The book Art Kane: Harlem 1958 explores the origin of one of the most famous photos in jazz history and includes this version, identifying the 57 musicians.
Nov 28, 2018 11:00 AM
Many jazz fans have seen the iconic image, but few know its complete backstory. On Aug. 12, 1958, graphic designer and…
ECM founder Manfred Eicher writes that he saw new possibilities in the improvised music of the Art Ensemble of Chicago.
Nov 27, 2018 10:21 AM
In the comprehensive, 296-page booklet that accompanies ECM’s 21-CD box set Art Ensemble Of Chicago And Associated…
Frank Zappa performs during December 1973 at The Roxy in West Hollywood.
Nov 21, 2018 4:30 PM
Frank Zappa died in 1993, but his career still is going strong with each year bringing new recordings, merch,…
Art Pepper (1925–1982)
Nov 21, 2018 10:48 AM
For many jazz fans, the high point of Art Pepper’s late-’70s comeback was a four-night stand at New York’s…
Dennis Lichtman is an advocate for early styles of jazz.
Nov 15, 2018 11:04 AM
A decade before he became one of the instigators of New York’s traditional jazz revival, Dennis Lichtman was studying…
Hawk Eyes serves as a chronicle of Sanah Kadoura’s recuperation from traumatic brain injury.
Nov 15, 2018 10:53 AM
In January 2017, drummer Sanah Kadoura fell in her New York apartment and hit her head on the corner of a windowsill.…
Drummer and bandleader Stefan Pasborg is based in Copenhagen.
Nov 15, 2018 10:43 AM
Stefan Pasborg is an enthusiastic vinyl advocate. Beginning in 2018 and continuing into next year, the Danish drummer…
Pianist Xavier Davis explores historical themes on his new album, Rise Up Detroit.
Nov 15, 2018 10:39 AM
Even though Xavier Davis hails from Grand Rapids, Michigan, and teaches jazz piano at Michigan State University in East…
David Hajdu and Renee Rosnes have released Ice On The Hudson, their first co-written album-length recording.
Nov 15, 2018 9:00 AM
In casual conversation, artists might reveal their struggles with complacency, particularly when they feel they’ve…
Thelonious Monk (1917-1982)
Nov 14, 2018 11:41 AM
If the 1990s represented the golden age of the CD box set, we might be amid the Age of Found Sound. “Lost”…
