Jul 6, 2018 9:00 AM
Buster Williams Still is on the Upswing
On hiatus from his long-running gig with singer Nancy Wilson, bassist Buster Williams, then 25, suddenly got an offer…
Buster Williams’ new album is titled Audacity.
Jul 6, 2018 9:00 AM
On hiatus from his long-running gig with singer Nancy Wilson, bassist Buster Williams, then 25, suddenly got an offer…
Drummer Justin Brown’s leader album features two keyboardists.
Jul 5, 2018 9:00 AM
The electro-funk fusion album Nyeusi (Biophilia) marks drummer Justin Brown’s debut as a bandleader, but he’s no…
Erroll Garner performs with his trio in Amsterdam in 1964.
Jul 4, 2018 9:00 AM
The career of pianist Christian Sands, 29, has shifted into high gear since the release of his Mack Avenue Records…
Each of Shabaka Hutchings’ ensembles showcases a different musical sensibility of the bandleader.
Jul 3, 2018 9:00 AM
As the buzz around him continues to build, more and more fans in the United States are learning the name Shabaka…
Jul 2, 2018 9:00 AM
What makes the lawns of Saratoga Springs so green and lush, its sturdy trees so tall? That would be rain. What has made…
Ry Cooder will be on tour this summer promoting his new album, The Prodigal Son.
Jul 2, 2018 9:00 AM
As a follow-up to 2012’s Election Special (Nonesuch)—a biting protest album that critiqued right-wing…
Drummer Sasha Mashin recently issued his leader debut on the newly founded Rainy Days Records.
Jun 29, 2018 9:00 AM
The Moscow jazz scene marks its 95th anniversary this year and currently is potent enough to sustain four jazz clubs…
South African bassist and composer Benjamin Jephta recently issued The Evolution Of An Undefined (Self Release), a follow-up to his 2015 debut as a leader.
Jun 28, 2018 9:00 AM
“I grew up in the church. My dad was not a pastor, but he played a vital role there; I guess you can say that he was…
Ben Paterson, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, receives a first-place prize of $25,000, at the inaugural Ellis Marsalis International Jazz Piano Competition, which was held at Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia, on June 22 and 23. With the pianist is Jason Marsalis (left), Ellis Marsalis and the Nu Jazz Agency’s Jerald Miller.
Jun 27, 2018 12:15 PM
Ben Paterson, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is the winner of the inaugural Ellis Marsalis International Jazz Piano…
Geri Allen in 1979
Jun 27, 2018 9:00 AM
A year after pianist, composer, bandleader and teacher Geri Allen died of cancer on June 27, 2017, innumerable tributes…
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