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Cheryl K.
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Independent Jazz and improvised music print and broadcast journalist...recovering carbo junkie....loves walks outside when the temperatures hits 15 degrees F...call me crazy...https://www.jazzfluxus.com/
Your RWD of new music for the week!

Singer-songwriter Ola Onabule w/The Hazelrigg Brothers, guitarist Louis Stewart and flute/reed player Brian Dunning from 1979, and bassist and composer Jakob Dreyer.

On the homepage of Jazz/Fluxus - www.jazzfluxus.com

*photo cred/ALT
November 10, 2025 at 11:37 AM
The first "Disturbance" of November! Tune in for new material from vibraphonist Yuhan Su, DJ Nicola Conte, composer/arranger Zhengtao Pan, and trumpeter/multi-instrumentalist Nicholas Payton.

www.jazzfluxus.com/episodes

*photo creds/ALT
November 5, 2025 at 10:29 AM
WITHIN EARSHOT

Sean Mason
“A Breath of Fresh Air”
Seanmason.net

The title nudges at what we regularly seek. With a recurring four-on-the-floor backbeat, his quintet messages his personal growth and rejuvenation in one of the most satisfying releases to date.

Rec: Secrets, Kiss Me

*photo cred/ALT
November 4, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Back with your RWD of new music - vibraphonist and composer Mark Sherman, the piano trio Prawntail, and composer Zihua Tan with the group No Hay Banda.

On the homepage of Jazz/Fluxus - www.jazzfluxus.com

[photo credits in ALT]
November 3, 2025 at 12:11 PM
WITHIN EARSHOT

The Charlie Rouse Band
“Cinnamon Flower”
resonancerecords.org

The archival release of tenor man Rouse’s '77 Brazilian album comparatively may sound showy to his work with Monk, but his congenial delivery and the collective talent overrides that notion.

Rec: Clove and Cinnamon
October 14, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Your RWD has been posted - multi-instrumentalist and composer Nicholas Payton, drummer Phil Haynes and his quartet Free Country, bassist and composer Anne Mette Iversen and Ternion Q Expanded, and pianist Chris Rottmayer.

On the homepage of Jazz/Fluxus - www.jazzfluxus.com

[photo credits in ALT]
October 13, 2025 at 11:20 AM
WITHIN EARSHOT

Satoko Fujii and Natsuki Tamura
“Ki”
librarecords.com

I, too, listened with “quiet fascination”. Its stark, emotive delivery fits with a 1960’s suspense thriller (“Wait Until Dark”) or could drape a reading by Kerouac.

Rec: Keyaki, Kusunoki

[photo credits in ALT]
October 8, 2025 at 10:25 PM
"The Jazz Disturbance" is up and runnin'! Picks from new releases by pianist Simon Chivallon, the Shout Section Big Band, saxophonist Tommy Smith and pianist Gwilyn Simcock, and bassist Rich Brown.

www.jazzfluxus.com/episodes

[photo credits in ALT]
October 8, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Awakening to another Monday and your RWD of new music - the quartet Earscratcher's "Otoliths"; pianist and composer Kate Wyatt's "Murmurations"; and bassist Nick Joz’s"Hieroglyph & Stuttering".

On the homepage of Jazz/Fluxus - www.jazzfluxus.com

[photo credits in ALT]
October 6, 2025 at 4:19 PM
WITHIN EARSHOT

Brittany Davis
“Black Thunder”
loosegroove.indiemerch.com

Each piece holds personal, pinching truths, expressing her wants and longings, so aligned with ours. The pathos of “Black Thunder” will break you and then build you back up.

Rec: Amid the Blackout of the Night, Mirrors
October 1, 2025 at 12:23 PM
If you don't know who pianist and composer Carole Nelson is, well, why don't you tune into this week's "Situation Fluxus" get to know her and "Through the Storm". Also, pianist Eva Novoa and saxophonist Ron Blake...and prepare yourself for a little Latin tinge...

www.jazzfluxus.com/episodes
September 30, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Welcome to this week's RWD of new music - drummer Mike Clark, pianist Sylvie Courvoisier and trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith, vocalist and story-teller Allen Austin-Bishop, and composer and conductor Rin Seo’s Collective.

