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Refractions Of Miles Davis At 100
by Lawrence Peryer
This episode pays tribute to Miles Davis on the 100th anniversary of his birth. Our tribute focuses on musicians who live with the repercussions of and were in dialogue with Miles and his work.Playlist John Coltrane Quartet “Miles' Mode (Live At The Village Vanguard, November 3, 1961)" from The Complete 1961 Village Vanguard Recordings ...
Mal Wadron, Sam Rivers, Nick Fraser, Meredith Bates, and much more
by Lawrence Peryer
An hour of creative music where archival recordings and new releases share equal footing. Irreversible Entanglements and a newly surfaced 1984 Mal Waldron-Sam Rivers improvisation open the show; Alabaster DePlume, a Daunik Lazro-Joëlle Léandre-Paul Lovens trio, Work Money Death, and Nick Fraser carry the middle sets; and Vancouver composer Meredith Bates closes it out with music ...
The Bad Plus, James Falzone, Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith And Many Others
by Lawrence Peryer
This hour moves through four decades of creative music, 1979 to 2026, with a Pacific Northwest thread running quietly underneath. The Bad Plus reimagine Nirvana, Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith summons majestic Mt Baker, and James Falzone brings his mystical clarinet all alongside downtown New York no-wave (Material, Curlew, Laurie Anderson), a rare Palle Mikkelborg suite, and ECM ...
Jah Wobble & Evan Parker, Maria Schneider, Nils Petter Molvaer And More
by Lawrence Peryer
This week's Rotations opens with JOEYKEYSADE, whose Afro-jazz fuses Beninese-Nigerian tradition with modern composition, then moves through Jah Wobble & Evan Parker's dub-meets-free-jazz collision, Cochemea's Yaqui and Apache-rooted explorations, and Maria Schneider's American Crow. Toronto drummer Nick Fraser anchors the third set alongside Nils Petter Molvaer, and Kamasi Washington. New releases and deep cuts, connected across ...
Don Slepian, AEOLUS, Les Paul, Martin Denny, Arthur Lyman, Chick Corea and more
by Lawrence Peryer
This episode originates from Kona, on Hawaii's Big Island, and the music follows suit. Every track this hour has some connection to the region: made in Hawaii, recorded in Hawaii, or inspired by Hawaii.We move through mid-century exotica and lounge, contemporary slack-key and ukulele, as well as a few surprises. It's a portrait of ...
Celebrating Duke Ellington's Late-Period Creative Music On His 127th Birthday And More
by Lawrence Peryer
This week's Rotations marks the 127th birth anniversary of Duke Ellington with a deep dive into the final fifteen years of his career. Those were the years of surprising, searching work that tends to get overlooked in favor of the canonical recordings. Ellington appears in four different contexts: sacred, suite, duo, and globe-spanning large ensemble. Close ...
Ella Feingold, Persian Empire, Closed City, The Westerlies, Antoni Wojnar and more
by Lawrence Peryer
This episode features four sets of music covering new releases and archival recordings in jazz, electronic, ambient, and points in between. Playlist Lawrence Peryer [mic break] 00:00 Ella Feingold “Ellalude" from Tell A Beautiful Lie With Sound (Ella Bella Records) 00:34 Persian Empire “the local time is always now" from the local time is ...
Emmet Cohen Presents: Miles and Coltrane at 100 at Jazz Alley
by Paul Rauch
Emmet Cohen Presents: Miles and Coltrane at 100Jazz Alley Seattle, WA April 16, 2026 Pianist Emmet Cohen was not on the top of any list predicting who might hit the road touring in celebration mode of the Miles Davis / John Coltrane 100 phenomenon over the course of 2026. He ...
John Bishop: A Multi-Dimensional Journey in Jazz
by Paul Rauch
John Bishop has spent the past 50 years traversing a jazz landscape that has been in a state of constant change. The music has continued to evolve at a rate one might expect from art in general, while the business end of it has seen radical change that most would consider a state of de-evolution. As ...
Take Five with Saxophonist Steve Treseler
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 ...
