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The Commercialists are a Milwaukee-based jazz trio whose goal in life is to spread holiday cheer through the music of A Charlie Brown Christmas by Vince Guaraldi.

Article: Year in Review

Joshua Weiner's Best Jazz Albums Of 2025

by Joshua Weiner
December 12, 2025

As we approach the holidays and the end of the year, here are my favorite albums I reviewed for AAJ in 2025! McCoy TynerForces Of Nature: Live At Slugs' Blue Note Records Larry GoldingsI Will Sam First Records

Article: Album Review

Cincinnati Contemporary Jazz Orchestra: The Nutcracker Remix

Read "The Nutcracker Remix" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
December 10, 2025

For those who assumed that Duke Ellington may have had the last word when it came to jazz interpretations of Peter Tchaikovsky's memorable Nutcracker Suite, welcome to The Nutcracker Remix, an awesome new portrayal of Tchaikovsky's enduring work by the stellar Cincinnati Contemporary Jazz Orchestra. This is Tchaikovsky for the 21st century, saluting ...

Article: Building a Jazz Library

Jazz Dogs: Ten Essential Dog-Eared Tunes

by Ian Patterson
December 9, 2025

Everybody's best friend. Okay, so not everyone loves dogs. But find yourself buried in an avalanche and it will be a dog that sniffs you out. The last person found alive after the World Trade Center collapsed on 9/11 was sniffed out by a rescue dog. Guide dogs helped lead their blind owners to safety from ...

Article: Live Review

Christian McBride and Brad Mehldau at The Clarice

by Robert Bellafiore
October 7, 2025

Christian McBride and Brad Mehldau The Clarice College Park, MDOctober 2, 2025 Christian McBride and Brad Mehldau made it to the top of their game together, each helping the other rise from promising talent in early '90s New York City to modern king of the bass and piano, respectively. Now, they ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Chuck Mangione, Joe Farnsworth, Sarah Wilson & Hermon Mehari

by Joe Dimino
August 10, 2025

Welcome to Episode 918 of Neon Jazz--a journey that kicks off in true style with the soulful synergy of Paris-based trumpeter Hermon Mehari and pianist Tony Tixier on their new organic duo project, Soul Song. Hermon, with his deep Kansas City roots, continues to illuminate the European jazz scene with grace and power. From there, we ...

Article: Live Review

Cécile McLorin Salvant's Ogresse At Carnegie Hall

by Adam Beaudoin
August 8, 2025

Cécile McLorin Salvant Carnegie Hall Ogresse New York, NY May 21, 2025 The relationship between jazz and classical music has a long, complicated history. Musicians themselves tend to care more about the music than concepts of genre, and you only need to listen to the echoes of French Impressionism ...

Article: Multiple Reviews

Vince Guaraldi’s Charlie Brown: Jazz Impressions and Good Sport

by Mark Sullivan
August 8, 2025

Everyone knows the Vince Guaraldi soundtrack A Charlie Brown Christmas (Fantasy Records, 1965). However, Guaraldi composed and performed music for many other Peanuts-related projects, two of which have been recently released. They represent the beginning and end of the journey: Jazz Impressions of a Boy Named Charlie Brown was recorded in 1964, one year before the ...

News: Video / DVD

Vince Guaraldi: Two Albums With a Latin Feel

May 28, 2025

Best known for his success composing and playing music for the Charlie Brown and Peanuts TV specials of the 1960s, Vince Guaraldi actually had a struggling jazz career through much of the 1950s. Born in the North Beach section of San Francisco, he started out playing with local vibraphonist Cal Tjader in 1951. His first leadership ...

Article: Multiple Reviews

Vince Guaraldi: Animated Indeed

by Doug Collette
May 18, 2025

Pianist/composer Vince Guaraldi had already made a name for himself before he became progenitor of soundtracks for the animated television programs based on Charles M. Schulz' 'Peanuts' characters. Accordingly, it is arguable that, even as Guaraldi enthusiastically embraced his new opportunity, he also knew his very name lent credibility to those projects; after all, he won ...