Nov 22, 2023 12:32 PM
Top 10 Historical Albums of the Year
Ahmad Jamal’s Emerald City Nights took top honors in the Historical Album category, as it did in the 2023 Critics…
Nov 22, 2023 12:32 PM
Ahmad Jamal’s Emerald City Nights took top honors in the Historical Album category, as it did in the 2023 Critics…
Nov 14, 2023 11:14 AM
Just when it feels like the darkened clouds are bearing down with ominous portends, when it feels that the music has…
Nov 14, 2023 11:09 AM
Working from his self-described “mansion” in Oakland, California, John Santos is surrounded by the things he loves…
Nov 14, 2023 10:47 AM
Over the course of four decades, from his early-’90s stint with the Lounge Lizards, subsequent recordings with the…
Nov 6, 2023 3:03 AM
At this early stage of her career, the bassist and bandleader Endea Owens — a product of the Detroit music scene…
Nov 6, 2023 2:49 AM
Following a string of tribute recordings — 2008’s Rahsaan Roland Kirk project Rah! Rah!, 2011’s Mary Joyce…
Oct 31, 2023 1:50 PM
Perhaps no interpreter of American popular song had as long and distinguished a career as Tony Bennett. Yet in his…
Oct 31, 2023 1:37 PM
Visit Chicago guitarist George Freeman, whose new album The Good Life (High Note) featuring Joey DeFrancesco and…
Oct 31, 2023 1:01 PM
Portland, Oregon-based guitarist Ryan Meagher abides by the power of certain “E” words: He practices eclecticism of…
Oct 24, 2023 11:29 AM
On a steamy midsummer night in New York, Aaron Parks cut a solitary figure as he lingered in the cool semi-darkness of…