Mar 27, 2018 5:01 PM
Q&A with Vocalist Fay Claassen: Getting at the Whole Picture
Dutch singer Fay Claassen’s assured sense of time and impeccable phrasing cover a wide terrain. On her recent, disc…
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…
The relationships bassist Martin Wind forged with the two disparate groups that perform on his Light Blue reach back decades.
Mar 1, 2018 10:00 AM
Bassist and composer Martin Wind sees Light Blue (Laika), his newest and 11th disc, as a two-in-one project. That…
Drummer Tony Allen has claimed to be able to play a different time signature with each limb simultaneously.
Feb 27, 2018 9:56 AM
Tony Allen has one of the most recognizable drum sounds on the planet. His polyrhythmic style, which combines swing,…
The new album by pianist Martial Solal (left) and saxophonist Dave Liebman is Masters In Bordeaux.
Jan 1, 2018 6:48 PM
By the time Dave Liebman first made his mark in the early 1970s, as the saxophonist and flutist in Miles Davis’…
Saxophonist Rahsaan Barber’s new album is titled The Music In The Night.
Jan 1, 2018 6:39 PM
Not long ago, Rahsaan Barber was talking with some friends about his new album of standards, The Music In The Night.…
Singer Lina Nyberg and her band perform at the 2017 Stockholm Jazz Festival.
Jan 1, 2018 6:17 PM
One of the first sets at this year’s Stockholm Jazz Festival, which ran Oct. 6–15, started with a formless,…
Luis Perdomo (left), Miguel Zenón, Peter Bernstein and Branford Marsalis perform at The Jazz Gallery in New York on Nov. 1.
Jan 1, 2018 6:12 PM
Hurricane Maria struck Puerto Rico on Sept. 20, causing unprecedented devastation, knocking out most of the island’s…
Dave Douglas in the studio with members of The Westerlies.
Jan 1, 2018 1:22 PM
The indefatigable Dave Douglas is sitting in his composition room surrounded by comfortable couches, a piano, a wall of…
