Pino Palladino

Thom’s two-hour mix includes songs by Alice Coltrane, Ron Morelli, billy woods & Kenny Segal, Deathprod, Jorge Ben, Pino Palladino & Blake Mills, and more.

The Chris Dave / Pino Palladino / Isaiah Sharkey Trio came to the Blue Note for a 12-show run, and here’s our review from Saturday night…

Day 2 of Big Ears also featured Son Lux, Danielle Ponder, Caterina Barbieri, Xylouris/White, Los Lobos, Marc Ribot, Billy Woods, Lonnie Holley, and more.

‘LaVette!‘ is out in June and features contributions from John Mayer, Jon Batiste, Steve Winwood, Ray Parker Jr. and more.

The Mac Miller collab appears on ‘Black Radio III: Supreme Edition,” which is out this week, and the “Robtober“ Blue Note residency also includes shows with Yasiin Bey, Terrace Martin and more.

Robert Glasper’s “Robtober“ residency also includes a tribute to Herbie Hancock, an acoustic run, and more.

The 2023 lineup includes Amadou & Mariam, Devendra Banhart, Andrew Bird, Grouper, Charles Lloyd, Arooj Aftab, The Weather Station, Kevin Morby, Makaya McCraven, Vijay Iyer, John Zorn, and lots more.

Saturday’s NYC-area shows include Coheed and Cambria, globalFEST, Florist, Saba, Deer Tick, Lupe Fiasco, and more.

Including SAULT, Cleo Sol, Tyler the Creator, and more.

From Floating Points/Pharoah Sanders and Nala Sinephro’s ambient jazz excursions, to Sons of Kemet and Damon Locks’ Afrobeat-infused compositions, to Emma-Jean Thackray’s electro-funk-psych-jazz opus, here are some the jazz albums that stood out to us most this year…