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This Week at All About Jazz

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Album Reviewers Wanted

Join us! All About Jazz is looking for talented, passionate writers to enrich our community, especially album reviewers with a deep appreciation for straight-ahead, swingin’ jazz. If you’re eager to share your expertise and enthusiasm, we’d love to hear from you. Please visit this page to learn more and submit a writing sample that showcases your style and insight. Thank you!

Album Reviews

The album reviews below represent our most popular from the past week. View all recent reviews.

Movements of Air Daniel Herskedal	A Chain of Moments Barbara Bruckmüller Jazz Orchestra, feat. Aruán Ortiz	The Man I Love Gabriel Latchin Trio	Dragon Suite Joe Fiedler Trio 2.0
Poems For Travellers Emil Brandqvist Trio	Mythology Steve Johns	Floating Jenny Hill	Lightside Matteo Pastorino

A Brief Guide To Ukrainian Jazz: Part 3

The third installment of A Brief Guide To Ukrainian Jazz—a series developed with the cooperation of the Ukrainian Institute—introduces five more highly talented jazz artists/groups from Ukraine. The vast range of personal musical identities attests to the strength, depth and originality of contemporary Ukranian jazz. Leléka Victoria Leléka is the voice and driving force of Leléka, a multi-national folk-jazz quartet founded in Berlin in 2016. Fusing the improvisational freedom of jazz with Ukrainian folk, Leléka has harvested a heap of prizes that recognize the group's originality. A series of EPs, including music for the 12-part television historical saga There Will Be People (2020), paved the way for the band's debut full-length album, Sonce u Serci (GLM Music, 2021). Alongside timeless folk themes of love and nature, Leléka also addressed the Chernobyl disaster in darkly poetic terms. Continue reading...

Beyond Genre: Brian Marsella’s Expanding Musical Universe

Brian Marsella is a pianist and composer whose work defies easy categorization. Whether leading his genre-blurring trio with bassist Trevor Dunn and drummer Kenny Wollesen , or collaborating with avant-garde luminary John Zorn, Marsella brings a rare blend of technical brilliance and emotional depth to every performance. Born in Philadelphia and based in New York since 1998, Marsella has carved out a unique space in the jazz and experimental music scenes. His projects span a broad creative spectrum, from the expansive, cinematic soundscapes of iMAGiNARiUM to the Brazilian-inspired rhythms and festive spirit of Gatos do Sul. He leads The Modulators, a group inflected with surf-rock energy and retro charm, and is part of the poetic, percussive duo Archipelago X with vibraphonist Sae Hashimoto. His trio, featuring Dunn and Wollesen, has become a dynamic force on the contemporary jazz scene, praised for its adventurous interplay and emotional immediacy. Continue reading...

Swinging Scores—How Jazz Shaped Bollywood’s Golden Age

This piece—the first in a five-part series on the Indian jazz revival—focuses on the heavy imprint of jazz on Indian cinema, specifically Bollywood during its golden age between the 1940s and 1970s. It's a story about how a music born in New Orleans made its way to Bombay, and how, for a few wild and brilliant decades, it seeped into the sonic fabric of Hindi-language cinema, leaving behind echoes we can still hear today. This article draws heavily from Naresh Fernandes's Taj Mahal Foxtrot, which is a definitive history of jazz in India. The book traces how swing, bebop, and big band music arrived in Bombay in the early 20th century, shaped the city's nightlife, and eventually found their way into the DNA of Bollywood film scores.   What Is Bollywood? "Bollywood" is the informal name for the Hindi-language film industry based in Mumbai (formerly Bombay). Continue reading...

Songs of the Week

From a Jon Hasell-inspried meditation to a swingin' affair from an all-star cast.

Top Songs

The songs below represent our most heard from the past four weeks. View the Song of the Day archive.

