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October 9, 2025 #1431   ——————–   A book about a bi-racial man passing as white, written by James Weldon Johnson, one of the central figures of the Harlem Renaissance and a key member of the civil right s movement, was the motivation for saxophonist Mark Turner’s latest release “Reflections on: The Continue Reading

Two albums debuting in this week’s edition of One Man’s Jazz are celebratory in nature. The wildly eclectic and powerful Dutch Ensemble Spinifex hits its 20-year mark with the release of “Maximus” next month, while the funkified, brass band-like, New Orleans flavoured Revolutionary Snake Ensemble’s “Serpentine” marks the 35th year Continue Reading

Sometimes it seems like a show almost programs itself. Lately, the quality of new releases is so good that tunes just fall into place. Ten seconds into “Sonic Mountains” from “Murasaki” (Jakob Bro, Wadada Leo Smith & Marcus Gilmore) and I knew this was the show’s closer, and the brilliant Continue Reading