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Article: Year in Review

I Dischi del 2025 secondo Maurizio Zerbo

Read "I Dischi del 2025 secondo Maurizio Zerbo" reviewed by Maurizio Zerbo


Il 2025 sarà ricordato da addetti ai lavori e jazzofili per l'altissima qualità e la notevole varietà delle proposte discografiche, animate da forze policentriche e da musiche non sempre direttamente jazzistiche, ma accomunate a questa estetica da spirito, tecniche e soluzioni formali. Questa mia selezione, presentata in ordine di preferenza, testimonia anche lo straordinario ...

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Article: Live Review

Sylvie Courvoisier, Wadada Leo Smith and Mary Halvorson at Roulette

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Sylvie Courvoisier, duets with Wadada Leo Smith and Mary Halvorson Roulette Intermedium New York, NY December 7, 2025 So far this jazz season, you'd be hard-pressed to find a double bill as savvy, timely and well-located as Sunday's concert of duets at Roulette Intermedium in Brooklyn. In successive sets, pianist Sylvie Courvoisier played ...

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Article: Album Review

Paul Dunmall: Here Today Gone Tomorrow

Read "Here Today Gone Tomorrow" reviewed by John Sharpe


  Much improvised music may be ephemeral, but Here Today Gone Tomorrow, captures British saxophonist Paul Dunmall's long-standing quartet at a peak of collective lucidity. Featuring pianist Liam Noble, bassist John Edwards and drummer Mark Sanders, the ensemble works through three slabs of unapologetic free jazz that display the rare assurance ...

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Article: Album Review

Dan Rosenboom: Coordinates

Read "Coordinates" reviewed by Max Kutner


Coordinates is a fully realized mature statement from composer, arranger, and trumpet virtuoso, Dan Rosenboom. It is a massive effort in multiple senses. Through an immersive concept centered dually around sound as character and the abstract relationships between numerical structures as they apply to time and groove, Rosenboom has crafted a self portrait that bridges many ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Music from the Branford Marsalis Quartet, Belgian trombonist Nabou Claerhout, Omar Sosa's latest

Read "Music from the Branford Marsalis Quartet, Belgian trombonist Nabou Claerhout, Omar Sosa's latest" reviewed by Hobart Taylor


A Solstice Meditation with the Branford Marsalis Quartet Plus New Tunes from Nabou, Omar Sosa, the Kate Wyatt Trio and a Resurrected Live Performance from Freddie Hubbard. Playlist Host Speaks 00:00 Nabou “Flux Bloom" from Indigo (Edition) 00:20 Jakob Bro /Wadada Leo Smith/Marcus Gilmore “Imagine the Fire and Flames that Lights Up the Light ...

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Article: Live Review

Vilnius Jazz Festival 2025

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Vilnius Jazz Festival 2025 Old Theatre of Vilnius Vilnius, Lithuania October 13-21, 2025 This report covers five days from October 15-19. The thirty-eighth edition of the Vilnius Jazz Festival opened with the assurance of an event that has spent decades refining both its aesthetic and its purpose. As one ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

One For Jack D.

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This is a special episode of The Outer View that pays tribute to the late drum master Jack DeJohnette. It includes some of his work as a bandleader as well as his collaborations with musicians like Charles Lloyd, Miles Davis, and Wadada Leo Smith. The show also includes music from other artists such as Pete La ...

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Article: Live Review

Jazzfest Berlin 2025

Read "Jazzfest Berlin 2025" reviewed by Giuseppe Segala


Jazzfest Berlin 2025 Haus der Berliner Festspiele, Quasimodo Jazz Club, A-Train Jazz Club, Chiesa monumentale Kaiser Wilhelm Berlino 30 ottobre--2 novembre 2025 Già nella prima serata di questa sessantaduesima edizione, il Jazzfest Berlin calava senza indugi una delle sue carte vincenti, con Wadada Leo Smith e Vijay Iyer sul grande ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Wadada Leo Smith, Jakob Bro, Henry Threadgill, Gregg Belisle-Chi & More

Read "Wadada Leo Smith, Jakob Bro, Henry Threadgill, Gregg Belisle-Chi & More" reviewed by Ludovico Granvassu


Here is a playlist highlighting recent releases by some of the most adventurous players of our time, with a special focus on two pillars of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians--as the AACM marks its 60th anniversary--Wadada Leo Smith and Henry Threadgill.Happy listening!Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

New Music from Formica, McCreadie, Blake & More

Read "New Music from Formica, McCreadie, Blake & More" reviewed by Bob Osborne


This week's selection of new music gathers artists working in jazz's more exploratory edges together with more traditional exponents approaching the music from new perspectives. Playlist Matías Formica “Frio" from Absurdo (Numeral) 00:00 Fergus McCreadie “Wayfinder" from The Shieling (Edition Records) 07:03 Johnathan Blake “Requiem For Dreams Shattered" from My Life ...


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