Jun 18, 2024 11:57 AM
Taylor Eigsti’s Puzzle Mastery
It’s early March in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and a local, classically trained instrumentalist is astonished as she…
“Variety is essential,” says Taylor Eigsti. “It both creates new landscapes and puts you in closer touch with the present moment.”
Jun 18, 2024 11:57 AM
It’s early March in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and a local, classically trained instrumentalist is astonished as she…
“Georgian folk music is considered one of the world’s most advanced polyphonic folk music styles,” Giorgi Mikadze says.
Jun 18, 2024 11:47 AM
Giorgi Mikadze, a virtuosic pianist and composer, possesses an extraordinary talent shaped by his heritage and diverse…
Christopher Zuar with his wife/collaborator, Anne Beal.
Jun 18, 2024 11:39 AM
Tending the soil of large ensemble jazz culture can be a challenging, labor-intensive and sometimes thankless job. The…
“I don’t want to stop at just playing it as it already was; we have to do something different,” Grace Kelly said of reinterpreting classic movie themes with strings.
Jun 11, 2024 12:10 PM
Growing up near Boston, 31-year-old saxophonist-singer-songwriter Grace Kelly had a Friday night tradition with her…
“I had to lock myself in a room, grab the 5B sticks and punish my body every day,” Rodriguez said of preparing to record with the band Mars Volta.
Jun 11, 2024 12:06 PM
Puerto Rican-born drummer/composer Willy Rodriguez now calls New York City his home, but he isn’t afraid to push…
“I’ve always wanted to explore the piano trio tradition, and to find my own voice within it,” says the youthful Goldberg.
Jun 11, 2024 11:58 AM
This February, a week before his 18th birthday, Brandon Goldberg, a high school senior in Miami, played at Smalls in…
Swedish-born bassist Palle Danielsson (1946–2024) played with a deep, resonant and endlessly warm tone.
Jun 4, 2024 11:20 AM
Palle Danielsson, a celebrated Swedish bass player who worked with a Who’s Who of international jazz musicians over a…
The massive European jazz trade show jazzahead! attracted 14,490 attendees for 40 concert showcases and Clubnight performances that took place April 11–13 in Bremen, Germany.
Jun 4, 2024 11:04 AM
Messe Bremen, the spacious convention center in Breman, Germany, teemed with nonstop activity April 11–14 during the…
“Maybe now after all these years I’m finally becoming the musician that I wanted to be,” says Bromberg.
May 29, 2024 12:21 PM
Driving into the San Bernardino National Forest, some 40 miles east of Los Angeles, the two-lane road snakes through…
“It has a twang, but it’s not country,” Gardner says of the music from On The Trail With The Lonesome Pines. “And it’s not exactly jazz, but I think it works best when jazz musicians come at it.”
May 29, 2024 12:15 PM
What Hilary Gardner wanted most growing up was to move to New York and sing jazz. But she lived in a small town in…
