and a former president of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM), Nicole Mitchell explores new sounds and creative techniques as a flutist and as a composer. She has performed with creative luminaries including George Lewis, Miya Masaoka, Anthony Braxton, Roscoe Mitchell, Myra Melford, Orbert Davis, Lori Freedman and Muhal Richard Abrams

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

New Archie Shepp with Naïssam Jalal, Kronos Quartet, remembering Ralph Towner, and introducing the Alfie Jackson Sextet

Read "New Archie Shepp with Naïssam Jalal, Kronos Quartet, remembering Ralph Towner, and introducing the Alfie Jackson Sextet" reviewed by Hobart Taylor


New Archie Shepp, Kronos Quartet inspired by Mahalia Jackson, Nicole McCabe, and remembering Ralph Towner. Playlist Host Speaks 00:00 Kerry Politzer “The Sunrise Wants to Break Through" from Alternate Routes (Whirlwind) 00:12 Ralph Towner “Fat Foot" from At First Light (ECM) 5:24 Nicole McCabe “Air Sign" from Color Theory (Birdwatcher) 9:13 John Surman/Ben Surman ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Recent releases from Chicago + New Music from Joel Ross and Jahari Stampley

Read "Recent releases from Chicago + New Music from Joel Ross and Jahari Stampley" reviewed by Hobart Taylor


Agelika Niescier journeys to Chicago to jam with Nicole Mitchell, Mike Reed, Luke Stewart and others. Miki Yamanaka and Mark Turner turn a Monk standard inside out. We get to feel the Spirit with Joel Ross and Maria Grand. Playlist Host Speaks 00:00 Jane Ira Bloom/Brian Shankar Adler “Old Orchard Intergalatic Launchpad" from Once ...

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Article: Album Review

Larry Stabbins: Aurora

Read "Aurora" reviewed by John Sharpe


After a long hiatus, reedman Larry Stabbins' renewed presence on the British scene offers cause for celebration. All the more so as Sarost, one of his prime contemporary outlets, matches him with partners of equal standing. Flanking him in a co-operative trio--whose name, derived from the first two letters of their constituent surnames, affirms the group's ...

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Article: Live Review

Joel Ross and Others at the 2026 Winter Jazzfest's Brooklyn Marathon

Read "Joel Ross and Others at the 2026 Winter Jazzfest's Brooklyn Marathon" reviewed by Paul Reynolds


Manhattan Marathon | Brooklyn Marathon Joel Ross and Others Winter Jazzfest Brooklyn MarathonNew York, NY January 10, 2026 New York's Winter JazzFest--to its credit--does not present stars of pop and other non-jazz genres to expand its audience and fill the festival coffers. But the January jazz mainstay is not ...

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Article: What is Jazz?

2026 Winter JazzFest Marathons: A Survival Guide

Read "2026 Winter JazzFest Marathons: A Survival Guide" reviewed by Ludovico Granvassu


For jazz fans who are in New York, when one countdown ends with the Times Square Ball Drop, another one begins--and ends a few days later, when Winter JazzFest officially gets underway with the first downbeat at Le Poisson Rouge. For 22 years, the festival has been the launch pad of the jazz year ...

Album

Reflection Of Another Self

Label: Candid Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: THIS IS MY HAIR (!); O.C.T (Oda to the Crazy Times); Yet I Can See; Introspection I - I; Lidia y los Libros; Unconditional Love; Introspection II - Preguntas; Circles; Let’s Paint the World; Introspection III - Courage; Resilience; Circles (Retrospection); SELF LOVE.

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Article: Album Review

Paul Dunmall: Here Today Gone Tomorrow

Read "Here Today Gone Tomorrow" reviewed by John Sharpe


  Much improvised music may be ephemeral, but Here Today Gone Tomorrow, captures British saxophonist Paul Dunmall's long-standing quartet at a peak of collective lucidity. Featuring pianist Liam Noble, bassist John Edwards and drummer Mark Sanders, the ensemble works through three slabs of unapologetic free jazz that display the rare assurance ...

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Article: Interview

Presenting Great Music: Adam Hopkins and Scott Clark of Out of Your Head Records

Read "Presenting Great Music: Adam Hopkins and Scott Clark of Out of Your Head Records" reviewed by Don Ball


It is difficult to make a living as a musician, especially as a jazz musician, and even more so as an avant-garde/free jazz musician. Venues are hard to come by, especially outside of major cities. The COVID pandemic made things worse, closing many of the few places that were available for live jazz. Even putting out ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Honoring Mutual Mentorship for Musicians on the occasion of their festival October 4th, 2025 at Roulette in Brooklyn

Read "Honoring Mutual Mentorship for Musicians on the occasion of their festival October 4th, 2025 at Roulette in Brooklyn" reviewed by Hobart Taylor


Honoring Mutual Mentorship for Musicians on the occasion of their festival October 4th, 2025 at Roulette Intermedium in Brooklyn, New York, featuring Sara Serpa, Kenny Barron, Jen Shyu, Yuhan Su, Immanuel Wilkins and many more... Playlist Host Speaks 00:00 Jen Shyu “Lament for Breonna Taylor" from Zero Grasses: Ritual for the Loses (Pi Records) ...


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