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For the remarkable composer/trumpeter/educator/activist Sean Jones, the pursuit of Jazz is a most serious endeavor. Not just in terms of mastering the art form, but in its fullest meaning and purpose socially, philosophically and spiritually. Deeply influenced by his immersion in Gospel music in the church as a youth, Sean had an epiphany at the age of 19 while he was a student at Youngstown State University. That awakening occurred - as it has for so many serious-minded individuals both inside and outside of music - with his first hearing of the magnificent John Coltrane’s masterpiece A Love Supreme. “I was driving in my car at the time and I had to pull off the road

Album

We Dream

By Lakecia Benjamin

Label: Artwork Records
Released: 2026
Track listing: First Light; Beyond the Dawn; My Only; Mi Gente; Ascension; DreamBreaker; We Dream; Flamekeeper; Hiromi Jam; Right Now; New World.

Album

Jagged Edges Elegant Lines

By Ayn Inserto

Label: Summit Records
Released: 2026
Track listing: Eshel Sketch; La Danza Infinita; Vinifera; Down A Rabbit Hole; Mr.Jones and Company; BJ'sTune; Suite for Sean Jones - 1. The Artist; 2.The Educator; 3. The Husband and Father; 4. The Human Soul.

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December 1, 2026

Album: Jagged Edges Elegant Lines
By Ayn Inserto
Label: Summit Records
Released: 2026
Duration: 5:18

Article: Album Review

WDR Big Band with Sean Jones: Jagged Edges Elegant Lines

Read "Jagged Edges Elegant Lines" reviewed by Pierre Giroux

by Pierre Giroux
September 8, 2026

The release Jagged Edges Elegant Lines: The Music of Ayn Inserto is hardly decorative. This live recording by the WDR Big Band, featuring trumpeter Sean Jones, presents an evening of Inserto's compositions that seem determined to keep two things going at once. First, the music can be angular, interrupted, and rhythmically unpredictable; second, it always has ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

New Music From Skúli Sverrisson With Bill Frisell And More

by Bob Osborne
August 6, 2026

This playlist traverses a wide spectrum of sound, moving seamlessly from intimate, reflective duets and delicate chamber-like compositions to the expansive energy of full ensembles and avant-garde explorations. Whether you are looking for moments of quiet introspection, intricate harmonic interplay, or adventurous sonic textures, these tracks represent a vibrant cross-section of today's creative musicians pushing the ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Cento Threeo, Kat Gang, Sylvia Brooks, Leigh Pilzer, Armen Donelian, The Miggy Augmented Orchestra & More

by Mary Foster Conklin
June 29, 2026

This broadcast celebrates the beginning of Summer with new music from Cento Threeo, Kat Gang, Sylvia Brooks, Leigh Pilzer, Armen Donelian and the Miggy Augmented Orchestra, plus birthday shoutouts to Irene Higginbotham (Good Morning Heartache), Jaimie Branch, Amy Shook, Brianna Thomas, Monika Herzig, Sasha Berliner, Chenxi Pan, Alicia Olatuja, Dominique Eade, Tamuz Nissim, Migiwa Miyajima and ...

Article: Album Review

Lakecia Benjamin: We Dream

Read "We Dream" reviewed by Mike Jurkovic

by Mike Jurkovic
May 28, 2026

Lakecia Benjamin is clearly pulling no punches on We Dream. Not that she ever has, given a discography that includes 2020's Pursuance: The Coltranes (Ropeadope Records); 2012's intoxicating, groove-crazy Retox (Motema) or the spellbinding sister releases Phoenix (Whirlwind, 2023) and the super stoked Phoenix ReImagined (Live) (Ropeadope Records, 2024). We Dream drops the mic and leaves ...

Article: Live Review

John Beasley Sextet at Presidio Theatre

by Steven Roby
May 20, 2026

John Beasley Sextet Presidio Theatre Miles Davis at 100 San Francisco, CA May 14, 2026 Spanning a 90-minute set from Birth of the Cool to Amandla, John Beasley's sextet anchors the centennial with Miles's most influential band--the 1965--68 quintet featuring Wayne Shorter. Last September at San Francisco's Presidio ...

Article: Album Review

Alexander Claffy: Alive in Philadelphia, Vol. 1 (At Chris’ Jazz Cafe)

Read "Alive in Philadelphia, Vol. 1 (At Chris’ Jazz Cafe)" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
May 7, 2026

Bassist Alexander Claffy, a pillar on the New York City jazz scene since 2011, returned “home" in March 2025 to record Alive in Philadelphia Vol. 1 for an enthusiastic audience at Chris' Jazz Club, on whose stage he had performed since he was a teenager in the City of Brotherly Live. He did not ...