Episode 378: New Jazz Albums, Part 4

Here's what you'll hear in this episode.

• Did you know that Ida Lupino was the first female movie star to transform into a director. Carla Bley wrote a tune commemorating her. This episode starts with trumpeter Ingrid Jensen and her interpretation of that delightful composition. And I really like what Marvin Sewell is doing on guitar on this track. From her latest album called Landings.

• The tone of Noah Preminger's saxophone is often heralded. I play a track from his latest album, Dark Days.

• Keyvan Chemarani is an acclaimed French-Iranian percussionist. His new album, Tales of Nar, focuses on his intereste in finding a common language among different tradtions and cultures, here exploring Persian and Indian traditions through the ens of jazz and contemporary classical music.

• The Ize Trio and their Global Prayer album has been rated by reviewer Thierry de Clemensat as one that "may become one of the defining jazz albums of 2026".

• An Irving Berlin composition from Goldings, Bernstein, and Stewart's latest album.

• The Holland Jazz Court and a wonderful album called Inverted Tango. And whoever heard of a Jimi Hendrix tune being played on a tango album? You'll hear it here!

• Monty Alexander has recorded his lovely tune Skamento before. But I really like this version of it, from an upcoming released called A Jamarican in Paris.

• Stephen Emmer's Asymmetrical Dot is like an exercise in minimalism. Or is it? On this track he collaborates with Beth Hirsch from the group "Air".

• The episode ends with a young Canadian clarinetist who is starting to make a big name for herself. Virginia MacDonald from an album called In Search of Virginia MacDonald.

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