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Edwin Corne: Spruce and Maple

Read "Spruce and Maple" reviewed by Frank Housh

by Frank Housh
February 8, 2026

Guitarist Edwin Corne 's Spruce And Maple features the American Songbook peppered with eastern harmonies, befitting an Australian-Chinese musician raised in Shanghai and based in New York City. Corne's jazz guitar trio recording continues an ensemble tradition that began with Jim Hall and continued through Barney Kessel, Joe Pass, and Pat Metheny. It is alive and well in Spruce ...

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Vance Thompson: Lost and Found

Read "Lost and Found" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
February 7, 2026

For several years, Vance Thompson's career as a musician hung in the balance. Owing to a neurological disorder known as Focal Dystonia, the Grammy-nominated trumpeter and founder of the Knoxville Jazz Orchestra was literally unable to blow his own horn. But unlike other people who may have thrown in the towel or called it a day, ...

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Patricio Morales: La Tierra Canta

Read "La Tierra Canta" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
February 5, 2026

While rhythm is definitely king on La Tierra Canta ("The Earth Sings"), the fifth recording by Chilean-born composer, arranger and classical guitarist Patricio Morales, it must share the throne with various handsome and radiant melodic and harmonic designs employed by Morales and his international septet. If Morales' name is unfamiliar, that could be because he has ...

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Negative Press Project + Friction Quartet: Cycles 1

by Jack Bowers
February 4, 2026

Cycles 1, the fifth recording by the San Francisco Bay-area Negative Press Project, is chamber jazz of the highest order, neatly canvassing a dozen creative and colorful themes by the group's co-leaders, pianist Ruthie Dineen (nine) and bassist Andrew Lion (three). The octet is ably supported on every number by the Friction Quartet, whose elegant strings ...

Article: Year in Review

Marek Śmietański's Favorite Polish Jazz Albums Of 2025

by Marek J. Śmietański
February 3, 2026

As part of Year in Review series, I've already highlighted my favorite albums of 2025 (you can view the list here). While I included artists from around the world, intentionally leaving out my own Poland. And yet Polish jazz has a remarkably strong and distinctive identity. It emerged from a deep craving for freedom and a ...

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Just After You Left....

February 2, 2026

Album: Just After You Left....
By Raymond Hardy
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2025
Duration: 2:00

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Million Leaves

January 31, 2026

Album: Million Leaves
By Mathilde Vendramin
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2025
Duration: 3:32

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Chain of Hopes

May 20, 2026

Album: Projections
By Ilija Nikolic
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2021
Duration: 06:06

Article: Album Review

Frantisek Uhlir: Coming Home

Read "Coming Home" reviewed by Edward Blanco

by Edward Blanco
January 27, 2026

Czech jazz double-bassist Frantisek Uhlir, a composer, educator and leader of the Frantisek Uhlir Team & Strings (F.U.T.), based in Prague, presents the highly acclaimed Coming Home album of original music penned especially for his band, founded back in 1987. Considered one of the finest bass players on the European jazz scene today, Uhlir has recorded ...