May 16, 2019 5:41 PM
Brecker Bonds with Big Bands Over Fusion
Carving out space on jazz radio can be more than a little challenging. If the music falls into some category other than…
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.…
For Move On: A Sondheim Adventure, vocalist Cyrille Aimée selected a bevy of Stephen Sondheim compositions she felt resonated with her own experiences.
May 1, 2019 9:00 AM
As she sat in a rocking chair sipping tea on the front porch of her New Orleans apartment on a recent rainy morning,…
Ravi Coltrane (left), Drew Gress, Ralph Alessi and Mark Ferber perform Jan. 11 at Le Poisson Rouge in New York.
Apr 29, 2019 3:10 PM
Trumpeter Ralph Alessi’s third album for ECM, the post-bop, neoclassical, subtly disjunctive Imaginary Friends,…
Craig Tabor (left) and Vijay Iyer pay tribute to artists and pianists who recently have passed on Transitory Poems.
Apr 18, 2019 9:00 AM
A spirit of camaraderie and collaboration permeated the room when Vijay Iyer and Craig Taborn took the stage of…
The Braford Marsalis Quartet’s latest album, The Secret Between The Shadow And The Soul, features compositions by the bandleader, pianist Joey Calderazzo and bassist Eric Revis. Drummer Justin Faulkner rounds out the ensemble.
Apr 17, 2019 9:00 AM
Whether riffing on his new quartet album, his recent work with singer Kurt Elling, his dynastic jazz family, his…
