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The original jazz interview podcast since 2007. Hosted and produced by Nicky Schrire.
Fievel chats with saxophonist Steve Wilson about his new album, Enduring Sonance . They discuss the band, the song selection, the approach t...
Fievel chats with saxophonist Caroline Davis about her new album, Fallows (Ropeadope, 2026). The album was recorded at a retreat in Wyoming....
Jon Irabagon is releasing two albums on March 13, 2026. Focus Out is a full-band record with his quartet and guests. Saturday’s Child...
Pianist Benjamin Lackner’s latest album is called Spindrift (ECM Records, 2025). In this interview, Benjamin talks about the intense c...
Voya (2025, Clap Your Hands) is the new album by saxophonist Tineke Postma and her band, featuring Theo Bleckmann on vocals. In this intervi...
  Saxophonist Alison Shearer’s new album is called In The Garden (Pinch Records, 2025). In this interview, Alison talks about the...
Jack DeJohnette passed away. In his honor, I’ll hope you’ll enjoy this 2012 interview I recorded with Jack at the Blue Note in N...
On her new album, Sounding Line , pianist Carmen Staaf explores the music of Thelonious Monk and Mary Lou Williams. In this interview, Carme...
People make music for many different reasons. In Kelly Green’s case, her new album Corner Of My Dreams is in part an attempt to proces...
Chris Cheek’s new album is Keepers of the Eastern Door . It features Bill Frisell, Tony Scherr, and Rudy Royston. In this interview, w...
Sheila Jordan passed away today (August 11, 2025) at the age of 96. This is an interview I did with Sheila for episode #500. She will be mis...
Jason Crane chats with guitarist Nico Soffiato and trumpeter/keyboardist Josh Deutsch about their new Redshift Trio album Cloud Forest . The...
Jason Crane chats with the members of the improvising collective Jump Off This Bridge : Judith Insell (viola), Virg Dzurinko (piano), Eli As...
German pianist Johanna Summer has released several albums in recent years: Upright (ACT, 2025); Cameo (ACT, 2025 with Jakob Manz); and Reson...
Jason Crane talks with saxophonist Muriel Grossmann about her new album, Light Of The Mind . They also talk about Buddhism and its relations...
Jason Crane talks with Emily Mikesell and Kate Campbell Strauss about their debut album, Give Way . The album uses overdubbing to create a c...
The Jazz Session returns after nearly a year with a new episode featuring pianist Rachel Eckroth. This interview was recorded in October 202...
The Jazz Session turns 17 today! I’m celebrating with an archival episode from back in my jazz radio days. I interviewed Les McCann in...
Saxophonist Allison Au’s new album is called Migrations . On it, she explores her family’s history of migration, and by extensio...
Danish saxophonist Benjamin Koppel’s new trio recording with Scott Colley and Brian Blade is called Perspective . In this interview, B...
Allison Miller’s latest album is called Rivers In Our Veins. In this interview, Allison talks about the inspiration for the project an...
Saxophonist Benjamin Boone’s new album is Caught In The Rhythm (Origin Records, 2023). In this interview, Ben talks about his ongoing...
Marc Copland’s latest album is Someday (InnerVoiceJazz, 2023). In this interview, Marc talks about his bandmates; why he seeks out opp...
This episode of The Jazz Session is sponsored by the TD James Moody Jazz Festival at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center. The festival run...
Violinist Aline Homzy’s new album with her band Etoile Magique is called Eclipse (Elastic Recordings, 2023). In this interview, Aline...
Bassist Todd Sickafoose’s new album is called Bear Proof (Secret Hatch Records, 2023). On this episode, Todd talks about assembling a...
Kait Dunton’s new album is called Keyboards (Real & Imagined Music, 2023). In this interview, Kait talks about her love for 70s sy...
Pianist Kris Davis’s new album is called Live At The Village Vanguard (Pyroclastic Records, 2023). In this interview, Kris talks about...
Saxophonist Christine Jensen’s latest album is called Day Moon. In this interview, Christine talks about creating musical sketches; wr...
Moreira Chonguiça is a saxophonist and producer from Mozambique. His latest album is called Songs of Peace . In this interview, Moreira talk...
Saxophonist Michael Blake’s new album is Dance of the Mystic Bliss (P&M Records, 2023). Michael talks about his mom, to whom the a...
Laila Biali’s latest album is called Your Requests . In this interview, she talks about the fan-generated song list; balancing her dua...
Steven Bernstein’s new album with his band Sexmob is called The Hard Way (Corbett vs. Dempsey, 2023). In this interview, Bernstein tal...
Mark Dresser ‘s new solo bass album is Tines Of Change (Pyroclastic Records, 2023). In this interview, Mark talks about the sonic expe...
Saxophonist Alex Weiss’s new album is Most Don’t Have Enough . In this interview he talks about the legacy and influence of his...
Saxophonist Ingrid Laubrock’s new album is called The Last Quiet Place . In this interview, she explores the idea of the title; talks...
Trombonist and tuba player and educator Bill Lowe has a long and fascinating history in the world of improvised music. In this interview, we...
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Nicky Schrire is a vocalist, songwriter, and the former host of The Jazz Session . Her new album is Nowhere Girl (Anzic Records, 2023). In t...
Saxophonist, composer, arranger and educator Bob Mintzer’s latest album is called Soundscapes . In this interview, Bob talks about lea...
Vibraphonist Joe Locke returns to The Jazz Session to discuss his new album, Makram. In this interview Joe talks about connecting with an au...
Jo Lawry’s new trio album with Linda May Han Oh and Allison Miller is called Acrobats. In this interview, we talk about the selection...
Tomas Fujiwara is back for his third appearance on The Jazz Session . In this interview we focus on his band Triple Double. We explore their...
Kenny Barron’s latest album is a collection of solo piano performances called The Source . In this interview, Kenny talks about why pl...
The Jazz Session turns 16 today! On this special episode, you’ll hear a clip from each calendar year of the show, along with the story...
Trombonist Conrad Herwig and the Latin Side All-Stars are playing every Tuesday night at Django in the Roxy Hotel in New York now through Ma...
Guitarist and vocalist Doug Wamble ‘s latest album is called Blues In The Present Tense . It’s an overtly political album that s...
NOTE: Members received this a week ago, but I’m making it public so that perhaps you’ll consider becoming a member if you’...
There’s a new anthology of the work of guitarist Steve Tibbetts called Hellbound Train . In this interview, Steve talks about putting...
Ernesto Cervini’s new album, Joy , was inspired by Louise Penny’s detective series about Chief Inspector Gamache. That series ha...