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JD Allen, Love Letters (The Ballad Sessions) was released on September 26, 2025.

 

"Tenor saxophonist JD Allen had only one goal in mind—to play “pretty”—when he set out to record an album consisting entirely of ballads. He put the brainier aspects of his craft to the side and opted to feed his emotional core, focusing on melody and tone while making a personal expression of empathy for the human race. Allen also took off his composer hat for this project: He draws from a repertoire of classic siren songs (including “Stranger In Paradise,” “Until The Real Thing Comes Along,” “Why Was I Born,” “Come All Ye Fair And Tender Ladies,” “Put On A Happy Face,” “Gone With The Wind” and others) in a nine-track program that’s presented as a love letter to the listener."

 

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This is an album I'd expect to hear on an episode of Bosch.

 

 

 

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7 hours ago, Sk1Bum said:

JD Allen, Love Letters (The Ballad Sessions) was released on September 26, 2025.

 

 

The more I listen to this, the more I like it.

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The Kate Wyatt Trio, Murmurations was released on October 10, 2025.

 

"On Murmurations, Wyatt’s dynamic compositions are joined by those of Vedady and Hamel, each bringing unique textures and perspectives to the trio’s collective sound. The album also features a fresh, surprising take on the Kurt Weill standard Mack the Knife, highlighting the group’s playful side and inventive spirit."

 

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The Rin Seo Collective, City Suite was released on October 3, 2025.

 

"There is no doubting which metropolis Korean-born composer Rin Seo had in mind when writing City Suite, the panoramic opening salvo and centerpiece on the debut recording by her fourteen-member Rin Seo Collective, as the suite's first movement is titled "The Big Apple." Seo moved to New York City, her present home, after coming to America to study jazz performance and composition at Boston's Berklee College of Music."

 

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Boz Scaggs, Detour was released on October 17, 2025.

 

"On his latest album, Detour, Scaggs embraces his love for the Great American Songbook, interpreting a series of timeless standards with tender insight and profound emotional sophistication. Recorded with pianist Seth Asarnow, the collection—Scaggs’ first release in seven years—offers up an eclectic mix of the familiar and the obscure, tipping its hat to everyone from Frank Sinatra and Ella Fitzgerald to Irma Thomas and Lonnie Johnson with a mix of deep reverence and fresh perspective."

 

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Im a huge Boz fan.

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35 minutes ago, Receiver2000 said:

Im a huge Boz fan.

 

 

Me too. If you've not seen them, you should check out his Austin City Limits performances. The Dukes of September was a great show. Boz Scaggs, Michael McDonald and Donald Fagen, and they performed all of their hits together. 

 

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=dukes+of+september+austin+city+limits

 

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Mark Sherman, Bop Contest was released on November 7, 2025.

 

"Following four well-received albums on which he played piano, the versatile Mark Sherman has placed the keyboard in the capable hands of Donald Vega and returned to his main instrument, the vibraphone, for the eloquent and delightful Bop Contest, Sherman's twenty-second recording in a prestigious career that has spanned nearly half a century."

 

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1 hour ago, Sk1Bum said:

Sherman's twenty-second recording

 

When I first read this, I read is a 20 second long recording, and did some head scratching before I figgered out is was his 22nd recording. Then I uttered "what a dumbass," and I wasn't referring to the author.