Four new releases from Stacey Kent, Hendrik Meurkens, Dan West Big Band and Peter Ersikine
All About Jazz Feature ArticlesThis week we spotlight four new jazz releases from Stacey Kent, Hendrik Meurkens, Dan West Big Band, Peter ErskinePla…
This week we spotlight four new jazz releases from Stacey Kent, Hendrik Meurkens, Dan West Big Band, Peter ErskinePla…
The celebration of Women's History Month continues with new music from April Varner , Ella Grace , The Sistering …
This special podcast episode is dedicated entirely to our Pocket Concerts series, featuring exclusive, intimate recor…
Today we're putting The Tonearm's needle on guitarist and composer Sam Wenc. Wenc is a Philadelphia -based ar…
The term "backing up a soloist" does not do justice to the distinct skill of making an artist sound their b…
The acoustic and electronic sides of Niia and Jason Moran , the untamed curiosity and gleefully disruptive spirit of…
This week on The Stereo Image, stride piano virtuoso Judy Carmichael joins Mike for a lively conversation about her …
Meet EBBA NYC-based Swedish singer-songwriter-pianist EBBA is reshaping what it means to be a jazz artist in 2025. A …
Omar Sosa Suba Trio SFJAZZ Center San Francisco, CA March 8, 2026 Pianist and composer Omar Sosa saved something ver…
This week we celebrate 80 years of music by the Metropole Orkest , the restless spirit of Michael League , and flying…
Artists named above, plus classics from Betty Carter, Big John Patten, and others. New music from Marques Carroll, Ro…
A collection of photos from the Frank Gambale All Stars, concert at Dolomiti Ski jazz Festival in Moena, Italy, on M…
We launch the milestone 950th episode of Neon Jazz with a soaring start from the husband-and-wife duo The Wild Blue H…
Here is a playlist of adventurous projects that also serves as a snapshot of the breadth, depth, and versatility of A…
What makes a singer a "jazz" vocalist? Joe Williams , Janis Siegel , Giacomo Gates , and Dianne Reeves add…
Today's Music--Right Now! Fantastic music by Entre Amigos, Daggerboard, The Skipper And Mike Clark, Sam Yahel, Th…
Have no fear--the boys are not discussing just any four quartets. No, there's a couple of matching sets. An influ…
Persian jazz fusion from Qajar Jazz + Shabaka, Niia, Nina Simone re-mixed and Adrian Younge's latest. Playlist Ho…
This time we celebrate 75 years of Bill Frisell through his own music and the wide creative wake it has left across …
During this week's two-hour program of jazz and improvised music, selections from new releases by saxophonist Ben…
It's Women's History Month and we are focusing on women jazz artists. We're playing albums where women ar…
Today, we're putting The Tonearm's needle on Michael Graves, a five-time Grammy-winning mastering engineer an…
The role of women in jazz has come along way from the days when big bands featured their "chirper" or "…
We are so excited to have Eric Mingus on this week's episode. In fact, Mike stammers through the first part of t…
This wide-ranging program features music by Carolyn Trowbridge , Muhal Richard Abrams , Sonny Rollins , Doug Wamble ,…
Other artists in our homage to Spring include Dominik Kisiel, Gigi Gryce, and Charles Mingus. Additional new music fr…
This broadcast begins the tenth year of A Broad Spectrum on the air and includes new music from Monika Herzig , Benji…
Moving from intimate, folk-tinged lyricism to expansive ensemble statements and thoughtful tributes, here is a set th…
Today, The Tonearm's needle lands on musician and composer Erik Hall.Based in Michigan, Erik Hall has spent the l…
A collection of photos from the first days of Sons d'Hiver in Paris, January 30 and 31, 2026, featuring The Mess…
Bandleader Alison Shearer brought her talented Quartet to San Francisco's Black Cat for an expansive four-day re…
Today's Music--Right Now! Fantastic music by LehCats, The Falconaires, Triple Blind, Diane Marino, Monika Herzig,…
A mixed set of new releases with a broad selections of styles in play including a preview of the type of material lik…
It's too early for March Madness, but just in time for the bastards to wrap up their survey of the New York Times…
This episode runs the gamut from the subtle joys of Ahmad Jamal and Blood, Sweat and Tears to the intriguing weirdne…
For the fourth time in the show's history, the Jazz Crumbs have been officially announced. 21 magnificent albums …