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Article: Year in Review

Ken Hohman's Iconoclastic List of the Top 9 Jazz Recordings for 2025

by Ken Hohman
January 9, 2026

I feel like a few of my favorite jazz records over the past year were overlooked or didn't fare well with many jazz critics. But I filter through a heck of a lot of jazz each year in advance of my radio shows, so I feel justified in being quixotic or even setting the record straight ...

Album

River Paths

By Medler Sextet

Label: OA2 Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: Subway Jam (Morning); River Paths; Smoldering; Philly Soul Strut; Night Party; Subway Jam (Evening).

Article: Album Review

Medler Sextet: River Paths

Read "River Paths" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
May 2, 2025

There are two Medlers in the Portland, Oregon-based Medler Sextet--tenor saxophonist Michelle and bassist Ben--who together comprise the nucleus of a sturdy ensemble whose harmonious empathy and distinctive point of view should please most advocates of thought-based contemporary jazz. Having said that, it should be noted that the studio date's all-original composition makeup--five ...