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Spike Wilner

Michael “Spike” Wilner was born in New York City and started playing piano at an early age.  He was inspired by a television program about the life of Scott Joplin to learn to play Ragtime Music.  He perused this art form throughout high school and performed Joplin’s “Maple Leaf Rag” at the St. Louis Ragtime Festival.  Although it was an informal appearance it, nonetheless, profoundly affected him and drove him to peruse a career in music.  In his high school jazz program he met pianist Peter Martin who introduced him and inspired him to learn more modern jazz. Wilner decided to enter into the New School For Social Research’s Jazz and Contemporary Music department, which was then in it’s first year

Reflections

By Jesse Davis

Label: Cellar Music Group
Released: 2026
Track listing: Blue Autumn; Reflections; Choctaw Alley; Funk Sugo; It’s Just Farewell; Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans; Evidence.

Jesse Davis Quartet: Reflections

by Pierre Giroux
May 10, 2026

<em>Reflections</em> by alto saxophonist Jesse Davis, joined by pianist Spike Wilner, bassist John Webber, and featured guest drummer Lewis Nash, was recorded at GB’s Juke Joint in Long Island City in March 2025 and is the kind of album that doesn’t announce itself loudly. It just feels lived in. Unhurried, assured, yet steeped in memory and ...

Jesse Davis Quartet: Reflections

by Jack Bowers
May 3, 2026

New Orleans-bred Jesse Davis delves into the soulful side of the alto saxophone on Reflections, his tenth album as leader and one that was recorded on New York's Long Island, far from Davis' home base of Verona, Italy, where he has lived for more than 20 years with his wife and daughter. One of ...

Corcoran Holt, Luke Norris, and Orchestre National de Jazz

by Jerome Wilson
April 1, 2026

This program features new releases by Corcoran Holt and Luke Norris as well as older music by David Sanborn and the Orchestre National de Jazz.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 OKB Trio “El Padrino" from ...

Ashes and Diamonds

By Margo S.

Label: Truth Revolution Records
Released: 2025

The Children & The Warlock

By Spike Wilner

Label: Cellar Music Group
Released: 2025
Track listing: Hey, Open Up!; The Child and the Warlock; Benediction; Miles’ Mode; Theme for Ernie; Moment to Moment (for Harry Whitaker); Re-Solution.

Alex Sipiagin, Vladimir Kostadinovic, Lauren Henderson, Ark Ovrutski and more

by Benjamin Boddie
August 14, 2025

Today's Music--Right Now! Fantastic music by Alex Sipiagin, Steve Allee, Vladimir Kostadinovic, Lauren Henderson, Ark Ovrutski, Kevin Brunkhorst, Markus Rutz, Mark Winkler, Melissa Kassel & Tom Zicarelli, Gregory Tardy, Greg Murphy, Jimmy Greene, Juanjo Lopez, Tyreek McDole, Ron Rieder, Ryan Keberle, Art Hirahara, Carrie Jackson, Michael Dease, Saul Dautch, Cory Weeds & Jerry Weldon, Alan Broadbent, ...

Alan Broadbent, Jacob Chung, Allan Harris, Nicole Glover and more

by Benjamin Boddie
July 18, 2025

Today's Music--Right Now! Fantastic music by Alan Broadbent, Jacob Chung, Bill O'Connell, Allan Harris, Nicole Glover, Michael Dease, Joshua Redman, Tessa Souter, Tim Jago, Mike Clark & Mike Zilber, Tyler Henderson, Jed Levy, Joe Kennedy, Kieran Brown, Nicholas Payton, Dave Anderson, Dave Bass, Karla Harris, Jordan VanHemert, Dom Salvador, Eric Scott Reed, Tyreek McDole, and more. ...

Mark Masters, Branford Marsalis, and RIP Lalo Schifrin

by Jerome Wilson
July 16, 2025

This episode features music by the Mark Masters Ensemble, Branford Marsalis, Spike Wilner, Ray Russell and others. It also pays tribute to the late composer Lalo Schifrin. 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 Ryan Truesdell ...