Hey, Adam. Hey, Peter. And hey, you'll hear it, listeners. You know, it's the end of the year, and I bet a lot of you are thinking, in 2026, I'm going to get serious about my playing.

Ah, yes, the classic New Year's resolution. The old, this is the year I'm finally going to get back into it. And how long, my friend, does that actually last?

To like February 2nd, usually for me. And then... Oh, wait, that's pretty good, actually. It's not bad, right? And then we're like, well, we gave it a shot, and then I quit. Well, that's why we don't do resolutions here at Open Studio. We do a little thing called Living a Musical Life, and we do it every day. Yeah, here at Open Studio, we actually help you stick with it, too. We've got new lessons every week, deep dive courses from players like Sullivan Fortner, Emmett Cohen, Peter Martin, and yours truly Adam Manus, and guided practice sessions that tell you exactly what to work on so you don't burn out. Yes, the GPSs are great. They're step by step. They make you sound great,

and they keep you coming back for more. And Peter, you know, now is the perfect time to join with our new year's sale. You'll save 50% on a year of lessons. Dang, that's a good deal. So just don't

wait. Savings end January 2nd, 2026. A month before your resolutions fall apart, I might have.

Not this year, buddy, not this year.

Just head to open studio, jazz.com slash y-H-I for,

oh, your jazz lesson needs.

I really mean it this time.

That's open studio, jazz.com slash y-I for,

oh, your jazz lesson needs.

And keep living that musical life.

That's right. listeners, Adam here. Peter is not here. Peter is playing at the village vanguard this week with

Christian McBride, and I thought I would take this opportunity to do a little recap for you.

You know, on the podcast, we listened to a lot of music from, you know, 1971, 1975,

1988, 1959, even,

1963, we liked those years.

So I thought it would be cool to listen to some music that came out in 2025,

some of our favorites from some of our favorite artists.

And it's a pretty good list.

I think it's pretty complete, but I'm sure I left out some gems.

So please put in the comments your favorite jazz albums of 2025 or jazz-adjacent albums. We've got some jazz-adjacent stuff in here as well. We're going to start, though, with one of our all-time favorites, the Brantford-Marcellus quartet. This is, of course, Branford-Marcellus on the saxophone, Joey Calderazzo on the piano, Eric Revis on the bass and Justin Faulkner on the drums. This is a blue note album.

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