On the homepage of Jazz/Fluxus - www.jazzfluxus.com

[photo credits in ALT]
September 29, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Greetings - coast-to-coast, across the pond - here's this week's "The Jazz Disturbance" - vocalist Stella Cole, keyboardist Joe Alterman and DJ, bassist and producer Mocean Worker, guitarist Heather McKay, and the group OKAN.

www.jazzfluxus.com/episodes
September 24, 2025 at 12:27 PM
WITHIN EARSHOT

Gary Bartz
“Damage Control"
facebook.com/garybartzofficial

Bartz conjures the soul spirits of six-plus decades for a relaxing drive. He made this recording for himself but let me in as a passenger.

Rec: In Search of My Heart/ Love Surrounds Us Everywhere

[photo creds in ALT]
September 23, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Welcome to the Fall Equinox 2025 and to this week's RWD - pianist David Kikoski, keyboardist Joe Alterman and DJ, bassist and producer Mocean Worker, and NEA Jazz Master saxophonist Gary Bartz and his group NTU.

On the homepage of Jazz/Fluxus - www.jazzfluxus.com

[photo credits in ALT]
September 22, 2025 at 1:02 PM
During this week's "Situation Fluxus", I spoke with Rob Adams, UK journalist and operator of his own Rob Adams Music Touring. Also, for your listening pleasure, selections from vocalists Allen Austin-Bishop and Nicole Zuraitis.

Voila! www.jazzfluxus.com/episodes
September 17, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Dig into this week's RWD with pianist-composer Satoko Fujii and trumpeter-composer Natsuki Tamura, pianist and composer Federico Bonifazi, and drummer Johnathan Blake.

On the homepage of Jazz/Fluxus - www.jazzfluxus.com

[photo credits in ALT]
September 15, 2025 at 10:40 AM
This week's "The Jazz Disturbance" - with vocalist Shiri Zorn, saxophonist Timo Vollbrecht, violinist Jason Kao Hwang, vocalist Samara Joy, and other suspects - is right here -

www.jazzfluxus.com/episodes
September 10, 2025 at 5:42 PM
WITHIN EARSHOT

Ledisi
“For Dinah”
candidrecords.shop.musictoday.com

Ledisi brings forth the spirit of The Queen of the Blues with class, sensitivity and the Dionysiac power that Black women possess.

Rec: What a Difference a Day Makes, Let’s Do It
September 9, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Your RWD of new music served up now - pianists Paul Harrison and Billy Lester and vocalists Jamile and Peter Campbell.

On the homepage of Jazz/Fluxus - www.jazzfluxus.com

[photo credits in ALT]
September 9, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Yes, it's the official unofficial start to fall - cooler temps and plenty of Jazz and improvised music! Tune in to this week's "Situation Fluxus" with my guest bassist, composer, and founder of Out of Your Head Records Adam Hopkins.

www.jazzfluxus.com/episodes

[photo credits in ALT]
September 3, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Your RWD of new music - "Vanguardia Subterránea"/saxophonist Miguel Zenón; "Chapter One/pianist Caelan Cardello; "Triune"/multi-instrumentalist Nicholas Payton; "Exotica Reborn: In Studio and Live at House Without A Key"/"The Waitiki 7.

On the homepage of www.jazzfluxus.com

[photo creds in ALT]
August 25, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Here's my conversation with trombonist, keyboardist, and composer William Carn - www.jazzfluxus.com/episodes - and music from the duo Bitter:Sweet and composer Terry Riley.

[photo credit in ALT]
August 20, 2025 at 11:08 AM
WITHIN EARSHOT

Lauren Henderson
“Sonidos”
laurenhendersonmusic.com

“Sonidos” steps apart in its ebullience, elevated by the auxiliary of Ross-Fortner-Douglas-Dyson. Through the eyelet of the African Diaspora and Latin experiencia, love, faith, broken-ness.

Rec: Flight, Ola

[photo creds in ALT]
August 19, 2025 at 5:46 PM
This week's RWD of new music includes new releases by trumpeter and composer Jason Charos, saxophonists Eric Alexander and Vincent Herring, and bassist Pino Palladino and guitarist, multi-instrumentalist, producer and Blake Mills.

www.jazzfluxus.com

[photo credits in ALT]
August 18, 2025 at 10:28 AM