Jan 13, 2020 9:00 AM
Muriel Grossmann Gets to the Roots of Rhythm
Muriel Grossmann characterizes her quintet’s latest album, Reverence, as a spiritual-jazz effort—the sum of her…
Muriel Grossmann has lived all over Europe and draws influences from music of African origin.
Jan 13, 2020 9:00 AM
Muriel Grossmann characterizes her quintet’s latest album, Reverence, as a spiritual-jazz effort—the sum of her…
Charlie Parker (1920–1955)
Jan 10, 2020 9:00 AM
To say that Charlie “Yardbird” Parker was one of the greatest jazz musicians who ever lived is a bit like saying…
Avram Fefer expands his trio by adding guitarist Marc Ribot.
Jan 9, 2020 9:23 AM
Saxophonist Avram Fefer is drawn to musicians who push the outer limits of what’s possible. Ornette Coleman, Wayne…
Willie Jones III has worked on a pair of releases for the newly established Night Is Alive imprint, helmed by Kathy Moses Salem.
Jan 8, 2020 9:25 AM
“We started off very small: I was only doing management for jazz musicians,” said Kathy Moses Salem, managing…
Trumpeter Tomasz Dabrowski is a musician eager to challenge himself with shifting contexts and self-imposed limitations.
Jan 7, 2020 9:00 AM
Adversity has been a steady motivator in the career of Polish trumpeter Tomasz Dabrowski, starting with his early…
Drummer Shelly Manne’s work as a leader and sideperson exhibits his refusal to be pigeonholed.
Jan 6, 2020 9:00 AM
A case can be made that no other drummer of his era had, in today’s parlance, a stronger “brand” than Shelly…
Yusef Lateef (1920–2013)
Jan 3, 2020 9:19 AM
Yusef Lateef, the Detroit-bred multi-instrumentalist and composer who was born in 1920 and lived to be 93, was a…
Clark Terry (1920–2015)
Jan 2, 2020 9:15 AM
While many listeners discovered Clark Terry during his time with The Tonight Show band in the 1960s and ’70s, a new…
Trumpeter/vocalist Bria Skonberg is among the international artists who have performed at the North Carolina Jazz Festival in Wilmington.
Jan 1, 2020 9:00 AM
Saxophonist Houston Person and drummer/vibraphonist Chuck Redd—two of the headliners at the upcoming 40th annual…
Dee Alexander explores the more obscure songs of Billie Holiday on her latest Delmark release.
Dec 31, 2019 9:00 AM
“I can’t remember a time when Billie Holiday’s music wasn’t in my life,” says Dee Alexander, the Chicago…
