May 7, 2019 9:00 AM
Johnathan Blake Always Has Been ‘Focused on Rhythm’
It’s a biting-cold January day in Manhattan.
The wind howls around corners and between the buildings with…
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…
Eric Harland (left), Chris Potter and James Francies have recorded a new album, Circuits.
Apr 16, 2019 9:00 AM
Saxophonist Chris Potter’s new album, Circuits, simultaneously is a step forward and a return to earlier territory.…
Following a fire in her Rio de Janeiro home, improvising vocalist Claudia Villela has found a renewed interest in releasing music.
Apr 15, 2019 9:00 AM
Claudia Villela was all set to catch a December 2017 return flight to California from her native Brazil when a fire…
“From as early as I can remember, I’ve been experimenting with how many different sounds you can get out of a piano,” Elliot Galvin said.
Apr 12, 2019 9:00 AM
London keyboardist Elliot Galvin is a musician of implacable, nonchalant curiosity. Since emerging at the start of this…
Kassa Overall’s leader debut is titled Go Get Ice Cream And Listen To Jazz.
Apr 10, 2019 9:00 AM
In a small Paris hotel room, Kassa Overall lies across an unmade bed, praying for a sign. For months, he’d been…
