RIP Ahmad Jamal (1930 – 2023)

So lots of stuff from the Midwest jazz scene this week – not exclusively but still quite a bit. We hear from Chicago Odense Ensemble, Black Artists Group, Hal Russell & NRG Ensemble, Phil Ranelin, Fred Anderson, and the World Saxophone Quartet – all with their origins in the Midwest. We also have three October…

So here we are – the start of another quarter at our new time slot, which was our old time slot, 4pm on Saturdays. Kind of happy to be back in this slot, to be honest. Hopefully, this new time slot works for you all as well. Couple of sad notes to start off with…

So this week, a new show with music by Fred Anderson, Paul Jeffrey, Rudolph Johnson, and Roy Haynes. We have some new releases from Florian and Michael Arbenz who work with Ron Carter as well as Sabu Toyozumi collaborating with Misha Mengelberg. And a happy birthday to Ahmed Abdullah with a track performed live at…