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Groove Junkies

Groove Junkies

Ben Patterson Jazz Orchestra
2024-04-30
7
Heartland Radio

Heartland Radio

Remy Le Boeuf’s Assembly of Shadows
2024-04-22
6
On the Trail With the Lonesome Pines

On the Trail With the Lonesome Pines

Hilary Gardner
2024-04-12
7
Guinga

Guinga

Natalie Cressman & Ian Faquini
2024-03-31
4
Fellowship

Fellowship

David Gibson
2024-03-29
6
Grit & Grace

Grit & Grace

Jennifer Wharton's Bonegasm
2023-11-02
10
How Love Begins

How Love Begins

Nicole Zuraitis
2023-08-25
2
Third Time's The Charm

Third Time's The Charm

Benny Benack III
2023-07-15
3
Multitudes

Multitudes

Nadje Noordhuis + James Shipp
2023-06-30
3
Close Connection

Close Connection

Laszlo Gardony
2023-06-20
5
Verdant

Verdant

Ellie Martin
2023-06-17
7
Nowhere Girl

Nowhere Girl

Nicky Schrire
2023-06-10
3
Radio Sechaba

Radio Sechaba

Bokani Dyer
2023-05-30
6
With Best Intentions

With Best Intentions

Jochen Rueckert
2023-05-25
6
Your Requests

Your Requests

Laila Biali
2023-05-16
6
Autumn Serenade

Autumn Serenade

Bill Mays Trio
2023-05-14
6
Gravity

Gravity

Martin Wind/Peter Weniger/Jonas Burgwinkel
2023-04-16
6
Symphony

Symphony

Jean-Michel Pilc
2023-03-20
4
9 to 5

9 to 5

3D Jazz Trio
2023-03-15
7
Tunnel Visionaries

Tunnel Visionaries

Viento Terral
2023-03-08
5
Made in Miami

Made in Miami

Camilo Valencia / Richard Bravo
2023-02-06
25
Plan To Be Spontaneous

Plan To Be Spontaneous

Steve Shapiro
2023-01-21
3
Songs of the Doomed: Some Jaded, Atavistic Freakout

Songs of the Doomed: Some Jaded, Atavistic Freakout

Dan McCarthy
2022-12-11
5
Lullaby for Planet Earth

Lullaby for Planet Earth

Carlo Mombelli
2022-11-04
3
The Way of the Groove

The Way of the Groove

Ben Patterson
2022-10-04
6
Paris Sessions 2

Paris Sessions 2

Tierney Sutton
2022-08-24
3
Shine Thru

Shine Thru

Dan Schnelle
2022-07-10
6
Finish The Sun

Finish The Sun

Shane Cooper & Mabuta
2022-06-07
1
My 90s Summer

My 90s Summer

Yuval Amihai
2022-06-05
9
The Relay

The Relay

The Relay
2022-06-02
4
Kindred

Kindred

Melanie Scholtz & Jo Skaansar
2022-05-05
5
It's All Right With Me

It's All Right With Me

Liz Terrell
2022-03-23
4
Baden

Baden

Gui Duvignau
2022-03-12
8
Sonhos Da Esquina

Sonhos Da Esquina

Ryan Keberle's Collectiv do Brasil
2022-03-01
5
Consecrated

Consecrated

Earl MacDonald
2021-12-26
1
Plena

Plena

Michael Eckroth Group
2021-12-21
7
On A Mountain

On A Mountain

Shannon Gunn
2021-11-24
6
Phantoms of Memory

Phantoms of Memory

Nick Sanders
2021-11-18
4
Gullfoss

Gullfoss

Nadje Noordhuis
2021-10-01
4
Major Influence

Major Influence

Graham Dechter
2021-09-26
8
Dikson

Dikson

Don Peretz
2021-09-06
8
Time Frames

Time Frames

Michael Waldrop
2021-09-03
239
Blessings and Blues

Blessings and Blues

Neil Gonsalves Trio
2021-08-05
2
Live in New York & L.A.

Live in New York & L.A.

