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Ben Goldberg

Clarinetist / Composer Ben Goldberg grew up in Denver, Colorado. He received his undergraduate music degree from the University of California, Santa Cruz and a Master of Arts in Composition from Mills College. He was a pupil of the eminent clarinetist Rosario Mazzeo, and studied with Steve Lacy and Joe Lovano. In addition to composing for and playing in the Ben Goldberg Quintet, he currently performs in the following groups: Tin Hat; plays monk, a trio with Scott Amendola and Devin Hoff; Myra Melford’s Be Bread; Nels Cline’s New Monastery; and Go Home, a new quartet with Charlie Hunter, Ron Miles, and Scott Amendola. The 11- piece Ben Goldberg's Brainchild performs Ben's on-the-spot compositions

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The Crazy Dog

Label: Clandestine
Released: 2024
Track listing: The Armenian Question; A Mother's Letter; Escape to Erzurum; The Closet Playwright; Three Gold Liras; Ten Acres; First Trip to Fresno); March 17, 1927; March 18, 2020; Contrapuntal Bewilderment.

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Colossal Abundance

Label: Calligram Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: Mahororo; Lonnie's Lament; Adelaide Bailey; Tuku; Kaleidoscope; Requiem; Mrs. Parker of K.C.; United; Gandanga Blues; Bermuda Blues.

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Here to There

Label: Secret Hatch Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: In Walked; Self Evident; Porch Concert Material 9; Lions Heart; Sad Trophy; Here to There; Porch Concert Material 2; Interospection; Lions Heart 2; Porch Concert Material 6; Lions Heart 3.

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Kenny Barron, Richard X Bennett, Barry Harris & Louis Hayes

Read "Kenny Barron, Richard X Bennett, Barry Harris & Louis Hayes" reviewed by Joe Dimino


Step into the 883rd episode of Neon Jazz, where the echoes of legends and the pulse of the future intersect. We open with the incomparable Kenny Barron, a living jazz icon still blazing trails, featuring music from his 2024 masterpiece, Beyond This Place. From there, we journey back to the roots with James Moody, the legend ...

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Article: Multiple Reviews

Some Overlooked 2024 Releases

Read "Some Overlooked 2024 Releases" reviewed by Jerome Wilson


Here are reviews of some of the many worthwhile jazz albums that came out in the latter half of 2024. Leslie Pintchik Prayer For What Remains Pintch Hard Records 2024 The latest album by pianist Leslie Pintchik has a gentle, swinging calm to it. She ...

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Article: Album Review

Ben Goldberg / Todd Sickafoose / Scott Amendola: Here to There

Read "Here to There" reviewed by Mark Corroto


There was a very good reason that James Brown would shout “take me to the bridge." In an interview, he explained: “I heard someone use that expression maybe 45 years ago, referring to the middle part of a song, and I changed it to mean a release." Clarinetist Ben Goldberg, bassist Todd Sickafoose and drummer Scott ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Steve Lehman, Betty Bryant, J.D. Allen and More

Read "Steve Lehman, Betty Bryant, J.D. Allen and More" reviewed by Hobart Taylor


This week we feature artists who performed at Los Angeles' Angel City Jazz Festival, Steve Lehman, Kris Davis, Mauricio Morales, Jenny Scheinman and Elsa Nilsson. We also feature new music from saxophonist J.D. Allen, Betty Bryant, and welcome an avant-garde ragtime offering by Welsh pianist Joe Webb.Playlist Steve Lehman Orchestre National de Jazz “Los ...

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Article: Album Review

Geof Bradfield: Colossal Abundance

Read "Colossal Abundance" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky


In the summer of 2023, saxophonist Geof Bradfield and trumpeter Chad McCullough launched Calligram Records--a label focusing on the Chicago creative music scene and its branches. The first batch of albums was strong, with showcases for each of the label heads' respective combo projects, trumpeter Russ Johnson's chordless quartet, and newcomer tenorist Arman Sangalang. A wide ...

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News: Recording

Geof Bradfield Releases 'Colossal Abundance' On Double Vinyl

Geof Bradfield Releases 'Colossal Abundance' On Double Vinyl

Geof Bradfield straddles diverse streams of the African Diaspora, drawing on modern jazz, Southern blues and roots, and African rhythms. With Colossal Abundance, his 10th album as a leader, Bradfield unveils his most ambitious work to date. Colossal Abundance is a meditation on the fabulous wealth—material, intellectual and spiritual—and abject poverty that coexist in modern society. ...


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This and That: November 2024
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