Sep 9, 2019 8:16 AM
Abdullah Ibrahim: A Focus on Spirituality
At this year’s INNtöne Jazz Festival in Austria, Abdullah Ibrahim vividly demonstrated the intimacy and cosmic…
Pianist Abdullah Ibrahim is making plans for the future and looks forward to recording with a pair of orchestras.
Sep 9, 2019 8:16 AM
At this year’s INNtöne Jazz Festival in Austria, Abdullah Ibrahim vividly demonstrated the intimacy and cosmic…
Playing with European guitarists indebted to Django Reinhardt stuck with saxophonist James Carter.
Aug 30, 2019 9:00 AM
On a temperate night in April 2017, James Carter was veering dangerously close to the intemperate. Jamming with other…
Julia A. Miller (left) and Elbio Barilari run Chicago’s Delmark Records.
Aug 29, 2019 9:00 AM
After six decades as the overachieving offspring of founder Bob Koester, Delmark Records was purchased in May 2018 by…
David Jahnke (left) of Hal Leonard and NAMM President/CEO Joe Lamond perform during a NAMM event in Nashville.
Aug 28, 2019 10:45 AM
When you say the phrase “career in music,” many people automatically think of recording and touring artists.…
Jazzmeia Horn’s begun writing a follow-up to her recently released album Love And Liberation and also started work on a book of poetry.
Aug 27, 2019 8:24 AM
On the third night of her June run at Jazz Standard in New York, Jazzmeia Horn leapt into her opener, the Betty Carter…
The Tierney Sutton Band includes Kevin Axt (left), Christian Jacob, Sutton, Trey Henry and Ray Brinker.
Aug 21, 2019 9:00 AM
Suburban neighborhood Studio City is on the business end of the Hollywood machine, more likely to be bustling at 7 a.m.…
Chris Stamey has written new material in the style of the Great American Songbook.
Aug 20, 2019 9:14 AM
Aging rock musicians from Rod Stewart to Bob Dylan have turned to the Great American Songbook to revive their creative…
Sonny Rollins performs at the 2012 Detroit Jazz Festival.
Aug 18, 2019 4:48 PM
Robert McCabe, founder of the Montreux-Detroit International Jazz Festival—known since 2011 as the Detroit Jazz…
Jimmy Cobb, who turned 90 in January, recently issued a new quartet album, This I Dig Of You.
Aug 16, 2019 7:56 AM
Achieving maximum impact with minimal fuss has been Jimmy Cobb’s M.O. on the drum kit throughout his career, not…
Bassist Michael Janisch helms Whirlwind Records and is set to release his latest leader date, Worlds Collide.
Aug 14, 2019 9:00 AM
First and foremost, Michael Janisch is a bassist. He’s about to drop his third solo album after having worked as a…
