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Après le déluge: Cécile McLorin Salvant’s Radiant Performance at Little Island
by Dave Kaufman
It was a night when the rain fell hard, the music gathered force, and the shared experience became magical. That was the scene on Sunday, August 16, 2026 at Little Island, where Cecile McLorin Salvant and her quartet performed beneath steadily darkening skies. Salvant is perhaps the greatest jazz singer of her generation. She ...
Ambrose Akinmusire and Mary Halvorson, Miki Yamanaka and Nicole Glover, Melissa Aldana and Linda May Han Oh, Christian Finger with Ralph Alessi and Ben Monder
by Hobart Taylor
Candice Hoyes, Miguel Zenon with Luis Perdomo, Nicole Mccabe with Savannah Harris and a dope Nina Simone remix. Playlist Ambrose Akinmusire / Mary Halvorson “Soundcheck" from Slo-Mo Neon Luminate Hoverings (Nonesuch) 00:00 Ambrose Akinmusire / Mary Halvorson “Tangled Pretty" from Slo-Mo Neon Luminate Hoverings (Nonesuch) 03:27 Host Speaks 07:51 Miguel Zenon / Luis Perdomo ...
Birthday Remembrances for Jack DeJohnette, Mulgrew Miller, and others
by David W. Daniels
In addition to the musicians named in the headline, we recognize the birthdays of Ben Sidran, Patti Austin, Oscar Peterson, and others. More classic jazz from Sonny Rollins, Gene Krupa wih Anita O'Day, and additional artists. Newly released music from Tommy Smith, Joe Alterman, David Sanchez, and more.Playlist Grachan Moncur III “Sonny's Back!" from ...
Moldejazz 2026
by Daniel Mège
Located at 62°7 North, Moldejazz (the Molde International Jazz Festival) is the ideal place for a festival in week 29, in early summer. A floral scent drifts through The Town of Roses, a ribbon less than a kilometer wide wedged into a peninsula between fjord and mountains. Even once it has set, the sun is never far ...
Sullivan Fortner: Leave That In There
by Andrew Schinder
Pianist Sullivan Fortner is on a roll. Already one of the most respected contemporary jazz pianists, Fortner leveled up in 2025 with the Grammy-winning Southern Nights (Artwork Records, 2025), a tribute to his New Orleans heritage that was a critical and commercial smash. Along with the collaboration albums Wildflowers Vol. 1 (Edition Records, 2024) (with vocalist Kurt Elling) and Play ...
Sullivan Fortner: Nothing's Ever Finished
by Andrew Schinder
Modern jazz musicians are often faced with the impossible, and frankly unfair, task of honoring the music's history and traditions while adding modern elements and contemporary facets to make a 125-year-old musical genre sound fresh. This burden falls even more acutely on musicians hailing from, or who are particularly associated with, the City of New Orleans. ...
Get hip to Anggie Obin + James Brandon Lewis Quartet, Jeff Parker IVtet and Gretchen Parlato
by Hobart Taylor
From Panama, outstanding flautist Anggie Obin, Jeff Parker and the ETA IVTet, Sullivan Forntner and Ada Bird Wolfe.Playlist Host Speaks 00:00 Ada Bird Wolfe “Green and Gold" Jamieson Trotter (piano), Katisse Buckingham (flute), Scott Mayo (bass clarinet), John Tegmeyer (clarinet), Dan Lutz (bass), Peter Buck (drums) from Murmuration (Self Produced) 00:08 James Brandon Lewis ...
Vilnius Mama Jazz 2026
by Ian Patterson
Vilnius Mama Jazz Lithuanian National Drama Theatre25th Edition Vilnius. LithuaniaMay 22-24, 2026 Vilnius Mama Jazz turned 25. In festival terms that is early middle age. When you consider that 25 years is roughly a quarter of the entire history of jazz, the significance of the milestone assumes greater meaning.
Ben Wolfe: Any Time After Now
by Pierre Giroux
In this recording by bassist, composer and bandleader Ben Wolfe, titled Any Time After Now, there is a quiet assurance, with nothing straining for effect or feeling manufactured. Recorded in a single studio day alongside vibraphonist Joel Ross, pianist Sullivan Fortner, tenor saxophonist Chris Lewis and drummer Aaron Kimmel, the album spans ten tracks of original ...
Dida Pelled: Blues in the Night
by Ludovico Granvassu
Dida Pelled's I Wish You Would (La Reserve) is more than a love letter to the blues, a genre she returns to after the high bar she set with A Missing Shade of Blue (Red Records). It is the definitive statement of an artist whose signature lies in the irresistible contrast between the understated intimacy of ...
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