Aug 21, 2019 9:00 AM
Tierney Sutton Band Crafts an Intimate Language
Suburban neighborhood Studio City is on the business end of the Hollywood machine, more likely to be bustling at 7 a.m.…
The Tierney Sutton Band includes Kevin Axt (left), Christian Jacob, Sutton, Trey Henry and Ray Brinker.
Aug 21, 2019 9:00 AM
Suburban neighborhood Studio City is on the business end of the Hollywood machine, more likely to be bustling at 7 a.m.…
Chris Stamey has written new material in the style of the Great American Songbook.
Aug 20, 2019 9:14 AM
Aging rock musicians from Rod Stewart to Bob Dylan have turned to the Great American Songbook to revive their creative…
Sonny Rollins performs at the 2012 Detroit Jazz Festival.
Aug 18, 2019 4:48 PM
Robert McCabe, founder of the Montreux-Detroit International Jazz Festival—known since 2011 as the Detroit Jazz…
Jimmy Cobb, who turned 90 in January, recently issued a new quartet album, This I Dig Of You.
Aug 16, 2019 7:56 AM
Achieving maximum impact with minimal fuss has been Jimmy Cobb’s M.O. on the drum kit throughout his career, not…
Bassist Michael Janisch helms Whirlwind Records and is set to release his latest leader date, Worlds Collide.
Aug 14, 2019 9:00 AM
First and foremost, Michael Janisch is a bassist. He’s about to drop his third solo album after having worked as a…
Before Jazz Samba hit in 1962, saxophonist Stan Getz appeared to be on a different trajectory.
Aug 13, 2019 9:00 AM
It’s late in fall of 1961, and tenor saxophonist Stan Getz is playing The Village Gate in New York. It’s before the…
Mark Walker’s new leader album is titled You Get What You Give.
Aug 12, 2019 9:00 AM
One reason that reedist Paquito D’Rivera likes playing with Mark Walker is that the Grammy-winning drummer…
Sam Rivers (1923–2011)
Aug 9, 2019 9:27 AM
There’s a photo of Sam Rivers at the White House, most likely from the so-called “White House Jazz Festival” on…
John Scofield (left), Jack DeJohnette, Franco Ambrosetti, Uri Caine and Scott Colley at the recording session for Long Waves
Aug 8, 2019 9:00 AM
In a 1987 interview, Miles Davis sat down with a German journalist and discussed the differences between black and…
Trombonist John Fedchock leads a quartet, a sextet and the New York Big Band.
Aug 7, 2019 9:00 AM
John Fedchock has forged a distinctive career fueled by enormous talent, hard work and an entrepreneurial spirit.
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