*** STEELY DAN SUNDAY INDEX *** On Donald Fagen’s last album Morph The Cat, there’s a great tune on there where he’s imagining himself as a young man asking Ray Charles what makes him tick. You May Also Like: Donald Fagen, “Maxine” from ‘The Nightfly Live’ (2021): Steely Dan Sunday

There is a visceral power in these recordings, as the Keith Emerson Band performs within this orchestral torrent — blending the keyboardist’s long-held passions for rock and classical, finally, in the most complete of ways. You May Also Like: ‘Fanfare For the Uncommon Man: The Official Keith Emerson Tribute Concert’Read More

The XPoNential Music Festival, Camden, N.J.: John David Souther has always been a much-loved songwriter who, despite the fact he doesn’t have an extensive catalog of his own recorded music, had a lot of success You May Also Like: Lyle Lovett and his Large Band, July 23, 2016: Shows I’llRead More

A new track from the forthcoming album Deep illustrates the stirring narrative command that the Stick Men are bringing to this whale watching-themed project. You May Also Like: Tony Levin on King Crimson, Stick Men and Photographing It All: Something Else! Interview

Ron Miles, without making a bunch of loud, weird noises, has become one of the most eloquently unique trumpet players of the last twenty years. You May Also Like: Ron Miles – ‘I Am a Man’ (2017) Ron Miles – ‘Rainbow Sign’ (2020)

No, these aren’t the guys who brought us the AM radio staples “Let’s Live for Today” and “Temptation Eyes” in the late 1960s-early 1970s. It’s a supergroup of hard working, highly regarded players in New York’s world class improvised scene You May Also Like: ‘Daisy Jones and the Six,’ byRead More

With Our Path to This Moment, composer, arranger and pianist Ezra Weiss takes to the big band format in grand, full style. You May Also Like: Dan Weiss Starebaby – ‘Natural Selection’ (2020) Dan Weiss Trio – ‘Dedication’ (2022)

Here’s a crisp set of eleven tunes either written by Duke Ellington or popularized by him, by a couple of Italian jazz aces a half generations apart: pianist Dado Moroni and tenor saxophonist Max Ionata. You May Also Like: Vinnie Sperrazza – Juxtaposition (2017) Here’s Chippy – Things We LeftRead More

A six-song EP, available for free download now, offers listeners a glimpse into the forthcoming solo project by Grant Lee Phillips called Walking in the Green Corn. You May Also Like: Ross Hammond + Grant Calvin Weston – ‘Root’ (2020)

If you were standing at the intersection of electronica, jazz and kraut rock, you’d be bound to bump into Jake Playmo and his Das Böse Ding band. You May Also Like: David Paich – ‘Forgotten Toys’ (2022) Jake Reed – ‘Reed Between The Lines’ (2020)