Best New Jazz In February 2026

You'll Hear It: Full Album Deep Dives with Jazz Musicians

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🗓️ 27 February 2026

⏱️ 18 minutes

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We're looking at the best jazz releases of February 2026! Listen with pianist Adam Maness as he breaks down and reacts to these great tracks.

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00:00 - Intro
00:26 - In On It - Pat Metheny
02:20 - Circlesz - GENA
04:13 - Will You Walk A Little Faster - Holland, Stone, London Vocal Project
06:31 - La Sentencia - Melissa Aldana
08:55 - La Fiesta - Geoffrey Keezer & Tim Garland
10:58 - Oo Long! - The Tomeka Reid Quartet
13:18 - The Edge - Noah Stoneman
15:40 - Shivaranjani - Ragini Trio

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0:00.0	Hey everybody, welcome to another edition of Freshman Friday. My name's Adam Manna's. We've got some great tracks lined up for you. All of this is new music that was released here in February, 2026. And let's start with a legend. The legendary guitarist Pat Mathini with his new album from his
0:22.2	trio project, Side Eye. This is Side Eye 3 Plus.
0:38.3	Music I'm going to be I'm going to I'm I'm I'm
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0:45.3	I'm It's a sound that we know, we love, I feel like Pat Mathini has been the soundtrack for my entire life.
1:14.8	Just an incredible musician. Always mixing it up. Always something fresh. And this is with his trio with some younger musicians.
1:21.2	It's Joe Dyson on the drums and Chris Fishman on the Keys. And this album has a ton of guest spots from people like Daryl John's, Brandy Younger,
1:29.1	Louise Conti, and a vocal ensemble led by Mark Kimball of Take Six, among others. It's pretty awesome.
1:36.4	So this is from Eunectady Music, which is Pat's new label, and it's the first release of that
1:42.8	new label. It's released today, February 27th, 2026, and it's the first release of that new label, it's released today, February 27,
1:45.4	2026, and it's fantastic.
1:47.6	Again, another installment from the Side Eye Trio, and that's Side Eye 3 Plus.
1:52.3	Who knows what the Plus stands for?
1:53.7	I assume it means it's even more extra special.
1:57.2	All right.
1:57.4	Next up, let's listen to a new project from drummer and producer Kareem Riggins and vocalist and producer Live.
2:04.7	This is from a new duo ensemble that they're calling Gina and a new album called The Pleasure is Yours.
2:12.4	Gina, by the way, stands for God Energy, naturally amazing.
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