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Ned Rothenberg: Looms & Legends

Read "Looms & Legends" reviewed by Troy Dostert

by Troy Dostert
August 29, 2025

Solo recordings, at least when they feature instruments other than piano or guitar, can be a challenge even for the most committed jazz listeners. The excitement generated by the dialogue of multiple instrumentalists is, of course, missing, and even the most talented artists can have trouble sustaining one's interest for an entire album. Such releases can ...

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Fosterchild, Jim Black, Mathieu Donarier & Armaroli/Piccolo/Sharp

by Maurice Hogue
August 4, 2025

Drummer Fabian Arends' quintet Fosterchild highlights this edition of One Man's Jazz with a killer of an album--Order At Agan Live. This German/Danish band of Arends, Kasper Tranberg on trumpet, Sebastian Gille on saxophone/clarinet, Jacob Anderskov on piano, and David Helm on bass exude power, energy and an original language throughout the music, recorded at the ...

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A Few of My Favorite 2025 Jazz Things (So Far), Part 1

by Ludovico Granvassu
July 22, 2025

It seems like we were just ringing in the New Year a few days ago, and now it's already July. So let's start looking back at the songs that we have loved the most in the first six months of the year. Here's the first batch.Happy listening!Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme ...

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Sylvie Courvoisier, Mary Halvorson: Bone Bells

Read "Bone Bells" reviewed by Vincenzo Roggero

by Vincenzo Roggero
July 14, 2025

Tra i massimi interpreti dei rispettivi strumenti, Sylvie Courvoisier e Mary Halvorson sono le punte di diamante di due generazioni che si incontrano sul terreno comune dell'improvvisazione, del minimalismo sonoro, del prevalere delle idee sulle esibizionismo celebrativo. A partire dalla confezione dell'album, privo di note di copertina, ma arricchito da una grafica (opera ...

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Mary Halvorson: About Ghosts

Read "About Ghosts" reviewed by Mike Jurkovic

by Mike Jurkovic
June 8, 2025

It has become more than an urban legend that Brooklyn's genius-in-residence Mary Halvorson is supernaturally up to something. Some new route around something else. On her second resiliency test of the year--her first, the fiery Bone Bells (Pyroclastic, 2025) alongside hot-house pianist Sylvie Courvoisier still rattles the playlist--Halvorson's About Ghosts tells of wide open spaces with ...

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Rob Mazurek, Ches Smith, Steve Lehman, and Joe Fonda

by Jerome Wilson
June 4, 2025

This show features recent recordings by Joe Fonda, Steve Lehman and Ches Smith as well as older ones by Rob Mazurek, Kevin Sun, and Emily Remler. 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 Jethro Tull “Serenade ...

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Niran Dasika, Sylvie Courvoisier, Mary Halvorson, Timo Lassy & More

by Ludovico Granvassu
May 15, 2025

A world of sonic explorers from all over the world, in the 37 minutes of this playlist that you can enjoy from the comfort of your home.Happy listening!Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Timo Lassy Trio “Mountain Man Exit / Orlo" Live in Helsinki (We ...

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Nasheet Waits, Sasha Berliner, Nels Cline and the Premazzi-Nasser Quartet!

by Hobart Taylor
May 14, 2025

This week's show features the intricate melodies of the Premazzi-Nasser Quartet, new music from guitarist Rez Abbasi, Sasha Berliner, Norwegian trumpeter Arve Henriksen and the latest from Nasheet Waits. Playlist Premazzi-Nasser Quartet “Raoul Blues" from From What I Recall (OA2) 0:00 Nasheet Waits “Snake Hip Waltz" from New York Love Letter (Bitter Sweet) (Giant ...

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Hiromi, Ella Fitzgerald, Georgia Mancio & Alan Broadbent, Champian Fulton & Klas Lindquist, Deborah Silver, Johnny O'Neal & More

by Mary Foster Conklin
May 5, 2025

This broadcast celebrates the close of Jazz Appreciation Month with new releases from Deborah Silver, Hiromi, Ella Fitzgerald, Georgia Mancio & Alan Broadbent, Champian Fulton & Klas Lindquist and Johnny O'Neal, with birthday shoutouts to Kay Swift, Ella Fitzgerald, Ma Rainey, Ariane Racicot, Blossom Dearie and Kendra Shank, among others. Happy listening and please support the ...