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Voo Voo Runs the Voodoo Down

by Maciej Stasiowski
August 1, 2026

Voo Voo is the faux-phonetic transcription of how Wojciech Waglewski's initials should be pronounced in English--instead of the default “double U" times two. By no mere coincidence, it is also the name of a group he has been running since 1985. Having secured his band this way for sailing on international waters already at the outset, ...

Article: Year in Review

Frank Housh's Favorite Jazz Albums Of 2025

by Frank Housh
January 19, 2026

2025 was a great year for jazz. Below are my reviews for the year, from established artists like Brad Mehldau, John Scofield, and Celine McLorin Salvant to rising talents like Christian Pabst and Jo-Yu Chen. The first two album reviews are of artists that did more than simply demonstrate superior artistry, they spoke powerfully about the ...

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David Bruggink's Best Jazz Albums of 2025

by David Bruggink
January 10, 2026

In a tumultuous year, these albums provided a shelter in the storm, with no shortage of intriguing stylistic directions and cross-pollinations. New directions in post-minimalism mingled with reimaginings of folk songs; chamber music crossed paths with modern classical and cool jazz. Stories Of life Triosence Sony Music

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Stories Of life

By Triosence

Label: Sony Music
Released: 2025
Track listing: Lale Minna; Marrakesh Swing; Little Lost Wonder; Tamina's Lullaby; Stories Of Life; Tomato Party; Dear Rainer; These Simple Things; G. Brothers; Like The Wind.

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Necessary Fictions

By GoGo Penguin

Label: Sony Music
Released: 2025
Track listing: Umbra; Fallowfield Loops; Forgive the Damages; What We Are and What We Are Meant to Be; Background Hiss Reminds Me of Rain; The Turn Within; Living Bricks in Dead Mortar; Naga Ghost; Luminous Giants; Float (Loi Krathong, 2003); State of Flux; Silence Speaks.

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Rendezvous - Jazz Meets Beethoven, Tchaikovsky & More

By Jo-Yu Chen

Label: Sony Music
Released: 2025
Track listing: Beethoven – Symphony No. 5 / Piano Sonata Moonlight; Tchaikovsky – The Nutcracker: Dance of the Reed Flutes; Beethoven – Sonata No. 8, Pathétique 2nd Movement; Tchaikovsky – Swan Lake; Prokofiev – Romeo and Juliet: Dance of the Knights; Mussorgsky – Pictures at an Exhibition: The Old Castle; Prokofiev – Piano Concerto #2; Ravel – Pavane Pour Une Infante Defunte.

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Triosence: Stories Of life

Read "Stories Of life" reviewed by Neil Duggan

by Neil Duggan
December 11, 2025

The German trio Triosence have been developing their highly distinctive sound since the release of First Enchantment, their debut in 2002 (Mons Records). Their combination of jazz and cinematic soundscapes puts melody first and foremost in a song-based approach that has broad appeal to jazz listeners and beyond. The trio, led by pianist and ...

Article: Year in Review

Neil Duggan's Best Jazz Albums Of 2025

by Neil Duggan
December 6, 2025

Looking back at 2025, here are some of the year's finest releases, mostly from Europe, encompassing both jazz and music where jazz ventures into other genres Emil BrandqvistPoems For Travellers Skip Records Gabriel LatchinThe Man I Love Alys ...

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Dan McClenaghan's Best Jazz Albums Of 2025

by Dan McClenaghan
December 3, 2025

The albums on this Best of the Year list were picked on the run, as the months unfolded. Sometimes, second-guessing comes into play at the time of compilation. Not this time. All of these recordings are worthy of being called the Best of 2025. Andrew HillA Beautiful Day, Revisited Palmetto ...

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GoGo Penguin: Necessary Fictions

Read "Necessary Fictions" reviewed by Geno Thackara

by Geno Thackara
June 24, 2025

What exactly is the entity known as GoGo Penguin? After several recordings developing a niche they call “acoustic electronica"--an amorphous recipe of rock-and techno-oriented hooks played on jazz instruments in real time--one might have thought we had the answer to that question with the eponymous GoGo Penguin (Blue Note, 2020). Like many self-titled albums, it made ...