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Paul Cornish

Los Angeles-based pianist and composer Paul Cornish strives to inspire freedom and collaboration in his music and community. Hailing from Houston where he was a student at the prestigious High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, Cornish was one of seven jazz prodigies worldwide selected to be awarded a full fellowship to attend the esteemed Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz at UCLA.

Cornish was recently a finalist in the 2023 American Pianists Awards and the Herbie Hancock International Jazz Piano Competition. In 2021, received 18th Street Arts Center’s (Los Angeles) Make Jazz Fellowship and was commissioned by the Apollo Chamber Players to write a piece for string quartet and two voices commemorating the centennial celebration of Houston’s Library System

RePaved

By Jalen Baker

Label: Cellar Music Group
Released: 2026
Track listing: Antioch (The Beginning); John Henry; Dowling/Emancipation; Freedman; City on the Water; Kashmere; Bemsha Blues; Smile.

Tether

By Alden Hellmuth

Label: Leiter
Released: 2026
Track listing: Microfictions; Fake(rs); Definitely Not Friends; Guesswork; Supply Chain; Satellite; Witness; Face The Wall.

An outstanding new release from Emma Dayhuff featuring Isaiah Collier and Paul Cornish, Kevin Sun's latest, Jane Ira Bloom and Caleb Wheeler Curtis with Jason Moran

by Hobart Taylor
September 30, 2026

Music from Anna Webber's latest projects, her nonet and Shimmer and Wince, saxophonist Alain Bradette and a classic cut from Frank Wess. Playlist Host Speaks 00:00 Jane Ira Bloom “ White Tower" from Light from a Person (Outline) 00:07 Alain Bradette"Lunatic" from For My Loved Ones (Quantum Gravity) 06:24 Host Speaks 13:10 Anna Webber ...

Jalen Baker: RePaved

by Pierre Giroux
September 5, 2026

Occasionally, an album comes along that shakes up your thinking about what jazz can do. Jalen Baker's RePaved might be that album. On the surface, it is an eight- part suite about Houston's historic Black neighbourhoods, particularly the 3rd Ward, where Baker's family has deep roots spanning four generations. But on closer listening, it becomes more ...

Braxton Cook Plays SFJAZZ

by Ronald Davis
January 25, 2026

Favorite Jazz Albums of 2025

by Jerome Wilson
January 7, 2026

This program contains my choices for the best jazz albums of 2025. The artists heard include Claire Cope with Ensemble C, Arturo O'Farrill, Branford Marsalis, Jason Kao Hwang, and Patricia Brennan. Playlist Henry Threadgill Sextett “I Can't Wait Till I Get Home" from The Complete Novus & Columbia Recordings of Henry Threadgill & Air ...

Gregory Groover Jr.: Old Knew

by Pierre Giroux
January 4, 2026

With Old Knew, tenor saxophonist Gregory Groover Jr. offers a mature and deeply rooted statement that gracefully balances reverence for tradition with openness to spontaneous expression. Recorded without rehearsal and driven by a diverse group of top-tier collaborators, including Joel Ross on vibraphone, Paul Cornish on piano, Harish Raghavan on bass, and Kendrick Scott on drums, ...

Gregory Groover Jr.: Old Knew

by Jack Bowers
January 3, 2026

Even though he has surely heard this more than a few times, Gregory Groover is a pretty hip name for a jazz saxophonist. Not so much for the pastor of Boston's Charles Street AME Church, the position held by the Groover for whom he is named, Gregory Sr., who no doubt grooves in his own way. ...

Old Knew

By Gregory Groover Jr.

Label: Criss Cross
Released: 2025
Track listing: Spaces; 551; Go for Broke; Rain Shall Fall; Retrograde; Summer; Good Sir; Juanita and Betty; William and Vincent; Old Knew; Arrivals.