Bob Holz
2021-04-21
3
Summer Water

Summer Water

Scott DuBois
2021-04-18
9
The Heart Always Remembers

The Heart Always Remembers

Sandra Marlowe
2021-03-31
3
Dreams of Flying

Dreams of Flying

Janis Mann & Kenny Werner
2021-03-11
9
Heritage from an African Continent

Heritage from an African Continent

Jesse Mogale
2021-03-06
2
An East African Journey

An East African Journey

Omar Sosa
2021-03-03
8
The Latin Side of Wes Montgomery

The Latin Side of Wes Montgomery

Nelson Riveros
2021-03-02
5

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In Pictures | 2024-03-27
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Alan Ferber: Enneadic Endeavors

Interview | 2023-07-20
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Wondering: Harvie S and Roni Ben-Hur featuring Sylvia Cuenca

Liner Notes | 2023-05-03
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CeCe Gable: Next Year's Song

Liner Notes | 2023-03-15
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Steve Slagle: Into The Heart Of It

Liner Notes | 2023-03-11
2
Read "Adam Larson: Listen With Your Eyes"

Adam Larson: Listen With Your Eyes

Liner Notes | 2023-03-10
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Dida Pelled: A Missing Shade Of Blue

Liner Notes | 2023-03-06
5
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Marshall Gilkes: Cyclic Journey

Liner Notes | 2023-03-05
6
Read "Jennifer Wharton: Not a Novelty"

Jennifer Wharton: Not a Novelty

Liner Notes | 2023-03-03
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Read "New Faces: New Sounds"

New Faces: New Sounds

Liner Notes | 2023-02-13
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Read "Jim Snidero: Far Far Away"

Jim Snidero: Far Far Away

Liner Notes | 2023-02-07
9
Read "Steven Feifke: Kinetic"

Steven Feifke: Kinetic

Interview | 2021-07-29
7
Read "Little Leaps and Sounds: 12 Intermediate Jazz Studies"

Little Leaps and Sounds: 12 Intermediate Jazz Studies

Book Review | 2021-05-29
4
Read "Dan McCarthy: A Place Where We Once Lived"

Dan McCarthy: A Place Where We Once Lived

Interview | 2021-05-20
4
Read "Sizeable Outfits, Enviable Outcomes: Large Ensembles In Pursuit Of Excellence"

Sizeable Outfits, Enviable Outcomes: Large Ensembles In Pursuit...

Multiple Reviews | 2021-02-19
9
Read "Maria Schneider: On Worlds Diverged"

Maria Schneider: On Worlds Diverged

Interview | 2020-08-20
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Read "Massimo Biolcati: Positive Polymath, Cooperative Catalyst"

Massimo Biolcati: Positive Polymath, Cooperative Catalyst

Multiple Reviews | 2020-02-18
4
Read "We Three Holiday Happenings: Season's Greetings From Benny Benack III and the Steven Feifke Big Band, Martina DaSilva and Dan Chmielinski, and Dave Stryker"

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Multiple Reviews | 2019-12-05
3
Read "Cathy Segal-Garcia: A Weaver Of Dreams"

Cathy Segal-Garcia: A Weaver Of Dreams

Multiple Reviews | 2019-11-18
4
Read "Northern Voices: Heather Bambrick and Brenda Earle Stokes"

Northern Voices: Heather Bambrick and Brenda Earle Stokes

Multiple Reviews | 2019-10-26
6
Read "6 Steps To Big Band Writing"

6 Steps To Big Band Writing

Book Review | 2019-06-25
5
Read "Matt Davis: Big Family, Big Picture"

Matt Davis: Big Family, Big Picture

Interview | 2019-03-21
12
Read "The Sound Of Progress: Lioness And Ellen Rowe"

The Sound Of Progress: Lioness And Ellen Rowe

Multiple Reviews | 2019-02-21
6
Read "South African Saliency: Reza Khota, Carlo Mombelli, Andrew Lilley, and Mandisi Dyantyis"

South African Saliency: Reza Khota, Carlo Mombelli, Andrew...

