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Article: Book Review

Philly Joe Jones Biography: The Life and Legacy of a Drummer Who Transformed Modern Jazz

by David A. Orthmann
February 16, 2026

Philly Joe Jones Biography: The Life and Legacy of a Drummer Who Transformed Modern JazzMichael C. Davis140 pagesISBN: #9798269455297Self Published2025 Anyone who is seeking out anecdotes about Philly Joe Jones's relationships with a veritable who's who of jazz greats, or particulars of his life off the bandstand, might want to steer clear of Michael ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Improvising the Russian Classical Composers: Tchaikovsky, Mussorgsky and Borodin

by Larry Slater
February 6, 2026

Russia's contribution to the arts over the past couple of centuries has been extraordinary and unparalleled. Russian authors are among the greatest writers of the 19th and 20th centuries. Russia is synonymous with classical ballet and Russian composers transformed classical music. In the 19th century, Modest Mussorgsky, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Alexander Borodin and Pyotr Ilyich ...

Article: Multiple Reviews

A Wind For All Seasons

by Dan Bilawsky
February 5, 2026

There is something positively elemental in the artistry of Martin Wind. Beyond being one of the music's premier bassists, he is a creatively driven composer and leader--a seemingly bottomless font of expression in action--and his work most certainly represents the breadth, and breath, carried in his name. One minute he's conjuring a Brazilian Nordeste with buoyant ...

Article: Interview

Richie Beirach: Indelible Memories and Thought-Provoking Reflections on a Life in Jazz, Part 1

by Victor L. Schermer
January 31, 2026

This two-part article was first published on All About Jazz on August 13, 2019. Part 1 | Part 2 Richie Beirach hovers somewhat mysteriously in the pantheon of the great modern jazz pianists. Some of the others in that category from his generation (coming up in the 1960s/'70s), like Herbie Hancock, Keith ...

Article: Interview

Ralph Towner: The Accidental Guitarist

by Mario Calvitti
January 20, 2026

This article was first published on All About Jazz on May 16, 2017. Ralph Towner is a rather atypical figure in the vast world of jazz guitar. His instruments of choice are the classical guitar, which when he started, in the '60s, was played almost exclusively by guitarists related to Brazilian music like Charlie ...

Article: Live Review

Jorge Vistel At Dock Street Jazz Club

by Ian Patterson
January 18, 2026

Jorge VistelDock Street Jazz Club Belfast, N. Ireland January 11, 2026 It took Jorge Vistel just one trumpet solo--a hypnotic four minutes of deft lyricism and technical bravura--to signal to the audience that it was in for a treat. Such a balance of emotional heft and virtuosity made it easy to conclude that music ...

Album

Thelonious Monk with Sonny Rollins 1953 to 1957 Revisited

By Thelonious Monk

Label: ezzthetics
Released: 2025
Track listing: Let's Call This; Think of One; Friday the 13th; Brilliant Corners; Ba-lue Bolivar Ba-lues Are; Pannonica; Bemsha Swing; Misterioso; Reflections.

Article: My Favourite Things

Lorenzo Simoni e il Questionario di Proust

by Paolo Peviani
December 15, 2025

Sassofonista attivo sia in ambito classico che jazzistico, Lorenzo Simoni è uno dei talenti emergenti della nuova scena musicale italiana. Il tratto principale della mia musica La melodia come protagonista. La qualità che desidero nei musicisti che suonano con me Sensibilità, onestà, chiarezza e vulnerabilità. Come musicista, ...

Article: Play This!

Aretha Tillotson: Sad Junie (to Highway Jake)

by John Chacona
December 11, 2025

If the average fan living south of the 49th Parallel knows anything about jazz in Canada, it might begin and end with Oscar Peterson and Diana Krall. Yes, Toronto is emerging as a great jazz city and there are all those players from Nanaimo, but in between, nothing, right? Bassist Aretha Tillotson is here to explode that ...

Article: Live Review

Orlando Molina At Scott's Jazz Club

by Ian Patterson
December 2, 2025

Orlando Molina Scott's Jazz Club Belfast, N. Ireland October 28, 2025 One of the great things about Scott's Jazz Club is that musicians are often invited back. You get to see the first steps and evolution of a band or a leader new to the scene. You experience the growth and development of established ...