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The Line of Best Fit Jun 18

Robert Del Naja, Kamasi Washington, Georgia Anne Muldrow and more to feature on new Saul Williams album, Leap Life

Saul Williams Kamasi Washington Georgia Anne Muldrow Robert Del Naja Robert DeLong Gonjasufi Moor Mother Carlos Niño Massive Attack Surya Botofasina

Jazzwise Jun 18

Introducing the July 2026 Issue of Jazzwise, featuring Courtney Pine

Courtney Pine Empirical Lakecia Benjamin Norma Winstone Mary Halvorson Ambrose Akinmusire Joe Henderson

All About Jazz Jun 18

Collin Walcott, Yussef Kamaal, Max Roach, Bobby Previte And More.

Collin Walcott Yussef Kamaal Max Roach Bobby Previte Flat Earth Society Julianna Barwick Mary Lattimore Randy Weston Luise Volkmann

JazzTimes Jun 18

Saxophonist Lakecia Benjamin’s Dream: Better and Bolder Than Our Reality

Lakecia Benjamin John Coltrane Alice Coltrane Gary Bartz Reggie Workman Rashied Ali David Murray

Stereogum Jun 17

Saul Williams Announces New Album Leaf Life Feat. Robert Del Naja, Kamasi Washington, Moor Mother, & More: Hear “Conspiracy”

Kamasi Washington Moor Mother Robert Del Naja Saul Williams Carlos Niño Georgia Anne Muldrow Gonjasufi Massive Attack Surya Botofasina

Pitchfork Jun 17

Saul Williams Recruits Robert Del Naja, Kamasi Washington for New Album Leap Year

Saul Williams Robert Del Naja Kamasi Washington Carlos Niño Georgia Anne Muldrow Surya Botofasina Gonjasufi Moor Mother Massive Attack

Americana Highways Jun 16

Interview: Matthew Stevens and the Many Meanings of Sound

Matthew Stevens Jimi Hendrix The Beatles The Rolling Stones Led Zeppelin Muddy Waters Taj Mahal

XS Noize Jun 16

LIVE REVIEW: Kamasi Washington Brings Spiritual Jazz Majesty To Meltdown Festival

Kamasi Washington Thundercat André 3000 Cameron Graves Rickey Washington Ryan Porter Maurice Brown

All About Jazz Jun 16

Miho Hazama, People In Orbit, Joel Lyssarides, Peter Erskine and more

Miho Hazama People In Orbit Joel Lyssarides Peter Erskine Hank Levy Eivind Aarset Steven Wilson Joachim Kühn Lars Danielsson

Echoes and Dust Jun 15

Joe Lovano / Julian Lage / Asante Santi Debriano / Will Calhoun – Paramount Quartet

Joe Lovano Julian Lage Will Calhoun Woody Herman John Scofield Billy Cobham Elvin Jones Herbie Hancock Living Colour

Moustique Jun 15

Thomas Bangalter, Dyna, Lewis and The Soul et Ibrahim Maalouf: notre sélection de la semaine va vous emmener aux 4 coins du monde

Thomas Bangalter Ibrahim Maalouf

All About Jazz Jun 15

Duchess, Suzanne Pittson, Geri Allen and Kurt Rosenwinkel, Kemuel Roig, Eve Cornelious, Chuck Bergeron and More

Suzanne Pittson Geri Allen Kurt Rosenwinkel Kemuel Roig Eve Cornelious Chuck Bergeron Bevan Manson Judith Owen Erica Von Kleist Maria Muldaur Lakecia Benjamin Jody Redhage

Citizen Jazz Jun 14

Lakecia Benjamin

Lakecia Benjamin Sean Jones Jonathan Barber 早間美紀 Elias Bailey Immanuel Wilkins Jeffrey “Tain” Watts

Louder Sound Jun 14

“I’d only written one song before it. I expected it to be a big hit and it was. Then other things didn’t happen like that”: Admired by half the Beatles, Rick Wakeman and Pat Metheny, Rod Argent still didn’t have it all easy

Rod Argent Rick Wakeman Pat Metheny The Zombies Phil Collins The Who Andrew Lloyd Webber Colin Blunstone Nanci Griffith

JazzTimes Jun 13

James Brandon Lewis’s Many Roads to Freedom: Punk-Jazz to Classical, Tenor Sax at the Center

James Brandon Lewis The Messthetics Fugazi Anthony Pirog Joe Lally Brendan Canty

Magnet Magazine Jun 12

Happy 85th Birthday Chick Corea, R.I.P.

