Mar 16, 2020 8:05 AM
Sunnyside Albums Radiate Warmth
A spate of new albums on the Sunnyside label don’t have all that much in common, aside from the fact that they’re…
Hadar Noiberg (left) and Chano Dominguez
Mar 16, 2020 8:05 AM
A spate of new albums on the Sunnyside label don’t have all that much in common, aside from the fact that they’re…
Singer and trumpeter Benny Benack III is one of the few male vocalists of his generation who’s mining the elements of traditional jazz.
Feb 20, 2020 4:49 PM
Almost everything about Benny Benack III, the 29-year-old trumpeter and vocalist, suggests that he arrived from a…
Roy Hargrove (1969–2018)
Dec 2, 2019 9:18 AM
As the jazz world continues to mourn the death of Roy Hargrove, the bandleader has been given a posthumous honor,…
Even when guitarist and scholar José Dias is on stage, he’s doing research.
Oct 29, 2019 9:31 AM
Throughout most of the aughts, José Dias worked as the director of a jazz school in Lisbon, Portugal’s bustling…
Uri Caine’s most recent album celebrates the work of civil-rights advocate Octavius Catto (1839–’71).
Oct 23, 2019 9:18 AM
Pianist Uri Caine had no idea that his 10-part oratorio, The Passion Of Octavius Catto, would somehow gain additional…
Guitarist Charlie Apicella says his band gets “right to the point, just like Jack McDuff” on Groove Machine.
Oct 17, 2019 9:24 AM
In many ways, guitarist Charlie Apicella has devoted himself to a kind of historical reenactment. On all of his…
Gabriele Mirabassi (left) and Roberto Taufic record Nítido E Obscuro at the Venica & Venica Winery in Gorizia, Italy.
Oct 16, 2019 9:45 AM
Jazz and wine have much in common. Both require the process of slow refinement. Both involve some level of continuity,…
Miles Davis during the ’Round About Midnight sessions in June 1956
Sep 3, 2019 3:26 PM
Miles Davis was a difficult man. Even those who are passingly familiar with his biography know that to be true.
He…
Trumpeter Jeremy Pelt wrote a suite for his latest album prompted by his viewing the works of sculptor Rodin at the Musée Rodin in Paris.
Jun 11, 2019 9:33 AM
Trumpeter Jeremy Pelt is an avid museumgoer, and so it was only a matter of time until his love of visual art began to…
A Resonance collection of Wes Montgomery material uncovers more of the guitarist’s Midwest roots.
May 24, 2019 10:01 AM
Back in 2012, Resonance Records put out a collection of Wes Montgomery recordings that represented the first full album…
Joe Fiedler’s new album is Open Sesame.
Apr 8, 2019 9:26 AM
Jazz musicians have tapped all kinds of sources for material—folklore, hymns, Broadway—but Joe Fiedler has found…
Aaron Goldberg’s academic work might have influenced his music in more ways than he’s aware of, at least in a conceptual sense.
Mar 6, 2019 9:21 AM
On a cold December evening, Aaron Goldberg was giving a piano lesson in Spanish at his Brooklyn apartment, working his…
Javon Jackson’s latest album is titled For You.
Jan 14, 2019 10:33 AM
Saxophonist Javon Jackson’s latest album—For You, a self-assured post-bop statement released on his own label,…
Led by Wynton Marsalis and his Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, the memorial concert for Roy Hargrove at Lincoln Center began with a traditional, New Orleans-style second line march.
Jan 11, 2019 2:55 PM
Around 11:30 p.m. Tuesday at Jazz at Lincoln Center, as the memorial concert for Roy Hargrove neared its fifth hour,…
Dongfeng Liu’s new album merges musical traditions from different cultures.
Dec 3, 2018 9:32 AM
Dongfeng Liu was born and raised in China, but always felt a deep affinity for the music of the Caribbean. On the…
In April, Iverson announced that he will leave The Bad Plus, the band he helped found in 2000.
Jul 18, 2017 8:28 AM
The pianist Ethan Iverson seemed somewhat chastened backstage at the Jazz Standard on a Friday afternoon in spring. For…
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