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Wif Stenger
Wif Stenger started out in university radio, then writing a weekly column for New York Press focusing on the downtown improvised music scene. Later he contributed to Rolling Stone, Spin, Billboard, Baltimore City Paper and Miami New Times as well as various music and travel books. After studying music history at the New School and journalism at Harvard, he moved to Helsinki. He works for the Finnish Broadcasting Company alongside freelance gigs for Songlines, Monocle, The Guardian, Deutsche Welle and Finnish Music Quarterly. He has been contributing to JJ since 2013, including profiles of Kamasi Washington, Vijay Iyer and Peter Erskine.
Sarathy Korwar & UPAJ Collective: Night Dreamer Direct-To-Disc Sessions
Improvisation is the essence of Indian classical music, so it’s natural to fuse it with jazz, as has been done off and on since...
Makaya McCraven: Universal Beings E&F Sides
Two and a half years isn’t enough time to declare something a classic – or is it? Chicago drummer and producer Makaya McCraven’s 2018...
Lucia Cadotsch: Speak Low II
On this year’s strongest vocal jazz album, Swiss singer Lucia Cadotsch and her Swedish trio take apart the standards to see what they’re made...
Heshoo Beshoo Group: Armitage Road
Released the year the Beatles broke up, this long-lost South African gem features an Abbey Road-style cover and starts with a Beatley guitar –...
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Takuya Kuroda: Fly Moon Die Soon
Takuya Kuroda first stepped into the spotlight playing crisp trumpet with vocalist José James. A decade on, Kuroda’s sixth album raises his profile as...
Oiro Pena: 2
The spiritual jazz vibe of the late 60s and early 70s, spearheaded by the Coltranes, Pharoah Sanders and Sun Ra, is being recharged by...
Various: We Jazz Live Plates Vol. 3: Lonna 2019
There’s something about the seaside that makes for breezy, easy-going jazz. So many beloved recordings have been made by the beach, from Concert By...
Avishai Cohen: Big Vicious
Israeli trumpeter Avishai Cohen (not the Israeli bassist of the same name) returns with a more energetic outing after his icy duo album on...
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Felice Clemente: Solo
Solo saxophone is a daunting proposition, but some of my most transcendental jazz experiences have been one-man sets by Anthony Braxton, Steve Lacy and...
Charles Mingus: Mingus Ah Um
The rambunctious, razzle-dazzle Better Git It In Your Soul leaps out of the grooves when the needle hits this newly remastered vinyl pressing of...
Timo Lassy: Big Brass (Live At Savoy Theatre Helsinki)
Finland’s leading saxophonist has released his strongest album. Twenty years ago, tenorman Lassy started off with the U-Street All Stars – a local Blue...
Jeff Parker and the New Breed: Suite For Max Brown
Jeff Parker is best known as the guitarist of Tortoise, which grew out of Chicago’s early-90s indie rock scene. The band pioneered instrumental "post-rock",...
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