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Scott Kinsey: Badia / Boogie Woogie Waltz
by Mike Jacobs
Though an edit of this track is included on electric keyboardist extraordinaire Scott Kinsey's Luniwaz Live (Whirlwind Recordings, 2024), this full, unedited version drives home in no uncertain terms just how qualified Kinsey and company are to take on--and further--the Zawinul legacy. Featuring incendiary performances by Kinsey, bassist Hadrien Feraud, drummer Gergo Borlai and saxophonist Patrick ...
Simon Hanes: Aimer Colombophiler
by Ludovico Granvassu
Simon Hanes is a musical omnivore with a penchant for Italian movie soundtracks from the '60s and '70s. He typically channels his cinematic flair through the New York-based soundtrack pop ensemble Tredici Bacci, but it was only a matter of time before he composed a score for a full-length film. Aimer Perdre, an offbeat romantic comedy ...
Trey Anastasio: The 5th Round
by Geno Thackara
Merely keeping up with Trey Anastasio's work in all its contexts would practically be a full-time job. It would be easy to miss the fact that his solo catalogue includes an instrumental big-band-funk album--nestled in between an eclectic guitar-rocker and a work for orchestra, naturally enough--but this stomping ten-piece combo is just too much fun to ...
Wayne Shorter Quartet: Live At The North Sea Jazz Festival, 1986
by Mike Jacobs
Notable for having some of the hottest young musicians of its day--namely Mitchel Forman (Mahavishnu, John Scofield) on keys, Tom Brechtlein (Chick Corea) on drums and Gary Willis (Tribal Tech, Allan Holdsworth) on bass--Wayne Shorter's first post-Weather Report quartet was as short-lived as it was criminally undocumented. If you weren't fortunate enough to have caught this ...
Al Foster: Monk’s Bossa
by Carl Medsker
On May 28, 2025, Aloysius Tyrone Foster passed away at the age of 82. He brought strong, imaginative, percussive grooves and swing to bebop, post-bop, modal, funk and fusion for over 60 years--even a little calypso and bossa. A very partial list of the musicians Al Foster performed with includes Dexter Gordon, McCoy Tyner, Sonny Rollins, ...
Linda May Han Oh: The Imperative
by Carl Medsker
Congratulations to Linda May Han Oh for adding the 2025 Jazz Journalists Association Bass Player of the Year award to her collection of accolades. Since emigrating to the United States from Australia in 2006 (she was born in Malaysia), Oh has built an impressive career, making significant contributions to works by Dave Douglas, Terri Lyne Carrington, ...
Sasha Berliner: Khan Younis
by Carl Medsker
Fantôme (Outside In Music, 2025) is vibraphonist Sasha Berliner's third release as a leader, and it is excellent from start to finish, due to its diversity of moods, energy, instrumentation, arrangements and well-written compositions. This is an ensemble effort, with everyone contributing to bringing Berliner's ideas to life. The core band consists of Taylor Eigsti (piano), ...
Usein Bekirov: Qizilciqlar
by Ian Patterson
Head of the jazz department at Lviv National Academy of Music (LNMA), Usein Bekirov is a Ukrainian jazz-fusion/ethno-jazz keyboardist who draws on his Crimean Tatar musical roots as well as influences from Azerbaijan and the Balkans. As titles go, “Qizilciqlar" might not roll off the tongue, but the music does the talking. Lilting folkloric melody and ...
