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Live Jazz, from Smalls Jazz Club,

Steve Nelson / Vibraphone
Rick Germanson / Piano
Kiyoshi Kitagawa / Bass
Charles Goold / Drums
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Smalls Jazz Club - 11/11/2025

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Steve Nelson Quartet - Live at Smalls Jazz Club - 11/11/2025
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November 12, 2025 at 12:33 AM
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Vocalist Kandace Springs discusses her latest album with Brian Pace and what Billie Holiday means to her. She also reflects on some of her musical influences as well as her career.

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The Pace Report: "A Lady Named Kandace" The Kandace Springs Interview
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November 12, 2025 at 12:26 AM
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The nominations for the 2026 Grammy Awards are in, with plenty to smile about for the worlds of jazz, blues and beyond.

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The Grammy Nominations Are In
The nominations for the 2026 Grammy Awards are in, with plenty to smile about for the worlds of jazz, blues and beyond. Below we’ve got complete nominations for the jazz and blues categories as well a...
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November 12, 2025 at 12:18 AM
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No other group in jazz, past or present, sounds quite like Mary Halvorson’s Amaryllis. A septet that places her guitar within a shifting matrix. About Ghosts is the group’s latest album. The Late Set with Josh Jackson & Nate Chinen.
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Expand and Adapt, with Mary Halvorson
About Ghosts is the latest album from Mary Halvorson's Amaryllis, and on our short list for Album of the Year. Before a recent show at Solar Myth, Halvorson sat down with Josh Jackson to talk about he...
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November 11, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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There are legends in jazz — and then there’s Sonny Rollins.

They call him the Saxophone Colossus, and for good reason. For nearly nine decades, Rollins has set the gold standard for what it means to be a true improviser.

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An Interview with Saxophonist Sonny Rollins
There are legends in jazz — and then there’s Sonny Rollins. They call him the Saxophone Colossus, and for good reason. For nearly nine decades, Rollins has set the gold […]
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November 11, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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Jazz Is a Four Letter Word by Grammy Award-winning artist, producer, and composer Nicholas Payton, with Esperanza Spalding and Karriem Riggins, will have you feeling like you are front row at a private after-hours jam session.

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New Music On WCLK: Nicholas Payton-Jazz Is A Four Letter Word
Trumpeter Payton evokes the spirit of Max Roach with help from Esperanza Spalding and Karriem Riggins on his new album Triune on Smoke Sessions.
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November 11, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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For Loren Schoenberg, the musician, the scholar, the seeker, this latest project, he has brought back to life the long-lost arrangements Eddie Sauter wrote for vibraphonist Red Norvo.

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Loren Schoenberg and His Jazz Orchestra - So Many Memories
Loren Schoenberg and His Jazz Orchestra - So Many Memories: Jazz still has the power to make the past sound astonishingly alive.
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November 11, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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At the Tiny Desk, Pianist and composer Kris Davis and her trio turns her layered compositions into a mosaic of emotional expression.

Kris Davis: piano
Robert Hurst: bass
Johnathan Blake: drums

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Kris Davis Trio: Tiny Desk Concert
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November 11, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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On the lookout for new jazz? Here’s the JazzWax monthly roundup of freshly released albums that are worth a listen:

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New Albums Worth a Listen
On the lookout for new jazz?
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November 11, 2025 at 6:01 AM
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With the rise of stereo sound in the late 1950s, many record labels and producers sought to widen theLP’s audio dimensions. One of these albums was The Trombones, Inc. Recorded for Warner Bros in December 1958.

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'The Trombones, Inc.' (1958)
With the rise of stereo sound in the late 1950s, many record labels and producers sought to widen theLP’s audio dimensions.
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November 6, 2025 at 10:16 AM
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Saxophonist, composer and bandleader Kamasi Washington joins Terence Blanchard to discuss his early obsession with anime, working with Kendrick Lamar, DJ Battlecat’ss influence on his sound, and future projects.

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Kamasi Washington on Anime, Kendrick Lamar as “the John Coltrane of rap,” DJ Battlecat & more.
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November 6, 2025 at 12:30 AM
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Concert review of Larry Goldings on Hammond B-3 organ, Peter Bernstein on guitar, and Bill Stewart on drums, performing in New York at the Smoke Jazz & Supper Club. This trio first played at Smoke, 30 years ago.

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Picture of the three musicians performing, Peter on the left on guitar, Bill in the middle on drums and Larry at the organ.
November 4, 2025 at 10:18 AM
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Charles Lloyd latest recording “Figure in Blue” feels like a summation—a deeply felt meditation on the artists and traditions that have shaped his sound. He is joined by
Jason Moran on piano and guitarist Marvin Sewell.

