This previously unreleased live recording finds the Pres of the saxophonists in good form at the jazz club named after one of his many disciples. jazzdesk.wordpress.com/2025/12/18/l...

So many great albums are reissued on vinyl that you almost do not have time to buy and listen to new ones. Here are our top selections from 2025. jazzdesk.wordpress.com/2025/12/16/b...

This is the albums which we have enjoyed the most in 2025. It includes a song cycle, an octet for guitar and piano, and a remake of a classic protest album. jazzdesk.wordpress.com/2025/12/11/b...

Golden Flower documents two concerts from Sweden by multi-instrumentalist Yusef Lateef. The one with Kenny Barron on piano shines most brightly. jazzdesk.wordpress.com/2025/12/08/g...

Oscar Peterson shines with his pianistic brilliance on a previously unissued collection of live recordings. jazzdesk.wordpress.com/2025/12/05/t...

Rahsaan Roland Kirk and his horns of plenty shines brightly on the previously unissued Live at the Village Gate from 1963. jazzdesk.wordpress.com/2025/11/26/r...

Ingrid Laubrock’s 60 pieces for different duos of singers and instrumentalists is one of this year’s most original albums. jazzdesk.wordpress.com/2025/11/23/i...

Believe it by Tony Williams is fusion at its best: energetic and elegant. Now the album turns 50 years. jazzdesk.wordpress.com/2025/11/20/b...

Two tenor saxophone greats go head-to-head on Dizzy Gillespie’s 1957 album Sonny Side Up: Sonny Rollins and Stitt. jazzdesk.wordpress.com/2025/11/17/t...

Aaron Parks returns to acoustic jazz with his new quartet album with Billy Hart, Ben Street and Ben Solomon. jazzdesk.wordpress.com/2025/11/14/a...

Changes I & II is Charles Mingus still on top of his game with a vital band which sounds like pure Mingus. The albums were released 50 years ago. jazzdesk.wordpress.com/2025/11/11/c...

Chick Corea’s last performances are now issued. Corea alone at the piano plays compositions by himself and others. jazzdesk.wordpress.com/2025/11/08/c...

Patricia Brennan’s new album of all original music is a soundscape all of its own. jazzdesk.wordpress.com/2025/11/02/p...

John Coltrane’s complete 1961 Village Vanguard recordings show the saxophonist restlessly exploring new repertoire in different settings. Now it is reissued on vinyl. jazzdesk.wordpress.com/2025/11/05/j...

Keith Jarrett’s Death and the Flower is a low-key affair with his American Quartet which was released 50 years ago. jazzdesk.wordpress.com/2025/10/30/k...

One of the greatest jazz musicians from the past 60 years has died. Jack DeJohnette played on seminal albums like Bitches Brew, 80/81, and Song X. jazzdesk.wordpress.com/2025/10/27/m...

The previously unissued live album Silver in Seattle shows one of the most talented bands of the mid-1960s: The Horace Silver Quintet with Joe Henderson and Woody Shaw. jazzdesk.wordpress.com/2025/10/25/h...

Roy Brooks’ The Free Slave is powerful soul jazz with Woody Shaw which is now reissued. jazzdesk.wordpress.com/2025/10/22/r...

Dave Holland Trio with saxophonist Jaleel Shaw and drummer Nasheet Waits is a great live band as they show on their current European tour. jazzdesk.wordpress.com/2025/10/19/d...

American original Henry Threadgill continues to explore musical roads less travelled: now with an unusually orchestrated octet. jazzdesk.wordpress.com/2025/10/16/h...

McCoy Tyner pays tribute to his piano heroes and contemporaries on the 25 years old solo album Jazz Roots. jazzdesk.wordpress.com/2025/10/13/m...

Charles Mingus made sure his 1964 Monterey Jazz Festival performance was remembered. You can hear it on the reissued Mingus at Monterey. jazzdesk.wordpress.com/2025/10/10/m...

Wadada Leo Smith and Sylvie Courvoiser search for unusual sounds and forms on their new duo album. jazzdesk.wordpress.com/2025/10/06/w...

New releases and reissues of Miles Davis, Rahsaan Kirk and Lester Young premieres on Record Store Day. jazzdesk.wordpress.com/2025/10/03/p...