Multiple Reviews | 2019-02-20
3
Read "Leaps & Sounds: 12 Contemporary Etudes for Jazz Saxophone"

Leaps & Sounds: 12 Contemporary Etudes for Jazz Saxophone

Book Review | 2018-12-06
2
Read "Dan Bilawsky's Best Releases of 2018"

Dan Bilawsky's Best Releases of 2018

Year in Review | 2018-11-30
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Read "Danny Green Trio Plus Strings at Heckscher Park"

Danny Green Trio Plus Strings at Heckscher Park

Live Review | 2018-08-06
10
Read "A Pair From Lewis Porter: Beauty & Mystery/Three Minutes To Four"

A Pair From Lewis Porter: Beauty & Mystery/Three Minutes To Four

Multiple Reviews | 2018-02-04
6
Read "NYC Winter Jazzfest 2018 - The Friday Marathon"

NYC Winter Jazzfest 2018 - The Friday Marathon

Live Review | 2018-01-22
8
Read "Lean On Me: José James Celebrates Bill Withers @ NYC Winter Jazzfest"

Lean On Me: José James Celebrates Bill Withers @ NYC Winter...

Live Review | 2018-01-15
3
Read "Dan Bilawsky's Best Releases Of 2017"

Dan Bilawsky's Best Releases Of 2017

Year in Review | 2017-12-01
14
Read "Fred Hersch's Leaves Of Grass at Jazz at Lincoln Center"

Fred Hersch's Leaves Of Grass at Jazz at Lincoln Center

Live Review | 2017-09-26
6
Read "Antonio Sanchez Group at Jazz Standard"

Antonio Sanchez Group at Jazz Standard

Live Review | 2017-09-24
8
Read "Of Stories, Songs, and Self: Fred Hersch's Good Things Happen Slowly & Open Book"

Of Stories, Songs, and Self: Fred Hersch's Good Things Happen...

Multiple Reviews | 2017-08-21
7
Read "The Jazz Epistles featuring Abdullah Ibrahim & Ekaya at The Town Hall"

The Jazz Epistles featuring Abdullah Ibrahim & Ekaya at The...

Live Review | 2017-05-01
15
Read "Anat Cohen's Brazilian Bonanza: Outra Coisa and Rosa Dos Ventos"

Anat Cohen's Brazilian Bonanza: Outra Coisa and Rosa Dos Ventos

Multiple Reviews | 2017-04-17
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Read "Dan Bilawsky's Best Releases of 2016"

Dan Bilawsky's Best Releases of 2016

Year in Review | 2016-12-08
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Read "The Power Quintet at Jazz Standard"

The Power Quintet at Jazz Standard

Live Review | 2016-12-05
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Read "Katie Thiroux Quartet at Birdland"

Katie Thiroux Quartet at Birdland

Live Review | 2016-11-08
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Read "Dafnis Prieto: A World Of Rhythmic Possibilities"

Dafnis Prieto: A World Of Rhythmic Possibilities

Book Review | 2016-10-18
6
Read "Tonic Games To Cure What Ails You"

Tonic Games To Cure What Ails You

Product Review | 2016-10-11
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Read "Hilary Gardner and Ehud Asherie at Caffè Vivaldi"

Hilary Gardner and Ehud Asherie at Caffè Vivaldi

Live Review | 2016-10-04
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Read "In Jazz We Trust: On The Politically Inspired Work Of Delfeayo Marsalis and Ted Nash"

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Multiple Reviews | 2016-10-02
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Read "Kurt Elling With The Keith Ganz Trio at Jazz Standard"

Kurt Elling With The Keith Ganz Trio at Jazz Standard

Live Review | 2016-08-02
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Read "Esperanza Spalding presents: Emily's D+Evolution at Tilles Center for the Performing Arts"

Esperanza Spalding presents: Emily's D+Evolution at Tilles...

Live Review | 2016-04-14
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Read "Harp Happenings: Brandee Younger And Pacific Harp Project"

Harp Happenings: Brandee Younger And Pacific Harp Project

Multiple Reviews | 2016-03-09
9
Read "David Gibson: Propelling The Story Forward"

David Gibson: Propelling The Story Forward

Interview | 2016-02-22
11
Read "BenQ treVolo: Wireless Bluetooth Portable Electrostatic Speaker"

BenQ treVolo: Wireless Bluetooth Portable Electrostatic Speaker

Product Review | 2016-02-20
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NYC Winter Jazzfest 2016

Live Review | 2016-01-19
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Matt Davis: Big Family, Big Picture

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Album Review | 2015-05-21
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Maria Schneider Orchestra: The Thompson Fields

