Apr 19, 2018 4:43 PM
Miles, Ella & Grant Green: Record Store Day Gems Abound
It’s that time of the year again. Music retailers have stocked up, and vinyl collectors have plotted their shopping…
Grant Green (1935–’79) is one of the dozens of artists who are showcased on Record Store Day releases.
Apr 19, 2018 4:43 PM
It’s that time of the year again. Music retailers have stocked up, and vinyl collectors have plotted their shopping…
Allan Harris pays tribute to an esteemed vocalist on The Genius Of Eddie Jefferson (Resilience Music Alliance).
Apr 17, 2018 10:20 AM
The Genius Of Eddie Jefferson, which is set for release April 27 on Resilience Music Alliance, finds Allan Harris…
Saxophonist Caroline Davis’ new album, Heart Tonic, is informed by her study of the heart.
Apr 16, 2018 6:51 PM
Caroline Davis has become an expert in matters of the heart, physiologically speaking. The title of the New York-based…
Apr 16, 2018 6:05 PM
One of the many pleasures of last year’s Umbria Jazz Winter in Orvieto, Italy, was the opportunity to hear the…
The 10-LP set The Atlantic Years explores how Ornette Coleman changed the shape of jazz.
Apr 16, 2018 4:00 PM
There’s no question that Atlantic Records was keen to capitalize on Ornette Coleman’s reputation as a jazz…
Tshepo Tshola sings at the Cape Town International Jazz Festival in Cape Town, South Africa, during a tribute to the late Hugh Masekela.
Apr 16, 2018 3:53 PM
On the eve of this year’s Cape Town International Jazz Festival, which ran March 23–24, some attendees experienced…
London-based saxophonist Leo Richardson sees the jazz genre changing, but knows that he’s an adherent to classic bop-era swinging.
Apr 16, 2018 1:24 PM
If you built a Spotify playlist of mid-’60s jazz classics, including everything from Lee Morgan’s “The…
The performers in Angel Bat Dawid’s Cosmic Love Arkestra include elders of the Chicago jazz scene, who the composer said “are very important to me.”
Apr 16, 2018 11:00 AM
A new “cosmic love opera” based on the biblical Song Of Solomon and featuring legendary free-jazz musicians is set…
The German Jazz Expo, one of the showcases at this year’s jazzahead! in Bremen, Germany, aims to bolster the international visibility of performers from the festival’s home country.
Apr 16, 2018 10:25 AM
April 19 marks the opening of jazzahead!’s trade fair in Bremen, Germany. The annual industry meeting features…
Cecil Taylor—shown here performing in Cologne, Germany, in 1987—died April 5. He was 89.
Apr 13, 2018 1:30 PM
Trumpeter Eddie Gale only made one album—the legendary 1966 Unit Structures on Blue Note—with pianist Cecil Taylor,…
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