Nov 22, 2023 12:33 PM
Top 10 Jazz Albums of the Year
Samara Joy’s Linger Awhile topped a daunting list of amazing music.
Samara Joy, Linger Awhile (VERVE) … 1,910
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Nov 22, 2023 12:33 PM
Samara Joy’s Linger Awhile topped a daunting list of amazing music.
Samara Joy, Linger Awhile (VERVE) … 1,910
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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…
“The idea of joy was really important,” says Souza in the wake of the pandemic and the toppling of Brazil’s authoritarian regime.
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…
“We play traditional rhythms, but the nature of the traditional rhythms is that there’s improvisation and a lot of room for expression,” Santos says of his music.
Nov 14, 2023 11:09 AM
Working from his self-described “mansion” in Oakland, California, John Santos is surrounded by the things he loves…
Michael Blake’s Chroma Nova, from left, Guilherme Monteiro, Skye Steele, Michael Bates, Mauro Refosco, Michael Blake, Christopher Hoffman and Rogerio Boccato.
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…
Endea Owens takes the Blindfold Test with writer Ashley Kahn onstage at this summer’s NorthSea Jazz Festival.
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…
Garzone and Daly keep the spirit of New York’s 52nd Street alive during a CD release party at Dizzy’s on Sept. 15.
Nov 6, 2023 2:49 AM
Following a string of tribute recordings — 2008’s Rahsaan Roland Kirk project Rah! Rah!, 2011’s Mary Joyce…
Bennett had a wealth of material to draw upon, and he had a direct association with much of it.
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…
“Charlie Christian with the Benny Goodman Sextet on record, that was it!” said Freeman of his early influences.
Oct 31, 2023 1:37 PM
Visit Chicago guitarist George Freeman, whose new album The Good Life (High Note) featuring Joey DeFrancesco and…
“I made the decision pretty early on that jazz music was going to be a huge part of my identity when I was growing up in California. But New York City made a man out of me,” Meagher says.
Oct 31, 2023 1:01 PM
Portland, Oregon-based guitarist Ryan Meagher abides by the power of certain “E” words: He practices eclecticism of…
