May 18, 2018 9:24 AM
Charles Joseph Smith Sees New Possibilities
Pianist Charles Joseph Smith always has used music to challenge limitations. When this world offered him only scant…
May 18, 2018 9:24 AM
Pianist Charles Joseph Smith always has used music to challenge limitations. When this world offered him only scant…
May 17, 2018 9:20 AM
Emma-Jean Thackray built her new record, Ley Lines, in the upstairs studio of her cozy and colorful South London flat,…
May 16, 2018 3:51 PM
Because of the music’s sheer ebullience, it’s sometimes hard to comprehend the somber inspiration that fuels alto…
May 14, 2018 9:12 AM
Three years ago, Marcus Miller got a phone call from one of the many music legends he’s worked with over the years,…
May 11, 2018 1:27 PM
A few years ago, singer Bettye LaVette was backstage at a festival in Italy and found herself walking about 50 feet…
May 11, 2018 11:54 AM
Pittsburgh’s contributions to the jazz firmament stretch from seminal figures like Roy Eldridge, Kenny Clarke and…
May 10, 2018 1:53 PM
Seventeen years ago, Penn Jillette and his friend Mike Post went out to dinner at The Eiffel Tower—a place that Mike…
May 7, 2018 5:24 PM
For a decade, the Portuguese-born Sara Serpa has been crafting hauntingly beautiful composed and improvised music,…
May 4, 2018 11:27 AM
Thirty years ago, Nels Cline recorded his first album as a bandleader for the Enja label. Angelica featured an all-star…
May 1, 2018 4:07 PM
Keyboardist Joe Armon-Jones is sitting on a sofa in the South London house he shares with four other musicians.…