Jul 9, 2019 12:35 PM
Ernest Dawkins on AACM, Conduction and Dictators
Chicago’s Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians has been an inspirational leader within the music and…
The AACM Great Black Music Ensemble is Alexis Lombre (left), Dee Alexander, Adam Zaonilni, Steve Berry, Frank Morrison, Ed House, Ernest Dawkins, Ben Lamar Gay, Maggie Brown, Darius Savage, Art Turk Burton, Taalib-Din Ziyad and Donovan Mixon.
Jul 9, 2019 12:35 PM
Chicago’s Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians has been an inspirational leader within the music and…
Pianist Romain Collin learned to play synth bass before recording Tiny Lights.
Jul 9, 2019 9:00 AM
Romain Collin often recalls an enduring maxim from Terence Blanchard: “All complicated things are created from an…
Steve Gadd performs June 27, the opening night of International Festival de Jazz de Montreal.
Jul 8, 2019 9:00 AM
In 1979, Montreal’s warmer months weren’t exactly vibrant.
“Summer was very quiet here,” recalled jazz…
João Gilberto (1931–2019)
Jul 7, 2019 9:29 AM
João Gilberto, whose serene, intimate vocals and gently insistent guitar playing made him the archetypal voice of…
Jesse Sheppard (left) and Drew Gardner
Jul 5, 2019 9:00 AM
You might not think guitar music informed by the psychedelic ‘60s and folk traditions originating a century or more…
Philadelphia’s Sounds Of Liberation
Jul 4, 2019 9:00 AM
Pianist Jack Wilson unfortunately is known better for his famous protégé, vibist Roy Ayers—whom he first met when…
Maja S. K. Ratkje uses Knut Hamsun’s novel Sult as a starting point for her latest recording.
Jul 3, 2019 9:00 AM
Artistic disciplines inform one another, cross-pollinating inspiration and conception. In recent years, poetry has…
Gravitating toward intimacy, pianist Denny Zeitlin rarely has worked with horns since his 1963 debut with flutist Jeremy Steig.
Jul 2, 2019 9:16 AM
Miles Davis’ legacy is complex and elusive. Like Picasso, the trumpeter encompasses multitudes, mirrors infinite…
Stephanie Chou performs March 29 at Joe’s Pub in New York.
Jul 1, 2019 9:00 AM
Even though she excelled as a math major at Columbia University, Stephanie Chou had already looked ahead to a saxophone…
The concept for Sarathy Korwar’s More Arriving, set for release July 26, began with a desire to collaborate with MCs in India.
Jun 28, 2019 9:00 AM
A desire to reinterpret South Asian music traditions for the modern era courses through Sarathy Korwar’s music.
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