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Tom Caraher: Ninety Degrees
by Ian Patterson
For his debut as leader, Irish saxophonist Tom Caraher has roped in some of the country's finest jazz musicians to bring his music to life. The album clocks in around the length of an old vinyl, which, for some tastes is ideal in terms of attention span--it is easy to overegg it these days, with digital ...
Antonio Adolfo: Carnaval - The Songs Were So Beautiful
by Katchie Cartwright
What prompted pianist and composer Antonio Adolfo to record, in 2025, an album of songs from the 'golden age' of Brazilian carnaval music, circa 1920-1950? He has known and loved this music since he was a child, growing up in Rio de Janeiro. “All these songs are very alive in my memory," he told All About ...
Joe Santa Maria: Oblique Rhyme
by Jack Kenny
The perennial challenge of balancing individual expression with collective harmony is masterfully addressed by Joe Santa Maria (saxophones), David Tranchina (bass), Gary Fukushima (piano), and Colin Woodford (drums). Their collaboration weaves contemporary jazz with blues and avant-garde elements, crafting an eclectic sound that showcases the quartet's versatility and chemistry. Fukushima's style is strikingly individualistic, ...
46th Annual Tri-C JazzFest
by C. Andrew Hovan
46th Annual Tri-C JazzFest Playhouse Square Cleveland, OH June 26-28, 2025 Jazz festivals occupy a precarious space these days. Pressured by financial constraints, too many have drifted toward booking artists with only a passing connection to the jazz tradition. Cuts to both public and private funding have only compounded ...
Greg Murphy: Snap Happy
by Jack Bowers
A powerful and perceptive reading of Bronislau Kaper's “On Green Dolphin Street" sets the compass on Snap Happy, a splendid recording by pianist Greg Murphy's trio (and sometimes quartet) which is the New York-based artist's eighth album as leader of his own groups. To begin where the rubber meets the road, Murphy is ...
Reddish Fetish: Llegue
by Jack Bowers
Once the opening number is discounted as an anomaly, Llegue (pronounced yeh-geh) is a generally pleasing debut recording by the New Jersey-based Reddish Fetish octet, led by drummer Jason Reddish and featuring the Jersey City All-Stars. Reddish Fetish is the fresh incarnation of a group established in the late 1960s by the leader's father, saxophonist Bill ...
Lee Morgan: Here's Lee Morgan
by C. Andrew Hovan
While Craft Recordings' new OJC reissue series has largely drawn from its treasure trove of Prestige and Riverside titles, the label recently expanded its scope to include two standout jazz albums from Chicago's historic Vee-Jay Records. Founded in 1953 by husband-and-wife team James Bracken and Vivian Carter, Vee-Jay was not only one of the ...
San Francisco Jazz Festival 2025
by Harry S. Pariser
San Francisco Jazz Festival SFJAZZ San Francisco, CA June 13-15, 2025 For decades now, SFJAZZ has held the San Francisco Jazz Festival as a series of concerts spread over weeks. The festivities gained a permanent home when the new building opened in January 2013. This year, new Executive Artistic Director Terence ...
Denny Zeitlin: With a Song In My Heart: Exploring The Music of Richard Rodgers
by Dan McClenaghan
Musical memories from childhood have a way of sticking. For some, it might be an encounter with Beethoven from a dusty stack of old albums packed away in the parental record collection. For others, it might be the (then, 1954) modern surge of Bill Haley and the Comets shaking, rattling and rolling into the kitchen to ...
Julian Shore: Sub Rosa
by Jack Kenny
Sub Rosa demonstrates that Julian Shore now plays a key role in the evolution of the jazz piano trio. The jazz piano trio can be seen as the genre's answer to the classical string quartet. Both demand exceptional playing skills, intense listening, and a delicate balance among musicians. However, achieving this quality in a ...
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