Feb 3, 2017 12:35 PM

Maria Schneider’s latest work, written for her 18-person jazz orchestra, is titled “Data Lords.” It is, by her…

Jan 27, 2017 9:58 AM

Throughout his career, Western Canadian Music Award-winning saxophonist Mike Allen has resided in multiple cities,…

Jan 5, 2017 5:48 PM

In the 1960s Detroit established itself as a music industry hotbed for soul and r&b, with a thriving record label and…

Jan 4, 2017 8:33 PM

Charles Hersch has devoted much of his academic career to examining issues related to creativity and identity. Hersch,…

Jan 3, 2017 7:55 PM

As they approached their 30th anniversary playing together, the members of Trio da Paz—the Brazilian jazz supergroup…

Dec 19, 2016 12:40 PM

Leslie Odom Jr. first rose to prominence as a star in the Broadway mega-hit Hamilton, winning a Tony Award for Best…

Dec 9, 2016 2:28 PM

For his new Christmas album, Jon Batiste, keyboardist, singer and bandleader of The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, has…

Dec 8, 2016 4:36 PM

Pianist Frank Kimbrough is a veteran of the New York scene, having spent the past 35 years working alongside such…

Nov 18, 2016 12:28 PM

“The first jazz album I made was with Miles, and the last album he made was with me,” said Michel Legrand during a…

Nov 17, 2016 3:22 PM

For the Le Boeuf brothers, the path through and around jazz has been a circuitous and self-redefining one. For the past…