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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Mark Winkler, Lauren Henderson, Ben Clifton & Hal Galper

by Joe Dimino
August 17, 2025

We step into the 919th episode of Neon Jazz with a bittersweet note--bidding farewell to jazz titan Hal Galper, who left us at the age of 87 on July 18, 2025. His impact on the music was profound, but it was his role as an educator that continues to echo through generations of musicians. From that ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Anthony Wilson’s Nonet Blooms Again on House of the Singing Blossoms

by Steven Roby
August 17, 2025

Guitarist-composer Anthony Wilson is circling back to a format that has shaped his voice since the beginning: the nonet. His new live album, House of the Singing Blossoms (Sam First Records, 2025)), documents two nights at Los Angeles listening room Sam First and sets the stage for four shows at SFJAZZ's Joe Henderson Lab on September ...

Article: In Pictures

Laufey and the Virginia Symphony at the Chartway Arena

by Mark Robbins
August 17, 2025

Laufey (pronounced LAY-vay) first appeared at the Newport Jazz Festival on July 31, 2022. She shyly stood at the mic, she wore a simple white summer dress, guitar held in front of her like armor offering protection from the hundreds of people sitting in the audience. Soft spoken, she talked about her Chinese-Islandic heritage then she ...

News: Event

Drummer - Educator David F. Gibson’s Last Performance Is On Collaborative Project – Squeeze In Tight

August 17, 2025

Album is a tribute to the joy this gentle man left though his music and his life Jazz Power Initiative (JPI) co-founder, Managing and Artistic Director Eli Yamin, better known as Dr. E., got together with some of his favorite musicians and friends to make an album under the JPI label some months ago. The album, ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Rez Abbasi: When Everything Else Fades, Sound Remains

by Lawrence Peryer
August 16, 2025

Today, the Spotlight shines on guitarist and composer Rez Abbasi.Rez's new album with his Acoustic Quintet, Sound Remains (Whirlwind Recordings), puts steel-string acoustic guitar at the center of a deeply personal meditation on presence and impermanence. The album adds master percussionist Hasan Bakr to Rez's long-standing quartet with Bill Ware, Stephan Crump, and Eric ...

News: Education

Registration Now Open - Jazz For Teens Program Continues For 28th Year In Newark, New Jersey

August 16, 2025

Fall Semester: September 27 to December 13, 2025; Spring Semester: January 24 to May 16, 2026, 10:00am-5:00pm EST (schedules vary). Arts High School 550 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. Newark, NJ, 07102 Student musicians ages 13-18. Register: $700 per semester. $1,200 for full year. Registration is required. Scholarships and/or financial aid are available. ...

News: Music Industry

Yifei Xue: Shaping Sound At Power Station And Beyond

August 16, 2025

Yifei Xue, an internationally-recognized audio engineer, sound designer, and composer, has established himself as a leading figure in contemporary music and audio production, acclaimed for his innovative work at the historic recording studio The Power Station and across global music and art platforms. Since 2022, Xue has served as a Lead Audio Engineer and Producer at ...

Article: Live Review

Naturally 7 at Miner Auditorium

by Steven Roby
August 15, 2025

Naturally 7 Miner Auditorium San Francisco, CAAugust 10, 2025 Seven voices filled Miner Auditorium with the weight and punch of a full band--no guitars, no drum kit, no horns in sight. It was a packed house, and from the opening moments, the crowd responded to each reveal with whoops and standing ...

News: Contest

Last Chance To Enter the 14th Annual Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition

August 15, 2025

The New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) continues to accept applicants for the 14th annual Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition. The search is on for the next great jazz singer! Solo vocalists from around the world are encouraged to submit their entries before September 2, 2025, by visiting SarahVaughanCompetition.com. In the Fall, the Top Five ...

News: Recording

Bassist/Producer Frank Swart's 'Mischief In The Musitorium' Features Vernon Reid, Lenny White, Donald Harrison And More!

August 15, 2025

A new record bringing together some of the most fearless voices in modern music: Vernon Reid (Living Colour), Nduduzo Makhathini, Jason Marsalis, Lenny White (Miles Davis and Return to Forever), G Calvin Weston (Ornette Coleman), Donald Harrison and Bill Summers (The Headhunters). This album is a collision of alt-jazz, progressive blues, and improvisational fusion- equal parts ...