Apr 10, 2018 6:07 PM
Q&A with Tutu Puoane: ‘Aware of the World’
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was not just an American figure, he was an international hero.
His burning advocacy for…
Tutu Puoane had to be convinced to take on We Have A Dream, a project on which she interprets socially conscious compositions alongside the Brussels Jazz Orchestra.
Apr 10, 2018 6:07 PM
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was not just an American figure, he was an international hero.
His burning advocacy for…
Pianist Yelena Eckemoff said her “task as a composer is to provide comprehensive music material to musicians who can both read and improvise.”
Apr 10, 2018 9:16 AM
Yelena Eckemoff is a Russia-born pianist whose idiosyncratic jazz albums speak to a classical sensibility, a taste for…
Saxophonist Philipp Gropper works in many disparate contexts, playing in bands led by vibrant German musicians, including bassist Pablo Held and fellow saxophonist Wanja Slavin, in addition to co-leading the electro-acoustic foursome Tau.
Apr 4, 2018 4:38 PM
Few cities in Europe today are more cosmopolitan than Berlin.
During the past few decades, the city has attracted a…
The trio Norma Winstone (left) leads—which includes Glauco Benier and Klaus Gesing—has been augmented by a pair of supplemental players for the ECM album Descansado—Songs For Film.
Apr 3, 2018 6:12 PM
Singer Norma Winstone is without peers when it comes to the chamber-jazz aesthetic. Emerging from the London scene of…
In 2018, pianist Matthew Shipp has issued a pair of albums on ESP-Disk, as well as a three-album set alongside saxophonist Ivo Perelman and a live recording with bassist William Parker.
Mar 30, 2018 9:00 AM
Pianist Matthew Shipp has opened 2018 with a pair of new albums that mark his debut as a leader on ESP-Disk, where he…
The album United We Swing features the Wynton Marsalis Septet and an array of guests, including Willie Nelson (left).
Mar 28, 2018 9:32 AM
The blues is the lingua franca on United We Swing: Best Of The Jazz At Lincoln Center Galas (Blue Engine), a new…
Guitarist Lionel Loueke says he’s frequently struck by inspiration while flying. He doesn’t know why.
Mar 28, 2018 9:00 AM
Lionel Loueke is a world-renowned guitarist who has forged a reputation for a unique fusion of music, comprising sounds…
Vocalist Fay Claassen doesn’t have any immediate plans to tour the States, but says there’s “a very modern, free scene” in Germany.
Mar 27, 2018 5:01 PM
Dutch singer Fay Claassen’s assured sense of time and impeccable phrasing cover a wide terrain. On her recent, disc…
Roxy Coss’ new album, The Future Is Female, was inspired by the 2016 presidential elections.
Mar 23, 2018 9:00 AM
Musician, composer, bandleader and educator Roxy Coss has been playing saxophone since she discovered the instrument in…
Sexmob’s debut, Den Of Inequity, is two decades old. And now, Steven Bernstein’s troupe is set to issue new work, Cultural Capital, on April 14.
Mar 6, 2018 9:07 AM
Two decades ago, slide trumpeter, composer and bandleader Steven Bernstein caused some members of the jazz community to…