Nov 5, 2024 12:47 AM
From ’Bone to Bari … and Back!
To say that Michael Dease is not resting on his laurels would be an understatement. Long considered one of the jazz…
“Mike’s an amazing talent on trombone, never mind on tenor and baritone sax,” trombonist Steve Davis says of Dease.
Nov 5, 2024 12:47 AM
To say that Michael Dease is not resting on his laurels would be an understatement. Long considered one of the jazz…
“She knows so many films and the lyrics to all the songs, so it was her idea to select these tunes,” Javon Jackson said of his muse, poet Nikki Giovanni.
Nov 5, 2024 12:40 AM
An unlikely partnership was struck on 2022’s The Gospel According To Nikki Giovanni between tenor…
“They are a huge part of our label’s recent success with streaming,” Kevin Sun said of partnering with La Reserve for Endectomorph’s digital efforts.
Nov 5, 2024 12:33 AM
Kevin Sun’s Quartets is the 32-year-old tenor saxophonist’s third leader album in a year on Endectomorph, the…
A classic shot of Bob Karcy, left, with veteran saxophonist Benny Golson.
Oct 29, 2024 12:28 PM
In the often-fragile domain of record labels, technologies and means of production perpetually change — and sometimes…
Claire Daly, right, performs with tenor saxophonist George Garzone at Dizzy’s in 2023.
Oct 23, 2024 10:10 AM
Claire Daly often signed her correspondences with “Love and Low Notes.”
The baritone saxophonist, who died Oct.…
Chief Adjuah performing at this year’s Monterey Jazz Festival.
Oct 22, 2024 9:10 AM
To sustain any cultural intuition — and beyond that to refresh it — is a tall order. To keep faith with a…
“You want people to feel, no matter where they are, that they’re important to the music,” said Marcus Shelby about bandleading.
Oct 22, 2024 8:51 AM
One week after the conclusion of this year’s Healdsburg Jazz Festival, artistic director Marcus Shelby took a…
As part of Bimhuis’ October program, pianist Marta Warelis, right, debuted a sextet featuring cornetist Ben LaMar Gay, reedists Ab Baars and Karen Ng, and others.
Oct 22, 2024 8:40 AM
While some international jazz venues have been in continuous operation longer than the Bimhuis in Amsterdam, it’s…
Tini was a gifted jazz pianist and composer, choral conductor and consultant/clinician.
Oct 22, 2024 8:22 AM
Dennis J. Tini, a Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Music and Senior Associate Dean (retired) of Wayne State…
“The musical mission remains the same as it did 25 years ago: to make the best music possible in the given moment,” says drummer Jim Black of working again with trumpeter Natsuki Tamura.
Oct 15, 2024 12:55 PM
It was back in 1999 that volcanic forces were unleashed on White & Blue (Dutch Buzz Records), the second release by…
