Dec 9, 2025 12:28 PM
In Memoriam: Gordon Goodwin, 1954–2025
Gordon Goodwin, an award-winning saxophonist, pianist, bandleader, composer and arranger, died Dec. 8 in Los Angeles.…
Christian McBride, Marcus Strickland and Christian Sands head up an ensemble celebrating What’s Goin’ On at 50 in New York.
(Photo: Courtesy 92nd Street Y)This week’s streaming highlights include the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, the Jeremy Pelt Quartet, the Dezron Douglas Quintet and Christian McBride honoring Marvin Gaye’s What’s Going On at 50. A fee is associated with some of the material listed, and some items have been sourced from WBGO, WDCB and WWOZ. Please support jazz radio. DB
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May 19: Dezron Douglas Quartet at Bar Bayeux (Brooklyn)
May 19: Keisha Janae/Ben Lamar Gay & Ayako Kato/Jason Roebke at Constellation (Chicago)
May 20: Ethan Philion Quartet at Constellation (Chicago)
May 21: Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra — Freedom, Justice, and Hope
May 21: Keef Jackson Trio at Constellation (Chicago)
May 21–22: Jeremy Pelt Quartet at Smoke Jazz & Supper Club (New York)
May 21: Marvin Gaye: What’s Going On at 50 with Christian McBride at the 92nd Street Y (New York)
April 22: Twin Talk Trio at Constellation (Chicago)
May 23: Alisha Pattillo Quartet at Murray’s (Columbia, Missouri)
May 23: Bobby Rush Raw
Goodwin was one of the most acclaimed, successful and influential jazz musicians of his generation.
Dec 9, 2025 12:28 PM
Gordon Goodwin, an award-winning saxophonist, pianist, bandleader, composer and arranger, died Dec. 8 in Los Angeles.…
Belá Fleck during an interview with Fredrika Whitfield on CNN.
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The fallout from the renaming of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts to include President Donald…
The success of Oregon’s first album, 1971’s Music Of Another Present Era, allowed Towner to establish a solo career.
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Ralph Towner, a guitarist and composer who blended multiple genres, including jazz — and throughout them all remained…
Flea has returned to his first instrument — the trumpet — and assembled a dream band of jazz musicians to record a new album.
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After a nearly five-decade career as one of his generation’s defining rock bassists, Flea has returned to his first…
Rico’s Anti-Microbial Instrument Swab
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With this year’s NAMM Show right around the corner, we can look forward to plenty of new and innovative instruments…
