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Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Chris Potter, Larry Grenadier & Eric Harland: First Meeting: Live at Dizzy’s Club

Read "First Meeting: Live at Dizzy’s Club" reviewed by Mike Jurkovic

by Mike Jurkovic
July 11, 2025

Let us not beat around the bush or obfuscate the obvious: First Meeting: Live at Dizzy's Club is as sweet a listen anyone can wish for or expect as simpatico luminaries--pianist Gonzalo Rubalcaba, saxophonist Chris Potter, bassist Larry Grenadier and drummer Eric Harland--take to Dizzy's stage. And command it, but not with a heavy hand or ...

Article: Multiple Reviews

Several Worthwhile Releases from the Last Few Months

by Jerome Wilson
July 10, 2025

Despite what is said about physical media going away, a steady supply of new jazz releases keeps showing up every week. Here are some worthy if underappreciated albums from the first half of 2025. Tobias Meinhart Sonic River Self Produced 2025 “Sonic River" is a good description ...

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Spike Wilner Trio Contrafactus: The Children & The Warlock

Read "The Children & The Warlock" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
June 30, 2025

A parodist might quip that Trio Contrafactus is simply another name for a quartet, as that is what pianist and entreprenuer Spike Wilner is leading on his new recording, The Children & the Warlock, wherein Wilner and his rhythm section (Paul Gill, bass; Anthony Pinciotti, drums) are flanked by renowned tenor saxophonist George Garzone.

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Spike Wilner, Avishai Cohen, Bobby West & Laura Anglade

by Joe Dimino
June 29, 2025

We kick off the 912th episode of Neon Jazz with a fresh voice making waves--Laura Anglade, the enchanting singer blending deep French roots with a breezy American jazz flair, as we spin a track from her luminous 2025 album Get Out of Town. From there, it's a rich journey through the jazz landscape. We hear from ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Michael Dease, Spike Wilner, Bobby West, Antonia Bennett and more

by Benjamin Boddie
June 26, 2025

Today's Music--Right Now! Fantastic music by Michael Dease, Spike Wilner Trio, Bobby West, Antonia Bennett, Alon Farber & Hagiga, Dom Salvador, Mark Masters Ensemble, Terri Lyne Carrington & Christie Dashiell, Neff Irizarry, Mads Tolling, Danny Grissett, Lucía, Tyler Henderson, Sharel Cassity, Dee Dee Bridgewater & Bill Charlap, Jed Levy, Hiromi, Freedom Art Quartet, Ben Sidran, James ...

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Contrafactus

By Spike Wilner

Label: Cellar Music Group
Released: 2024
Track listing: At First Blush; Contrafactus; Kinetic Neurosis; Ants Go Marching; Poor Butterfly; Cognitive Dissonance; Koan; If You Are But A Dream; Mind Games; Lullaby Of The Leaves; Happy Ending

Article: Album Review

Dwayne Clemons: Center of Gravity: Live at Smalls

Read "Center of Gravity: Live at Smalls" reviewed by Pierre Giroux

by Pierre Giroux
October 18, 2024

Copenhagen-based trumpeter Dwayne Clemons is an accomplished musician whose US career trajectory hit a speed bump in the 1990s when he was incarcerated for a narcotics conviction. Fortunately, he caught the attention of pianist and club owner Spike Wilner who encouraged him to come to New York to play. In time, the result was that, in ...

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Ken Peplowski: Live at Mezzrow

Read "Live at Mezzrow" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
September 29, 2024

When one is diagnosed with multiple myeloma, as woodwind specialist Ken Peplowski was in June 2021, there are basically two alternatives: either accept the decision and throw in the towel or choose to fight and double down on doing what keeps you active and hopeful, in this case making beautiful music that swings. Obviously, as epitomized ...

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Live at Smalls Jazz Club

By Jesse Davis

Label: Cellar Music Group
Released: 2023
Track listing: Gingerbread Boy; Ceora; Cup Bearers; These Foolish Things; Juicy Lucy; Rhythm-a-Ning; Street of Dreams; Love for Sale.

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Live At Smalls Jazz Club

By George Coleman

Label: Cellar Music Group
Released: 2023
Track listing: Four; At Last; My Funny Valentine; Meditation; Blues For Smalls; Nearness Of You; New York, New York; When Sunny Gets Blue.