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Laura

Featuring the music of David Najera Gonzalez
Duration: 5:39
October 22, 2026

David Najera Gonzalez is a New York City-based drummer and composer who leads Viento, a dynamic jazz-rock trio known for its engaging performances and distinctive sound. The trio features Alex Jay Frondelli on guitar and Jasper Grigsby Schulte on bass. Viento has received recognition from publications such as Jazz Weekly, Paris Move, and Jazz Views, while their performances have also been featured by international media outlets including La Jornada and Milenio.

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Radar

Featuring the music of Jonathan Barber
Duration: 6:48
October 18, 2026

You may not have heard of drummer Jonathan Barber, but he’s already arrived as a powerhouse. Word-of-mouth led him to transformative roles with tenor saxophonist JD Allen in 2013 and trumpeter Jeremy Pelt starting in 2017. After being named “#1 Up-and-Coming Drummer” in 2018 by Modern Drummer, he caught the ear of Pat Metheny, who brought him early into his Side-Eye project. Barber brings explosive intensity through muscular tom fills, rat-a-tat jabs on snare and sophisticated syncopation on cymbal. He leads the group Vision Ahead, blending fusion, bop and gospel feels, with his long-time personnel Andrew Renfroe on guitar, Taber Gable on keys, Matt Dwonszyk on bass and Matt Knoegel here on tenor. Captured live for the concert series “Musig im Pflegidach” (“Music in the Care Home Attic”), the performance of “Radar” unfolds under the aged wooden rafters of a Benedictine monastery founded in 1027 AD. Note the great blend of timbres, especially horn and guitar.

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Jan Garbarek in Concert 2006

Featuring the music of Jan Garbarek
Duration: 99:00
October 11, 2026

There are few modern jazz styles as distinctive as the atmospheric “Nordic Jazz,” and few artists who have contributed to that sound as much as tenor/soprano saxophonist Jan Garbarek. His use of space and reverb, combined with bent notes, created a plaintive sound that borders on sacred, especially on ballads. Taken at greater tempo, his bends sound more like squawks, his melodies are folk-like and his drum kit and percussion players favor world music rhythms. The result is a sense of unabashed joy and a unique feel that’s a far cry from syncopated swing. For your listening pleasure, revel in the mastery of Garbarek (pronounced Gar-Bah’-Rek, accent on the second syllable) and his group in their concert at Burghausen Wacker-Halle in Germany in 2006. Yes, you can listen to just one or two songs, but the whole concert is truly brilliant. For choice video viewing from an earlier period in his career, look on YouTube for the Jan Garbarek Group and “Molde Norwalk Concert 1982.”

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Everything in its Right Place

Featuring the music of Peter Martin
Duration: 04:53
October 4, 2026

Radiohead’s track “Everything in its Right Place” was seminal. It announced the transition of the band from indie guitar rock to ambient pulse music. The song, from 2000, has since been covered by several stars, including Robert Glasper and Brad Mehldau, but for the best version when it comes to a polished video, here’s a vote for the version from Open Studio. Open Studio is an online jazz teaching platform covering beginner to master class levels. Among its well-known teachers are the performers on this track: Peter Martin on piano, Adam Maness on synthesizer, Bob DeBoo on bass and bass synthesizer, and Kaleb Kirby on drums. Completed in a single take, this Radiohead cover tune offers an experience that should get any jazz fan’s head bobbing. Especially worth noting are the laid-back intensity; the dark visual backdrop contrasted with angled spotlights; the clever knob-turning effect from muffled tone to bright at 00:36; the reharmonized piano solo at 1:34, and the set-'em-loose drum solo.

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Defying Gravity

Featuring the music of Amanda Barise
Duration: 04:05
September 27, 2026

Powerhouse collective, Third Reprise, breathes electric, new life into theater standards by reimagining them through a sophisticated jazz-funk lens. Fronted on this tune by the soulful, soaring vocals of Amanda Barise and anchored by arranger Daniel Rudin's sharp instrumentation, this live studio performance transforms a Broadway classic, “Defying Gravity,” from the musical and movie Wicked, into an absolute groove monster. Listen for the exceptionally tight horn-driven syncopation, the slick synth textures, and a blistering bassline that underpins Barise's vocal acrobatics during the climax. It takes (show/jazz/funk) fusion in a whole new direction.

