Here come the Dallas Mavericks! After a terrible start to the season, Dallas has won six of its last 10 games to move into the No. 10 spot in the Western Confer

The bassist’s reissued ‘Mingus at Monterey’ and the drummer’s previously unreleased ‘Strasbourg 82’ highlight both musicians not just as players but as master bandleaders with an outsize influence on the genre’s evolution.

First, here is the full list of songs that will be on the Midnight Jazz: Final Fantasy IX album, complete with information about who’s handling each arrangement of the Nobuo Uematsu tracks and the names of the vocalists when applicable.

Tip-off between the Jazz and Mavericks lands at 7 p.m. MT in the Delta Center, as Utah will attempt to fire off win number two in a row after their win vs. the Memphis Grizzlies, and continue their strong play in front of the home fans they've shown thus far this season.

The Dallas Mavericks (10-16) face off against the Utah Jazz (9-15) on Monday night. It’s one of the many road games Dallas has to close out the calendar year 2025. Dallas won their first game out of the weird mini-break, defeating the Brooklyn Nets on Friday. Utah held off the Memphis Grizzlies in a high scoring affair on Friday.

And it seems that in 2025 there was not only an abundance of new jazz releases, but the quality bar was raised again, with the bellow 11 albums, listed in artists’ alphabetical order, are among those that stood out.

Trade buzz has remained consistent around Utah Jazz forward Lauri Markkanen over the past several months, and even years, that have pinned multiple interested suitors and possible deals that could be in play to ship out the team's franchise cornerstone, and bring a big shake-up to their rebuild entirely.

Portland has an incredible jazz scene. Always has, hopefully always will. From the historically Black Albina district to KMHD Jazz Radio, Montevilla Jazz Festival to the Jack London Revue, The 1905 jazz bar to Albina Music Trust—the Rose City’s cup runneth over with world class jazz music.