Oct 2, 2024 12:29 PM
Jacob Collier’s Technicolor World
Jacob Collier started to build his fanbase back in 2011 when he began sharing intoxicating arrangements to popular…
“If I rewind to 10 years ago, I was an explorer,” says Collier. “Now I’m an artist and an explorer.”
Oct 2, 2024 12:29 PM
Jacob Collier started to build his fanbase back in 2011 when he began sharing intoxicating arrangements to popular…
“What happens when we put special people with other special people?” asks Immanuel Wilkins, who seeks to cross-pollinate the arts.
Sep 17, 2024 12:23 PM
After bursting onto the scene with his acclaimed 2020 debut, Omega, Immanuel Wilkins announced his arrival as a talent…
Hancock has a new project on the horizon but says he will not put it out until he’s ready.
Sep 10, 2024 12:25 PM
On April 12 of this year, Herbie Hancock turned 84. How many people do you know in their 80s who are still working full…
“It’s like my memoir as a picture painted in sound,” Lewis explains of his growing body of work.
Sep 10, 2024 12:18 PM
It has been just over a year since this writer last spoke to saxophonist and composer James Brandon Lewis for the cover…
“I don’t focus on the harshness of the music business,” Lloyd says. “I focus on the profundity of what we’re doing because that’s the real stuff. You can change the world with that.”
Sep 4, 2024 1:29 PM
“To get this honor at this late stage, I suppose I’m blessed. I just know that this is a sacred song, and I’m in…
Saxophonist Greg Ward, left, gets a lesson in how to wear the blindfold before journalist Michael Jackson administers the test.
Aug 27, 2024 11:33 AM
Alto saxophonist Greg Ward’s win in this year’s Critics Poll Rising Star category, at age 42, was a long time…
“You gotta go out on a limb and book people who you know people need to see, need to experience,” says Christian McBride of curating the Newport Jazz Festival.
Aug 20, 2024 11:38 AM
Newport Jazz Festival 2024 carried much promise, and it delivered: a diverse and very strong lineup – each act an…
“It locked together 20 years of all that I’ve been looking for,” Ryan Truesdell says of his compositional contribution to Synthesis: The String Quartet Sessions.
Aug 13, 2024 12:00 PM
For more than a decade, Ryan Truesdell has been winning acclaim by excavating the lesser-known gems of big-band…
“I figured you’d get this one,” laughed John Clayton, left, after Rufus Reid guessed Billy Childs. “This one’s a little soft pitch.”
Jul 31, 2024 11:56 AM
When the International Society of Jazz Arrangers and Composers symposium hit Nashville in May, one of the most…
“I think his music is amazing, but I want other people to be engaged with his music as well,” said vocalist Fay Victor about composer Herbie Nichols.
Jul 23, 2024 1:35 PM
Herbie Nichols is one of the great should-have-been stories in jazz. Born in New York in 1919 to parents from Trinidad…
