Sep 19, 2023 1:32 PM
Jazz Saxophonist, Avant-Gardist Charles Gayle Dies at 84
Charles Gayle, a tenor and alto saxophonist who arose from long-term homelessness to become a key member of jazz’s…
Sep 19, 2023 1:32 PM
Charles Gayle, a tenor and alto saxophonist who arose from long-term homelessness to become a key member of jazz’s…
Sep 19, 2023 1:14 PM
The New Jazz Underground, a trio collective of young Floridians currently based in New York, was the winner of the…
Sep 19, 2023 1:07 PM
On the list of ambitious and paradigm-shifting jazz or jazz-related projects this season, Lucian Ban and Mat Maneri’s…
Sep 12, 2023 2:03 PM
There’s an unrepentant snarl to Marc Ribot’s voice on twisted tunes like “Subsidiary,” “Soldiers In The Army…
Sep 12, 2023 1:48 PM
The viable flow of the blues continues to cultivate. Elemental and rooted, it has percolated through the American…
Sep 12, 2023 1:32 PM
Richard Davis, a bassist whose virtuosity was equaled by his astounding versatility, died Sept. 6 in Madison,…
Sep 12, 2023 1:06 PM
Unlike the retro swing revival of the 1990s, the current incarnation emerged from conservatories, not bandstands and…
Sep 12, 2023 12:59 PM
Nicholas Payton has been awarded a major grant from South Arts to record The Black American Symphony, which he wrote 10…
Sep 6, 2023 12:37 PM
In late May 2022, Kris Davis realized a dream. She and her ensemble Diatom Ribbons performed six nights at New York’s…
Sep 6, 2023 12:27 PM
When Tyshawn Sorey turned 40 a few months into the pandemic lockdown, he decided henceforth to focus on more explicitly…