Mar 29, 2022 11:45 AM
Jon Gordon: Strange Truths
As a young boy living amid poverty and dysfunction in a home on Staten Island, Jon Gordon clung to the thought that the…
“In many ways, truth has been stranger than fiction, and that is what I have been feeling,” Gordon says.
Mar 29, 2022 11:45 AM
As a young boy living amid poverty and dysfunction in a home on Staten Island, Jon Gordon clung to the thought that the…
Helfer has long given children and adults lessons in the living room of his home.
Mar 29, 2022 11:38 AM
Blues, boogie, jazz and American roots pianist Erwin Helfer is the unlikely but grateful poster boy for survival of the…
The 2022 NEA Jazz Masters
Mar 29, 2022 11:15 AM
All four of this year’s NEA Jazz Masters honorees — Stanley Clarke, Donald Harrison Jr., Billy Hart and Cassandra…
“I have to continue the conversation and shed light on the fact that Black women have always been undervalued, not protected and not cared for,” Charles says.
Mar 29, 2022 11:09 AM
As a singer, flutist, beat-maker, remixer and conceptualist, Melanie Charles saturates Ya’ll Don’t (Really) Care…
“We’re sacrificing our bodies to innate feeling and becoming vessels for this music,” Wilkins says.
Mar 29, 2022 10:55 AM
“My work is the intersection between spiritual practice and Black aesthetics,” Immanuel Wilkins says. “The two…
“Don Cherry had his own original thing going on ... and you can’t duplicate it,” Randy Brecker says.
Mar 20, 2022 10:45 PM
Randy Brecker has done four Blindfold Tests, according to DownBeat archives. This one was his first in a long time,…
“We used all vintage gear to add even more authenticity to the sonic picture,” Haynes said of his new blues album.
Mar 20, 2022 10:30 PM
Warren Haynes: ‘The First Sound That Moved Me’
At last, Warren Haynes is carrying the banner of the blues. For the…
Henry Cole has released the sprawling new album Buscando La Vida.
Mar 20, 2022 10:26 PM
When drummer Henry Cole recruited rapper Negro González to appear on “De Frente,” an outcry of an offering on…
jazzahead! has become Europe’s leading jazz convention.
Mar 20, 2022 10:23 PM
With a host of new ideas, and a significantly larger hall with more exhibition space, jazzahead! is heading towards its…
Tia Fuller (left), Sharel Cassity and Lakecia Benjamin took the stage and delivered at the Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival.
Mar 20, 2022 10:19 PM
Bristling cutting contests are as cherished in jazz as bracing collaborations. When the Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival…
