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Patricia Brennan Trio at Bar Bayeux

by Paul Reynolds
Patricia Brennan Trio Bar Bayeux New York, NY September 24, 2025 If you've heard of Patricia Brennan, it's likely the awareness is recent. The Mexican vibraphonist isn't new to the scene, having been quietly honing her reputation through high-caliber collaborations in New York and elsewhere since at least the early 2020s. Yet she's traveled a little under the radar, even within the avant circles in which she belongs stylistically. Now, all of a ...
Continue ReadingNEEB: Take To The Sky

by Neil Duggan
For over two decades, UK collective NEEB have evolved their musical style. On the way, they have traversed drum and bass, house and techno influences, eventually reaching a distinctive niche at the intersection of song-based soul, jazz and ambient electronic music. The group began as a trio with bassist Tony Waite and drummer Mark Lloyd, along with Mark Hand on Rhodes piano and synthesizers. In 2023, they expanded into a quartet with the addition of vocalist Jasmine Weatherill, marking a ...
Continue ReadingArturo O'Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Ensemble at Miner Auditorium

by Steven Roby
Arturo O'Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Ensemble Miner Auditorium San Francisco, CA September 28, 2025 What you noticed first was the circle. Not a literal one--the chairs sat in standard rows--but a social circle that materialized as soon as Arturo O'Farrill addressed the room. He joked, testified, and conducted--in short bursts of fingers and eyebrows--an octet that behaved like a civic body. Before the opening tune cooled, he framed the night's thesis: urgency yoked ...
Continue ReadingFred Van Hove: WIM FANFARE - Free Music (1975 -1988)

by Fran Kursztejn
Parallel to the intrigue and innovation of the music, Jazz is a story of political and economic reorganization. In America, from the days of swing, bebop, and eventually free jazz, the story is repeatedly one of the musicians against the record companies, venues and financiers that seek to control both their wages and their artistic development. This art, beloved and respected globally, but it is also tainted by the legacies of disenfranchisement, ruthless commodification and socioeconomic neglect of even its ...
Continue ReadingEsperanza Spalding’s Prismid Sanctuary

by Sage Bava
Esperanza Spalding, has long been known for creating music with purpose, work that not only pushes the boundaries of jazz but also responds to deeper cultural and ecological needs. That same spirit now infuses her work with Prismid Sanctuary, the arts and ecology hub she co-directs in Portland, Oregon. Prismid is being rebuilt as a community-driven space where artists, culture-bearers and ecological practitioners can come together in a sustainable, reciprocal relationship with the land. True to her love ...
Continue ReadingTrance Map (Evan Parker & Matthew Wright): Horizons Held Close

by John Sharpe
Although there have been more populous versions of Trance Map on Crepuscule in Nickelsdorf (Intakt, 2019), and Marconi's Drift (False Walls, 2024), Horizons Held Close presents the outfit pared back to its original core: the soprano saxophone of Evan Parker and the electronics of Matt Wright. Parker's solo work often reaches beyond the possibilities open to normal mortals into something with an electronic vibe, a realm he explored even more thoroughly through his Electro-Acoustic Ensemble, first heard in 1996. While ...
Continue ReadingVinyl Old, New, and Reissued

by Patrick Burnette
Yep, it's one of those what did Pat find at the record store?" episodes, with an emphasis on lesser known artists (unless the guitarist from Tortoise is a secret superstar). It's a testament to jazz's recent love affair with vinyl that the newest album came out on the black stuff, one of the historic" albums is a reissue, and another one--a cratedigger's delight"--is slated for its own deluxe edition.Playlist Discussion of Charlie Rouse's album Cinnamon Flower (Douglas) 2:51 ...
Continue ReadingNew Music From Cardello, Taylor, Vollbrecht And More

by Bob Osborne
A show packed with new releases includes a couple of debut albums as well as two new releases from ECM Records and some newly found early '80s recordings from a British band led by Geoff Castle. A mix of intimate trio recordings, big band explorations and latin music is followed by a hypnotic piece of free improvisation from Rose Tang and Patrick Goulden.Playlist Caelan Cardello Groundwork" from Chapter One (Jazzbird Records) 00:00 John Taylor Tramonto" from Tramonto (ECM) ...
Continue ReadingThe Soundmakers Project, Susan Krebs & The Local Outfit, Robert Glasper

by Cheryl K.
During this week's two-hour program of jazz and improvised music, The Soundmakers Project led by guitarist Marc van Vugt and vocalist Ineke Vandoorn; pianist Jen Allen; vocalist Susan Krebs and The Local Outfit; keyboardist Joe Alterman and DJ, bassist and producer Mocean Worker; pianist Robert Glasper; trumpeter Josh Lawrence; and guitarist Heather McKay. Playlist Jean Carn Black Rainbow" from JID12 (Jazz Is Dead) 4:27 The Soundmakers Project Soundmaker Improv I" from The Soundmakers Project (Baixim) 4:42 Dory Hayley ...
Continue Reading50 Years Later: 10 Jazz Albums from 1975 That Deserve Another Spin

by Kyle Simpler
1975 was a landmark year for music, marked by several outstanding album releases. Bob Dylan's Blood on the Tracks (Columbia), Led Zeppelin's Physical Graffiti (Swan Song), Pink Floyd's Wish You Were Here (Harvest), Frank Zappa's One Size Fits All (DiscReet) and Jeff Beck's Blow by Blow (Epic) were just a few of the titles that have since become classic albums. The year, however, was not entirely dominated by rock albums. 1975 was also an essential year for jazz. ...
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