Feb 4, 2021 8:37 AM
Lesser-Known Bernstein Works Spotlit By SJMO
“Jazz is a very big word,” composer-conductor Leonard Bernstein assured us when he explained jazz to America in the…
Charlie Young conducts the Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra.
Feb 4, 2021 8:37 AM
“Jazz is a very big word,” composer-conductor Leonard Bernstein assured us when he explained jazz to America in the…
Sarah Elizabeth Charles and Jarrett Cherner, who are married, collaborated on a new album titled Tone.
Feb 3, 2021 8:46 AM
As an aspiring jazz singer, the teenage Sarah Elizabeth Charles wanted to be Sarah Vaughan. But after writing a lot of…
Christone “Kingfish” Ingram
Feb 2, 2021 8:35 AM
If ever there were a time for the blues, it was 2020. In the United States, more than 300,000 people died, and many…
Aum Fidelity has issued a 10-disc box set of previously unreleased music by bassist William Parker, titled Migration Of Silence Into And Out Of The Tone World.
Jan 29, 2021 8:26 AM
A tangle of connections fosters the bounty of William Parker’s career. The bassist—who’s released a 10-album set…
On For Such A Time As This, pianist Eric Reed explores a bevy of musical styles, including gospel.
Jan 28, 2021 9:00 AM
In 1966, pianist Glenn Gould sat down at the BBC to discuss, among other things, his approach to interpreting classical…
Guitarist Nir Felder (left), a faculty member at The New School, delivers online instruction to student Evan Macaluso.
Jan 27, 2021 9:00 AM
For jazz students enrolled in fall classes at The New School in New York City, the “new normal” during the pandemic…
This is Rez Abbasi’s first Blindfold Test.
Jan 26, 2021 8:41 AM
By the time he topped the category Rising Star–Guitar in the 2013 DownBeat Critics Poll, Rez Abbasi already had…
There’s something admirable about the Jimi Hendrix estate’s willingness to put their name on Live In Maui, a warts-and-all document.
Jan 22, 2021 9:00 AM
As fascinating as it is to hear Live In Maui (Experience Hendrix/Legacy Recordings/Sony Music Entertainment…
Ed Palermo has been known to embody a larger-than-life persona during his big band’s live shows.
Jan 21, 2021 8:45 AM
Palermo’s namesake big band has earned a reputation as a virtual circus of jazz-rock medleys, mashups, jump-cuts and…
Aubrey Johnson’s leader debut, Unraveled, includes sextet arrangements of standards and four original compositions.
Jan 20, 2021 8:42 AM
During the past decade, vocalist Aubrey Johnson has explored different chambers of her artistry and performed with an…
