I?ve had this recording for months and have been playing it on TomorrowJazz Radio for the same amount of time. Yet, I?ve never written about Blown Fuse, a collaboration between bassist Lucas Pickford and keyboardist Steve Hunt. I was impressed by this fusion collaboration. It?s got some slamming compositions and playing. Global Bass has the [...]

It’s confirmed. Silver Moon, the new studio recording from Marcus Miller, will be available on April 12. In addition to his killer touring band, Marcus has Eric Clapton, Kirk Whalum, Macy Gray, Gregoire Maret, Kenny Garrett, Gerald Albright, and Lalah Hathaway playing on the release. It be issued by Koch Records on Miller’s 3 Deuces [...]

Look what I just found: a new Incognito DVD coming out in stores tomorrow. I added it to the new releases list to the left. Click on the link and buy it now!

Jason Moran and his trio, bassist Tarus Mateen and drummer Nasheet Waits, are joined in the Bandwagon by guitarist Marvin Sewell on his new recording Same Mother. He makes an impression. It?s the thing I noticed most when I first listened to the recording. He rocks. Read more about the pianist?s latest and how it [...]

It’s too early to post most of these dates in the New Releases list to the left since they can change. However, it’s worth noting some of these new (and increasingly fewer) jazz recordings due out. Always a favorite of mine, the Verve Remixed series will welcome a third recording. Verve Remixed 3 comes out [...]

Pat Metheny is interviewed at Japan Today today. He talks about what the new Group CD, The Way Up, is supposed to be about, that Kenny G comment, and the continued and frustrating impression of jazz as high-brow. Among his quotes: “The tendency of jazz to become an academic music is one I resist with [...]

Every Tuesday is New Music Day at iTunes. Not only are the new releases available for download but so are hundreds of others that weren’t released that week. This week has a plus and minus for jazz fans. The plus is the new release from the Dave Holland Big Band, Overtime. It’s not supposed to [...]

“Afghanistan Banana Stand” by Yenneh from a compilation I have called Future Jazz.

Don Grusin?s The Hang is a throwback to the good old days of the New Adult Contemporary format before the sound of contemporary jazz degraded into bland smooth jazz. The pianist rounded up a band of all-stars to jam on this live event, with much of the music originally recorded when the GRP label was [...]

Imprint will be home to Verve’s singer-songwriters. I wasn’t aware that Roy Hargrove and Regina Carter are still “rising stars.”