Oct 28, 2025 10:40 AM
Dino Saluzzi: La Vida de Musicos
In some way, the sublime new album by venerable bandoneon player Dino Saluzzi, El Viejo Caminante, is a family affair…
Dino Saluzzi, center, flanked by José Maria Saluzzi, left, and Jacob Young.
Oct 28, 2025 10:40 AM
In some way, the sublime new album by venerable bandoneon player Dino Saluzzi, El Viejo Caminante, is a family affair…
Allan Harris, seated, with his band at the Blue Llama in Ann Arbor, Michigan: from left, Jay White, Sylvia Cuenca, Alan Grubner and John Di Martino.
Oct 28, 2025 10:36 AM
With 17 records to his name, including his newest live record, The Poetry Of Jazz, seasoned New York vocalist,…
“That is Heaven right here on Earth,” said vocalist Faye Carol of Ella Fitzgerald with Duke Ellington.
Oct 21, 2025 11:41 AM
A San Francisco Bay Area hero for many decades, singer-educator Faye Carol has interpreted songs culled from numerous…
“I try to be the same person on stage that I am always. … It’s like why I said I’ve written my name the same way I’ve always had since the sixth grade,” says Isaiah J. Thompson.
Oct 14, 2025 2:29 PM
Pianist Isaiah J. Thompson is on the road, answering a video call from his hotel room in Victoria, a quaint city on…
“With a really great artist, it’s not actually coming from them, it’s coming from their environment,” said Chris Wood, shown at right with his brother Oliver Wood (center) and Jano Rix (left). “They’re just open to reflecting what’s happening around them, and they just have the ability to intuitively recognize what’s good. It’s the beautiful mystery of the creative process, and we’re just constantly trying to surrender to it.”
Sep 30, 2025 1:12 PM
Through nine studio recordings since 2006, along with two live albums, The Wood Brothers — guitarist Oliver and…
“I do feel the need to say, ‘I am a jazz musician,’ but I’ve been in these other fields of music, and I do find them all related,” said pianist Paul Cornish.
Sep 30, 2025 1:04 PM
Blue Note Records has been on a tear since late 2024, releasing new work by Immanuel Wilkins, Out Of/Into (formerly…
Always a sharp dresser, Farnsworth wears a pocket square given to him by trumpeter Art Farmer. “You need to look good if you want to hang around me,” Farmer told him.
Sep 23, 2025 11:12 AM
When he was 12 years old, the hard-swinging veteran drummer Joe Farnsworth had a fateful encounter with his idol Max…
“Who I am today is because of my experiences with the AACM,” Amina Claudine Myers said of the artist-led Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians.
Sep 23, 2025 11:04 AM
At 83 years young, pianist, organist, vocalist, composer and NEA Jazz Master Amina Claudine Myers is just as active and…
Gadabout Season developed over many months of recording sessions in Brandee Younger’s East Harlem living room.
Sep 16, 2025 11:52 AM
When she’s on the road, Brandee Younger enters a hybrid state of action and contemplation. Free of daily distractions…
“Think of all the creative people I’m going to meet and a whole other way of thinking about music and a challenge of singing completely different material than I would have sung otherwise to my highest level in dedication to the moment,” Elling says about his Broadway run.
Sep 9, 2025 1:18 PM
Kurt Elling was back at home in Chicago, grabbing some family time in a late-June window between gigs. Sporting a smile…