Veteran trumpeter Derrick Gardner took his long-standing Jazz Prophets sextet on a five-week tour through……...
On two of his previous albums, Americana (2016) and Barracoon (2019), tenor saxophonist JD Allen……...
When Caleb Wheeler Curtis’ alto saxophone doesn’t make an entrance until three minutes into the……...
Black Flower, Magma (SDBAN) What a welcome find. This Belgian quintet stirs together a compelling……...
An exemplar of the vibrant South African jazz scene, 39-year-old pianist-composer Nduduzo Makhathini has issued……...
Mostly Other People Do the Killing, Disasters Vol. 1 (Hot Cup) Bassist Moppa Elliott’s MOPDtK……...
OGJB is an acronym of the members’ first names: Oliver Lake (alto and soprano saxophones),…
Eric Hofbauer/Dylan Jack, Period Pieces (Creative Nation Music) This Boston quartet has conjured up a……...
Jazz history is rife with brilliant musicians who never received their proper due. Some became……...
Bassist Mario Pavone, who died in May at age 80 after a 17-year battle with……...
Alto saxophonist Vincent Herring nearly canceled the in-studio recording sessions for Preaching to the Choir,……...
Cochemea, Vol. II: Baca Sewa (Daptone) Cochemea Gastelum has forged his own brand of transcendental……...
Ramsey Lewis can tell you the precise moment he knew it was time to quit…
Ramsey Lewis can tell you the precise moment he knew it was time to quit……...
Charlie Hunter, Skerik and Stanton Moore of Garage a Trois (Photo: Courtesy the artists) When……...
The innate cry of James Brandon Lewis’ tenor saxophone is the primal force that drives……...
On paper, two British prog-rock musicians playing fully improvised live sets might have the makings……...
While the Jazz WORMS quintet breaks no stylistic ground on Squirmin’, it does evince a……...
Flor has been touted as vocalist Gretchen Parlato’s Brazilian-inspired project, and that’s true enough. But……...
The third album by this star-studded quintet, conceived in 2015 as a loose homage to……...