Oct 31, 2019 9:27 AM
Staci Griesbach Jazzes up Patsy Cline Songbook
Staci Griesbach’s story begins in the rural Midwest. She grew up on a Wisconsin farm, where her parents raised…
Singer Staci Griesbach’s debut is devoted to jazz arrangements of songs popularized by country star Patsy Cline (1932–’63).
Oct 31, 2019 9:27 AM
Staci Griesbach’s story begins in the rural Midwest. She grew up on a Wisconsin farm, where her parents raised…
Saxophonist Chris Potter (left), tabla player Zakir Hussain and bassist Dave Holland
Oct 31, 2019 9:05 AM
A particularly compelling moment during concerts by Crosscurrents, a seven-member ensemble that world-renowned tabla…
“Iron sharpens iron,” Marquis Hill says while discussing work with his collaborators on Love Tape, his latest dispatch.
Oct 31, 2019 9:00 AM
Before composing new music for Love Tape, Marquis Hill set out to explore existing concepts of love. The trumpet and…
Dr. John (1941–2019)
Oct 30, 2019 9:54 AM
There’s still some magic left, apparently.
While Dr. John died June 6, a posthumous studio set’s on the way, as…
Saxophonist Art Pepper (right) recorded with bassist Charlie Haden during 1979 sessions in Los Angeles. The material has been anthologized on Promise Kept: The Complete Artists House Recordings, a five-disc set.
Oct 30, 2019 9:00 AM
In 1977 alto saxophonist Art Pepper told New York Times critic John S. Wilson, “In a very short time I’ll be like…
Ubuntu label head Martin Hummel (left), saxophonist Tori Freestone and bassist Gary Crosby
Oct 29, 2019 9:00 AM
As the U.K.’s jazz landscape is being defined by performers drawing on the British-bred genres grime and broken beat,…
Even when guitarist and scholar José Dias is on stage, he’s doing research.
Oct 28, 2019 9:00 AM
Throughout most of the aughts, José Dias worked as the director of a jazz school in Lisbon, Portugal’s bustling…
With the release of Nérija’s full-length debut, Blume (Domino), saxophonist Nubya Garcia’s career pushes on to a new stage.
Oct 25, 2019 9:17 AM
Nubya Garcia exhibits spectacular leader instincts, but she thrives in collaborative settings.
Making her New York…
Fifty years ago, Manfred Eicher co-founded Edition of Contemporary Music, better known as ECM, and has issued more than 1,600 titles spanning jazz and classical sounds.
Oct 24, 2019 8:03 AM
A search for the heart of the ECM Records operation leads to a small, quiet space located on the second floor of a…
Uri Caine’s most recent album celebrates the work of civil-rights advocate Octavius Catto (1839–’71).
Oct 23, 2019 9:00 AM
Pianist Uri Caine had no idea that his 10-part oratorio, The Passion Of Octavius Catto, would somehow gain additional…
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