Aug 26, 2025 1:53 PM
Blindfold Test: Buster Williams
Buster Williams, who at the age of 83 has been on the scene for 65 years, had never done a Blindfold Test. The first…
On his fifth album for Blue Note, Ivey-Divey, clarinetist Don Byron digs into the self-titles 1946 Lester Young Trio recording with Buddy Rich and Nat Cole for inspiration. Centered around a trio with pianist Jason Moran and drummer Jack DeJohnette, the album was released on Sept. 21.
The Ivey-Divey Trio, which performed at the Monterey Jazz Festival in September, will play a series of dates in October with Billy Hart taking over for DeJohnette at the drums (except for the San Francisco date, which will include DeJohnette). Dates for the tour are as follows:
Oct. 8: New York, Symphony Space
Oct. 17: San Francisco, SFJAZZ Festival
Oct. 27: Chicago, HotHouse
Oct. 29: Albuquerque, N.M., (Outpost)
Oct. 30: San Diego, The Neurosciences Institute
Oct. 31: Seattle, Earshot Jazz Festival
“What I got from Percy was the dignity of playing the bass,” Buster Williams said of Percy Heath.
Aug 26, 2025 1:53 PM
Buster Williams, who at the age of 83 has been on the scene for 65 years, had never done a Blindfold Test. The first…
Don and Maureen Sickler serve as the keepers of engineer Rudy Van Gelder’s flame at Van Gelder Studio, perhaps the most famous recording studio in jazz history.
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On the last Sunday of 2024, in the control room of Van Gelder Studio, Don and Maureen Sickler, co-owners since Rudy Van…
The Free Slave, Cosmos Nucleus and Sunset To Dawn: three classic Muse albums being reissued this fall by Timer Traveler Recordings.
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Record producer and “Jazz Detective” Zev Feldman has launched his next endeavor, the archival label Time Traveler…
Butcher Brown, clockwise from top left: Marcus Tenney, DJ Harrison, Morgan Burrs, Corey Fonville and Andrew Randazzo. (Keyboardist Harrison couldn’t make the gig, so special guest Jacob Mann sat in with the band at the Reno Jazz Festival.)
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The band known as Butcher Brown has enjoyed the last half-decade basking in the glow from the twin engines of critical…
This year’s Jazz em Agosto set by the Darius Jones Trio captured the titular alto saxophonist at his most ferocious.
Aug 26, 2025 1:31 PM
The organizers of Lisbon, Portugal’s Jazz em Agosto Festival assume its audience is thoughtful and independent. Over…
