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Article: In the Artist's Own Words

Why Is Japan a Jazz Paradise? Part 2—From Sake to Soul: Jazz Musicians and Their Love for Japan

Read "Why Is Japan a Jazz Paradise? Part 2—From Sake to Soul: Jazz Musicians and Their Love for Japan" reviewed by Atzko Kohashi

by Atzko Kohashi

Part 1 | Part 2 In May 2025 Japan welcomed an estimated 3.693 million visitors, marking a surge in global fascination with the country--up 125% (more than double!) compared to a decade ago. Many come for the exquisite Japanese cuisine, the tranquil atmosphere of temples and shrines, the ultra-modern buzz of Tokyo, or the ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Roberto Magris, Claire Ritter, and Jessica Jones

Read "Roberto Magris, Claire Ritter, and Jessica Jones" reviewed by Jerome Wilson

by Jerome Wilson

This show features recent music from Roberto Magris. Claire Ritter, and Jessica Jones. It also contains older work from Yusef Lateef, Tomasz Stanko, and Dizzy Gillespie. It also has a tribute to the late Jesse Colin Young. Playlist Henry Threadgill Sextett “I Can't Wait Till I Get Home" from The Complete Novus & Columbia ...

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Article: Album Review

Greg Burk / Michel Lambert: Wind Forms

Read "Wind Forms" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto

"Music is at its best when it brings the human imagination to light." Pianist Greg Burk wrote these words inside the cover of his 2009 release, Many Worlds (482 Music). Throughout his career, his music has embodied this idea, and Wind Forms is no exception. That earlier release featured a quartet, including drummer Michel ...

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Article: Interview

Kenny Garrett Speaks Through The Soul of His Jazz

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by Dean Nardi

Mental bungee-jumping may not be their sport of choice, but a cerebral ledge exists that sooner or later every jazz musician must leap off. One day, ready or not, tuning up or shaking down their instrument, they will glance in a mirror, hug a pregnant mother-to-be, second-line a funeral, walk in the deepest, dark woods, chance ...

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Article: Album Review

Emad Armoush's Rayhan: Distilled Extractions

Read "Distilled Extractions" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto

Jazz and creative music have always resisted assimilation. By that, I mean jazz draws upon--or perhaps more accurately, appropriates--sounds, traditions and styles to create something entirely new. This has been true since New Orleans musicians blended Caribbean, French, African and Sicilian influences while performing on traditional marching band instruments. Over the century-plus since its inception, improvising ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

John Daversa, Eric Dolphy, and Jamie Baum

Read "John Daversa, Eric Dolphy, and Jamie Baum" reviewed by Jerome Wilson

by Jerome Wilson

This program from June 2021 features music from John Daversa, Fred Hersch, Eric Dolphy, Jakob Bro)), and {{Jamie Baum. Playlist Henry Threadgill Sextett “I Can't Wait Till I Get Home" from The Complete Novus & Columbia Recordings of Henry Threadgill & Air (Mosaic) 0:00 Thelonious Monk “Monk's Mood" from Thelonious Himself (Riverside) 1:02 The ...

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Atlantis Lullaby - The Concert from Avignon

By Yusef Lateef

Label: Elemental Music
Released: 2024
Track listing: CD 1:

Inside Atlantis; A Flower; Yusef's Mood; Lowland Lullaby.

CD 2:

Eboness; I'm Getting Sentimental Over You; The Untitled.

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Mingus Takes Manhattan - The Complete Birdland Dates: 1961 - 1962

By Charles Mingus

Label: New Land Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: 21st October 1961 - 24th March 1962 - Nouroog; Ecclusiastics; Hog Callin` Blues; Take The ‘A’ Train; Fables Of Faubus ; Eat That Chicken.

31st March 1962 - 5th May 1962 - Monk, Funk Or Vice Versa; Oh Lord, Don’t Let Them...; Eat That Chicken; Reets and I.

5th May 1962 - 12th May 1962 - Monk, Funk or Vice Versa; Devil Woman; Eat That Chicken; Introduction by Symphony Syd; Peggy’s Blue Skylight ; Tijuana Table Dance (aka Ysabel’s Table Dance); Eat That Chicken.

19th October 1962 - 26th October 1962 - The Search (I Can't Get Started); Monk, Funk or Vice Versa; Please Don't Come Back From The Moon; Eat That Chicken; Monk, Funk or Vice Versa; O.P.; The Search (I Can't Get Started).

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Article: Interview

Lonnie Davis: Lighting Up Charlotte with Jazz

Read "Lonnie Davis: Lighting Up Charlotte with Jazz" reviewed by K. Shackelford

by K. Shackelford

In the '90s, fierce jazz curator, flutist, and educator Lonnie Davis found herself as the only female in The University of New Orleans jazz program. Prior to that, she studied under jazz patriarch Ellis Marsalis while a high school student at the highly selective and musically rigorous New Orleans Center for Creative Arts. The brilliant music ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

From McCoy Tyner To Nubya Garcia Via A Detroit Techno Cover From Japan

Read "From McCoy Tyner To Nubya Garcia Via A Detroit Techno Cover From Japan" reviewed by Andy Crowther

by Andy Crowther

Music from Uruguay, Denmark, plenty of piano old and new... Latin vibes, vocal pyrotechnics from Jon Lucien, the stunning new Jaubi and Nubya Garcia albums plus '70s Blue Note sample material. Playlist John Wright Trio “You Do It" from Nice 'N' Tasty (Prestige) 00:00 McCoy Tyner “Effendi" from Inception (Impulse) 05:49 Duke Pearson “The ...


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