🔊 Soultrane

Joe Lovano • Hank Jones
Kids: Live at Dizzy's Club
Blue Note (2007)

🔊 'Senzo' - Contours And Time

Abdullah Ibrahim
Senzo
Sunnyside (2008)

🔊 The Star Crossed Lovers

Art Farmer
To Duke with Love
East Wind (1976)

• Art Farmer • Cedar Walton •
• Sam Jones • Billy Higgins •

Bill Anschell dropped one hell of an album

Improbable Solutions
Origin (2024)

🔊 Chant in the Night

Sidney Bechet And His Orchestra

Sidney Bechet • Ernie Caceres • Leonard Ware • Dave Bowman • Henry Turner • Zutty Singleton

Jazz saxophonist Xhosa Cole Shares New Single "Come Sunday"

A heartfelt tribute to Duke Ellington featuring Heidi Vogel and Liberty Styles, ahead of Cole's upcoming album On A Modern Genius (Vol. 1)

jazzsketches.substack.com/p/jazz-saxophonist-xhosa-cole-shares

Songs of the Fathers, the latest release from Satya on Resonant Artists, is more than an homage to Abdullah Ibrahim—it’s a sonic journey through the life and spirit of one of Jazz’s most revered figures.

my review: jazzsketches.substack.com/p/songs-of-the-fathers-a-celebration

🔊 Let's Play One

Thad Jones
Motor City Scene
United Artists

Thad Jones • Billy Mitchell • Al Grey • Tommy Flanagan • Paul Chambers • Elvin Jones

🔊 Milestones

Bill Evans
Waltz For Debby
Riverside (1962)

• Bill Evans • Scott LaFaro • Paul Motian •

🎂 Remembering McCoy Tyner on what would have been his 86th birthday—a true innovator whose commanding left hand and visionary harmonies transformed Jazz forever

Some nights call for nothing but the crackle of a vinyl playing Jazz in a dimly lit room

🔊 Sarah Vaughan • September In The Rain

Live from Sweden, 1958

Ronnell Bright • piano
Richard Davis • bass
Art Morgan • drums

If life had a soundtrack, Jazz would be the theme for the best moments

Some people pray; I listen to Coltrane