Aug 26, 2025 1:53 PM
Blindfold Test: Buster Williams
Buster Williams, who at the age of 83 has been on the scene for 65 years, had never done a Blindfold Test. The first…
Paquito D’Rivera will perform Thursday, May 6, at Dizzy’s Club in New York.
(Photo: Geandy Pavon)This week’s choice streaming selections include a Billy Bang documentary, plus live performances by Paquito D’Rivera, The Hot Sardines, Jay Hogard and more. 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
Available Now: Documentary—Billy Bang, Lucky Man
Available Now: Evolution of A Groove: The Monterey Commissions
May 3: Robin Barnes & Family (New Orleans)
May 4: Bremmer Duthié & Harry Mayronne (New Orleans)
May 5: Michael Weiss Trio at Bar Bayeux (Brooklyn)
May 6: Live From Dizzy’s: Paquito D’Rivera and Alex Brown (New York)
May 7–20: Hot Sardines at Manchester Craftsman’s Guild
May 7: Kimmel/Ali/Harris at Constellation (Chicago)
May 8: Artifacts at Constellation (Chicago)
May 8: Noah Haidu/Todd Coolman/Billy Hart, Keith Jarrett 76th Birthday Tribute
May 10: Jay Hogard Quartet (Hartford Jazz Society, Connecticut)
“What I got from Percy was the dignity of playing the bass,” Buster Williams said of Percy Heath.
Aug 26, 2025 1:53 PM
Buster Williams, who at the age of 83 has been on the scene for 65 years, had never done a Blindfold Test. The first…
Don and Maureen Sickler serve as the keepers of engineer Rudy Van Gelder’s flame at Van Gelder Studio, perhaps the most famous recording studio in jazz history.
Sep 3, 2025 12:02 PM
On the last Sunday of 2024, in the control room of Van Gelder Studio, Don and Maureen Sickler, co-owners since Rudy Van…
The Free Slave, Cosmos Nucleus and Sunset To Dawn: three classic Muse albums being reissued this fall by Timer Traveler Recordings.
Aug 26, 2025 1:32 PM
Record producer and “Jazz Detective” Zev Feldman has launched his next endeavor, the archival label Time Traveler…
This year’s Jazz em Agosto set by the Darius Jones Trio captured the titular alto saxophonist at his most ferocious.
Aug 26, 2025 1:31 PM
The organizers of Lisbon, Portugal’s Jazz em Agosto Festival assume its audience is thoughtful and independent. Over…
Trio aRT with its avalanche of instrumentation: from left, Pheeroan akLaff, Scott Robinson and Julian Thayer.
Sep 3, 2025 12:03 PM
Trio aRT, a working unit since 1988, shockingly released its very first studio recording this summer. Recorded in…
