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Modern jazz recs, weekly in your inbox & on the air 🎷

Fridays 10–12 PT on Shady Pines Radio | Substack newsletter on Mondays
📍Portland, OR #jazzsky

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What are your favorite albums from the first half of 2025?

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July 3, 2025 at 2:07 PM
I’ve got a new way to share the music with you.

Starting Friday, May 16, Chaotic Good Jazz goes live on Portland Oregon's Shady Pines Radio — every Friday from 10–12 PT.

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May 9, 2025 at 5:53 PM
David Mitchell's Turiyans was one of my favorite albums of April.

Not only that, but the album has been one of my favorite finds to share in the six months since I started Chaotic Good Jazz.

If you are a fan of electric-Era Miles and Alice Coltrane, this album is for you!

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May 5, 2025 at 4:31 PM
April 26, 2025 at 2:04 AM
This morning I found a potato in the wash… no clue how it got there, but I've been singing, “Ain’t no po-tay-toe like me, I’m just so fresh, so clean” ever since.
April 16, 2025 at 3:59 AM
CHAOTIC GOOD JAZZ #19
Jazzstrology

For the astrological new year I put together a list of album recommendations based on zodiac sign + a jazzstrological horoscope readings for each sign.

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March 19, 2025 at 7:38 PM
These are 8 of my favorite digital releases from February.

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March 6, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Ew🤮
February 13, 2025 at 7:47 PM
I think this might be the best Chaotic Good Jazz newsletter yet!

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February 12, 2025 at 11:04 PM
I was really excited to publish the latest issue of my 🆓 jazz Substack. It's kinda like a 6 degrees of Kevin Bacon situation, but for my favorite modern jazz musicians.

see more and subscribe at chaoticgoodjazz.substack.com

#jazzsky #modernjazz #contemporaryjazz #ukjazz
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February 12, 2025 at 6:08 PM
#nowplaying

Rowing Up River To Get Our Names Back by Anthony Joseph

An Afrofuturist Album - produced by Dave Okumu

Released February 7, 2025

#jazzsky #spokenword #jazzmusic #newrelease
February 8, 2025 at 12:45 AM
These are my favorite new releases from January:

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February 7, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Waveform doodle⬇️
February 6, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Album of the Week:
Kinetic by Black Flower.

The @nathandaems.bsky.social led quintet has been a favorite of mine for years.

Their latest album, Kinetic, is an energetic series of tracks based on the BWITI rituals of Gabon/Cameroon/Congo.

#jazzsky #modernjazz #newrelease #nowplaying
February 6, 2025 at 9:17 PM
🎷 Chaotic Good Jazz #14 is a double issue showcasing some of the freshest jazz from around the world + my personal favorites from a jam-packed January.

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February 4, 2025 at 10:49 PM
#nowplaying

Accidental Ornithology by Sarah Belle Reid and Vinny Goila

Released on January 31, 2025

An alternative title for this cutting edge free jazz album that explored the unique calls of imaginary birds could have been "Jazz-rassic Park"

#jazzsky #newrelease #jazzrassicpark
February 4, 2025 at 10:23 PM
#nowplaying

List of Demands by Damon Locks

Released on January 31, 2025

"Locks's decades-long resume connects the dots between experimental improvisation, sample based hip hop, punk, and poetry"

#jazzsky #newrelease
February 3, 2025 at 2:43 PM
#nowplaying

Give Way by Emily Mikesell & Kate Campbell Strauss

Released on January 24, 2025

#jazzsky #newrelease
February 2, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Chaotic Good Jazz Song of the Week:

"Cycles/Circles" is my Sotw selection from the Peruvian-born London-based saxophonist Allexa Nava.

Her debut EP No Language releases February 28th.

#jazzsky #newrelease #songoftheweek #modernjazz
January 30, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Swiss quintet Garn’s new album Loopwheel is the CGJ selection for this week's album of the week.

Released on January 24th by Rabbit Hill Records.

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January 30, 2025 at 6:24 PM
#nowplaying

A Blessed Leap Into Eternity by the Philadelphia-based multi-instrumentalist Corey Bernhard

Released on January 24, 2025

#jazzsky #newrelease
January 28, 2025 at 9:16 PM
#nowplaying

Silhouettes: A Dream Sphere Journal from MATTERS UNKNOWN (aka Jonathan Enser of Nubiyan Twist)

Released on January 24, 2025

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January 27, 2025 at 8:51 PM
#nowplaying

Module from Munich-based trio, Prepared.

Released by Compost Records on January 17, 2025

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January 26, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Song of the Week:
"Uno Punto Uno" | Rosa Brunello

Bassist Rosa Brunello teams up Yazz Ahmed, Tamar Osborn, and more on the first single released from the Women In Jazz x New Soil compilation.

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January 24, 2025 at 1:08 PM

Chaotic Good Jazz Album of the Week:

Module | Prepared

Chris Gall, Flo Riedl & Christoph Holzhauser are the Munich-based piano, bass clarinet & drum trio Prepared. Give Module a listen, I hope you are prepared for an immersive listening experience 🤯

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January 23, 2025 at 9:56 PM