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Happy 109th Birthday Thelonious Monk! His Music Interpreted by Himself, Ralph Peterson, Carmen Bradford, and Others

It is "Monktober" and we are celebrating the 10-10-1917 birthday of one of the greatest piano composers in jazz--Mr. Thelonious Sphere Monk. In addition to the artists named in the...

Thelonious Monk: Wrong is Right, Part 1

Thelonious Monk changed the language of jazz--but who was the man behind the music? On Strictly Jazz Sounds, Steve Braunginn talks with T.S. Monk and his son, Thelonious Monk IV, a...

Miles Okazaki's Monkathon: The Complete Thelonious Monk–Live

Guitarist Miles Okazaki, originally from Port Townsend, Washington, has become an integral figure in New York's creative music scene. Over the course of his career, he has toured a...

Thelonious Monk: Wrong Is Right-Part Two

The conversation continues. In Part Two of Thelonious Monk: Wrong Is Right, Steve Braunginn rejoins T.S. Monk and Thelonious Monk IV, beginning with Charlie Rouse and the musical l...

John Coltrane 100: Olé & Monk

By Paul Acquaro  John Coltrane - Olé (Atlantic, 1961)  In the mid-1990s I had just graduated from undergrad with a degree in Journalism and absolutely no idea what to do next....

Monktober continues with covers from Abbey Lincoln, Art Blakey, Chick Corea, and Billy Higgins. Also new music from Jani...

In addition to the musicians mentioned in the title, this edition of Exploration includes newly released music from Tommy Flanagan, Amber Weekes, Ray Russell, and more. Birthdays f...

Thelonious Monk, John Coltrane, Barry Harris, Don Patterson, Sonny Stitt And Others

The beating heart of this week's episode emanates from one man's camera expressed through three records:, Thelonious Monk and John Coltrane's 1957 residency, Barry Harris' 1975 Xan...

Miles Okazaki Performs the Entire Monk Songbook

Want to get into jazz but don’t know where to start? Here’s the first 21 albums you should buy

From Charles Mingus and Thelonious Monk to Sun Ra and Don Cherry, 21 albums that offer different routes into this endlessly rewarding world

The Discreet Charm of Tete Montoliu

In 1947 tenor saxophonist Don Byas, a transplant from America following a tour of Europe, joined a society orchestra--complete with strings--to play dates in Spain.  After their ba...

Michael Eckroth, Alice Coltrane, and Jack Bruce

This episode includes many different strands of modern jazz, from the sophisticated jazz-rock of Michael Eckroth and Jack Bruce to the spiritual explorations of Alice Coltrane and...

Philly Joe Jones!

Thanks to Billy Drummond who recently shared these very brief but amazing clips of Philly Joe Jones in action via Instagram:

Henry Threadgill Is Up For A Challenge

I haven’t always connected with the work of certain avant-garde jazz musicians right away. Ornette Coleman’s music clicked for me instantly; I heard his 1960 album Change Of The Ce...

Sullivan Fortner: The Music Tells You Where to Go

It is hard to overstate the exuberance and awe expressed by other musicians when talking about Sullivan Fortner. At under 40 years old, he is one of a small handful of pianists who...

John Coltrane 100: The John Coltrane Quartet Plays

John Coltrane – The John Coltrane Quartet Plays (Impulse, 1965)By Dan Sorrells Most of my listening hours are spent on freely improvised music. But when it comes to Coltrane, I...

John Coltrane 100: A Sunday Morning Record

DUKE ELLINGTON & JOHN COLTRANE - s/t (Impulse!, 1963)By Ferruccio Martinotti Sunday morning. We weren't even looking through Trane’s records, we already had a clear pl...

John Coltrane 100: Soul Junction & First Meditations

By Richard Blute The Red Garland Quintet Featuring John Coltrane and Donald Byrd - Soul Junction (Prestige, 1960) Culinary writers frequently refer to comfort food....

Jon Batiste, Greg Chako, Ulysses Owens Jr., Faye Carol and Matt White

In memory of the incomparable Dolly Parton, who we lost at the age of 80 on August 25, 2026, we open this edition of Neon Jazz by celebrating an artist whose music, generosity, and...

Classics from John Coltrane, Horace Silver, Others; New Music from Christine Tobin, Bobby Watson, Carmen Lundy and More

In addition to the artists in the title, this edition of Exploration honors the birthdays of Patrice Rushen, Dave Holland, Jean-Luc Ponty, and others. Playlist Charles McPherson "...

Happy 100th Birthday John Coltrane! His Music, Performed by Him and by Sonny Fortune, Bobby Watson, Stanley Turrentine,...

Honoring the music and legacy of John Coltrane the day after his 100th birthday. In addition to the artists named in the title interpreting his music, we've included music about Co...

Walt Dickerson :: To My Queen

An unsung pioneer of the jazz vibraphone, the elusive Philadelphia-born musician Walt Dickerson is best known for his collaborative seventies album Visions with Sun Ra. With a dyna...

John Coltrane 100: Live at the Village Vanguard Again

By David Cristol So much has been written about John Coltrane and he's such a widely acknowledged and worshiped figure - one of jazz's top two most iconic artists, along with h...

Kalaparusha, Bobby Sanabria, and Giorgio Gaslini

This episode highlights spiritual jazz from Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre, Latin jazz from the Bobby Sanabria Multiverse Big Band and solo piano from Giorgio Gaslini among other thi...

Two Views Of A Masterpiece

As a jazz composer is it better to be a hedgehog or a fox, to write music that is so irreducibly singular that there is only one way to perform it or do be so embracingly universal...