Podcast Episodes

Jessica Pavone, Maher Beauroy, Wil Blades, Nduduzo Makhathini & Other New Releases

Episode 210

Another set dedicated to new and upcoming releases, with a special focus on recent Hammond Organ Trios and Quartets; jazz from, or inspired by, Africa and the Antilles; a tribute to 40 years of the F…

Published on 3 years, 4 months ago

Jon Irabagon, Laura Jurd, Seamus Blake, Quentin Ghomari & More New Releases

Episode 210

Going through hundreds of new jazz albums is a trying job. But somebody’s got do it. And we do it so you don’t have to. So please sit back, relax and enjoy some the most delicious bites of the gargan…

Published on 3 years, 4 months ago

André Minvielle, Jimetta Rose, Simone Prattico, Basher & Other New Releases

Episode 209

The life affirming power of the human voice, from the modern spirituality of Jimetta Rose & Voices of Creation to the irreverence crazy eclecticism of André Minvielle [pictured], or the haunting eleg…

Published on 3 years, 4 months ago

Chelsea Carmichael, Takuya Kuroda, James Taylor Quartet, OHMA & Other New Releases

Episode 209

We are back with another set-list chockful of exciting new and upcoming albums, from the cinematic atmospheres of the James Taylor Quartet and the mysterious Louis Fontane, to the explorations of Sam…

Published on 3 years, 4 months ago

Julia Hülsmann, Black Jesus Experience, Snarky Puppy, Jonathan Pinson & More New Releases

Episode 208

A few of the many accents through which today’s Lingua Franca, jazz, is spoken around the world.

The playlist features Snarky Puppy; SNACKTIME; Black Jesus Experience; James Brandon Lewis feat. The Me…

Published on 3 years, 4 months ago

Bobby Previte, Angles, Roxana Amed, The Comet Is Coming & More New Releases

Episode 208

This week we feature some great examples of how tradition continues to fuel modern jazz projects, and the many ways in which jazz incorporates elements from other musical traditions (from Korea to Sp…

Published on 3 years, 4 months ago

Sisters from Another Jazz Mother? Part 2

Episode 207

You know how scientists say that, statistically, every person has roughly six look-alikes around the world? Well the same seems to be true in the music world, where one can find quite a few songs tha…

Published on 3 years, 4 months ago

Sisters from Another Jazz Mother? Part 1

Episode 207

Music geekery is at the heart of this week's edition. Over the years, time and time again I have come across songs that left me thinking… "Wait… there’s a melody in this chorus or this solo that real…

Published on 3 years, 4 months ago

Meditations on Crime, Miles Okazaki, Kurt Elling, Maggie Jean Martin

Episode 206

A mystery project bearing the DNA of the late Hal Willner and Sun Ra, a project inspired by the poetry of that same Herman Poole Blount, tributes to Carla Bley and Lars Gullin, saxophonists on the ri…

Published on 3 years, 5 months ago

Elsa Nilsson, Too Many Zooz, Gard Nilssen, Claire Michael & Other New Releases

Episode 206

It’s been another hot sweaty week… and so we decided to open today’s edition with some hot sweaty genre-defying music courtesy of Moon Hooch, Too Many Zooz and Meute, then we keep the simmer pretty s…

Published on 3 years, 5 months ago