Chick Corea Return to Forever Jon22 Echo & the Bunnymen Portugal. The Man

TSF Jazz Jun 11

Ibrahim Maalouf, Brian Jackson, Lakecia benjamin, Ron Carter & Yotam Silberstein & Reis / Demuth / Wiltgen... voici vos disques du jour de la semaine !

Ibrahim Maalouf Brian Jackson Lakecia Benjamin Ron Carter Yotam Silberstein Reis Demuth Wiltgen

Jazzwise Jun 10

Lakecia Benjamin captures the spirit of community on ‘Mi Gente’ ahead of Ronnie Scott's show

Lakecia Benjamin Elias Bailey Jerome Jennings

All About Jazz Jun 9

Jeff Parker, Oan Kim, Matthew Stevens, Gabrielle Cavassa and More

Jeff Parker Matthew Stevens Gabrielle Cavassa Ben Allison Gegé Telesforo

All About Jazz Jun 8

Hannah Marks, Helen Sung, Eva Cortés, Lakecia Benjamin and More

Hannah Marks Helen Sung Eva Cortés Lakecia Benjamin Peggy Lee Miles Davis Dee Dee Bridgewater Alexa Tarantino Samantha Boshnack Theo Bleckmann

The Line of Best Fit Jun 18

Robert Del Naja, Kamasi Washington, Georgia Anne Muldrow and more to feature on new Saul Williams album, Leap Life

Saul Williams Kamasi Washington Georgia Anne Muldrow Robert Del Naja Robert DeLong Gonjasufi Moor Mother Carlos Niño Massive Attack Surya Botofasina

All About Jazz Jun 18

Collin Walcott, Yussef Kamaal, Max Roach, Bobby Previte And More.

Collin Walcott Yussef Kamaal Max Roach Bobby Previte Flat Earth Society Julianna Barwick Mary Lattimore Randy Weston Luise Volkmann

Stereogum Jun 17

Saul Williams Announces New Album Leaf Life Feat. Robert Del Naja, Kamasi Washington, Moor Mother, & More: Hear “Conspiracy”

Kamasi Washington Moor Mother Robert Del Naja Saul Williams Carlos Niño Georgia Anne Muldrow Gonjasufi Massive Attack Surya Botofasina

Americana Highways Jun 16

Interview: Matthew Stevens and the Many Meanings of Sound

Matthew Stevens Jimi Hendrix The Beatles The Rolling Stones Led Zeppelin Muddy Waters Taj Mahal

All About Jazz Jun 16

Miho Hazama, People In Orbit, Joel Lyssarides, Peter Erskine and more

Miho Hazama People In Orbit Joel Lyssarides Peter Erskine Hank Levy Eivind Aarset Steven Wilson Joachim Kühn Lars Danielsson

Moustique Jun 15

Thomas Bangalter, Dyna, Lewis and The Soul et Ibrahim Maalouf: notre sélection de la semaine va vous emmener aux 4 coins du monde

Thomas Bangalter Ibrahim Maalouf

Citizen Jazz Jun 14

Lakecia Benjamin

Lakecia Benjamin Sean Jones Jonathan Barber 早間美紀 Elias Bailey Immanuel Wilkins Jeffrey “Tain” Watts

JazzTimes Jun 13

James Brandon Lewis’s Many Roads to Freedom: Punk-Jazz to Classical, Tenor Sax at the Center

James Brandon Lewis The Messthetics Fugazi Anthony Pirog Joe Lally Brendan Canty

TSF Jazz Jun 11

Ibrahim Maalouf, Brian Jackson, Lakecia benjamin, Ron Carter & Yotam Silberstein & Reis / Demuth / Wiltgen... voici vos disques du jour de la semaine !

