Mar 20, 2019 9:00 AM
Anna Webber’s ‘Clockwise’ Spans Musical Worlds
For decades, jazz composers have struggled for the recognition and resources enjoyed by their classically oriented…
Multi-instrumentalist Anna Webber tailored her writing on Clockwise to the improvising musicians she assembled for the project.
Mar 20, 2019 9:00 AM
For decades, jazz composers have struggled for the recognition and resources enjoyed by their classically oriented…
Norman Granz (1918–2001)
Mar 18, 2019 9:00 AM
The history of jazz offers a select group of rebels who profoundly bent its fortunes without ever playing a note of…
Magela Herrera perceives her work to be the result of a musical and cultural collision.
Mar 15, 2019 9:00 AM
It’s surprising to hear Havana-born flutist, composer and vocalist Magela Herrera talk about inspiration drawn from…
While jazz has been a common thread, the work of Danish guitarist Mark Solborg’s has veered well outside any clear parameters.
Mar 13, 2019 9:00 AM
Danish guitarist Mark Solborg has been a ubiquitous presence on Copenhagen’s creative music scene for two decades,…
Aaron Goldberg’s academic work might have influenced his music in more ways than he’s aware of, at least in a conceptual sense.
Mar 6, 2019 9:00 AM
On a cold December evening, Aaron Goldberg was giving a piano lesson in Spanish at his Brooklyn apartment, working his…
Bassit Carlos Henriquez has recorded The South Bronx Story, both live and in the studio, and RodBros Music is set to issue the material later this year.
Mar 5, 2019 9:00 AM
The tumbao, that basic building block of Afro-Cuban music, is deeply imbedded in bassist Carlos Henriquez’s DNA. Like…
“It’s a blessing to be within this legacy of the music,” Joe Lovano says.
Mar 1, 2019 9:00 AM
It is entirely characteristic of Joe Lovano, who parted ways with Blue Note Records in 2016 after releasing 25…
At age 14, drummer Allison Miller performed at Blues Alley in Washington D.C. with guitarist Charlie Byrd.
Feb 28, 2019 9:00 AM
Much of drummer Allison Miller’s life is about juxtapositions. She’s the creative force behind two related but…
Ben Sidran’s latest release is a compilation of live recordings made between 1975 and 2015.
Feb 22, 2019 9:00 AM
When Ben Sidran first met McCoy Tyner at the New York club Slugs’ during the late 1960s, Sidran was in awe—and he…
Mike DiRubbo’s latest release is a live album recorded at Smalls in New York.
Feb 21, 2019 9:00 AM
Performing at Smalls Jazz Club in New York this winter with the quartet of drummer George Coleman Jr., alto saxophonist…
