Jun 25, 2021 3:00 PM
Alex Conde’s Flamenco-Tinged Jazz for Bud Powell
On Descarga For Bud (Sedajazz), pianist Alex Conde brilliantly extrapolates the complex beats and duende-suffused…
Jun 25, 2021 3:00 PM
On Descarga For Bud (Sedajazz), pianist Alex Conde brilliantly extrapolates the complex beats and duende-suffused…
Jun 24, 2021 3:00 PM
French-born guitarist-composer Stephane Wrembel, a true Django-phile at heart, is that rare artist who gives his…
Jun 23, 2021 3:00 PM
Once, when alto saxophonist Miguel Zenón was working as Charlie Haden’s sideman, Ornette Coleman joined his former…
Jun 22, 2021 10:47 AM
Rhiannon Giddens is homesick. That’s the partial theme of her new album, They’re Calling Me Home (Nonesuch…
Jun 22, 2021 10:39 AM
“Behold! The sky’s a shining shell!”
Gazing out at the socially distanced crowd gathered at the open-air…
Jun 22, 2021 9:57 AM
Great jazz singers find their voices by breaking rules. That was evident on June 6, as Gabrielle Cavassa and Tawanda…
Jun 22, 2021 9:49 AM
This week’s streaming highlights feature Julian Lage in conversation with Don Was, the Chicago Jazz Philharmonic…
Jun 15, 2021 10:34 AM
In what has to be billed as the great jazz reopening, festivals are coming back online, many with late-breaking plans…
Jun 11, 2021 10:22 AM
Charnett Moffett’s silky bass lines come to the fore on his tune “Rejoice” from his new album, New Love. Check…
Jun 10, 2021 3:01 PM
Pianist Todd Cochran wasn’t satisfied with simply making a video as an extension of his new recording with TC3, Then…