Welcome to the New York Times Popcast, your Declaration of Musical Independence of

music news and criticism. I'm your host John Karamanica. Monica. That's that good Mary Halverson playing in the background. That's Safety Orange off of

Nate Chinen's number one record of the year.

You heard me.

We're going to talk about jazz.

Our regular listen is a treat for our regular listeners.

And I have a killer roundtable to talk about the year in jazz.

I have Nate Chinan who covers Jazz in the New York Times.

What's good? Hello? I have Seth Coulter Walls, freelance writer for Pitch Fork, The Guardian, and many others.

Thanks for having me.

We have Kyla Marshall, who is a poet and writer who has written about music for

revived music, okay player, and the Guardian.

And daddy's home. Ben Radlips in the building.

Hi John.

What's up, boo-boo-boo-boo-boo-boo-o-boo-o-boo-o-o-o-o-o-where.

Everything's good.

His verticality all over.

We are going to talk about the year in jazz,

and we're going to start with Mary Halverson

because Nate, her octet was number one on your list.

Talk to me a little about this record.

This is to me me just a really

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