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The album cover of Charles Lloyd 2025 release “Figure in Blue”. Three human figures appears in yellow, orange and blue. The cover lists the names in white Charles Lloyd, Jason Moran, Marvin Sewell and the recordings title in dark blue letters figure in blue.
November 4, 2025 at 10:04 AM
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Tenorists, flutists, and composers Anna Webber and Angela Morris return with their co-led 19-piece big band, taking listeners on an imaginative journey through their creative lens. Unseparate, their second album in five years.

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Webber / Morris Big Band - Unseparate — JazzTrail | NY Jazz Scene | Album Reviews | Jazz Photography
Label: Out of Your Head Records, 2025 Personnel - Angela Morris: tenor saxophone, flute, conduction; Anna Webber: tenor saxophone, flute, conduction; Jay Rattman: alto and soprano saxophones, clarine...
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November 4, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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Ray Drummond, a first-call bassist who appeared on hundreds of albums as a sideman since his arrival on the New York scene in 1977, as well as more than 10 recordings as a leader or co-leader, died Nov. 1 at age 78.

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In Memoriam: Ray Drummond, 1946–2025
Ray Drummond, a first-call bassist who appeared on hundreds of albums as a sideman for some of the top names in jazz since his arrival on the New York scene in 1977, as well as more than 10 recordings...
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November 4, 2025 at 2:11 AM
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Jazz bassist, composer and educator Ray Drummond died on November 1, 2025 at the age of 78. Drummond can be heard on hundreds of albums as both a leader and a sideman.

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Jazz bassist, composer, bandleader and educator Ray Drummond dies at 78
Jazz bassist Ray Drummond died on November 1, 2025 at the age of 78
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November 4, 2025 at 2:09 AM
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If you want to hear a jazz album that’s surely going to win a Grammy this year, put on Charles Lloyd’s Figure in Blue (Blue Note). Released in October.

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Charles Lloyd: 'Figure in Blue' (2025)
If you want to hear a jazz album that’s surely going to win a Grammy this year, put on Charles Lloyd’s Figure in Blue (Blue Note).
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November 3, 2025 at 11:53 PM
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Jack DeJohnette: 7 Essential Recordings
Originally a pianist, Jack DeJohnette, who died on Sunday at 83, gained recognition in the mid-1960s for fluid, expansive drumming for the saxophonist and flutist Charles Lloyd.

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Jack DeJohnette: 7 Essential Recordings
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November 1, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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Trumpeter, educator Etienne Charles is interviewed by Brian Pace, about his critically acclaimed album "Gullah Roots" released on Culture Shock Records. Etienne reflects on recording this project and why it meant so much to him.

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The Pace Report: "Rooted In Creole Soul" The Etienne Charles Interview
YouTube video by Brian Pace a.k.a The Pace Report
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November 1, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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Clifford Brown was only 25 when he died in a car accident in 1956, yet the rich body of work he left behind sealed his reputation as one of the greatest trumpet players who ever lived.

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The Lasting Legacy Of Legendary Trumpeter Clifford Brown
Clifford Brown died at age 25, yet the rich body of work he left behind sealed his reputation as one of the greatest trumpet players ever.
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November 1, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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Jack DeJohnette: First and Last

Jack DeJohnette, a high-energy drummer who favored emotional abstraction, peppered distraction and percussive force to stand out in virtually any jazz setting, died on Oct. 26. He was 83.

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Jack DeJohnette: First and Last
Jack DeJohnette, a high-energy drummer who favored emotional abstraction, peppered distraction and percussive force to stand out in virtually any jazz setting and whose career passed through multiple ...
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November 1, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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Roundtable conversation with Gary Chapin, Andrew Choate, and Lee Rice Epstein about the new Burning Ambulance release of Anthony Braxton Quartet “bootlegs,” Quartet (England) 1985.

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Anthony Braxton Quartet - Quartet (England) 1985 (Burning Ambulance, 2025)
Free Jazz Collective, reviews of avant garde and free jazz music and media
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November 1, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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Singer and composer, Cécile McLorin Salvant has explored Haitian folk music, jazz standards, blues, and original composition, gaining Grammy nominations and MacArthur Genius grant along the way.

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Cécile McLorin Salvant faces her fears in her new album, "Oh Snap"
Cécile McLorin Salvant never intended to release the songs on her new album, "Oh Snap." Her work has explored Haitian folk music, jazz standards, and blues, but her new album is almost all original, a...
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November 1, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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Born into jazz royalty, Roger Glenn was raised firstly in New York City then Englewood, NJ, by his father, swing-era trombonist and vibraphonist Tyree Glenn, his mother Gloria, who introduced him to the Latin music.

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Colorful drawing in orange and blue of Roger playing his flute.
November 1, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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Brandon Woody one of the most heralded young trumpeter-bandleaders in jazz, sat down with The Late Set, to talk about his career and his 2025 Blue Note debut, For the Love of It All.

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The Late Set | Charm City, with Brandon Woody
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October 29, 2025 at 9:05 PM