Rising From the album Rising By Daniel Garbin	Belgrade (Београд) From the album Native Son By Michael Waldrop	Florence From the album Rough Edges By Andrew Nixon	Wolverine From the album Refuge By Mitch Towne
Do Do Kindje Doo From the album Retrospectives (In The Key Of Jazz) By Billie Davies	Iacchus From the album From What I Recall By Premazzi / Nasser Quartet	On A Clear Day (featuring Antonia Bennett) From the album Memories Unleashed, Impulse 1 By Elijah Rock	Boogie And JuJu From the album New African Orleans By Alune Wade

Choice Content

Meet Andy Bey (read--originally published in February 2000); OJC Odds & Ends: From Cal Tjader to Mal Waldron (read); Brick Lane Jazz Festival 2025—A Rookie's Review (read); "Escalator Over The Hill" by The New School Studio Orchestra and Vocal Ensemble (read); Kenny Barron, Solo Piano at SFJAZZ (view photos); Usein Bekirov: Qizilciqlar (listen);Meet Jack Bowers (read); Joanne Halev at Birdland (read); Kenny Washington Quartet at Keys Jazz Bistro (view photos); Cecile Mclorin Salvant Quartet at SFJAZZ (view photos); Miguel Zenon and Luis Perdomo at Harlem Stage Gatehouse (read); Unearthed & Unforgettable: The Lost Tapes of Just Jazz (read); Steve Allee: Naptown Sound (read); Torino Jazz Festival 2025, Part 2 (view photos).

Radio & Podcasts

Tune into our extensive collection of quality programs every week.

Allston Boylston: Nasheet Waits, Sasha Berliner, Nels Cline and the Premazzi-Nasser Quartet! (listen); The Outer View: Jackie McLean, Eugene Chadbourne, and Miho Hazama (listen); Mondo Jazz: Tony Tixier, Hermon Mehari, Sun-Mi Hong, Branford Marsalis & More (listen); Jazz Bastard: Melody, Please (listen); Strictly Jazz Sounds: John Patitucci: The Soul, Spirit, and Sound of Jazz (listen); One Man's Jazz: Luke Stewart, Silvia Bolognesi & Alexander Hawkins (listen); A Broad Spectrum: Kandace Springs, Brandee Younger, Melissa Kassel, Atlantic Jazz Collective With Norma Winstone, Joe LaBarbera & More (listen); Neon Jazz: Ed Palermo, Planet D Nonet, Herbie Hancock & Don Byas (listen); Bitches Brew: Antoine Fafard, Markus Reuter, Sons Of Ra, Claudio Scolari Project, Wayne Krantz, Miles Davis (listen); Talk About Jazz: Jay Danley: Canadian Jazz Guitarist, Composer, Recording Artist, And World-Class Session Musician (listen); Mondo Jazz: Kneebody,  Joe Lovano, Marcin Wasilewski, XY Quartet & More (listen); Spotlight On: Craig Mod: Things Become Things That Last (listen); Jazz Odyssey: Several Stunning Cover Versions Including Coltrane's "Alabama" (listen); Jazz Connections: Slam Stewart and Eddie Durham: Forgotten Innovators (listen); inJazz Radio: Sam Newbould Quintet jazzahead! 2025 recordings, Alice Leggett, Alon Farber and more (listen); The Jazz Continuum: Giant Steps: Rahsaan Roland Kirk to Vijay Iyer (listen); World of Jazz: New Releases Plus A Focus On Yells At Eels And Ivo Perelman (listen).

News Announcements

Timely announcements covering new album releases, tours, special events and more. View all recent announcements.

Breakthrough Jazz Composition 'Escher’s Staircase' Wins Lennon Award (read); Matthieu Mazué's 'Monoliths And Screens For Quartet' Now On Bandcamp! (read); Finn Wiest's 'Aurora': A Vibrant Journey Through Sculpted Jazz Soundscapes (read); Julieta Rada: New Album 'Candombe' Showcase June 4th At Nublu! (read); The Nash Executive Director Joel Goldenthal Transitions to New Role   (read); JazzWeek Radio Chart: May 12, 2025 (read); Smoke Jazz Club Announces June Line-up Of Top Pianists Emmet Cohen, Danilo Perez, And Eric Scott Reed, And More (read); Butter And The Genre Announces 'Music Is Life,' A New Jazz Single Bridging Generations (read).

Contest Giveaways

For the four winners of the Outside In Music, go here. We'll be back next week with a Ron Carter book giveaway.

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