Mar 4, 2019 9:00 AM
The Complex Sounds of Caspar Brötzmann
Among the most exciting and forward-thinking albums to come out early in 2019 are a pair of recordings made decades…
Caspar Brötzmann performs at Berlin’s SO36 during a tour for Black Axis. The guitarist’s work with his trio, Massaker, is being reissued by Southern Lord Recordings, which also will release a record by a new Brötzmann project, Bass Totem, in 2020.
Mar 4, 2019 9:00 AM
Among the most exciting and forward-thinking albums to come out early in 2019 are a pair of recordings made decades…
At age 14, drummer Allison Miller performed at Blues Alley in Washington D.C. with guitarist Charlie Byrd.
Feb 28, 2019 9:00 AM
Much of drummer Allison Miller’s life is about juxtapositions. She’s the creative force behind two related but…
Vocalist Madison McFerrin has scheduled several European performance dates for the spring.
Feb 27, 2019 9:00 AM
Madison McFerrin is the last musician you would expect to be going it alone. As the youngest child of Grammy-winning…
Bassist Steve Swallow (left), drummer Bobby Previte and keyboardist Jamie Saft have released You Don’t Know The Life (RareNoise), a follow-up to their 2017 album Loneliness Road, which featured Iggy Pop.
Feb 25, 2019 9:00 AM
When keyboardist Jamie Saft talks about his bond with drummer Bobby Previte and bassist Steve Swallow, the word…
Ben Sidran’s latest release is a compilation of live recordings made between 1975 and 2015.
Feb 22, 2019 9:00 AM
When Ben Sidran first met McCoy Tyner at the New York club Slugs’ during the late 1960s, Sidran was in awe—and he…
Mike DiRubbo’s latest release is a live album recorded at Smalls in New York.
Feb 21, 2019 9:00 AM
Performing at Smalls Jazz Club in New York this winter with the quartet of drummer George Coleman Jr., alto saxophonist…
On his new album, In The Moment, organist Pat Bianchi collaborates with numerous jazz heavyweights, including guitarist Pat Martino and vibraphonist Joe Locke.
Feb 20, 2019 9:00 AM
At age 16, Pat Bianchi received a prized Christmas present: organist Joey DeFrancesco’s 1993 album Live At The Five…
Marquis Hill benefited from time spent at the Velvet Lounge, a jazz room on the South Side of Chicago run by saxophonist Fred Anderson (1929–2010).
Feb 8, 2019 9:00 AM
Sipping tea in the Harlem hangout Common Good, Marquis Hill wore a serene smile. The expression was hardly one…
A very relaxed Christian Meaas Svendsen with members of Nakama
Feb 6, 2019 9:00 AM
In his recent improvisational practice, Norwegian bassist Christian Meaas Svendsen embraces a deeply physical…
Like so many singers before her, Alicia Olatuja’s talent was shaped in the sanctuary.
Feb 5, 2019 9:00 AM
When singer Alicia Olatuja steps on stage, she is sure-footed, and a smile almost always rests on her face.
She…
