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Throwing back to our very first episode with Capri Records label owner, Tom Burns! For over 40 years, Tom has been producing jazz records and running his label. He has known and worked with some of the greats like Ray Brown ,, Bud Shank , Jeff Hamilton , John Clayton and so many more... [ read more ]
Our guest is the acclaimed Four-Time Grammy-award winning jazz drummer, band leader, educator, mentor and activist Terri Lyne Carrington , also the founder and artistic director of the Berklee College of Music's Institute of Jazz and Gender Justice.Terri shares here thoughts about her current recording project, the upc
Today's Music--Right Now! Fantastic music by Dwayne Dolphin, Ulysses Owens Jr. and Generation Y, Sir Roland Hanna, Sounds Of April and Randall, Kelly Green, Enoch Smith Jr., Henry Threadgill/Vijay Iyer/Dafnis Prieto, Carmen Lundy, Greg Abate Quartet, WDR Big Band, Fernando Ferrarone, Sebastian Zawadzki, Mike Clark, Ale
A nice, straight-forward jazz album caught Mike's ear, so he decided to do a podcast devoted to new releases that don't over egg the pudding, or as Google suggested, "go all around Robin Hood's barn?" (Google's been drinking again). Anyway, while he came up with two fine straight-ahead examples, Pat's offerings ended u
During this week's two-hour program of jazz and improvised music--vocalists Shirley Bassey, Stella Cole, and Cécile McLorin Salvant; vocalist Mikayla Shirley and pianist Yoko Miwa; vibraphonists Warren Wolf and Stefon Harris; flutist and improviser Haruna Fukazawa; pianist/composer/multi-instrumentalist Skinny Hightow
A collection of photos from the Brandon Woody's Upendo concert at Club Stodola in Warsaw on July 4, 2026 featuring Brandon Woody , Troy Long , Quincy Phillips and Michael Saunders ... [ read more ]
This international collection brings together a varied range of music , spanning current releases from independent labels alongside historical performances from earlier eras of the genre. It incorporates diverse stylistic approaches, moving across contemporary jazz compositions, avant-garde improvisations, and larger e
Chapters 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 Tuff Gong London In the weeks leading up to London, Xap had executed his strategy with pure managerial brilliance... [ read more ]
Célia Kameni Parc Floral de Paris Paris Jazz Festival August 29, 2026 On a rainy August afternoon, the gardens of the Parc Floral provided the perfect stage for a performance that moved effortlessly between genres. Located in the Bois de Vincennes in Paris' 12th arrondissement and near the Château de Vincennes, Parc Fl
Enjoy another playlist featuring projects where tradition gets lovingly bent, twisted, and reshaped.Happy listening!Playlist Ben Allison "Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash and Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 The Olympians "Thunderball" In Search of a Revival (Daptone) 0:16 Host talks 4:33 La La Lars "Uggledans" Lilla Lars (Goth
The Necks Paavli Kultuurivabrik Tallinn, Estonia April 25, 2026 The Necks revel in their improvisatory nature, but they do observe a handful of self-imposed parameters. Their free-form excursions customarily evolve over the span of around an hour, and their gigs usually involve a pair of sets, mostly navigating contras
Growing up in Toronto, Jacob Chung was introduced to jazz by his grandfather. "He had a record player," Chung recalled, "and he had Dave Brubeck 's Time Out album... [ read more ]
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