Jun 6, 2018 7:00 AM
Todd Marcus Merges Jazz and Activism
When it comes to melding social consciousness with art, Todd Marcus walks the talk. On his new album, On The Streets (A…
Todd Marcus is a musician and community organizer in Baltimore.
Jun 6, 2018 7:00 AM
When it comes to melding social consciousness with art, Todd Marcus walks the talk. On his new album, On The Streets (A…
Mayu Saeki, who has a new leader project, previously played in Chico Hamilton’s band.
Jun 4, 2018 2:55 PM
Mayu Saeki moved from her native Japan to New York in 2009, carrying little but her flutes and the fervent hope of…
Sherrie Maricle (middle row, wearing pink T-shirt) poses for a portrait with the members of the DIVA Jazz Orchestra.
Jun 1, 2018 9:24 AM
Buddy Rich used to bill himself as the World’s Greatest Drummer. Sherrie Maricle would not disagree. Chatting in a…
Jun 1, 2018 9:00 AM
It was a “one-off” from New York. Pianist David Virelles’ ensemble was in Kalamazoo, Michigan, performing at…
The Last Poets return 48 years after their debut with Understand What Black Is.
May 30, 2018 2:50 PM
Abiodun Oyewole and Umar bin Hassan, two of the founding members of Afrocentric jazz collective The Last Poets,…
Pianist Ben Markley’s most recent release is Basic Economy on OA2.
May 29, 2018 9:50 AM
Pianist Ben Markley has quietly been making waves in the jazz world from his home base in Denver, Colorado. That was…
Jason Stein’s Locksmith Isidore is issuing its fourth album, After Caroline, on Northern Spy Records.
May 25, 2018 9:00 AM
Jason Stein finally has reached his comfort zone.
Creatively, the Chicago bass clarinetist is a willing sideman,…
Kaspar Rast (left), Nik Bärtsch, Sha and Thomy Jordi recorded Awase for the ECM imprint.
May 24, 2018 9:00 AM
The Swiss pianist and composer Nik Bärtsch is best known for Nik Bärtsch’s Ronin, an electric group that plays what…
Maria Pia De Vito’s embrace of the Portuguese language has resulted in the singer making connections between seemingly disparate musical traditions.
May 23, 2018 9:00 AM
Singer Maria Pia De Vito folds her facility for more than a dozen languages into her recordings.
Her latest album,…
During the 1960s and 1970s, multi-instrumentalist Hailu Mergia was a star in Ethiopia as a member of the Walias Band.
May 21, 2018 9:10 AM
Hailu Mergia is hardly a household name. Still, he’s making one of the grandest and most inspiring comebacks in…
