All About Jazz

Back on Episode 247, Pat gave an overview of Creed Taylor's famous (infamous?) CTI label that bestrode the first half of the nineteen seventies like a jazz colossus.

This playlist maps a fascinating journey through the global landscape of modern jazz, effortlessly balancing vibrant tradition with daring exploration.

Vibraphonist and composer Victor Vieira-Branco has been quietly building something with Bark Culture since 2021, and the Philadelphia -based quartet is no longer content to keep it quiet.

Streaming on demand with today's music by Brad Goode Quintet, Michael Dease Big Band, Charles Chen, Sarah Sharp, Reid Hoyson Project, Ben Patterson, Jun

This episode of Rotations is about the conversation between what's just been made and what's been waiting to be heard.

Seven projects, seven lessons in creative transformation—from reimagined genres, traditions and freshly taped recording sessions to the spontaneous reinvention that unfolds whenever musicians meet in the moment.

There is a certain confidence that comes with age and experience. It is the kind that allows a musician to gather friends, trust their instincts, and let the music tell its own story.

Louis Hayes Jazz Alley Seattle WA June 23, 2026 At eighty-nine years old, the fact that drummer is still touring as a bandleader is remarkable in itself.

He kept the clarinet. Sixty years after he last played for money, the central banker still had the instrument from his dance-band days; when a

Described as "an intrepid composer, architect of sound and beast of the bass..." composer, bassist, and improviser is one of the most prolific music