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Perhaps the most recorded bassist of his generation, Peter Washington has also played an integral part in two of the most important and highly praised jazz trios of the last 20 years, in addition to a "who's who" roster of jazz artists. Born in Los Angeles, California, in 1964, Washington attended the University of California, Berkeley, where he majored in English Literature and played in both the UC Symphony and the San Francisco Youth Symphony. In 1986, while performing in San Francisco with alto saxophonist John Handy, he was asked by Art Blakey to move to New York and join the seminal Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers. Washington remained with the Jazz Messengers from 1986 to 1989, and during this time was able to establish himself as a ubiquitous, first- call freelance bassist; a position he has occupied to this day. In the early 1990's Washington joined the Tommy Flanagan Trio , called by many "the greatest trio in jazz", and remained until Flanagan's death, in 2002

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Hey Love!

By Lucy Yeghiazaryan

Label: La Reserve
Released: 2026
Track listing: Next Spring; Hey Love! / I Thought About You; Tonight I Shall Sleep With A Smile on my Face; Blow Top Blues; Love is a Simple Thing; Witchcraft; Lover Man; Loads of Love; Come Dance with Me; Dedicated to You.

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Steve Davis Meets Hank Jones, Volume 2

By Steve Davis

Label: Smoke Sessions Records
Released: 2026
Track listing: My Heart Stood Still; Could Write a Book; Nardis; Invitation; The Nearness of You; Nardis (alternate take); I Could Write a Book (alternate take); The Nearness of You (quartet version).

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Filin

By Melissa Aldana

Label: Blue Note Records
Released: 2026
Track listing: La Sentencia; Dime Si Eres Tú; No Te Empeñes Más; Imágenes; Las Rosas No Hablan; Little Church; Ocaso; No Pidas Imposibles.

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I Could Write A Book

December 13, 2026

Album: Steve Davis Meets Hank Jones, Volume 2
By Steve Davis
Label: Smoke Sessions Records
Released: 2026
Duration: 04:28

Article: Live Review

Kate Kortum at Jazz In July, 92NY

by Paul Reynolds
July 29, 2026

Kate Kortum and the Aaron Diehl Trio 92NY Jazz In July New York NY July 22, 2026 Casual jazz fans likely may not yet recognize her name, but the growing reputation of Kate Kortum within the jazz community clearly preceded her appearance last week at the 92nd Street Y Jazz ...

Article: Interview

Sullivan Fortner: Nothing's Ever Finished

by Andrew Schinder
July 9, 2026

Modern jazz musicians are often faced with the impossible, and frankly unfair, task of honoring the music's history and traditions while adding modern elements and contemporary facets to make a 125-year-old musical genre sound fresh. This burden falls even more acutely on musicians hailing from, or who are particularly associated with, the City of New Orleans. ...

Article: In Pictures

Bennie Wallace Quintet at The Jazz Loft

by Dan Bilawsky
July 9, 2026

Tempus Fugit (Time Flies). In May of 2026, Dr. Tom Manuel, the President and Founder of The Jazz Loft in Stony Brook, NY, celebrated that museum/performing arts venue's 10th anniversary. And in June, saxophonist Bennie Wallace, who'll turn 80 before year's end, dropped in with an all-star quintet featuring longtime collaborators--Anthony Wilson, pianist Donald Vega, bassist Peter ...

Article: Album Review

Lucy Yeghiazaryan: Hey Love!

Read "Hey Love!" reviewed by Pierre Giroux

by Pierre Giroux
June 29, 2026

It is always a treat to hear a singer who trusts the song. On Hey Love!, recorded at Van Gelder Studios in October 2025, Lucy Yeghiazaryan takes the direct route, usually the most forgiving. There are no conceptual detours here, no attempts to modernize the Great American Songbook by dismantling it. Instead, Yeghiazaryan takes control of ...

Article: Album Review

Lucy Yeghiazaryan: Hey Love!

Read "Hey Love!" reviewed by Katchie Cartwright

by Katchie Cartwright
June 19, 2026

The excellent New York-based singer Lucy Yeghiazaryan and her stellar band may have you thinking back to Carmen McRae in the 1950s as you listen to Hey Love!--groups with Wendell Marshall, Kenny Clarke, and other hard bop-era musicians. On her 2026 release, Yeghiazaryan has the ubiquitous Peter Washington on bass and Kenny Washington on drums, with ...