Mar 14, 2021 10:29 PM
What To Stream This Week
As performers look to replace income from lost gigs and regain a sense of community amid the coronavirus pandemic, some…
Check out the Kenny Barron Trio on March 20.
Mar 14, 2021 10:29 PM
As performers look to replace income from lost gigs and regain a sense of community amid the coronavirus pandemic, some…
Educator Fernando Jones has taught young musicians in both virtual and in-person settings.
Mar 14, 2021 10:28 PM
Unlike jazz camps, camps that focus on the blues are a rarity. In 2010, when Fernando Jones decided to start one at…
Bluesman and educator Fernando Jones teaches the blues whenever and wherever possible—in person or online.
Mar 12, 2021 11:35 AM
Last summer’s Jazz Camp season can be summed up in a word—virtual. Like so much of our lives during the pandemic,…
Trombonist Doug Beavers combines elements of r&b, salsa and jazz on his new album, Sol.
Mar 12, 2021 8:00 AM
During the past 20 years, Doug Beavers has been, to use baseball parlance, a five-tool player. Whether navigating New…
Thandi Ntuli sought for Indaba Is to reflect cosmopolitan elements that pulsate through the scene in South Africa.
Mar 10, 2021 8:00 AM
Indaba Is, a compilation recorded during June and July of 2020, ranks as a compelling document of the electrifying…
Christian McBride (left), Corea and Jack DeJohnette recording McBride’s Number 2 Express in 1995.
Mar 8, 2021 8:00 AM
Chick Corea’s passing reverberated through the jazz world with a multigenerational outpouring for an artist seen as…
Instructor Omar Abdulkarim (far right) works with students at the High School for Recording Arts in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Mar 8, 2021 8:00 AM
Amid the local protests following George Floyd’s killing by Minneapolis police last year, Jerome Treadwell—a…
Mar 8, 2021 7:45 AM
As performers look to replace income from lost gigs and regain a sense of community amid the coronavirus pandemic, some…
Keyboardist Cameron Graves’ influences include Swedish metal band Meshuggah.
Mar 7, 2021 8:00 AM
Answering the phone at his San Fernando Valley home, Cameron Graves apologized for not picking up the first time. “I…
Julius Hemphill rehearsing Long Tongues: A Saxophone Opera in 1990
Mar 5, 2021 9:02 AM
Considering the seemingly boundless spring of archival music collections in the marketplace, it’s surprising that so…
