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Orrin Evans

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"The clear-cut best pianist of his time..." is how Hot House Magazine" described Orrin Evans in 1998, praise which was echoed again in the summer of 2002. This remarkable talent was nurtured in a household filled with music due to the efforts of his mother, a classical singer who surrounded the youngster with everything from the melodies of Puccini to the pulsating rhythms of Basie and Ellington. He learned from what he heard which is still the case today when he acknowledges such musicians as Trudy Pitts, Tim Warfield, Kenny Barron, Ralph Peterson, Edgar Bateman, Mickey Roker and Bobby Durham as inspirational guides

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Torch Bearers

Label: Hollistic MusicWorks
Released: 2026
Track listing: Luck of the Draw; The Joy of Love; Kyle’s Dilemma; 7-24; Luminescence; Pursuit of a Dream; The Juggler; But Beautiful; Blue ‘n Boogie.

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Now In Time

Label: The Side Door
Released: 2026
Track listing: Blue Ridge; Katea’s Dance; Appointment in Ghana; Portrait of Jennie; Sounds of the Flying Pysgmies; For RJ; Dave’s System; The Creator Has a Master Plan; On Green Dolphin Street; Alice in Wonderland; Samba D’Blue.

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Clarinetist Virginia MacDonald's Debut + Steve Bernstein and Carlin Lee

Read "Clarinetist Virginia MacDonald's Debut + Steve Bernstein and Carlin Lee" reviewed by Hobart Taylor


Make way for clarinetist Virginia MacDonald's stunning debut release plus new tunes from Emily Kuhn, Alden Hellmuth, Steve Bernstein and a peace anthem from Qasim Naqvi, Wadada Leo Smith and Andrew Cyrille. Playlist Host Speaks 00:00 Daphne Parker Powell “Perpetual Light of the Void" from The Death of Cool (Self-Produced) 00:00:08 Steven Bernstein “Two ...

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Article: Album Review

Nat Reeves: Now In Time

Read "Now In Time" reviewed by Jack Bowers


As a gift for Nat Reeves' 70th birthday in May 2025, Ken Kitchings, owner of the Side Door Jazz Club in Old Lyme, Connecticut, said he would underwrite a recording for the renowned bassist using whatever musicians Reeves chose to recruit. Having played and recorded with a who's who of jazz luminaries during his 50-plus-year career, ...

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Article: Album Review

Brian Lynch, featuring Charles McPherson: Torch Bearers

Read "Torch Bearers" reviewed by Jack Bowers


Trumpeter Brian Lynch, who has been at the top of his game for more than three decades, shares the stage with another seasoned maestro, alto saxophonist Charles McPherson, on Torch Bearers, wherein Lynch, McPherson and their able companions not only carry the torch for their generation but offer an upcoming legion of eager young musicians a ...

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Article: Album Review

Alexa Tarantino: The Roar and the Whisper

Read "The Roar and the Whisper" reviewed by Mike Jurkovic


If there is one true sound to describe the sound of luminous liberation, young veteran saxophonist/flautist/composer Alexa Tarantino captures it handily and shares it profusely with her band and everyone else within earshot of The Roar and the Whisper. Tarantino, whose star continues to flare via her ongoing gig at Jazz At Lincoln Center ...

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Article: Take Five With...

Take Five with Saxophonist Steve Treseler

Read "Take Five with Saxophonist Steve Treseler" reviewed by AAJ Staff


Meet Steve Treseler Steve Treseler is an award-winning Seattle-based saxophonist, composer, and innovative leader in teaching improvised music. Hailed by Earshot as a “firebrand of the tenor saxophone," DownBeat calls his music “beautifully crafted... whether free, through-composed, or somewhere in between." Steve performs and leads improvisation workshops throughout North America and Europe, performing at Birdland, Blue ...

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Screen Time

Label: Imani / 88 Keys Productions
Released: 2025
Track listing: Summer Nights; It's Such a Good Feeling; Skip Intro; You Only Live Twice; Goodbye/Love Theme From Predator; Pinball Number Count; Dexter's Tune; Screen Time; Reading Rainbow

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Article: Book Review

The Philosophy Of Jazz

Read "The Philosophy Of Jazz" reviewed by Ian Patterson


The Philosophy Of Jazz Kevin Le Gendre 105 Pages ISBN: 978 0 7123 5503 2 British Library 2025 If you had to recommend just one book on jazz history to a neophyte, which would it be? Ted Gioia's The History of Jazz (Oxford University Press, ...


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