Jan 16, 2024 11:55 AM
Time to Be Adventurous
Samara Joy posted a personal video on her social media this fall in which her grandfather, Elder Goldwire McLendon, is…
Samara Joy performing at the 2023 Monterey Jazz Festival.
Jan 16, 2024 11:55 AM
Samara Joy posted a personal video on her social media this fall in which her grandfather, Elder Goldwire McLendon, is…
Davis says, “I wouldn’t call myself a jazz musician; my music is more about crossing boundaries.” Her band Alula, from left: Chris Tordini, Davis, Tyshawn Sorey and Val Jeanty.
Dec 27, 2023 12:32 PM
A rigorous intellectual, Caroline Davis makes intensely visceral music that mines everything from the cardiology of the…
“The first Blues Deluxe album took seven days to finish, this one took five,” Joe Bonamassa says of Time Clocks, a tribute to, and continuation of, his first hit album 20 years ago.
Dec 12, 2023 1:45 PM
Perhaps the highest-profile blues guitarist on the planet today, Joe Bonamassa has packed iconic venues all over the…
Bill Frisell and writer Ashley Kahn at this year’s North Sea Jazz Fest.
Dec 5, 2023 1:10 PM
Fortunate and few are the jazz headliners with options like guitar maestro Bill Frisell, who can choose to lead various…
“The more sophisticated the lyric, the easier the melody should be,” Lins offered as a songwriting guideline.
Nov 28, 2023 11:56 AM
Five years ago, the mighty Umbria Jazz Festival in Perugia, Italy, paid lavish tribute to Quincy Jones on the occasion…
“Everything came together like the universe intended,” says Luke Stewart of the members of Irreversible Entanglements, from left, Camae Ayewa, Stewart, Tcheser Holmes, Keir Neuringer and Aquiles Navarro.
Nov 28, 2023 11:35 AM
Eight years ago, the now-shuttered Brooklyn-based underground performance space The Silent Barn hosted a Musicians…
“This is not an album for dancing,” Fonseca says about his new recording, La Gran Diversión. “But if you want to move, to dance, you’re welcome.”
Nov 28, 2023 11:28 AM
Ever the trouper, Roberto Fonseca was gamely persevering amid the frequent breakdowns on a late-summer Zoom call from…
“The idea of joy was really important,” says Souza in the wake of the pandemic and the toppling of Brazil’s authoritarian regime.
Nov 14, 2023 11:14 AM
Just when it feels like the darkened clouds are bearing down with ominous portends, when it feels that the music has…
“We play traditional rhythms, but the nature of the traditional rhythms is that there’s improvisation and a lot of room for expression,” Santos says of his music.
Nov 14, 2023 11:09 AM
Working from his self-described “mansion” in Oakland, California, John Santos is surrounded by the things he loves…
“Charlie Christian with the Benny Goodman Sextet on record, that was it!” said Freeman of his early influences.
Oct 31, 2023 1:37 PM
Visit Chicago guitarist George Freeman, whose new album The Good Life (High Note) featuring Joey DeFrancesco and…
