Articles by: S. Victor Aaron

Jeff Parker ETA IVtet - "Like Swimwear (part one)" from 'Happy Today' (2026): Something Else sneak peek

Jeff Parker ETA IVtet – “Like Swimwear (part one)” from ‘Happy Today’ (2026): Something Else sneak peek

Here is “Like Swimwear (part one),” the advance single from Jeff Parker ETA IVtet’s upcoming album ‘Happy Today.’

Harriet Tubman + Georgia Anne Muldrow 'Electrical Field of Love' (2026)

Harriet Tubman + Georgia Anne Muldrow ‘Electrical Field of Love’ (2026)

Harriet Tubman’s ‘Electrical Field of Love’ is a welcome enough return on its own but their willingness to keep shaking things up by bringing on board Georgia Anne Muldrow signals that they haven’t lost any aversion to standing pat.

Caroline Davis - 'Fallows' (2026)

Caroline Davis – ‘Fallows’ (2026)

‘Fallows’ is different because the perspective is different. It’s up to us to find the beauty that transcends the chaos; Caroline Davis found it in the American Rockies and shares it with us through these recordings.

Finely Tuned Elephant - 'No Goats' (2026)

Finely Tuned Elephant – ‘No Goats’ (2026)

It’s time to re-embrace all the energy and funky fun of Mullet Jazz. You don’t need a mullet or a time machine to take this trip; Finely Tuned Elephant’s ‘No Goats’ is here to re-create that feeling in the present.

Michael Formanek - 'New Digs' (2026)

Michael Formanek – ‘New Digs’ (2026)

Bassist Michael Formanek who has a reputation for consistently coming up with novel creative approaches to jazz just put his imagination into overdrive for ‘New Digs.’

Alabaster DePlume, "Bringing Up the Nakba" from 'Dear Children of Our Children, I Knew: Epilogue' (2026): Something Else! sneak peek

Alabaster DePlume, “Bringing Up the Nakba” from ‘Dear Children of Our Children, I Knew: Epilogue’ (2026): Something Else! sneak peek

Once again, multi-faceted artist Alabaster DePlume defies neat categorization with this new instrumental single “Bringing Up the Nakba”.

Adam O'Farrill - 'ELEPHANT' (2026)

Adam O’Farrill – ‘ELEPHANT’ (2026)

‘ELEPHANT’ shows Adam O’Farrill’s daring to innovate new jazz with disparate non-jazz components comes from the acumen to conceive it and execute it with confidence.

Peter Somuah - 'Walking Distance' (2026)

Peter Somuah – ‘Walking Distance’ (2026)

Peter Somuah knows how to push jazz forward to present-day vibes without losing any of jazz’s vintage vitality, and he does it his own way.

Soft Machine - 'Thirteen' (2026)

Soft Machine – ‘Thirteen’ (2026)

New drummer Asaf Sirkis didn’t remake Soft Machine in his image but adds a piece that helps to keep a band started in 1966 viable in 2026 with their newest studio album ‘Thirteen.’

Devin Gray - ‘Hz Of Gold‘ (2026)

Devin Gray – ‘Hz Of Gold‘ (2026)

Devin Gray has always successfully tackled challenging music, but the Berlin Underground bent of ‘Hz Of Gold’ may be the biggest challenge he’s met yet.