Oct 1, 2018 9:00 AM
Tony Bennett & Diana Krall: Streetwise, Yet Sophisticated
Breezing into his art studio on New York’s Central Park South, Tony Bennett hardly seemed fazed by the July heat.…
Love Is Here To Stay (Verve/Columbia) is the first album-length, one-on-one collaboration that Tony Bennett has recorded with his good friend Diana Krall.
Oct 1, 2018 9:00 AM
Breezing into his art studio on New York’s Central Park South, Tony Bennett hardly seemed fazed by the July heat.…
Tia Fuller’s most recent album is Diamond Cut (Mack Avenue).
Sep 28, 2018 9:00 AM
Tia Fuller knows about being a road warrior. As featured saxophone soloist in Beyoncé’s all-woman band between 2006…
Steffen Schorn (saxophone soloist at left) performs with and leads the Zurich Jazz Orchestra.
Sep 27, 2018 9:00 AM
A cinematic quality permeates the three-movement, titular suite on the Zurich Jazz Orchestra’s new album, Three…
Derek Hodge recently was in Johannesburg, South Africa, as part of a residency program that found him working on a new recording by trumpeter Ndabo Zulu’s Umgidi Ensemble.
Sep 26, 2018 10:00 AM
Derrick Hodge is a cool, calm, collected cat.
He is intentional, deliberate in every sense—from the words he…
London-based Ed Cawthorne, better known as Tenderlonious, co-founded the label 22a and also performs with Ruby Rushton and 22a Arkestra.
Sep 25, 2018 9:00 AM
Ed Cawthorne, better known as Tenderlonious, is an original character on the UK’s genre-bending jazz scene. Raised in…
After touring together internationally and playing with various dance projects since 2015, drummer Allison Miller and pianist Carmen Staaf recorded their first co-led album, Science Fair.
Sep 24, 2018 9:00 AM
Science Fair is the dynamic result of collaborative musical experiments in rhythm, feel and composition by drummer…
Roy Babbington first recorded with Soft Machine on Fourth in 1971. The bassist is part of a revamped line-up that’s released Hidden Details (MoonJune).
Sep 21, 2018 9:00 AM
Soft Machine released Third in 1970, the same year Miles Davis issued Bitches Brew. What began as a trendy psychedelic…
Benje Daneman’s new album is Light In The Darkness.
Sep 20, 2018 9:00 AM
Michigan-based trumpeter/flugelhornist Benje Daneman is perpetually busy. In addition to releasing Light In The…
Pianist and composer Lynne Arriale
Sep 19, 2018 9:00 AM
Over the course of 13 albums, pianist Lynne Arriale has emphasized melodies—most often her own, but also those of…
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…