Oct 2, 2017 5:47 PM
Q&A with Armstrong Scholar Ricky Riccardi: 50 Years of ‘Wonderful World’
The Louis Armstrong House Museum in Queens, New York, marks the 50th anniversary of the trumpeter’s enduring hit…
Ricky Riccardi (left) is an Armstrong scholar and archivist at Queens College. The trumpeter released the single “What A Wonderful World” in 1967.
Oct 2, 2017 5:47 PM
The Louis Armstrong House Museum in Queens, New York, marks the 50th anniversary of the trumpeter’s enduring hit…
Nico Segal (left) and Julian Reid of the JuJu Exchange. The group’s debut album, Exchange, is available in digital and vinyl formats.
Sep 28, 2017 2:20 PM
Producer Nico Segal is best known as the architect behind 2015’s pop masterpiece Surf, by The Social Experiment, a…
Don Was
Sep 25, 2017 6:12 PM
From vibraphonists Milt Jackson and Bobby Hutcherson to pianist Geri Allen and trumpeter Terence Blanchard, Blue Note…
Christian McBride leads his namesake big band at the 2017 Newport Jazz Festival in Newport, Rhode Island.
Sep 11, 2017 9:01 PM
After a six-year wait, renowned bassist Christian McBride reunites with his big band to release Bringin’ It, the…
Sean Jones performs at the Pittsburgh JazzLive Festival as part of a string concerts that ran June 16–18.
Aug 29, 2017 2:43 PM
A longtime time professor of Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, trumpeter Sean Jones has served as Brass Chair at the…
Kevin Eubanks performs Aug. 19 at the Wilson Center Guitar Festival in Brookfield, Wisconsin.
Aug 23, 2017 2:46 PM
A smooth, scintillating sound emanates from Kevin Eubanks’ recent release, East West Time Line (Mack Avenue). The…
Dee Dee Bridgewater will release Memphis—- Yes, I’m Ready on DDB/OKeh Records on Sept. 15.
Aug 22, 2017 3:59 PM
Dee Dee Bridgewater’s 2007 disc, Red Earth—A Malian Journey (Verve), found her searching for her African roots. Her…
Gilad Hekselman performs at Storyville in Newport, Rhode Island, during the Newport Jazz Festival.
Aug 17, 2017 10:48 AM
Gilad Hekselman sat in the merchandise tent after the second of his two appearances at the Newport Jazz Festival and…
Eddie Gomez (left), Jack DeJohnette and Bill Evans circa 1968.
Aug 15, 2017 9:58 PM
They were only together for six months. But the 1968 version of the Bill Evans Trio with Eddie Gomez on bass and Jack…
Rudresh Mahanthappa and his band Indo-Pak Coalition will release a new album, Agrima, on Oct. 17.
Aug 9, 2017 2:18 PM
As award-winning New-York-based alto saxophonist Rudresh Mahanthappa gears up to release his new album, Agrima, on Oct.…
