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Sam Gendel

Sam Gendel’s Nonesuch Records debut album, Satin Doll, will be released March 13, 2020. Recorded in Gendel’s native California, Satin Doll is a futuristic homage to historical jazz. The album features three musicians—Gendel on saxophone, Gabe Noel on electric bass, and Philippe Melanson on electronic percussion—engaging in simultaneous synchronized sonic construction/deconstruction of jazz standards, including Miles Davis’ “Freddie Freeloader,” Charles Mingus’ “Goodbye Pork Pie Hat,” and Duke Ellington’s “Satin Doll.” A Gendel-produced video for the album track “Afro Blue” by Mongo Santamaria may be seen below

Live From Brussels: Abrupt, Artonov, Toots Jazz Club & The Music Village

by Martin Longley
May 16, 2025

Daniel Proietto & Tsubasa Hori Artonov Lab October 6, 2025 Artonov is a festival dedicated to spaces and places and multi-faceted artistic expressions, music always representing a significant chunk of its highly diverse programming. It's a nomadic festival, dedicated to using buildings with an Art Nouveau or Art Deco character, and sometimes ...

Celia Kameni, David Binney, AMG, Kassa Overall & More

by Ludovico Granvassu
February 7, 2026

Here is a third and final playlist devoted to the Winter JazzFest's “out-of-towners": a compressed, high-voltage snapshot of what jazz sounds like right now.Happy Listening!Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 David Binney, Louis Cole, Pera Krstajic “Outer Moat" Action (Mythology) 0:16 Host talks 3:06 AMG ...

2026 Winter JazzFest Marathons: A Survival Guide

by Ludovico Granvassu
January 6, 2026

For jazz fans who are in New York, when one countdown ends with the Times Square Ball Drop, another one begins--and ends a few days later, when Winter JazzFest officially gets underway with the first downbeat at Le Poisson Rouge. For 22 years, the festival has been the launch pad of the jazz year ...

I Dischi del 2025 secondo Ludovico Granvassu

by Ludovico Granvassu
January 5, 2026

Immortalare la bellezza e la varietà del jazz pubblicato nel 2025 attraverso una “top ten" appare tanto arduo, vano--e alla fine deludente--quanto cercare di fotografare un tramonto sulla costiera amalfitana usando una rudimentale fotocamera digitale e facendo un forellino sul copriobiettivo. Certo, una foto verrà scattata. Potrebbe persino dimostrare che eri lì, in quel momento, quando ...

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 ...

Big Foot

By Melinda Sullivan

Label: Colorfield
Released: 2024
Track listing: Bloom; Sin Zapatos; Do You Like (ft. Steve Gadd); Clear Day; Ma Belle; Big Foot; Twins; Mother Time; Loose Caboose; Quantize Me; Dyad.

Sam Wilkes: When I Can Read My Titles Clear

by Scott Lichtman
October 3, 2024

Bassist Sam Wilkes is known in jazz inner circles for the beauty of his instrumental sound. Immersing yourself in the flow of his ambient compositions, it is easy to lose sight of the fact that his electric bass is the bedrock of the harmony as well as the melody and rhythm in these songs. Wilkes also ...

Larry Goldings and Melinda Sullivan choose to groove on Big Foot

by Leo Sidran
August 21, 2024

Sometimes what seems at first to be a departure can turn out to be a new arrival. When Larry Goldings and Melinda Sullivan met shortly before the COVID pandemic, they had no way of knowing just how impactful it would become for both of them. By 2021, they had begun meeting in Goldings' backyard to play ...

Deron Johnson, Enrico Rava, Star Rover, Jake Long & More

by Ludovico Granvassu
August 9, 2024

The extended sonic explorations of Enrico Rava and Jake Long, and the otherwordly sonic alchemy of Deron Johnson & Sam Gendel (with the support of producer and engineer Pete Min), Andrew Bird and Star Rover make for a compelling set that should engage both your brain and your heart. Happy listening! Playlist ...