Jul 2, 2021 5:43 PM
Ulysses Owens Jr. Plays it Forward
On the opening track of drummer Ulysses Owens Jr.’s new big band album, he plays five sharp rim shots, which catapult…
Jul 2, 2021 5:43 PM
On the opening track of drummer Ulysses Owens Jr.’s new big band album, he plays five sharp rim shots, which catapult…
Jun 30, 2021 5:42 PM
Jeff Coffin, the saxophonist best known for his ongoing work with the chart-topping rock group Dave Matthews Band and…
May 13, 2021 1:00 PM
During decades of recording and work alongside a cast of co-conspirators that could serve as a summation of jazz’s…
Mar 26, 2021 12:33 PM
John Patitucci has really put himself out there the past few years. He’s been noticeably active as a first-call…
Mar 24, 2021 8:00 AM
The day before Joe Biden was sworn into office as president on Jan. 20, John Santos, ensconced in his East Bay home…
Mar 22, 2021 11:01 AM
With Adventures Of The Wildflower, Yelena Eckemoff’s new release on her label L&H Production, the composer adds…
Mar 19, 2021 12:34 PM
Thelonious Monk took the Blindfold Test only once, and the results were published in the April 21, 1966, issue of…
Mar 18, 2021 8:00 AM
Growing up in Brooklyn, singer and guitarist Allan Harris regularly visited his mother’s family in Harlem on the…
Mar 14, 2021 10:28 PM
Unlike jazz camps, camps that focus on the blues are a rarity. In 2010, when Fernando Jones decided to start one at…
Mar 12, 2021 11:35 AM
Last summer’s Jazz Camp season can be summed up in a word—virtual. Like so much of our lives during the pandemic,…