Jul 5, 2018 9:00 AM
Justin Brown Commits to the Craft on ‘Nyeusi’
The electro-funk fusion album Nyeusi (Biophilia) marks drummer Justin Brown’s debut as a bandleader, but he’s no…
Drummer Justin Brown’s leader album features two keyboardists.
Jul 5, 2018 9:00 AM
The electro-funk fusion album Nyeusi (Biophilia) marks drummer Justin Brown’s debut as a bandleader, but he’s no…
Erroll Garner performs with his trio in Amsterdam in 1964.
Jul 4, 2018 9:00 AM
The career of pianist Christian Sands, 29, has shifted into high gear since the release of his Mack Avenue Records…
Ry Cooder will be on tour this summer promoting his new album, The Prodigal Son.
Jul 2, 2018 9:00 AM
As a follow-up to 2012’s Election Special (Nonesuch)—a biting protest album that critiqued right-wing…
On Kuba Więcek’s debut, Another Raindrop, listeners can find influences as far flung as the trip-hop feel of Massive Attack and folkloric dance rhythms.
Jun 27, 2018 8:59 AM
In May 2015, Warner Music Group acquired the massive catalog of Polskie Nagrania, the old state-run Polish label of the…
Pianist Monica Dominique is featured on a box set that anthologizes Swedish jazz between 1970 and 1979.
Jun 26, 2018 9:00 AM
Two decades ago, the Swedish state-run label Caprice Records launched a remarkably inclusive series intended to…
Gregory Agid is based in New Orleans.
Jun 25, 2018 9:00 AM
After recording spirited takes on jazz standards like “Caravan” and “In A Sentimental Mood,” as well as some…
Andrew Hadro is a co-founder of Tone Rogue Records.
Jun 22, 2018 9:00 AM
Baritone saxophonist-composer Andrew Hadro has always bucked the status quo. “I just want to be different,”…
Juan Andrés Ospina relied on an extensive Kickstarter campaign to finance his new album, Tramontana.
Jun 21, 2018 9:00 AM
“I do many things,” said Juan Andrés Ospina, over the phone from his apartment in New York. “I’m a piano…
Jun 20, 2018 8:00 AM
Radical changes in musical direction don’t always sit easily with listeners. The shock of the new can be convulsive.…
Jonathan Barber’s debut album is titled Vision Ahead.
Jun 19, 2018 9:00 AM
Jonathan Barber sits atop the drum throne in trumpeter Jeremy Pelt’s and saxophonist Marcus Strickland’s touring…
