‘Transform the Culture’
By Suzanne Lorge
The Grammy-winning drummer/producer/bandleader, who recently founded the Institute of Jazz and Gender Justice at Berklee College of Music, speaks out about the importance of creating jazz without patriarchy.
By J.D. Considine
For guitarist Lionel Loueke, the title of his new album—The Journey (Aparté Music)—isn’t merely a metaphor. It reflects both his odyssey from childhood in Benin to his current life as a globe-trotting jazz star while also mirroring his musical development.
By Phillip Lutz
Marquis Hill’s Modern Flows Vol. 2 is calibrated with cool precision and delivered with calculated understatement, his trumpet playing filled with the mellifluous tones, cascading lines and outpourings of lyrical invention.
By Samantha Willis
Alicia Olatuja’s new album, Intuition: Songs From the Minds of Women (Resilience Music), is the latest peak in a lifelong journey through music.
Michael Dease was tested on the following tracks for the “Blindfold Test”: