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Sonny Rollins, Greg Tardy, Sam Dillon, Jimmy Greene and Dave Anderson

by Joe Dimino
From a seasoned jazz cat who keeps the flame burning bright, we kick off the 917th episode of Neon Jazz with the ever-inventive Dave Anderson, spinning tracks from his soulful new 2025 release, In Lieu of Flowers. It all starts with his sound--modern yet rooted--and a nod to where it all began: witnessing the legendary Sonny ...
Dug and Jazz Spot Intro in Tokyo

by Sanford Josephson
I owe my love of jazz to the time I spent in Japan in the mid-1960s when I was working as a writer in the public information office of the American Red Cross' Far Eastern Area headquarters, located on a U.S. Army base about 45 minutes from Tokyo. While there, I saw Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, ...
Kevin Goss: Gratitude

by Kevin Goss
As I approached the big five-oh," I started doing some thinking about how much I have to be grateful for: a supportive family, meaningful friendships, and music. I wasn't supposed to make it to the big oh-five," but I beat the odds and, in the years since, it is my family, friends, and music that have ...
Michael Dease: City Life: Music of Gregg Hill

by Dan McClenaghan
Jazz trios featuring a horn, bass and drums get right to the core of musical expression. With, most commonly, a saxophone--see Sonny Rollins' blueprint for the horn and trio setting, the 1957 Contemporary Records album Way Out West--the music flows freely. The players do not need to chase chords around. The result is a stretching of ...
Chad Eby: A Closer Look at His Life, Work, and Tribute to a Legend

by La-Faithia White
Saxophonist Chad Eby has been a vital presence in the North Carolina jazz scene. Since 2006, he has served as Associate Professor in the Miles Davis Jazz Studies program at the university of North Carolina at Greensboro, where he plays a key role in shaping the next generation of jazz musicians. In addition to his work ...
Andrea Rinciari: Soho Sessions

by Neil Duggan
The tracks on this album are selected from the repertoire of songs performed during the weekly sessions held by guitarist Andrea Rinciari and his associates in Soho, London. As he explains, This album is a reflection of the magic that happens when musicians play together regularly. The tracks capture the spirit of our weekly Soho sessions. ...
Al Foster: Monk’s Bossa

by Carl Medsker
On May 28, 2025, Aloysius Tyrone Foster passed away at the age of 82. He brought strong, imaginative, percussive grooves and swing to bebop, post-bop, modal, funk and fusion for over 60 years--even a little calypso and bossa. A very partial list of the musicians Al Foster performed with includes Dexter Gordon, McCoy Tyner, Sonny Rollins, ...
Al Foster: Love, Peace and Jazz!

by Terrell Kent Holmes
This article was first published on All About Jazz on May 3, 2009. Drumming great Al Foster has spent nearly a half-century playing with some of the greatest musicians, and on some of the most memorable albums, in jazz history, from Miles Davis' On The Corner and Agharta to Joe Henderson's State of the ...
Yotam Silberstein: Standards Vol. 2

by Pierre Giroux
On Standards Vol. 2 , guitarist Yotam Silberstein revisits the tradition with both reverence and invention, delivering a program of what he calls lesser gems" -standards that have slipped through the cracks of overexposure yet hold depths still to be mined. With a lineup featuring bassist John Patitucci, drummer Billy Hart, and special guest tenor saxophonist ...
Anthony Bruno: Blue Velvet

by Dan McClenaghan
Chicago-based saxophonist Anthony Bruno wraps up a terrific triptych of album releases with 2025's Blue Velvet. The journey began with the release of his album Anthony Bruno (2023), followed by Cefalu (2024). All of these are on his Anthony Bruno Music label. Bruno counts Sonny Rollins as a major influence. He says as much in the ...