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    Gadabout Season developed over many months of recording sessions in Brandee Younger’s East Harlem living room.

    Interview, From the Magazine, Brandee Younger

    Sep 16, 2025 11:52 AM

    Brandee Younger Finds Room to Wander

    When she’s on the road, Brandee Younger enters a hybrid state of action and contemplation. Free of daily distractions…

  • Jaleel_Shaw_by_Yusuke_Yamanouchi_copy.jpg

    “People don’t truly understand or know about the contributions of Black artists, Black composers, Black inventors,” said saxophonist Jaleel Shaw, who aims to change that with his new recording, Painter Of The Invisible.

    News, From the Magazine, Jaleel Shaw

    Sep 16, 2025 11:46 AM

    Jaleel Shaw Paints with Vital Purpose

    Ralph Ellison’s compelling 1952 novel Invisible Man used the notion of invisibility to explore the issues and…

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    “Think of all the creative people I’m going to meet and a whole other way of thinking about music and a challenge of singing completely different material than I would have sung otherwise to my highest level in dedication to the moment,” Elling says about his Broadway run.

    Interview, From the Magazine, Kurt Elling

    Sep 9, 2025 1:18 PM

    Kurt Elling: A Restless Soul Heads to Broadway

    Kurt Elling was back at home in Chicago, grabbing some family time in a late-June window between gigs. Sporting a smile…

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    Trio aRT with its avalanche of instrumentation: from left, Pheeroan akLaff, Scott Robinson and Julian Thayer.

    News, From the Magazine, Trio aRT

    Sep 3, 2025 12:03 PM

    Trio aRT: Music at ScienSonic Speed

    Trio aRT, a working unit since 1988, shockingly released its very first studio recording this summer. Recorded in…

  • Don_and_Maureen_Sickler_by_Richard_Halterman_copy_2.jpg

    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.

    News, From the Magazine

    Sep 3, 2025 12:02 PM

    Keeping the Flame at Van Gelder Studio

    On the last Sunday of 2024, in the control room of Van Gelder Studio, Don and Maureen Sickler, co-owners since Rudy Van…

  • Brittany_Davis_by_Lance_Mercer_Photo_4_copy_2.jpg

    “It’s energetic,” says Brittany Davis of feeling the spirits of the ancestors. “It’s interpretive. It’s a dance of sound and vibration. It’s a memory, it’s a wash. It’s washing over you.”

    News, From the Magazine, Brittany Davis

    Sep 3, 2025 12:01 PM

    Brittany Davis Catches Some ‘Black Thunder’

    Since she was 3 years old, Brittany Davis has been mimicking bird songs on the piano. Davis, who was born blind, also…

  • Mark_Masters_and_Billy_Harper_photo_by_Susan_Miyamoto_copy_2.jpg

    Mark Masters, right, with Billy Harper.

    News, From the Magazine, Mark Masters

    Sep 3, 2025 12:00 PM

    Mark Masters Celebrates Sam Rivers & Billy Harper

    The Rising Star Category of this publication’s annual Critics Poll was once called Talent Deserving Wider Recognition…

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    “What I got from Percy was the dignity of playing the bass,” Buster Williams said of Percy Heath.

    Interview, From the Magazine, Buster Williams

    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…

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    “I’m not getting any younger, and in my later years I want to make sure my own visions can be realized,” says pianist George Colligan.

    Interview, From the Magazine, George Colligan

    Aug 26, 2025 1:48 PM

    George Colligan’s Vision Realized

    From one perspective, the eminently versatile pianist George Colligan claims membership in the population of jazz…

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    Tyreek McDole follows up his Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition win with a collection of jazz classics.

    Review, From the Magazine, Tyreek McDole, Gabriela Martina, Maxim Lubarsky, Champian Fulton, Jeffrey Gimble, Ute Lemper, Roxana Amed

    Aug 26, 2025 1:14 PM

    Review: Vocals Aplenty

    Tyreek McDole cements his place as a vocalist to watch with his debut, Open Up Your Senses (Artwork; ★★★★ …

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