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Article: Catching Up With

Marta Sánchez: Hitting a Different Note

by Don Ball
April 7, 2026

Marta Sánchez has established herself as one of the up-and-coming musicians in the jazz field, as evinced by her 2025 DownBeat Critics Poll in the Rising Star Pianist category win. In addition to her prowess on the piano, she is a skilled composer, whose compositions with her quintet over the past decade have shown an intricate ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Stop, Reset and Consider: Listening to Women Jazz Artists

by Jon Greenbaum
March 15, 2026

It's Women's History Month and we are focusing on women jazz artists. We're playing albums where women are leading the date or are featured prominently.Playlist Emily Rach Beisel “Her Still Singing Limbs" from Sumptuous Branching (Amalgam) 00:00 Satoko Fujii Quartet “Mountain Gnome" from Burning Wick (Libra Records) 07:05 Susie Ibarra “Human Beginnings" from Flower ...

Article: Year in Review

Ludovico Granvassu's Garden Of Jazzy Delights 2025

by Ludovico Granvassu
January 3, 2026

Capturing the breathtaking beauty, range, and diversity of jazz released in 2025 through a list of “10 best albums" feels as challenging, vain--and ultimately disappointing--as trying to photograph the Grand Canyon at sunset by placing a pinhole in front of a rudimentary digital camera's lens. Sure, a picture will be taken. It might even prove you ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

The Final Batch of My Favorite 2025 Jazz Things - Part 2

by Ludovico Granvassu
January 2, 2026

The past six months have delivered more music than anyone could possibly absorb in real time. So this week, instead of trying to keep up, we slow things down and look back--focusing on the songs that earned repeat listens and slowly made a home in our ears.Happy listening!Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz ...

Article: Album Review

Webber/Morris Big Band: Unseparate

Read "Unseparate" reviewed by Angelo Leonardi

by Angelo Leonardi
December 8, 2025

Le sassofoniste Anna Webber e Angela Morris confermano le innovative concezioni orchestrali dimostrate in Both Are True (Greenleaf Music, 2020), con un disco ancor più avvincente, che s'impone tra i migliori dell'anno. L'organico registra pochissime variazioni (le più significativa sono l'ingresso della pianista Marta Sanchez al posto di Marc Hannaford e le assenze della vibrafonista Patricia ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Rin Seo, Tino Tracanna, Webber/Morris Big Band, Yuhan Su & More

by Ludovico Granvassu
October 30, 2025

This time we dive into the music of adventurous large and mid-size ensembles rewriting the rules of how size can matter, then close with a burst of spiritual fire from New Zealand.Happy listening!Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 The 8-Bit Big Band “Waluigi Pinball (From ...

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Meet journalist Rob Adams

by Cheryl K.
September 22, 2025

In this hour, an interview with UK journalist and operator of Rob Adams Music Touring, Rob Adams. Plus, new music from the Webber/Morris Big Band, Icelandic pianist and post-classical composer Eydís Evensen, and another single from vocalist and storyteller Allen Austin-Bishop's upcoming release. Playlist Darius Jones “We Inside Now" from Legend of e'Boi (The ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

John Escreet, David Murray and Stan Tracey

by Jerome Wilson
July 17, 2024

This show features newer work by John Escreet, David Murray, and Stephan Crump as well as older music from Stan Tracey, Ed Palermo, and the Webber/Morris Big Band. Playlist Henry Threadgill Sextett “I Can't Wait Till I Get Home" from The Complete Novus & Columbia Recordings of Henry Threadgill & Air (Mosaiz) 00:00 Brad ...

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Saxophonists, Classic and Contemporary

by Jerome Wilson
August 10, 2022

This show features a wide variety of saxophonists, both as soloists and bandleaders. It includes iconic players like Stan Getz and Roscoe Mitchell as well as today's stars with Melissa Aldana and Miguel Zenon. Playlist Henry Threadgill Sextett “I Can't Wait Till I Get Home" from The Complete Novus & Columbia Recordings of Henry ...

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Size Matters: (Mostly New) Jazz for Big Bands and Orchestras, Part 4

by Ludovico Granvassu
August 14, 2021

In the early days of jazz, “Orchestra" was used to identify bands larger than a septet. Nowadays, jazz orchestras and big bands are much larger than that, like those we feature in our final installment of our mini-series dedicated to (mostly new and upcoming) releases by big bands and orchestras which can be found at the ...