Ibrahim Maalouf Brian Jackson Lakecia Benjamin Ron Carter Yotam Silberstein Reis Demuth Wiltgen

All About Jazz Jun 9

Jeff Parker, Oan Kim, Matthew Stevens, Gabrielle Cavassa and More

Jeff Parker Matthew Stevens Gabrielle Cavassa Ben Allison Gegé Telesforo

Jazzwise Jun 18

Introducing the July 2026 Issue of Jazzwise, featuring Courtney Pine

Courtney Pine Empirical Lakecia Benjamin Norma Winstone Mary Halvorson Ambrose Akinmusire Joe Henderson

JazzTimes Jun 18

Saxophonist Lakecia Benjamin’s Dream: Better and Bolder Than Our Reality

Lakecia Benjamin John Coltrane Alice Coltrane Gary Bartz Reggie Workman Rashied Ali David Murray

Pitchfork Jun 17

Saul Williams Recruits Robert Del Naja, Kamasi Washington for New Album Leap Year

Saul Williams Robert Del Naja Kamasi Washington Carlos Niño Georgia Anne Muldrow Surya Botofasina Gonjasufi Moor Mother Massive Attack

XS Noize Jun 16

LIVE REVIEW: Kamasi Washington Brings Spiritual Jazz Majesty To Meltdown Festival

Kamasi Washington Thundercat André 3000 Cameron Graves Rickey Washington Ryan Porter Maurice Brown

Echoes and Dust Jun 15

Joe Lovano / Julian Lage / Asante Santi Debriano / Will Calhoun – Paramount Quartet

Joe Lovano Julian Lage Will Calhoun Woody Herman John Scofield Billy Cobham Elvin Jones Herbie Hancock Living Colour

All About Jazz Jun 15

Duchess, Suzanne Pittson, Geri Allen and Kurt Rosenwinkel, Kemuel Roig, Eve Cornelious, Chuck Bergeron and More

Suzanne Pittson Geri Allen Kurt Rosenwinkel Kemuel Roig Eve Cornelious Chuck Bergeron Bevan Manson Judith Owen Erica Von Kleist Maria Muldaur Lakecia Benjamin Jody Redhage

Louder Sound Jun 14

“I’d only written one song before it. I expected it to be a big hit and it was. Then other things didn’t happen like that”: Admired by half the Beatles, Rick Wakeman and Pat Metheny, Rod Argent still didn’t have it all easy

Rod Argent Rick Wakeman Pat Metheny The Zombies Phil Collins The Who Andrew Lloyd Webber Colin Blunstone Nanci Griffith

Magnet Magazine Jun 12

Happy 85th Birthday Chick Corea, R.I.P.

Chick Corea Return to Forever Jon22 Echo & the Bunnymen Portugal. The Man

Jazzwise Jun 10

Lakecia Benjamin captures the spirit of community on ‘Mi Gente’ ahead of Ronnie Scott's show

Lakecia Benjamin Elias Bailey Jerome Jennings

All About Jazz Jun 8

Hannah Marks, Helen Sung, Eva Cortés, Lakecia Benjamin and More

Hannah Marks Helen Sung Eva Cortés Lakecia Benjamin Peggy Lee Miles Davis Dee Dee Bridgewater Alexa Tarantino Samantha Boshnack Theo Bleckmann

Overview

Glen Hansard, the Irish musician and Oscar winner known for his role in 'Once', has died at 56 in a motorcycle accident. Meanwhile, jazz artists including Charlie Hunter, Lisa Ekdahl, and Joachim Kühn continue to influence the contemporary jazz scene through new releases and reflections on improvisation and legacy.

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