Jul 16, 2018 9:00 AM

Last year, Montreal native Leonard Cohen was immortalized in a 20-story mural in the city’s downtown. Cohen’s image…

Jul 13, 2018 9:00 AM

Whether playing in all-star student bands, attending the Manhattan School of Music or leading the Le Boeuf Brothers…

Jul 12, 2018 9:20 AM

On the 1968 album Congliptious by the Roscoe Mitchell Art Ensemble, there’s a musical skit titled “Jazz Death?”…

Jul 11, 2018 10:20 AM

Big band leader Maria Schneider, pianist Abdullah Ibrahim, writer Stanley Crouch and the late vocalist-pianist Bob…

Jul 11, 2018 9:00 AM

Vitrin is Turkish for “display window,” like those of the dense storefronts lining even Istanbul’s quietest…

Jul 10, 2018 10:00 AM

Multi-woodwindist-composer Marty Ehrlich recorded his 26th leader date, Trio Exaltation (Clean Feed), last year in…

Jul 9, 2018 9:14 AM

Autobiography was a key motif of Cleveland’s 39th Tri-C JazzFest, which ran June 28-30 at Playhouse Square. Bracketed…

Jul 6, 2018 9:00 AM

Jazz historically has aimed for deep cultural relevance and a commitment to social justice, as vintage work by Charles…

Jul 6, 2018 9:00 AM

On hiatus from his long-running gig with singer Nancy Wilson, bassist Buster Williams, then 25, suddenly got an offer…

Jul 5, 2018 9:00 AM

The electro-funk fusion album Nyeusi (Biophilia) marks drummer Justin Brown’s debut as a bandleader, but he’s no…