The master of the eight-string acoustic guitar follows a laudable collection of originals performed by his Core trio with a set of pop standards. You May Also Like: Burt Bacharach, Greg Phillinganes, Marilyn Scott + others: Five for the Road

Coming over to the Posi-Tone label for his latest creation was bound to mean that the restless funk-jazz guitarist Will Bernard was going to make a different kind of record…again. You May Also Like: Brian Charette – Once & Future (2016) Tom Tallitsch – Gratitude (2016)

It’s been four years since the young lady bassist from Australia took on NYC and released a debut album with not only bass chops but a fully-form conception for her own style of jazz. You May Also Like: Linda and Richard Thompson, “The Great Valerio” (1974): One Track Mind LindaRead More

After the fiery introduction made on his 2011 eponymous debut, vibraphonist Warren Wolf takes a more melodic tack with the follow up Wolfgang, and the results are as inviting as they are joy-filled. You May Also Like: Brian Blade on Wolfgang Muthspiel’s ‘Angular Blues’: Something Else! Interview Wolfgang Muthspiel, Populous,Read More

Earlier this year Japanese avant-garde master Satoko Fujii unveiled a new ensemble with Spring Storm, the debut album for her Satoko Fujii New Trio. You May Also Like: Kaze – ‘Unwritten’ (2024) Kaze + Ikue Mori – ‘Crustal Movement’ (2023) Kaze + Ikue Mori – ‘Sand Storm’ (2020)

Featuring some of Sarah Vaughan’s last truly transcendent moments, this pair of 1980 Pablo releases devoted to the work of Duke Ellington reminds us in reissue form what wonders her voice and this material still hold. You May Also Like: Sacred and Great Gigs in the Sky: The Vocalise TraditionRead More

I’d argue that these 1963 concerts with McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison and and Elvin Jones are the first thing every emerging John Coltrane fan should experience, after buying all of the tried-and-true essentials. You May Also Like: John Coltrane – Both Directions at Once, The Lost Album (2018) John ColtraneRead More

It’s been a lot of fun to dig back into Pat Metheny’s early catalog as SER’s Mark Saleski recently commenced his weekly song-by-song PM retrospective, (Cross the) Heartland. You May Also Like: Ivo Perelman, Barry Guy + Ramon Lopez – ‘Interaction’ (2024) Lance Lopez – Tell the Truth (2018)

It stands to reason that jazz singer Lorraine Feather’s latest record would make hay out of the idea of connectivity. She is, after all, one of the most candidly original vocalists going You May Also Like: Guy Capecelatro III – Hope Is the Thing With Feathers (2017) Thom Yorke –Read More

When guitarist Peter J Martin got together with a pair of old buddies, they constructed something that was anything but a nostalgia exercise. You May Also Like: Marty Stuart, April 7, 2017: Shows I’ll Never Forget How ‘Stanley Clarke Band Featuring Hiromi’ Recalled a Funky Past