Sep 19, 2018 8:55 AM
Christian McBride & Bootsy Collins: ‘All for the Funk of It’
“Greatest day of my life,” declared Christian McBride without a hint of hyperbole. Even for a six-time…
Bassist Christian McBride (left) and Bootsy Collins sat down for a moderated conversation with journalist Andy Hermann in Los Angeles.
Sep 19, 2018 8:55 AM
“Greatest day of my life,” declared Christian McBride without a hint of hyperbole. Even for a six-time…
Walter Gwardyak is the music director and pianist for the New England Jazz Ensemble.
Sep 18, 2018 9:00 AM
In 1936, the Moscow Children’s Music Theater commissioned composer Sergei Prokofiev to write a symphonic fairy tale…
Ural Thomas and The Pain are set to issue The Right Time (Tender Loving Empire), an album of all-original material, on Sept. 28.
Sep 14, 2018 9:00 AM
The timeline of soul and r&b in America has followed some interesting byways during the past decade, as the once-quiet…
On Cuong Vu 4Tet’s Change In The Air (RareNoise), its namesake trumpeter ditches electronic effects.
Sep 13, 2018 9:00 AM
Despite pre-dawn airport pickups and scary midnight rides, bad food and worse sound engineers, there’s a romance to…
All About That Basie (Concord) includes a clutch of pop tunes that The Count Basie Orchestra makes its own.
Sep 12, 2018 9:00 AM
The Count Basie Orchestra was founded in 1936 in Kansas City, Missouri, and continues to this day, decades after its…
The Roundhouse hosts events, like the Love Supreme Jazz Festival and the London Jazz Festival, that feature performers from outside of the UK.
Sep 11, 2018 9:00 AM
For almost every British musician, hearing the word “Brexit” induces a quickened heart rate.
The UK is scheduled…
Guitarist John Abercrombie (1944–2017)
Sep 10, 2018 9:00 AM
On 1999’s Open Land, guitarist John Abercrombie and his sextet played their way through a set of the bandleader’s…
Damon Smith (left) and Ra-Kalam Bob Moses
Sep 7, 2018 9:00 AM
Since 2010, Plane Crash has featured the improvisatory skills of Henry Kaiser (guitar), Damon Smith (bass) and Weasel…
Pianist Thandi Ntuli recently released Exiled (Inpartmaint), her second full-length album.
Sep 5, 2018 9:00 AM
It’s two hours before showtime.
The staff at the Market Theatre in Johannesburg, South Africa, is making final…
Selim Selçuk performs on the second night of the Vitrin Contemporary Turkish Music Showcase at the Zorlu Center in Istanbul, Turkey.
Sep 4, 2018 9:00 AM
Earlier this year, at the age of 61, Istanbul-based drummer Selim Selçuk released his first recording. The two-volume…
