Sep 8, 2016 3:25 PM
Sutton Finds Model & Muse in Personal Hero Joni Mitchell
The beauty of jazz is that it provides limitless possibilities for interpretation. On her 2014 release, After Blue: The…
Tierney Sutton, seen here at the Newport Jazz Festival on July 28, will release The Sting Variations in September.
Sep 8, 2016 3:25 PM
The beauty of jazz is that it provides limitless possibilities for interpretation. On her 2014 release, After Blue: The…
Chick Corea will celebrate his 75th birthday year with a tour of the U.S., Europe and Asia, culminating in an 80-day residency at the Blue Note in New York.
Aug 31, 2016 5:28 PM
For his 75th birthday, pianist Chick Corea has chosen to return to one of his favorite places: the road. The DownBeat…
Miles Davis
Aug 31, 2016 4:44 PM
Nearly 25 years after his death, the recorded artistry of trumpet genius Miles Davis continues to grow. Columbia/Legacy…
John Coltrane’s masterpiece A Love Supreme, reissued in 2015 as a deluxe three-CD set, is one of many classic albums recorded by the late engineer Rudy Van Gelder.
Aug 31, 2016 1:29 PM
(The following article, “Trane Tracks,” was written by Thomas Staudter and published in the September 2014 issue of…
Ted Nash
Aug 31, 2016 12:56 PM
With election season in full swing, saxophonist Ted Nash is set to launch his own campaign for politically informed…
Rudy Van Gelder, in a scene from the CD/DVD release Perfect Takes (Blue Note)
Aug 31, 2016 11:29 AM
Rudy Van Gelder, the recording engineer who cultivated an amateur passion for jazz into a legendary career—during which…
Wadada Leo Smith will release America’s National Parks on Cuneiform Records on Oct. 14.
Aug 31, 2016 11:18 AM
August 2016 marks the centennial anniversary of the creation of the National Park Service. Numerous celebrations…
Shirley Horn
Aug 31, 2016 10:43 AM
Singer and pianist Shirley Horn (1934–2005) was a jazz trailblazer, a female artist whose immense talent put her…
Frank Sinatra with the Jan Savitt Orchestra at the Strand Theater in New York, 1945.
Aug 31, 2016 9:45 AM
Michael Randolph, son of legendary photographer William “PoPsie” Randolph (1920–’78), has created a…
Toots Thielemans (1922–2016)
Aug 31, 2016 9:19 AM
Toots Thielemans, whose exceptional skill on the chromatic harmonica helped popularize the instrument in the jazz…
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