Sep 27, 2018 9:00 AM
Steffen Schorn Displays Versatility on the Low End
A cinematic quality permeates the three-movement, titular suite on the Zurich Jazz Orchestra’s new album, Three…
Steffen Schorn (saxophone soloist at left) performs with and leads the Zurich Jazz Orchestra.
Sep 27, 2018 9:00 AM
A cinematic quality permeates the three-movement, titular suite on the Zurich Jazz Orchestra’s new album, Three…
Benje Daneman’s new album is Light In The Darkness.
Sep 20, 2018 9:00 AM
Michigan-based trumpeter/flugelhornist Benje Daneman is perpetually busy. In addition to releasing Light In The…
Pianist and composer Lynne Arriale
Sep 19, 2018 9:00 AM
Over the course of 13 albums, pianist Lynne Arriale has emphasized melodies—most often her own, but also those of…
Bassist Christian McBride (left) and Bootsy Collins sat down for a moderated conversation with journalist Andy Hermann in Los Angeles.
Sep 19, 2018 8:55 AM
“Greatest day of my life,” declared Christian McBride without a hint of hyperbole. Even for a six-time…
Pete Shand (left), Bernard “Pretty” Purdie, Brian J and Ivan Neville collaborated on the new album Cool Down.
Aug 31, 2018 9:00 AM
Forget Aretha Franklin, James Brown, Herbie Hancock and the multitude of other artists with whom Bernard “Pretty”…
Sarah McKenzie’s new work, San Francisco–Paris Of The West, will have its world premiere at the Bay Area’s Lesher Center for the Arts on Sept. 14.
Aug 29, 2018 1:10 PM
Headlining a Monday night show at New York’s Blue Note, the blond-haired, blue-eyed singer-pianist took the stage…
Drummer Chris Beck’s debut is titled The Journey.
Aug 28, 2018 9:44 AM
Reading the credits of Chris Beck’s debut recording, The Journey (A.W.M.C.), an anomaly catches your eye: Eric…
The crowd applauds a performance by legendary percussionist Poncho Sanchez (second from left) at MCG Jazz in Pittsburgh.
Aug 27, 2018 9:29 AM
In 1983, when Marty Ashby was a struggling young jazz guitarist in New York City, fresh out of Ithaca College, he went…
Bongwool Lee grew up playing classical music before switching to jazz.
Aug 24, 2018 9:12 AM
Call it a revelatory jazz moment. As a classical music prodigy in Seoul, South Korea, pianist Bongwool Lee was…
Edition Records founder Dave Stapleton is celebrating the label’s 10-year anniversary.
Aug 23, 2018 10:49 AM
As Edition Records founder Dave Stapleton reflected on the label’s 10-year milestone with his friend, bassist and…