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Take the 'A' Train - Gypsy Jazz Style

Featuring the music of Clement Reboul
Duration: 02:08
September 20, 2026

Every day is a good day to “Take the 'A' Train.” That’s especially true when one encounters a highly-talented, yet lesser-known gypsy jazz band driving the train’s wheels at 134 beats per minute. Guitarists Clement Reboul and Aurélien Robert, upright bassist Ghali Hadefi and guest clarinetist Hugo Proy nail the tempo and hot jazz feel, and the guitarists perfectly complement each others’ strumming and riffs. The coordination is a sign of the years of experience that the collective Clément Reboul’s Jazz Manouche has working together. All aboard!

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Stolen Moments

Featuring the music of Lee Ritenour
Duration: 7:20
September 13, 2026

Can any song put you in a melancholy mood better than “Stolen Moments,” composed by Oliver Nelson with its major release in 1961? Well, there’s a case to be made for another version of the song to be considered the smokiest and most swinging -- it’s the all-star group featuring Lee Ritenour (guitar), Ernie Watts (tenor sax), Alan Broadbent (piano), plus Harvey Mason (drums) and Brian Bromberg (bass). This 1990 live version is a master class on how to play with elastic time and how to build a solo from the ground up. In particular, Broadbent opens with a melange of extended harmonies; Ritenour follows with his best impression of Wes Montgomery’s octave double-stops, and finally Watts provides the coup de grace with a burning, emotional solo. By the way, the New York Voices version on Youtube is really good, too. What’s your favorite "Stolen Moments?"

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People Will Say We're in Love

Featuring the music of Lucy Yeghiazaryan
Duration: 7:23
October 25, 2026

The AAJ community is great at uncovering emerging performers. Here, credit goes to R.J. DeLuke for interviewing Lucy Yeghiazaryan: Serious And Seriously Talented and capturing her story of learning jazz as a child in Armenia and carving out her mark based in the New York City metro area. Ultimately, listening is all the proof one needs of her joyful, swinging talents. Here, she covers a “classic’s classic” -- “People Will Say They’re in Love,” from the Broadway smash musical, Oklahoma! Her assertive, lower alto voice, elastic phrasing and talk-sung interjections are simply mesmerizing. Dare one say, her styling would be apropos if it were translated to Louis Armstrong’s horn. As a special treat, Emmet Cohen and Benny Benack III deliver masterful multi-chorus solos on piano and trumpet, respectively. Emmet also brings along top-of-the-line session bassist Mark Lewandowski and drummer Joe Farnsworth. To concentrate on Yeghiazaryan’s vocals, begin with the first chorus, followed by trading 4’s at 4:55 and the out chorus at 5:55. Want more? For a lovely ballad, search YouTube for Yeghiazaryan’s intimate “Isn’t It a Pity?” on which she is accompanied by the delicate Rossano Sportiello.

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Cassandra Wilson at North Sea Jazz

Featuring the music of Cassandra Wilson
Duration: 65:15
September 6, 2026

Cassandra Wilson was a singular voice in the world of jazz. A smoky contralto, she poured a well of emotion into everything she sang — her blues ached, her ballads floated, her percussion-driven grooves felt visceral. She skillfully reinvented arrangements from the canon of jazz standards, pop, blues, folk and African music. What never changed was the space she left around the phrases, room enough for every listener in the room to pour in their own meaning. Wilson’s accomplishments led her to be named “America’s Best Singer” in 2001 by Time Magazine and to be bestowed a National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master award in 2022. The full range of the songstress was well-captured at the North Sea Jazz Festival in 2003, especially on “Lay, Lady, Lay” (by Bob Dylan) at 2:08, “I Want More” at 34:20, and “Tupelo Honey” (by Van Morrison) at 40:00. Cassandra Wilson passed away September 1, 2026.

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Curves Ahead

Featuring the music of The Rippingtons
Duration: 5:26
August 30, 2026

Starting in the 1980s, smooth jazz greatly expanded the audience for jazz-adjacent music. The best performers of this sub-genre could solo ably enough to please casual listeners. However, the Achilles Heel of the smooth movement was that the typical song’s melody and changes weren’t unique and catchy enough to warrant a passionate devotion. Without that, the tunes could border on elevator “muzak.” The Rippingtons, led by guitarist Russ Freeman, met and surpassed that melodic hurdle with contemporary jazz hits such as “Welcome to the St. James’ Club,” “Tourist in Paradise” and "Curves Ahead." The band’s doubled-up leads on guitar (or guitar synth penny whistle) and sax, phat synth sounds, and locked-in digital and acoustic percussion rhythms were easy to identify on the radio. Also, be sure to listen for the poppin' bass riffs. The Rippingtons join Spyro Gyra, Fattburger and Fourplay among the most satisfying groups of that era.