May 16, 2019 8:53 AM
Sheila Maurice-Grey on Art’s Emancipatory Properties
Kokoroko, a London-based Afrobeat group, released its self-titled debut EP earlier this year after being featured on…
Trumpeter Sheila Maurice-Grey performs in both Kokoroko and Nérija, groups that recently issued debut EPs indebted to jazz, Afrobeat and more.
May 16, 2019 8:53 AM
Kokoroko, a London-based Afrobeat group, released its self-titled debut EP earlier this year after being featured on…
Frode Haltli performs at the 2018 Nattjazz festival in Bergen, Norway.
May 14, 2019 9:00 AM
This year at Bremen, Germany’s jazzahead! festival and trade fair, Norwegian acts were featured during an…
John Patitucci says that his latest outing, Soul Of The Bass, is something of a sequel to his 1991 album Heart Of The Bass.
May 10, 2019 9:00 AM
Jazz pianists and guitarists perform solo all the time. Jazz bassists? Almost never. A program of unaccompanied jazz…
Since the 1980s, London-based DJ and record label founder Gilles Peterson has been a force in music. The first installment of his We Our Here festival is set to run Aug. 15–18 in Abbots Ripton, Cambridgeshire, U.K.
Apr 25, 2019 1:55 AM
Being a curator has become a defining ethos for the 21st century. With digital platforms bombarding us with choice, a…
Drummer Rocky Martin (left), bassist Hannah Marks and tenor saxophonist Barclay Moffitt perform as Heartland Trio.
Apr 24, 2019 5:50 AM
Des Moines, Iowa-born bassist Hannah Marks, a senior jazz studies major at the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana…
Craig Harris gathered footage of Muhammad Ali boxing, turned off the sound and watched him move. The result is the trombonist’s recent Brown Butterfly (Afro Future Concept).
Apr 24, 2019 1:57 AM
Trombonist and composer Craig Harris might have released his digital-only album, Brown Butterfly (Afro Future Concept)…
Berlin-based pianist Håvard Wiik has mastered a stylistic hodgepodge on three recent recordings.
Mar 29, 2019 10:42 AM
Atomic, a tirelessly creative free-bop quintet, has carved out a niche in the Nordic jazz scene.
At the center of…
Chicago percussionist and bandleader Kahil El’Zabar has a pair of recordings slated for release on Spiritmuse, a new UK imprint.
Mar 21, 2019 9:00 AM
For more than four decades, percussionist Kahil El’Zabar’s vision has embraced tradition and the future, the local…
Reedist Dave Liebman has contributed to scores of recordings, including Miles Davis’ On The Corner.
Mar 19, 2019 9:00 AM
Dave Liebman’s legacy seemingly coalesced in an enthralling full-circle moment on Feb. 6, 2015, at Nashville’s 3rd…
Chicago-based pianist Matt Piet’s set to release a new album with Four Letter Words, a trio that also includes tenor saxophonist Jake Wark and drummer Bill Harris.
Mar 14, 2019 9:00 AM
In the past, improvising pianist Matt Piet’s worked alongside jugglers on a cruise ship. His recent output’s more…
