Vijay Iyer Sextet - Far from Over review

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Going out this weekend, here’s the jazz

Cormac Larkin selects some of the best bands and events around the country

Monk’estra Vol 2 review: Modern takes on Thelonious Monk

Gary Peacock Trio review: Jazz masters move through the gears

Leitrim’s finest get experimental as a big band makes a welcome return

The best jazz gigs this week

Tim Berne’s Snakeoil: Incidentals – pointing to a brave new sound world

Matt Wilson review: A great jazz vehicle for Carl Sandburg’s poetry

Catch Kenevey in person and see How We Fly: this week in jazz

The best gigs from around the country

Denys Baptiste, The Late Trane – Caribbean-tinged Coltrane

Florian Ross Trio – Strong melody underscores rich sense of purpose

Dancing on the ceiling and swinging on the sofa: this week’s jazz gigs

This week, we look at some of the best jam and regular jazz sessions happening around the country

Oregon: Lantern – bright, crystalline melodies from 1970s vets

Bill Evans: The Quiet Passion of Bill Evans – enthralling look at the great pianist’s early years

The best jazz gigs to see this week

Live jazz highlights from across the country

Liane Carroll review: A triumph of style and substance

Peter Bernstein review: four masters show how it’s done

Rob Luft review: An original guitarist to be prized

Aoife Doyle – Clouds album review: Dublin vocalist makes smooth transition to composer

NYSQ: Sleight of Hand – bringing back that old bop magic

Aruán Ortiz: Cubanism – pianist digs into a rich cultural wellspring

The best jazz gigs to catch this week

Cadillac Quartet feat David Lyttle, Daniel Rorke Trio, Ronan Guilfoyle and more

Giovanni Falzone Quintet - Pianeti Affini: a musical meditation on balance and alignment

JD Allen - Radio Flyer: summoning the spirits of the lions of modernist sax

Best jazz gigs to see this week

Fireplace Dragon; Chick Corea & Béla Fleck; Tommy Halferty’s Lifetime and Joey Alexander

Django Bates - Saluting Sgt Pepper: Weird, wacky and occasionally wonderful

Ensemble Eriu - Stargazer: a genre-busting, spine-tingling collection

George Colligan - More Powerful: jedi jazz of the highest order

Roscoe Mitchell - Bells for the South Side: joining the dots, carrying the torch

Bill Frisell & Thomas Morgan - Small Town: childlike, playful, explorative

Ahmad Jamal - Marseille: great pianist displays a further deepening command of his art

Joonas Leppänen - Alder Ego: Subtlety and a real sense of purpose

Star cast cuts loose

Antonio Farao - Eklektik: a jaunty slice of jazz-meets-R&B-meets-hip-hop

Dave Liebman/Joe Lovano - Compassion: The Music of John Coltrane - drinking deep from the Coltrane cup

Verneri Pohjola - Pekka album review: the son becomes his own man

Jaco Pastorius: Truth, Liberty & Soul – world’s best bassist captured live

Ruba Shamshoum - Shamat: east meets west in an impressive debut

Ruba Shamshoum, Shamat, ***, Self-Released

Meilana Gillard - Dream Within a Dream review: as charming as it is courageous

Tony Allen: A Tribute to Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers – Afrobeat drummer’s homage to hard-bop innovator

Anat Cohen & Trio Brasileiro - Rosa Dos Ventos review: clear-toned, liquid playing, joyous groove

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