Apr 18, 2016 4:30 PM
Cellist Leyla McCalla’s Folk Music with Jazz Roots
Leyla McCalla is a Haitian-American folksinger, cello player, banjoist and songwriter. She picked up the cello when she…
Leyla McCalla
Apr 18, 2016 4:30 PM
Leyla McCalla is a Haitian-American folksinger, cello player, banjoist and songwriter. She picked up the cello when she…
Richie Cole
Apr 18, 2016 4:05 PM
Richie Cole is known primarily as a hard-blowing bebopper. But the 68-year-old alto saxophonist knows his appeal is in…
Dan Weiss’ new album, Sixteen (Pi), pays tribute to iconic jazz drummers through orchestrated compositions.
Mar 22, 2016 2:37 PM
Drummer Dan Weiss, who turns 40 this year, occupies a singular niche in jazz. A student of tabla virtuoso Samir…
Ethan Hawke stars as Chet Baker in the film Born to be Blue.
Mar 22, 2016 2:27 PM
Fans of jazz trumpet and cinema will have plenty to chew on in the coming weeks as two of the most iconic figures in…
Little Anthony (and his band, The Imperials) was inducted into the Rock and roll Hall of Fame in 2009. He collaborated with Arlene Krieger on a new memoir.
Mar 7, 2016 5:20 PM
Fifty-seven years ago, Little Anthony and his group were in a New York studio, trying to cut their first single.…
Gilad Hekselman released Homes on the Jazz Village label in October 2015
Jan 12, 2016 11:14 AM
Gilad Hekselman is one of the most visible next-generation standard bearers for the Israeli jazz movement that hit the…
