New Day, New Play

Make no mistake, jazz is not a museum piece. But by visiting the rich history of the music, the modern creators and improvisers can capture the past and play it forward for ears to come.

You either bring something new or risk being drowned out by history. On Another Kind of Bird, drummer and bandleader Richard Baratta does not step lightly.

With Oracles, Helen brings it all for us to enjoy in a large setting, with original tributes to Clark Terry, Ron Carter, Jimmy Heath and Wayne Shorter, alongside engaging pianism salutes to Barry Harris, Kenny Barron and Herbie Hancock.

A large ensemble tribute rooted in Afro-Caribbean rhythm and New York history, reimagining the music of Thelonious Monk.

Over the course of his career, pianist, composer, arranger and producer Jason Miles has worked with Luther Vandross, Whitney Houston, David Sanborn, Michael Jackson and Aretha Franklin. But the definitive highlight for Jason was his sound-shaping work with Miles Davis - on Tutu, Amandla and Siesta.

Ted has always preferred creating spaces where jazz can be heard up close. With that attitude in hand, he and his wife reopened an historic building in Jersey City - The Statuary, as a performance space, where this recording was captured.

Joined by the SWR Big Band of Stuttgart, Germany, it's an engaging program of appealing originals, alongside regaling re-tales of James Taylor's "Fire And Rain" and the Creative Source Classic, "Can't Hide Love".

Hear a track from Torch Bearers each weekday morning @ 8:20AM

Enduring Sonance, Wilson’s new release from Smoke Sessions Records, shows him in the excellent company of Renee Rosnes on piano & Fender Rhodes, vibraphonist Joe Locke, bassist Jay Anderson, drummer Kendrick Scott, and special guest Kevin Newton on french horn.

Following his 2024 release GIFTS, honoring Billy Strayhorn, trumpeter Dave Douglas continues his exploration of legacy with Transcend, a reimagination of parts of Duke Ellngton's Sacred Concerts, his Black, Brown and Beige Suite, and his Latin American Suite and more.