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Article: Year in Review

Ludovico Granvassu's Garden Of Jazzy Delights 2025

by Ludovico Granvassu
January 3, 2026

Capturing the breathtaking beauty, range, and diversity of jazz released in 2025 through a list of “10 best albums" feels as challenging, vain--and ultimately disappointing--as trying to photograph the Grand Canyon at sunset by placing a pinhole in front of a rudimentary digital camera's lens. Sure, a picture will be taken. It might even prove you ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

New Music From Eckemoff, Bayon, B.I.T. Duo, El Saffar & More

by Bob Osborne
January 1, 2026

A raft of new releases is dominated by female pianists offering cutting edge music. In between two new discoveries of Rahsaan Roland Kirk playing live plus other exciting ground--breaking albums and to close something to reflect the season. Playlist Yelena Eckemoff “Strandvägen Pier" from Rosendals Garden (L&H Production) 00:00 Juan Bayon “Anti-Monitor" from Como ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

John O'Gallagher, Flora Purim, And Lena Bloch

by Jerome Wilson
December 31, 2025

This program features recent releases by John O'Gallagher and Lena Bloch as well as older music from Flora Purim, Rahsaan Roland Kirk and The Art Ensemble of Chicago. Playlist Henry Threadgill Sextett “I Can't Wait Till I Get Home" from The Complete Novus & Columbia Recordings of Henry Threadgill & Air (Mosaic) 00:00 Franz ...

Album

Seek & Listen: Live At The Penthouse

By Rahsaan Roland Kirk

Label: Resonance Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: Disc 1: The Jump Thing; Alfie; Mingus- Griff Song; Medley Ev’ry Time We Say Goodbye; I've Got It Bad (and That Ain’t Good); Sophisticated Lady; Satin Doll; Medley: Blues For C&T; Happy Days Are Here Again; Down by The Riverside. Disc 2Ode to Billie Joe; Prelude to A Kiss; Funk Underneath; Now Please Don’t You Cry, Beautiful Edith; Making Love After Hours.

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Vibrations In The Village: Live At The Village Gate

By Rahsaan Roland Kirk

Label: Resonance Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: Jump Up And Down-Fast; Ecclusiastics; All The Things You Are; Laura; Kirk's Delight; Oboe Blues; Blues Minor At The Gate; Falling In Love With Love; Three For The Festival.

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Haeun Joo, Ishmael Ali & Satoko Fujii

by Maurice Hogue
December 16, 2025

Two never-heard-before releases present Rahsaan Roland Kirk holding forth at two 1960s gigs, recorded live at the Village Vanguard in New York and at The Penthouse in Seattle are the highlights in this episode of One Man's Jazz, along with a tasty piano trio recording by South Korean pianist Haeun Joo, Chicago cellist Ishmael Ali, a ...

Article: Year in Review

Joshua Weiner's Best Jazz Albums Of 2025

by Joshua Weiner
December 12, 2025

As we approach the holidays and the end of the year, here are my favorite albums I reviewed for AAJ in 2025! McCoy TynerForces Of Nature: Live At Slugs' Blue Note Records Larry GoldingsI Will Sam First Records

Article: Year in Review

Jack Kenny's Best Jazz Albums Of 2025

by Jack Kenny
November 30, 2025

A year is an arbitrary time. The list is chronological by how they came to me. The albums that still stand out are Bone Bells (Pyroclastic Records) by Sylvie Courvoisier and Mary Halvorson and the sheer professional expertise of Jed Levy Faces and Places (Self Produced). Both albums, in their different ways, exude creativity and joy. ...

Article: Multiple Reviews

Two Unearthed Live Gems By Rahsaan Roland Kirk

by Michael Blake
November 29, 2025

What a joy it was to sit down with these never-before-heard live recordings from American jazz genius Rahsaan Roland Kirk. Unearthed by producer Zev Feldman and released in tandem by Resonance Records, these beautifully packaged CD sets--complete with striking artwork, evocative photos, and heartfelt personal reflections--are a marvelous tribute in their own right. I ...

Article: Album Review

Rahsaan Roland Kirk: Seek & Listen: Live At The Penthouse

Read "Seek & Listen: Live At The Penthouse" reviewed by Jack Kenny

by Jack Kenny
November 28, 2025

Few figures in jazz history have embodied the word original quite like Rahsaan Roland Kirk. Sightless from infancy, yet bursting with boundless vision, he turned live performance into theatre, ritual and revelation. On stage, he appeared as a commanding silhouette festooned with flutes, whistles, tenor saxophone, clarinet, bells, harmonica and his self-fashioned instruments--the manzello and stritch. ...