May 1, 2020 8:26 AM
Wayne Escoffery On Yale, Repertoire And Humble Warriors
On his latest album, The Humble Warrior, Wayne Escoffery did something rather unusual for a jazz artist: He devoted…
Wayne Escoffery revisits part of his childhood on The Humble Warrior (Smoke Sessions).
May 1, 2020 8:26 AM
On his latest album, The Humble Warrior, Wayne Escoffery did something rather unusual for a jazz artist: He devoted…
Tony Allen (1940–2020)
Apr 30, 2020 8:51 PM
Tony Allen, whose lean polyrhythms propelled Fela Kuti’s various ensembles and helped form a foundation for…
The Vagabond merges Aaron Diehl’s jazz background with his increasing interest in the classical world, in part stemming from his work with composer Philip Glass.
Apr 30, 2020 8:08 AM
In late January, Aaron Diehl elegantly delivered an intimate solo-piano show in front of a packed house at Mezzrow in…
Bassist Jorge Roeder offers up El Suelo Mío, a solo effort, as his leader debut.
Apr 30, 2020 8:07 AM
Jorge Roeder’s supported a sweeping variety of bandleaders, ranging from his work alongside guitarist Julian Lage and…
Christian McBride is among the artists whose albums will be sold during the allONE initiative, running on the Mack Avenue website from April 30 to May 3.
Apr 29, 2020 3:31 PM
As live performances have come to a halt during the coronavirus pandemic, jazz musicians and record label executives…
Gary Bartz collaborated with the UK-based ensemble Maisha for Gary Bartz & Maisha—Night Dreamer Direct-To-Disc Sessions.
Apr 29, 2020 9:00 AM
A 6-year-old Gary Bartz heard Charlie Parker playing on a Baltimore radio station in 1946. He’d never heard anything…
Vocalist Dianne Reeves is among the jazz stars who will take part in an April 30 live-streamed concert to celebrate International Jazz Day.
Apr 29, 2020 8:55 AM
Vocalist Dianne Reeves, guitarist John Scofield, organist Joey DeFrancesco and saxophonist Igor Butman are among the…
Aaron Parks returns for a second album alongside his Little Big ensemble. Little Big II: Dreams Of A Mechanical Man (Ropeadope) is due out May 8.
Apr 28, 2020 8:47 AM
Pianist Aaron Parks writes compositions that bring together jazz, rock and electronica, while his Little Big quartet…
Charles Tolliver plays at RAK Studios in London during the sessions for Connect, the trumpeter’s first release for the UK imprint Gearbox.
Apr 27, 2020 11:42 AM
Trumpeter Charles Tolliver, whose Strata-East imprint served as a home to exploratory acts like Oneness Of Juju and…
Adrian Younge (left) and Ali Shaheed Muhammad take on the concept of jazz’s obsolescence with a new label and compilation of the same name: Jazz Is Dead.
Apr 27, 2020 8:51 AM
DJ culture is proving to be an unheralded hero of jazz education.
Sometimes, it’s DJs and producers digging for…
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