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Five From '65: The Quintet Summer Sessions

Label: New Land Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: Disc: 1 - Groovin; Disc: 2 - Smokin; Disc: 3 - Boppin; Disc: 4 - Cool Burnin; Disc: 5 - Comin' on.

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The Free Slave

Label: Time Traveller Recordings
Released: 2025
Track listing: The Free Slave; Understanding; Will Pan's Walk; Five for Max.

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Charles Tolliver's Music Inc., Late 60's/mid 70's J-Jazz, Roy Brooks Live and More!

Read "Charles Tolliver's Music Inc., Late 60's/mid 70's J-Jazz, Roy Brooks Live and More!" reviewed by Jon Greenbaum


A generous sampling of J-Jazz from the late '60s through mid-'70s (on the more adventurous end of the continuum) along with some classic cuts from Ethnic Heritage Ensemble, a live loft scene release from Michael Gregory Jackson, something from a Steve Lacy Hat Hut trio date and a few recent releases. Playlist Charles Tolliver ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Peter Lin AAPI Jazz Collective, Maria Kaushansky, Patrick Smith, Wayne Wilkinson

Read "Peter Lin AAPI Jazz Collective, Maria Kaushansky, Patrick Smith, Wayne Wilkinson" reviewed by Cheryl K.


During this week's two-hour program of jazz and improvised music, trombonist Peter Lin and the AAPI Jazz Collective; the Travis Jenkins Piano Trio; pianists Maria Kaushansky and Andrew Carroll; drummer Roy Brooks from 1963 and 1972; saxophonist Patrick Smith; and guitarists Louis Stewart (with pianist Jim Doherty), John Scofield (w/bassist Dave Holland), Charlie Byrd (featuring The ...

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Article: Year in Review

C. Andrew Hovan's Best Jazz Albums of 2025

Read "C. Andrew Hovan's Best Jazz Albums of 2025" reviewed by C. Andrew Hovan


On many levels, 2025 proved to be a challenging year marked by considerable strife. Fortunately, as Art Blakey once observed, “Music washes away the dust of everyday life." And yet, given the current state of affairs, the moment might be more accurately captured by a line from The Police: “When the world is falling down, you ...

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Article: Highly Opinionated

Chet Baker's Five from '65 - New Land's Best Box Set Yet

Read "Chet Baker's Five from '65 - New Land's Best Box Set Yet" reviewed by Patrick Burnette


Five From '65: The Quintet Summer Sessions Chet Baker New Land Records 2025 We are far enough into the vinyl revival that box sets are now becoming commonplace, and the New Land label has been particularly adventurous--almost quixotic--in its offerings. New Land devoted its first jazz box ...

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Article: Multiple Reviews

A Muse Renaissance: Reissues from Roy Brooks, Kenny Barron, and Carlos Garnett

Read "A Muse Renaissance: Reissues from Roy Brooks, Kenny Barron, and Carlos Garnett" reviewed by C. Andrew Hovan


The independent jazz label has long served as a bellwether for the music's highest artistry, ever since the advent of the long-playing record. Labels such as Verve Records, Blue Note Records, Prestige Records, Contemporary Records, and Riverside--each a modest operation led by passionate entrepreneurs--were devoted to documenting the sound of their era with fidelity and purpose. ...

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Article: Album Review

Roy Brooks: The Free Slave

Read "The Free Slave" reviewed by Pierre Giroux


Roy Brooks's The Free Slave, newly reissued on Time Traveler Recordings as a 180-gram vinyl LP, stands as a passionate tribute to the drummer's remarkable artistry and his often overlooked role as one of the most rhythmic thinkers of the post-bop period. Recorded live by Muse Records on April 26, 1970, at Baltimore's renowned Left Bank ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Return of the Muse

Read "Return of the Muse" reviewed by Patrick Burnette


Some indie labels find a happy home in the afterlife--think Prestige, Contemporary, et al who thrived for years under the Fantasy banner and are now sheltered under the wing of Craft Records. Others aren't so lucky. Super-producer and Record Store Day regular Zev Feldman has now made an enterprise of rescuing records from the long-dormant Muse ...


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