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Record Store Day 2026 Jazz Releases
by Kyle Simpler
Many vinyl enthusiasts get excited when the Record Store Day lists appear, and understandably so: most of the titles are limited-run pressings that can disappear quickly once the doors open. The only drawback, however, is that the lists can be overwhelming to sort through, often spanning multiple pages and covering releases across a wide range of ...
Cirque du Soleil: From J to Z - A Fantasia
by Geno Thackara
It feels familiar enough at the start: a bluesy piano intro, a playful back-and-forth exchange between a pair of horns... but within a few minutes, the stage lighting has turned practically psychedelic. Figures begin weaving through the dinner tables, masked like animals but garbed in sequined dresses and hip suits. Soon they are forming small human ...
Guitarist Bobby Broom Celebrates Jazz Titan (and Mentor) Sonny Rollins With 'Notes Of Thanks,' Set For May 1 Release By Steele Records
Guitarist Bobby Broom pays tribute honoring a saxophone colossus with the May 1 release of Notes of Thanks on Steele Records. The album is an exploration of the compositions of the great Sonny Rollins, in whose bands Broom recorded and toured for a combined 11 years. The guitarist is joined on the adventure by his own ...
Immanuel Wilkins Quartet: Immanuel Wilkins Quartet: Live At The Village Vanguard
by Mike Jurkovic
Firebrand alto-saxophonist Immanuel Wilkins takes over the Village Vanguard and keeps it loose, y'all. From the rogue bossa nova “Ring Shout" and its immediate successor, “Composition II," each scenario has its very own sweep and sway. Take, for instance, the hell-raising, elders-chant fever inherent in “Composition IX." Twenty-three raucous, raise-the-rafters minutes wherein each participant--pianist and fellow ...
Listening to Prestige: Chronicling Its Classic Jazz Recordings, 1949–1972
by Mike Jurkovic
Listening To Prestige Tad Richards 278 Pages ISBN: # 9798855804959 Excelsior Editions/State University of New York 2026 Hubris and romanticism are the clashing hallmarks of history and jazz, like all human endeavors, is no exception. A sinuous, serpentine, and often torturous road through the American landscape: Slavery, poverty, migration, ...
Listening To Prestige
by Kyle Simpler
Listening To Prestige Tad Richards 278 Pages ISBN: # 9798855804959 Excelsior Editions/State University of New York 2026 Shortly after World War II ended, a young music lover named Bob Weinstock opened a record store in Times Square, New York City. The store specialized in jazz recordings, the music that ...
Meet Guitarist Miles Mindlin
by AAJ Staff
Meet Miles Mindlin Miles Mindlin is an award-winning virtuoso jazz guitarist, composer and bandleader from London. He is based in New York City after completing his masters at the Manhattan School of Music on a scholarship. He is highly in demand across the UK, the USA and Europe and has performed his own music ...
Frode Kjekstad Qrt: Stars Aligned
by Glenn Astarita
Talented Norwegian guitarist Frode Kjekstad discovered jazz in his early teens through the bebop genius of Charlie Parker and the refined touch of Joe Pass. He started formal jazz guitar studies at fifteen and moved to Oslo in 1994, where he immersed himself in the local scene and performed with legends like Johnny Griffin, Frank Foster, ...
Carolyn Trowbridge, Sonny Rollins, and Sun Ra
by Jerome Wilson
This wide-ranging program features music by Carolyn Trowbridge, Muhal Richard Abrams, Sonny Rollins, Doug Wamble, and Sun Ra.Playlist Henry Threadgill Sextett “I Can't Wait Till I Get Home" from The Complete Novus & Columbia Recordings of Henry Threadgill & Air (Mosaic) 00:00 Sun Ra “Enlightenment" from Sound Sun Pleasure (Evidence) 00:51 Mark Masters Ensemble ...
Classic jazz from Shirley Scott and more, and birthday shoutouts to Behn Gillece and Maceo Parker among others
by David W. Daniels
Classic music per the headline, plus the Modern Jazz Quartet, Jimmy Smith, and Joe Williams with Ella Fitzgerald and more! Recently released music from Roy Hargrove, Joel Ross, Snarky Puppy and more. Birthday recognition per the headline, plus Sharel Cassity, Rufus Reid, Omar Hakim, and Eugene McDaniels (songwriter of “Compared To What").Playlist Alchemy Sound ...
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