Clifford Jordan held the acoustic jazz flag high during the fusion era, as the 50 years old Firm Roots illustrates. jazzdesk.wordpress.com/2025/09/30/c...

Wayne Shorter was already a mature stylist on his mature debut album as a leader in 1959 with Lee Morgan and Miles Davis’ rhythm section. The album is reissued as part of the Original Jazz Classics series for the first time. jazzdesk.wordpress.com/2025/09/27/i...

Keith Jarrett set the standard for pianists in Charles Lloyd’s band. 25 years ago, Brad Mehldau entered the group. jazzdesk.wordpress.com/2025/09/21/c...

Don Cherry came well-prepared to his debut album as a leader after long apprenticeship with the major saxophonists of the 1960s. jazzdesk.wordpress.com/2025/09/18/d...

The super trio Fieldwork returns with a new album after a 17 year long pause in which they all have established themselves as stars of jazz. jazzdesk.wordpress.com/2025/09/15/t...

Ravi Coltrane’s From the Round Box was released 25 years ago. It features an all-star quintet. jazzdesk.wordpress.com/2025/09/12/r...

John Coltrane was still adding pop songs to his repertoire in 1965 even if they were radically performed. jazzdesk.wordpress.com/2025/09/09/j...

Brandford Marsalis interprets Keith Jarrett’s Belonging in its entirety on his likewise titled album. jazzdesk.wordpress.com/2025/09/06/m...

Herbie Hancock’s Man-child features both Wayne Shorter and Stevie Wonder. Now it turns fifty years. jazzdesk.wordpress.com/2025/09/02/h...

The reissue collection Miles Davis ’55 shows the gradual formation of the first Miles Davis Quintet with a detour to a whole other group sound. jazzdesk.wordpress.com/2025/08/30/m...

Geri Allen’s debut album is stunning even in retrospect. Now it is reissued. jazzdesk.wordpress.com/2025/08/27/t...

Paul Cornish convinces on his Blue Note debut trio album of only original compositions. jazzdesk.wordpress.com/2025/08/24/p...

James Kaplan’s 3 Shades of Blue is a collective biography on Miles Davis, John Coltrane, and Bill Evans and how their paths coalesced on Kind of Blue. jazzdesk.wordpress.com/2025/08/21/t...

Charles Lloyd, Vijay Iyer, and Patricia Brennan all release new music this autumn. There is also a historical release of Joe Henderson. jazzdesk.wordpress.com/2025/08/18/j...

Mal Waldron played with jazz giants like Billie Holiday, Charles Mingus, and John Coltrane. He was born a 100 years ago. jazzdesk.wordpress.com/2025/08/15/m...

One of the greatest jazz pianists of the 20th century was born a 100 years ago. Oscar Peterson’s technique is in a category of its own. Yet his music is sometimes questioned. jazzdesk.wordpress.com/2025/08/12/t...

With Contemporary Jazz Branford Marsalis established his quartet which is still going strong 25 years later. jazzdesk.wordpress.com/2025/08/09/b...

The reissued Gone with Golson is solid hard bop from 1959 with a great quintet of modernists. jazzdesk.wordpress.com/2025/08/06/g...

Fred Hersch’s new trio album sounds like a beautiful place where you find peace and quiet. jazzdesk.wordpress.com/2025/08/03/t...

Miles Davis’ final live release in the 1970s is more easily accessible than his previous denser fusion music and points towards his comeback albums in the 1980s. jazzdesk.wordpress.com/2025/07/31/m...

This meeting between two multi reed players has the promise of becoming much more interesting than it is. jazzdesk.wordpress.com/2025/07/28/m...

James Brandon Lewis’ new quartet album is a new steppingstone in his career. jazzdesk.wordpress.com/2025/07/25/a...

The John Coltrane centennial next year brings tours and reissues of the saxophonists most cherished albums. jazzdesk.wordpress.com/2025/07/22/t...

At the heart of Bill Evans’ many trios was always the bassist. Finally, he recorded a duo album with his bassist. jazzdesk.wordpress.com/2025/07/19/b...

Trumpeter Charles Tolliver explores the Coltrane quartet legacy on the reissued Live at Slugs’. jazzdesk.wordpress.com/2025/07/16/c...

Mary Halvorson expands her sextet and plays mournful and mysterious music on her new album. jazzdesk.wordpress.com/2025/07/13/g...