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Article: Album Review

Steve Lacy Three: Live Lugano 1984

Read "Live Lugano 1984" reviewed by John Eyles

by John Eyles
February 8, 2025

Over two decades after the untimely death from liver cancer of soprano saxophonist par excellence Steve Lacy, it seems remarkable that Live Lugano 1984 has been released for the very first time by First Visit, over forty years after it was recorded live by Mario Conforti in Lugano, Switzerland, on September 24, 1984. According ...

Article: Live Review

The Unity Festival at Jazz at Lincoln Center

by Paul Reynolds
January 17, 2025

Rachall and Vilray and others Jazz at Lincoln Center Unity Festival New York, NY January 11, 2025 In its second year, the Unity Festival at Jazz at Lincoln Center--audaciously counter-programmed against the NYC Winter JazzFest--again presented a diverse two-day program, this time including tributes to two fallen jazz giants.

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Sound of Germantown: Byard Lancaster, Monnette Sudler, Marshall Allen

by David Brown
January 14, 2025

This week, let's keep it in the neighborhood with a program featuring artists who have current or historical connections to the Germantown neighborhood, home of G-Town Radio in Philadelphia. Recordings featured include bagpiper/saxophonist Rufus Harley, guitarist Monnette Sudler, saxophonist/flutist Byard Lancaster, saxophonist/poet Elliott Levin, alto saxophonist/EVI Marshall Allen, band leader/pianist Sun Ra, vibraphonist Khan Jamal, song/guitar ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

2024 in Review

by Jerome Wilson
January 8, 2025

This show reviews my favorite jazz releases for 2024, including new recordings and newly discovered older concert performances. Artists heard on the show include Fay Victor, Darius Jones, Ron Miles, Frank Carlberg, and David Murray. Playlist Henry Threadgill Sextett “I Can't Wait Till I Get Home" from The Complete Novus & Columbia Recordings of ...

Article: Year in Review

Giuseppe Segala's Best Jazz Albums Of 2024

by Giuseppe Segala
January 7, 2025

There is not much to add to this list, other than noting note that the order is alphabetical and, of course, does not reflect any ranking of merit. Without a doubt, 2024 has given us a wealth of wonderful music to listen to and revisit. Unfortunately, many noteworthy albums had to remain beyond the limit of ...

Article: Year in Review

I Dischi del 2024 secondo Ludovico Granvassu

by Ludovico Granvassu
January 2, 2025

Spesso molti articoli sulle “migliori uscite dell'anno" iniziano con una premessa quasi apologetica ("questi non sono necessariamente 'i migliori album dell'anno,' ma 'i miei preferiti';" “è tutto soggettivo;" “domani avrei scelto titoli diversi;" “ho potuto selezionare solo dieci album," ecc.)? Queste dichiarazioni sembrano riflettere il disagio del redattore, costretto a riassumere un vasto ecosistema artistico selezionando ...

Article: Year in Review

Ludovico Granvassu's Garden of Jazzy Delights 2024

by Ludovico Granvassu
December 31, 2024

Have you noticed how many “best of the year" listicles start with an apologetic preamble ("these are not necessarily 'the best albums of the year' but 'my favorites';" “it's all subjective;" “tomorrow I might have chosen different titles;" “I could only select ten albums" etc.)? Those disclaimers channel the writer's discomfort of having to summarize a ...

Album

At the Showcase (Live In Chicago, 1976-1977)

By Sun Ra

Label: Jazz Detective
Released: 2024
Track listing:
CD 1:
New Beginning; View From Another Dimension; Synthesis Approach; Ankhnaton; Rose Room; Moonship Journey; Velvet.
CD2:
Calling Planet Earth & The Shadow World; Theme of the Stargazers; Space is the Place; Ebah Speaks in Cosmic Tongue; Greetings from the 21st Century.

Album

Interstellar Low Ways

By Sun Ra

Label: El Saturn
Released: 2024
Track listing: blah blah blah blah BLAH

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Lights on a Satellite: Live At The left Bank

By Sun Ra

Label: Resonance Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: Band Intro/Thunder of Dreams; Tapestry From an Asteroid; Somewhere Over the Rainbow; A Pleasant Place in Space; Space Travelin' Blues; Yeah Man; Big John's Special; Lights on a Satellite; Lady Bird/Half Nelson; Cocktails for Two; Watusi; They Plan to Leave; Images in a Mirror; We Travel the Spaceways; Left Bank Blues; 'Round Midnight.