Mar 24, 2021 8:00 AM
The ‘Firm Roots’ of John Santos
The day before Joe Biden was sworn into office as president on Jan. 20, John Santos, ensconced in his East Bay home…
Percussionist and bandleader John Santos has a foundation in what he refers to as “traditional” music, but he has played and recorded with figures from across the spectrum of Latin music, jazz and rock.
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…
For her new album, Yelena Eckemoff composed the music, wrote a narrative poem and created the album cover art.
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…
Chick Corea, the lost Blindfold Test
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…
Allan Harris’ Kate’s Soulfood is premised on recollections of his aunt’s diner.
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…
Educator Fernando Jones has taught young musicians in both virtual and in-person settings.
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…
Bluesman and educator Fernando Jones teaches the blues whenever and wherever possible—in person or online.
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,…
Trombonist Doug Beavers combines elements of r&b, salsa and jazz on his new album, Sol.
Mar 12, 2021 8:00 AM
During the past 20 years, Doug Beavers has been, to use baseball parlance, a five-tool player. Whether navigating New…
Thandi Ntuli sought for Indaba Is to reflect cosmopolitan elements that pulsate through the scene in South Africa.
Mar 10, 2021 8:00 AM
Indaba Is, a compilation recorded during June and July of 2020, ranks as a compelling document of the electrifying…
Christian McBride (left), Corea and Jack DeJohnette recording McBride’s Number 2 Express in 1995.
Mar 8, 2021 8:00 AM
Chick Corea’s passing reverberated through the jazz world with a multigenerational outpouring for an artist seen as…
Instructor Omar Abdulkarim (far right) works with students at the High School for Recording Arts in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Mar 8, 2021 8:00 AM
Amid the local protests following George Floyd’s killing by Minneapolis police last year, Jerome Treadwell—a…
