In the Groove, Jazz and Beyond Folgen

New releases reviewed in this episode from Yamanaka, Holland, Sprague, E. Cohen and L. Benjamin. Also, we celebrate last week's election in the US with an appropriate tune from Goldings, Bernstein, Stewart. Finally selections from a great Ellington Suite. Playlist Artist ~ Track ~ Album Miki Yamanaka ~ Pre School ~ Breathe Dave Holland ~ Sextet: Step To It ~ Freedom Call: Sextet - Unity Joshua Redman ~ A Message To Unsend ~ Words Fall Short Peter Sprague ~ Captain Bacardi ~ Derradeira Primavera Larry Goldings, Peter Bernstein & Bill Stewart ~ FU Donald ~ Perpetual Pendulum Emmet Cohen ~ Luck Be A Lady ~ Universal Truth Lakecia Benjamin ~ Dream Breaker ~ We Dream Duke Ellington ~ Such Sweet Thunder ~ Such Sweet Thunder Duke Ellington and His Orchestra ~ The Star-Crossed Lovers ~ Such Sweet Thunder

This week's show reviews new and old releases from Greg Abate, Dave Holland, Miki Yamanaka and Steve Davis along with a classic from Chick's RTF. Playlist Artist ~ Name ~ Album Greg Abate ~ Monsters In The Night ~ Monsters In The Night Greg Abate Quartet ~ Into Somewhere ~ In The Moment Dave Holland ~ Prism: Choir ~ Freedom Call: Prism - Freedom Dave Holland Quartet ~ See-Saw ~ Conference of the Birds John Scofield & Dave Holland ~ Memories of Home ~ Memories of Home Miki Yamanaka ~ Indigo ~ Breathe Steve Davis ~ I Could Write a Book ~ Meets Hank Jones, Volume 2 Return To Forever ~ 500 Miles High ~ Light As A Feather

This week's episode begins with flautist Lori Bell and her ensembles from Southern California. Then we have a chugga-chugga train theme from Metheny and Moody. Finally some of my favorite new releases that may show up on my best of album list for 2026.  Playlist Artist ~ Name ~ Album Lori Bell ~ Lower Manhattan ~ Brooklyn Dreaming Lori Bell Quartet ~ Shade of Jade ~ Recorda Me - Remembering Joe Henderson Pat Metheny Group ~ Last Train Home ~ Still Life (Talking) James Moody ~ Last Train From Overbrook ~ Don't Look Away Now! George Garzone ~ Ripty Boom ~ Themes for Good Friends Anthony Fung, Andrew Renfroe & Luca Alemanno ~ This is for Albert ~ Common Language Sullivan Fortner ~ Aria II ~ Leave That In There Gregory Hutchinson ~ Water Babies ~ Kind of Now - The Pulse of Miles Davis Dave Holland ~ Quintet: Veil of Tears ~ Freedom Call: Quintet - Synergism