May 23, 2019 10:00 AM
Resonance Records’ Further Exploration of Wes Montgomery
Back in 2012, Resonance Records put out a collection of Wes Montgomery recordings that represented the first full album…
A Resonance collection of Wes Montgomery material uncovers more of the guitarist’s Midwest roots.
May 23, 2019 10:00 AM
Back in 2012, Resonance Records put out a collection of Wes Montgomery recordings that represented the first full album…
Antonio Sánchez opens his latest album, Lines In The Sand, with a disturbing ontage of sirens and voices.
May 22, 2019 10:24 AM
In May 2018, drummer Antonio Sánchez was performing with pianist/composer Arturo O’Farrill at the Fandango…
Aubrey Logan critiques Los Angeles and the entertainment industry on her new album.
May 21, 2019 10:00 AM
In a city recognized worldwide as the locus of glamour, success and superficiality, Los Angeles-based trombonist and…
Burnt Sugar The Arkestra Chamber is marking two decades of music with a new album and a spate of reissues.
May 19, 2019 10:19 PM
As any well-informed chef will tell you, particularly one schooled in Caribbean cuisine, burnt sugar is not actually…
For Randy Brecker’s latest outing, he’s supported by Hamburg, Germany’s NDR Bigband.
May 16, 2019 5:41 PM
Carving out space on jazz radio can be more than a little challenging. If the music falls into some category other than…
John Daversa (right) works with young musicians on the American Dreamers project.
May 15, 2019 10:24 AM
John Daversa’s American Dreamers: Voices Of Hope, Music Of Freedom (BFM Jazz) is a creation of human concern and…
René Marie (foreground) performs with the Chicago Jazz Orchestra, conducted by Jeff Lindberg, in Chicago on March 29.
May 15, 2019 9:00 AM
The Chicago Jazz Orchestra recently marked its 40th anniversary, and the ensemble commemorated the milestone with a…
Pharoah Sanders (left) and Franklin Kiermyer
May 13, 2019 9:00 AM
More than two decades separate a pair of releases on Dot Time Records, each helmed by veteran drummer Franklin…
Johnathan Blake takes musical cues from his late father, John Blake Jr., a violinist who performed with McCoy Tyner and Archie Shepp.
May 7, 2019 9:00 AM
It’s a biting-cold January day in Manhattan.
The wind howls around corners and between the buildings with…
For Wynton Marsalis, developing a strategy to translate mythology into music for the film Bolden required some self-analysis, if not soul-searching.
May 3, 2019 9:00 AM
Shrouded in mystery, Buddy Bolden’s life has proved more than a match for most of its would-be chroniclers.…
