Feb 28, 2023 12:30 PM
John Beasley: Making a High-Production Recording on a No-Frills Budget
My recording career as a solo artist has been predominantly in the jazz genre, with 15 such albums to my name. Budgets…
Feb 28, 2023 12:30 PM
My recording career as a solo artist has been predominantly in the jazz genre, with 15 such albums to my name. Budgets…
Feb 21, 2023 11:52 AM
Truth be told, the music on Emerald City Nights: Live At The Penthouse was just as much of a surprise to Ahmad Jamal as…
Feb 21, 2023 11:45 AM
Clocking in at 700-plus pages, Saxophone Colossus: The Life and Music of Sonny Rollins (Hachette) is a well-written,…
Feb 21, 2023 11:23 AM
Although he operates in a musical milieu that treasures spontaneity, agility and invention as much as anything else,…
Feb 21, 2023 11:17 AM
Time management carries multiple meanings for Ernesto Cervini. For one thing, the 40-year-old, Toronto-based drummer…
Feb 14, 2023 11:14 AM
Beyond is a good descriptor for Doug Wamble’s compelling October release, Blues In The Present Tense, on which the…
Feb 14, 2023 10:47 AM
As the Next Jazz Legacy — an initiative created to provide a wide-ranging year-long apprenticeship program to support…
Feb 7, 2023 12:05 AM
Fred Hersch was in good spirits, appearing relaxed on the video screen from his New York City loft. The pianist turned…
Feb 6, 2023 11:57 PM
ACT Records has become one of the most significant European jazz labels during its 30-year existence. As the German…
Feb 6, 2023 11:40 PM
Like many nouveau-upstarts, jazz had to fight for recognition. Academia frowned on fun, especially when its venues were…