Album Review | 2015-06-02
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Dave Holland: Prism

Album Review | 2013-09-02
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Billy Childs: Rebirth

Album Review | 2017-03-04
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Album Review | 2016-01-04
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Extended Analysis | 2014-07-29
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Old, New, Borrowed and Blue | 2010-09-24
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Album Review | 2014-10-30
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Jim Snidero: A Tale Of Taste

Interview | 2013-07-08
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Album Review | 2016-04-10
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Four In One: Monk From Four Different Angles

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Album Review | 2017-04-14
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Duke Ellington Tames The Savage Beasts: Lions and Tigers and Bears (and Gazelles!)

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Gregory Porter: Be Good

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Read "Danny Green Trio Plus Strings at Heckscher Park"

Danny Green Trio Plus Strings at Heckscher Park

Live Review | 2018-08-06
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Ron Miles: I Am A Man

Album Review | 2017-10-27
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Read "Upward Spiral"

The Branford Marsalis Quartet with Special Guest Kurt Elling: Upward Spiral

Album Review | 2016-05-19
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Read "Keeping Up With The Joneses: The Jones Name In Jazz"

Keeping Up With The Joneses: The Jones Name In Jazz

Old, New, Borrowed and Blue | 2010-04-26
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Read "Ron Aprea: On John Lennon, Jazz Legends, And Life In Music"

Ron Aprea: On John Lennon, Jazz Legends, And Life In Music

Interview | 2015-08-16
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Read "Dan Bilawsky's Best Releases Of 2017"

Dan Bilawsky's Best Releases Of 2017

Year in Review | 2017-12-01
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Read "Sonic Creed"

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Album Review | 2018-09-05
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Album Review | 2013-08-28
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Marc Ribot Trio: Marc Ribot Trio: Live At The Village Vanguard

Extended Analysis | 2014-04-30
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Roseanna Vitro: Following Her Muse

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Album Review | 2015-05-07
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Nicky Schrire: On Songs, Spaces And Places

Interview | 2014-03-29
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Read "Sara Gazarek and Josh Nelson at Jazz at Kitano"

Sara Gazarek and Josh Nelson at Jazz at Kitano

Live Review | 2014-04-23
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Read "We Are The Drum"

Kendrick Scott Oracle: We Are The Drum

Album Review | 2015-09-17
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Read "Four MFs Playin' Tunes"

Branford Marsalis Quartet: Four MFs Playin' Tunes

Album Review | 2012-08-01
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Read "Live In Healdsburg"

Anat Cohen/Fred Hersch: Live In Healdsburg

Album Review | 2018-03-19
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Read "Whispers And Cries"

Noah Preminger-Frank Carlberg: Whispers And Cries

Album Review | 2018-03-01
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Read "Dida Pelled: Telling Stories And Serving Songs"

Dida Pelled: Telling Stories And Serving Songs

Interview | 2015-07-21
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Miguel Zenon: Miguel Zenon: Alma Adentro - The Puerto Rican Songbook

Extended Analysis | 2011-08-21
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Album Review | 2017-01-29
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Rudy Royston: 303

Album Review | 2014-01-24
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Album Review | 2016-04-30
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Mort Weiss: Mort Weiss is a Jazz Reality Show

Album Review | 2015-09-26
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Album Review | 2017-10-14
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Mark Guiliana: Beat Poet Of A Different Sort

Multiple Reviews | 2014-08-29
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Read "I Long To See You"

Charles Lloyd & The Marvels: I Long To See You

Album Review | 2016-03-06
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Read "Cape Town Jazz Festival 2013"

Cape Town Jazz Festival 2013

Live Review | 2013-04-15
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Read "Moving Day"

Mark Wade Trio: Moving Day

Album Review | 2018-02-27
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Read "Bringin' It"

Christian McBride Big Band: Bringin' It

Album Review | 2017-09-08
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Read "A Pair From Lewis Porter: Beauty & Mystery/Three Minutes To Four"

A Pair From Lewis Porter: Beauty & Mystery/Three Minutes To Four

Multiple Reviews | 2018-02-04
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Read "Conversations With Christian"

Christian McBride: Conversations With Christian

Album Review | 2011-11-11
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